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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 ![]() lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ![]() ![]() llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ![]() ![]() ![]() lllllllllllll ![]() ![]() ![]() llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ![]() ![]() ![]() llllllllllllllllllllllllll ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SUMMER: JUNE 2020 "Ye are all leaves of one tree and the fruits of one branch.” - Bahá'u'lláh ![]() June 20: The dictator has consolidated power. It's up to the people to vote him out or overthrow him. June 21: The slightest thing will bring out tears. I'm not 'well'. June 22: I'm overheated and it's only 27 ... outside. *melting* June 23: Very tired. Didn't sleep as well as I wanted, plus it's 'toasty'. June 24: Desperately catching up on writing due by the 30th. June 25: Anxiety rising. Deadlines looming and I may have to just ignore some. June 26: More covid-19 cases locally. July will be spent inside. ![]() June 20: 18° cloudy, sprinkles ; 19° cloudy in Cartago, CR; rain later. June 21: 20° and very pleasant; 16° in Cuenca, Ecuador. June 22: 17° sunny at 10 a.m., going to be hot; 29° in Jamestown, NY, already hot. June 23: 12° and going up to 32; 36° and falling to 30 in Dubai, 40° next week. June 24: 16° but will warm up to 30; sunny 24° in Bergen and Tallinn. June 25: 28° near the high for the day; 29° in Taipei ... the low for the day. June 26: 28° 31% humidity, going up to 32; 11° in Wangi Wangi, NSW, a cool damp sunrise. ![]() June 20: gritty (espresso) salted caramel milkshake. June 21: peonies of all colors and types. Some nicely fragrant. June 22: chicken, boiling chicken. June 23: shiny new-to-me silver-plated utensils. 4 of the 5 I did not already have. June 24: man in a blue shirt loaded down with green bags. A friend! Lightning. One clap of thunder. June 25: TMI: I'm hot and stinky (yes, I showered). Sitting at home means allspice in my coffee. June 26: Perfect warm weather... in the shade. Hills still green. ![]() I've decided to enter "Musicology Anthology" ![]() I'll be putting them all in the folder: "Days of Future Past" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It'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! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Not yet laid: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() June 18:
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![]() Utopia, poesia de Costa Rica ![]() I 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() June 20th: Didn't bother going through empty farmers market. Sat in Butterfly Herbs and wrote postcards and had a salted caramel milkshake. $4.50. June 23rd: Sat at the Center in the hot sun with Laxmi. Lunch was enchiladas. Bought 5 kitchen utensils including a 'spaghetti grabber' and a huge salad spork. June 25th: Sat in the shade. Didn't remember that Kathi had a fruit & nut farm in Idaho years ago. Lunch was bacon and cheese sandwich. ![]() June 1970: high school graduation June 2004: leaving Oklahoma for Colorado. June 2005: started my blog "L'aura del Campo" ![]() June 2010: bus trip to Kansas (36 hours?) ![]() Barr Abruptly Seeks to Fire U.S. Attorney Who Investigated Trump Associates (NY Times) Shades of Watergate. John Bolton exclusive interview: Trump does not represent the Republican cause that I want to back (The Telegraph) Will he vote for Biden? "If it’s clear the ship is going down, people will want to get off of it. Loyalty to the king does not matter if the king is going to be dethroned." (Perry Bacon, Jr. FiveThirtyEight) ![]() Coronavirus: Brazil tops one million cases (Al Jezeera) Just letting folks die ... imho. Hungary's main online news site says independence in danger (AP) Plausible as attacks on independent media spreads in authoritarian states. Coronavirus Races Across Latin America, a Warning to Poor Nations (Wall Street Journal) Becoming quite obvious that it's out of control in many places due to government policies or cultural realities. Norway starts digging up first Viking ship in a century (AFP) Gjellestad ship may not be in great shape but what else may it contain? ![]() I've been keeping copies of my facebook rants. Truly I have. I need to look at them again and link it when rethought and edited. My non-rant insights I tend to post in my 'normal' blogs. ![]() Kathleen laughed when I commented to her post:"So ... I'm a writer ... are you saying I should write "The Girl With Six Penises"?" I just might... ![]() Reference to challenges, contest and prompts (not all appearing on the same week): BC: "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" ![]() BCOF: "Blogging Circle of Friends " ![]() ![]() ![]() BHC: "The Bard's Hall Contest" ![]() ![]() JAFBG: "JAFBG" ![]() JI: "Journalistic Intentions" ![]() ![]() 30DBC: "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" ![]() MHA: "Invalid Item" ![]() OP: "Invalid Item" ![]() ![]() PP: "Promptly Poetry Challenge (2023-2024)" ![]() Real: "Welcome To My Reality Forum" ![]() SB: "Space Blog" ![]() June 20th SB: "4157 05-06 "Twice upon a time"" ![]() June 20th JI: "Invisible me" ![]() June 21st SB: "Brilliance [102]" ![]() June 22nd JI: "Missing the Moon" ![]() June 22nd SB: "4157 07 Mothering " ![]() June 23rd SB: "In between stars" ![]() June 24th BCOF: "Endings" ![]() June 24th SB: "4157 09 I wish..." ![]() June 25th SB: "4149 303 On a wagon" ![]() June 26th SB: "4149 304 Swallowed" ![]() Visited this week so far and commented: SandraLynn Team Florent! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Trying to keep up on blogs. Over 30 last week but 10-15 is a better goal. ![]() #3 to Ofelia in Florida. June 20 #4 to Michael in Colorado. June 20 #5 to Gary in New York. June 20 I'm hoping Glacier doesn't open this summer: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2.470 views as of June 20th. |