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Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/1311011-Porthole/day/7-28-2021
Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #1311011

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.

July 28, 2021 at 4:07pm
July 28, 2021 at 4:07pm
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2 p.m. 31c with AQI of 103.

I went out with my mask. Sat with friends then went to the beer and wine store and bought groceries. Hunted down the wild lemon merengue.

And picked up butter. 99c/lb

At home ate some key lime yoghurt and remembered to put the cheap (89c/lb) chicken thighs in the fridge. And since I splurged and bought cashews I set them out of view.

Jeremiad: a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes. "the jeremiads of puritan preachers warning of moral decay"

Three responses to my lament today... just a lament, no jeremiad.

Lost in dreams in Thailand with Chu Yi from Taiwan looking through me as if I were a ghost, as if he were Xiao Bai and me Weifeng.

29°c in a smoky haze hiding the sun. AQI = 95. It's 8:44 and dusky, dimming not yet dark.

To Annette: "No, I looked at articles in Deutsch Welle, Le Monde and Al Jezeera today; incredible news from around the world. I also peeked in at Fox but they have no news outside their conspiracy bubble. The World does not exist to Followers of the Fox.

I live in a multi-cultural multi-lingual world where many speak Arabic, some of whom I call friends. I do not condone xenophobia or islamophobia. I have cut back at spazenook because of the level of ignorance and hatred there.

I find it interesting that Bezos would try to corner the market in printing. $1 for me; $1 for you... except he will have enough to build a mansion on the Moon or Mars leaving me have enough to buy a coffee. Since I have a couple 1st Chapters to offer... tempting... but will His Highness tolerate me leaving a copy here at WDC? Who really rakes in the royalties? Who owns the copywright? Does it matter? He could crush WDC. Did you read the fine print? I started to.

Is his policy English First or English Only? Visions of China and their One China policies looms in front of me. Did you know... does anyone at WDC realize... that French, Spanish, Navajo and hundreds of other languages are native to North America? Are they now 2nd Class citizens? Amazon is worldwide and quite fluent in German (#2 market, UK 3rd).

Color me skeptical at best, because being infuriated isn't good for my heart."

To Robert: I suspect that the entire article could've been summed up in one or two sentences. "Take time to smell the roses." and "Make hay while the sun shines."

JULY 29

67 degrees at 8:52 with an AQI of 104. Do I risk it?

81 degrees and 120 AQI at 11:53. I survived my walk across the bridge. Now home for the day. Saw Angie.

Still 90 degrees but AQI down to 81.

Ate tuna sandwich. Ate cashews. Trying not to move much. Sweating.

I received a pretty painted stone *Ladybug* from Idaho... who do I know in Idaho? Sheila, Jennifer? But who... *Owl4*



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