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A terminal for all blogs coming in or going out. A view into my life.

Started July 1st 2019 for contests, etc. as other blogs are filling up and have other purposes.

Ferry boat between Solvorn and Ornes across the Lustrafjord i Sogn og Fjordane.



My new new new blog is
 
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ในสวนของเลียม Open in new Window. (13+)
In Liam's Garden, a personal journal
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.

I'm starting a new blog because
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L'aura del Campo Open in new Window. (13+)
Online journal capturing the moment and the memory of moments. A meadow meditation.
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had over 1,200 entries and that was getting close to full. I don't want to trim it by deletion. I did that once, much to my dismay. Will be used more for poetry.

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Hoarfrosts from Hell Open in new Window. (GC)
Anything I'm not happy about or that I don't want in my main blog!
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is still hidden from the public and will remain so. It's more personal and full of angst. Was used for 30DBC for May 2020 and now used for Blogville.

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Enga mellom fjella Open in new Window. (13+)
Enga mellom fjella: where from across the meadow, poems sing from mountains and molehills.
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was full... until the number of entries was increased. A mixed blog, mostly stories.

I'll be linking to
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On The Write Path Open in new Window. (13+)
ON THE WRITE PATH: travel journal for Around-the-World in 2015, 16, 18.
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as I need to post there about my travels.

 
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O Pinions! Open in new Window. (XGC)
May my opinions gather wind under their wings and fly, perchance to soar.
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is for my opinions. *Laugh*

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Nurture your Nature Open in new Window. (13+)
Look around. Let Nature nurture your Soul. I record images I sense and share them here.
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was set up for nature observations and musings.

 
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Watt's Gnus Open in new Window. (18+)
On topics and today's gnus. Definitely opinionated. Set to 18+ for a reason.
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come out of a need to share interesting stuff I come across. When I was young I did a small newsletter named as such. (or was it column in the newsletter? Been 30 years... I think.)

 
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Flash Fiction Open in new Window. (GC)
Short 300 word, more or less, "stories" .
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is where I put my flash fictions. Maybe someday I'll figure it out and have enough good ones to publish. Ratings vary and some are hidden from view.

I've started an appendix (I no longer have one personally) to keep track of my Space Cadet journals for Space Blog. It's a work constantly under construction. Mind the mess.
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Space Cadet - the never ending journal Open in new Window. (18+)
Journeys of an Alien Space crew.
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I needed to start a folder for contests as there are so many deadlines and details to remember.
 
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Conquest ... to keep track of contests Open in new Window. (ASR)
A place to keep track of in progress works and up-coming deadlines as well as any awards.
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(also very messy!) *Shock2*

 
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Blogville  Open in new Window. (XGC)
Where bloggers meet and greet to read and share. No required prompt. Alias: blogville.
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is for posting personal blog entries in hope that folks will comment and post their blog entries there as well. I will be commenting on all blog entries posted. It's my effort to rebuild a blogging community.

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Bibimbap 비빔밥  Open in new Window. (13+)
Left-overs piled on hot rice and mixed.
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an E blog focusing on food and culture. Easily digestible for the Queasy and Questioning.

June 8, 2021 at 1:36am
June 8, 2021 at 1:36am
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Robert wrote about Neandertals so I responded: "Although ethnicity attributed by DNA has issues... big issues... the DNA research is showing how interrelated we humans are. People always got around and got along... or didn't. And if we share DNA with Neandertals... so be it.

1. Those who think they are racially pure ... aren't.
2. White folks who think the "whiteness" will be wiped out should study the migration of seafaring folks like the Vikings, Phoenecians, Omani, Malay, Polynesians... their 'blood' is spread everywhere! If your family comes from coastal Africa you probably have Portuguese, Arab or Malay DNA... that's how it works. It wasn't wiped out. "Whiteness" won't [be] either.

So modern humans have Neandertal (East Asia, Europe) and Denisovan (highest in Papuans and Melanesians) DNA. We shouldn't worry so much about whether we have 'alien' DNA either... or for that matter our close cousins... chimpanzees."

Posted another poll earlier.

 
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Oh, Hummingbird! Sing it. Open in new Window. (13+)
A poll based on the prompt "hummingbird". Romance? Murder? Dumbo? A hummingvamp?
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55 degrees at midnight.

Yes, I slept; although, I cannot say how well. I didn't wake up as early as yesterday but yesterday... made the mistake of lying back down after an hour. I'm really trying to stay vertical with a coffee. Had a peanut-butter sandwich for breakfast.

56 degrees at 9:42 am.

To Hooves: "I'm still not convinced that it [covid] came from bats. Glad that they are looking into it. I'm sure that China keeps its secrets, so does the CIA and FBI. Transparency isn't their strong point.

Regardless of how it happened, there is the importance of the response. Everyone made mistakes on that one. Blaming everyone who looks like they are Chinese was a shameful response in the USA.

Trump was right to push the vaccine, but he was wrong about not listening to experts about mitigation and then again in abandoning any leadership once he lost the election. As in ... HE LOST THE ELECTION. His narcissism got in the way.

Easy to blame bats. Easy to blame a group of people by demeaning them.

Media? The American public demands sound bites and immediate satisfaction. The media caters to the craving for drama. They have become more National Enquirer than National Geographic. It's one reason why a game-show host became president and why he still commands the stage.

No one wants to be lied to? I humbly disagree. As a culture we prefer comfortable lies to uncomfortable truth because we can't sift out lies from truths. We are a Comfort Culture... not a truthful one."

71 degrees at 6:32. We had a few sprinkles.

I'm doing the Bard's Hall Challenge. I need 10 blogs. So far:

1st. "BARD'S HALL June 1st Serenade [112]Open in new Window. in my n-log "Nurture your NatureOpen in new Window. [13+]
2nd. "Opinions are easy peasy (for Bard's Hall 6/2)Open in new Window. in my blog "O Pinions!Open in new Window. [XGC]
3rd. "A blog about my blogs on a Thirsty Thursday for Bard's HallOpen in new Window. in my blog "PortholeOpen in new Window. [13+]
4th. "After the break-up [114] ...do not weep for the BardOpen in new Window. in my p-log "L'aura del CampoOpen in new Window. [13+]
5th. "One can leave home without leaving home... said the Bard.Open in new Window. in my t-log "On The Write PathOpen in new Window. [13+]
6th. "I am James Joyce... so saith the BardOpen in new Window. in my s-log "Enga mellom fjellaOpen in new Window. [13+]
7th: "Polling for the Bard... Oh My!Open in new Window. in my s-log "Enga mellom fjellaOpen in new Window. [13+]
8th: ""NOYB = None Of Your Business", dear Bard... and "Deadnames"Open in new Window. in blog "Hoarfrosts from HellOpen in new Window. [GC]

I'm trying to do different entries each time. I've done a couple poems, an opinion piece, a poll. I'll need to get sparkly soon! *BurstR*

Seriously, in this challenge I can do whatever. *Bigsmile*

62 degrees at 9:45. I watched the sunset and the midges, wrote another serenade. I'm eating macaroni and cheese.

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