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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 27: It's hard being attacked; harder when out of context with no clue why. June 28: I'm making more typos. Have to spell check. Mental slippage? Probably. June 29: There has to be more than 'tolerate' me. Value me? Show me kindness? June 30: Very unsettled. Lots of bad news. Stressed out by deadlines. July 01: 70% masks at the grocery store? The only thing mandatory in Montana is stupidity. July 02: Slept in like Czeszniak. I'll just plod through the day. July 03: I wonder whether people are concerned about me. They should be... but just a little. ![]() June 27: 23° and cloudy; 25° and sunshine this week in Faro, Portugal. June 28: 13° cloudy, rain later; 14° cloudy, humid, dry week in Port Townsend, WA. June 29: 11° rain and more rain; 27° and warm sunny calm this week in Buffalo, NY. June 30: 10° grey and damp; 7° and cloudy in Tromso, Norway. July 01: 14° and undecided; 24° at 10 a.m. in Tbilisi, Georgia. Highs will be 31-36 this week. July 02: 21° and pleasant; 23° in Prishtina, Kosovo a warm night after a hot day. July 03: 12° at 2 a.m. but going u to 29 today; 19° in Perth, Australia, sunny. ![]() June 27: chocolate-lavender milkshake, petting a black dog. June 28: cool breezes, slashing rain, wet windowsills, thunder. June 29: clouds wrapping the mountains in grey. June 30: buttery pan-fried polenta. ![]() July 01: egg-cheese sandwich. The sun has returned! Rose in my nose. July 02: puffy clouds, slight breeze, taste of pink taffy. July 03: pink and red hollyhocks. The fragrance of herbs-de-provence. Halcyon day. ![]() 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! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Added: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DAILY for JULY: "The Daily Poem" ![]() DAILY: "Invalid Item" ![]()
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![]() Utopia, poesia de Costa Rica ... still Mapping the Distance poetry by Alicia Hokanson. ![]() 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 27th: Didn't bother with the sad farmers market. Went to Butterfly Herbs and said hello to a couple people, wrote, ordered a chocolate-lavender milkshake. ![]() June 1960s: roses bloomed this time of year where I grew up June 2010: visited Lawrence Kansas. June 2017: visited San Jose, Costa Rica. ![]() Elijah McClain: Colorado protesters shut down Highway 225 (CNN) Apparently when people have the time they can protest ... maybe a silver lining to this dark viral cloud. We Could Be Feeling This for the Next Decade’: Virus Hits College Towns (NY Times) Ghostly Trump Towns. Missoula is impacted but has some Summer tourism. Montana dphhs: 56 new covid-19 cases; highest since this began. 20 new cases in Missoula Oklahoma voters approve Medicaid expansion as coronavirus cases climb 200k will be helped! Very good news. At least 152 coronavirus cases linked to Michigan bar (CNN) It never gets better because Americans still want to party and the rest of us be damned. ![]() Malawi's new president, a former evangelical preacher (AFP) I'm skeptical about religious leaders in politics. It's been rough in Costa Rica. Kosovo president says he will resign if indictment confirmed (Al Jezeera) region is tottering even without this. Pride celebrations stir tensions in Turkey (Reuters) A reminder that issues are global. Taiwan expels two Chinese journalists over political shows (AFP) Ongoing tension heightens. ![]() "Rebuilding a blogging community" ![]() "2020 wish for secular governments and human rights" ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 27th SB: "4149 305-313 Scribbles in all shades of green" ![]() June 28th SB: "7788 17 Future Past" ![]() June 29th SB: "You choose what you consume..." ![]() June 30th SB: "Stardate 4549 382-385 " ![]() July 31st 30DBC: "Letter " ![]() July 32nd 30DBC: "Moods (Blood of the Garlic) [115]" ![]() July 33rd 30DBC: "Quentin has a royal hissy fit... " ![]() Visited this week so far and commented: Sum1 Is Home! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Trying to keep up on blogs. Over 30 last week but 15-20 is a better goal. ![]() Received touchnote from Cecilie sent from Paris last week. #6 to Debi and Eric in Mississippi 6/27 #7 to my sister in NYS 6/27 Stained glass at Woolarac, Oklahoma: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2.506 views as of June 27th. |