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Started July 1st 2019 for contests, etc. as other blogs are filling up and have other purposes.  My new new new blog is
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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.
I needed to start a folder for contests as there are so many deadlines and details to remember.
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| A weekly blog that starts skinny on Saturday and fattens up by Tuesday and is ready for slaughter by Friday ... if not before. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllsummerlllllllllllllllll  llllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SUMMER: JULY 2020 "Say: God sufficeth all things above all things, and nothing in the heavens or in the earth but God sufficeth. Verily, He is in Himself the Knower, the Sustainer, the Omnipotent." - The Bab  MY THOUGHTSJuly 11: My friend's son's birthday. Happy 14th, Caleb! No clue what that's like these days. July 12: Not in the mood to 'exist' much less write. Fading like a spent flower-of-one-day. July 13: I'm moving through each day like a slug. July 14: My connection is slow. It's amazing how spoiled I am! This is tedious. July 15: Do I connect with people? Are those connections good? Self doubts. July 16: Depressed, overwhelmed, worn out. Slight headache doesn't help. July 17: I'm okay today but still feeling vulnerable. I put on clean clothes and went out!  WEATHER July 11: 28° and warming at 3 p.m.; 22° and raining in Buffalo. July 12: 23° and cloudy; 27° in Pape'ete, French Polynesia. This week 29/23 and daily rain. July 13: 22° and sunny dry week ahead; 33° in Lawrence, Kansas and hotter-than-hell forecast. July 14: 19° clear and calm; 11° and windy rainy in Hay River, NT, Canada. July 15: 21° clear and warming; 14° damp and dreary in Hayfiled, Derbyshire, UK. July 16: 26° and heating up to 33; 33° and miserable in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. July 17: 20° and not quite as hot today; 21° and a rainy evening in Tbilisi, Georgia.  IMAGESJuly 11: Orange daylilies, yellow tape, pink and white roses. July 12: Foxglove, cantebury bells, spicy carnations; raspberries, black currant. July 13: Shade. At noonish I seek the shade. Banana-allspice-milk. July 14: Bicycles flying; sparrow chirping; dappled shade as a breeze plays with the birch. July 15: Linden in bloom. Hum of a lawn mower. Smoke from a grill. July 16: didn't go out July 17: Hollyhocks blooming. Overcast. Not as hot as I expected. Alpenglow  CONTESTSIt's increasingly obvious that I will NOT do all of these in any given month. Priorities are given to sporadic contest. Blink and I may have to wait 3 months! FICTION:  "Invalid Item"  SS <700. No dialogue. HEAT by 7/31. B/E "Invalid Item" FF < 300 Flash Fiction Romance/Erotica by 7/14(Freedom) B/E "Before the showing (300 words) [139] (13.July.2020)" "The Dialogue 500" SS <500. July: A Dialogue with your Doctor at the Sanitarium.{bitem:} "The Science Fiction Short Story Contest" SS <2000. July: {bitem:} "Invalid Item" SS <1000, July: invaders from outside. {bitem:}POETRY:  "Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest " <50. Old or new not awarded. Limited to 20. "First drum set" "WFTH Poetry Contest - ON HIATUS " Romance. "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest" Round 85 to 14th Old or new. Free verse <40 lines. "One ... Mississippi ... Two" "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest" Round 86 15th to July 31st. Old or new. Free verse <40 lines.1 "Invalid Item" Round 74: mondo. "White rosebuds [123]" 2 "Invalid Item" Round 75: syair. "2020 unmasked [159] " closed "A Story-Poem Contest!!!" New or old <50 lines Whenever: "The Random Poetry Contest" August: "Invalid Item" <60. It's a dark month...September: "Verdant Poetry Contest" Nature. Autumn. Form and words by Sept. 30.September: "The Humorous Poetry Contest" <15 Humor. Round 33. B/EBOTH: "The Writer's Cramp" Daily noon-noon WDC = 10 a.m. MTT. Must be item. "The Taboo Words Contest ~ On Hiatus" Monthly. <750 <40 July: FIREWORKS In progress: "Comforting Sophie (taboo) [113]" "Kittiara's Writing Contest" 1 ss, 1 poem. Theme: renewal "Second Time Around ~ Birthday Special" Old non-winners! Got lots of those (poem/ss) June 15th-July 14th"Thunder" EITHER/OR: "Invalid Item" Erotica! 500 words or 15 lines. July: DEVOTIONNot posted yet"Unhappy without you (12 lines)" "Invalid Item" July theme: RESOLVE <500 or poem 15 line max. "The PET NEWS CONTEST" SS <2500, P <40. July: A REAL WILD PET NEITHER:  "The 4 Controversies Contest" Opinionated non-fiction essay >1200. By July 17: COVID-19Ran out of steam VARIES: "Share Your Faith" until June 30. Story or poem. Prompt: dealing with anger. "Opening the garden ... of the heart [109] (36 lines)" "The Contest Challenge" A contest of contests... every month. "The Bard's Hall Contest" SS <1000 GC+ Sizzle! July 31. {bitem:}"Journey Through Genres: Official Contest"  POULTRYDAILY for JULY: "The Daily Poem" by 4 p.m. WDC by: 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th THREE DAYS A WEEK: "Invalid Item" by midnight WDC by: 13th 15th 17th  "Consideration [131] "  "Daylilies [132] (20 lines)"  "Black poplar rising [134] (12 lines)"  "Interlude [135]"  "Muh Freedom [136]"  "At Sally's Diner [137]"  "Baskets of lavender [138]"  "Perennial [140]"  "Come here boy [142]"  "Fabrications [141] " Boiling:  "Wind, where do you take me? [133]"  "Våren [143]" Cracked:  "But in the end, a passing thing [183.zm]" Not yet laid:   PORKDAILY: "Daily Flash Fiction Challenge" July 14:
Contest: "Before the showing (300 words) [139] (13.July.2020)" Baking:  READING MOVIETIMEI can't focus on audio-visual! I need to finish one movie and find one that works for me. I have 200 to choose from. May need to go on-line and watch some East Asian love story serials.  LEARNING NORWEGIANNoW: 3K  MARKET  SENIOR CENTER  COFFEEHOUSEJuly 11th: Bought 3 potatoes for $1. Tangerine and cardamom milkshake. Bought 3 postcards. Wrote. Spoke to Cathy Mae and Landon. July 13th: Sat and talked with Laxmi. Westerners can be very miserly at times as everything has a price attached. July 15th: Only one man not wearing a mask at the grocery store. Huge improvement. Bought less than $10 worth. Very few sales and ended up with cheap wheat bread. Chcolate milk and doughnuts though and pork. I won't starve but prices are going up. July 17th: Sat with Dalton and Kerry. Hotdogs. Arrived late. Few around.  MY FORMER LIFEJuly, 1974: 'lost' my passport in Lima, Peru. July, 2009: visited Costa Rica after 35 years.  WATT'S GNUSSeattle Police Department Says They’ll Fire Most of Their Non-White Officers If the City Cuts Police Budget (Law & Order) Last hired, first fired? I'm afraid the police chief may have to go. Madeline Swegle has become the US Navy's first Black female tactical aircraft pilot (CNN) An alomost excusive White male club. Trump's attacks on mail-in voting could lead to nightmare scenario, election expert warns (Yahoo) Very frightening because DJT's rhetoric is consistent with 'president for life'. If he declares himself winner before mail-in votes are counted we may have a Constitutional crisis brewing.  WATT'S GNUS INTERNATIONALErdogan rejects global criticism over Hagia Sophia decision (Al Jezeera) Mentioned in US press but more important elswhere. Senegal resumes international flights after four months (AFP) The economy wins. At what price? Teenage boy dies from bubonic plague in Mongolia after eating marmot (CNN) Jealous of covid? Making a comeback? Not just an isolated case.   OPINIONS"Gen Z good and bad " closed"why do i write" closed SPACEBOOK quotes (you can guess context):Irish Mike Sager: "My Spirit Guides told me your address and your phone number." Celia Farran: "Irish Mike Sager, I wish *I* knew my address! Still “home free”! Lol"  BLOGVILLEReference to challenges, contest and prompts (not all appearing on the same week): BC: "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" (daily) (I'm not a member)BCOF: "Blogging Circle of Friends " using my Nlog (nature blog) "Nurture your Nature" and "Hoarfrosts from Hell" (daily)JAFBG: "JAFBG" (open rants)JI: "Journalistic Intentions" using my Blog "Enga mellom fjella" (8 blogs from 16 prompts) "June post. I'm finished. " 30DBC: "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" (July)MHA: "Invalid Item" weekly prompts starting June 14th. OP: "Invalid Item" using my Plog "L'aura del Campo" PP: "Promptly Poetry Challenge (2024-2025)" my Plog response to prompts as I missed the sign-up date. Real: "Welcome To My Reality Forum" 75 promptsSB: "Space Blog" July 11 SB & 30DBC: "4157 26 and Fairy Dust (Space Cadet)" July 12 SB: "4157 28" July 13 30DBC: "Summer Daze at The Shallot" July 13 SB: ""What are we afraid of if not ourselves?" 4146 200" July 14 SB: "Freedom... is just another word for... dying 4146 223" July 15 30DBC: "I'm not a ha-ha-ha person" July 16 30DBC & SB: "Aball of ice" closedJuly 17 SB: "Blood of ages—flows through me" Visited this week so far and commented: Alexi  queenkissy Lostwordsmith  Brian K Compton WakeUpAndLive~Petra's Vacay  Lazy Writer est 4/24/2008 skeason  Sumojo  SusanFarmer Charity Marie - <3 runningwolf04 Apondia  Kell Willsen Mighty amy-Finally writing a novel. Cheddah IceSkatingSugarCube  BlueMoon QueenNormaJean Julyishereboom!  Sorji  Prosperous Snow celebrating  Joy  Veritas Princess Megan Rose  Chris Breva  Elle QPdoll SB Musing Debi Wharton 💙 Carly: poems & novel  jabberwocky Sum1  Kit_Carmelite Osirantinous  Bernie  tah2o Cappucine  Eric Wharton  bobturn SandraLynn  SB Musing Pumpkin Charlie ~ Stik to My Own Beat  Robert Waltz  Lyn's a Witchy Woman  Trying to keep up on blogs. Over 40 last week but 15-20 is a better goal. I commented to Lyn: "I should write a dead me poem ... if only to get it all out. Might help with some of my angst. Afterall, all angst is past when my big toe's sticking out, a tag attached."  Postcards:I moved to Missoula July 2008 and the mountain burned:  |
| I'm trying to do an appendix: "Space Cadet - the never ending journal" , which at the moment is underconstruction but necessary so folks (including me) don't get lost or confused. From my (Space Cadet's) notes as a child to be shared 4157 26: Fairy dust The night song of crickets was the sound of stars twinkling* I've heard a recording of crickets. Do they shine like stars? There are so many tonight. I think they'd be louder here. Fireflies were fairy dust, gleaming in moonlight* The moons are dark rocks flying like ravens. I've heard about faeries. They live in the gloomy forests. I'm not allowed to visit them. But I want to. Words couldn't hurt me and promises were kept* But they do hurt. I want to leave as soon as I can. Happy endings were real and wishes came true —* That would be nice. They say "wish upon a star", but which one? There are so many to choose from. I can only tell you that I did escape. The details are for another time. Fanciful things only a child can believe before life's bitter lessons take the wonder away.* I have never lost my sense of wonder. *The italicized part of the child's memory is a response to the poem found in:
Read the above item. Prompt: Happy endings were real and wishes came true. Write about this from a child's view. For
4157 26 90210: Yes, they're humanoid. No, we will NOT contact them. Yes, there are very good reasons to avoid them. Slavery is one. Hatred and division is another. Irrationality reigns. Jaafar: Said so sweetly and gently, not one note out-of-place. Not one argument to defend. No sense that you are even ruffled. 90210: I'm not. Jaafar: Impressive. 90210: You should have met my father's sister. They say I take after her. As unmoveable as a rock and about as much empathy. I get that from my maternal grandfather. Skipped a generation. Jaafar: Empathy. 90210: Can move people to move planets. Some believe in competition that in it's worse form leads to warfare. I believe that a unified force built on peace serves the universe better. Jaafar: You're good at it. 90210: If I weren't we'd all be enslaved or sold at the meat market. Jaafar: That bad. 90210: Worse. The humans of the Green Star wracked havoc as soon as they discovered interstellar travel. It's why the humans of Sol were kept out of space for thousands of years. They did better on their third try many stardates ago. Jaafar: But before then... 90210: Interdicted. Banned. Blocked. Kept in the dark. But humans are intelligent. Those on the Green Star still want to escape. They entice unwary interstellar travellers until they can. Jaafar: We didn't fall for it. 90210: You might have. This crew is vulnerable. But Kat's dreams are true. And Kat's and Cook's people have suffered immensely. Jaafar: And you? 90210: Not as sure-of-the-future as Kat. Not as wary as Cook. Not as steadfast as my aunt. But I know this crew and I know how to read their thoughts better than the Green Star does. And Kat says we leave them behind in her dreams. And that I am the one to guide us through. And that is enough. Prompt: Imagine what the world would be like today if humans had never discovered/invented _________ (fill in the blank). Interstellar travel. We have and were punished for it. We now think it's possible. It's probable ... if the Universe welcomes us back. Just my theory... For:
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