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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 ![]() ![]() llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ![]() ![]() ![]() llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() llllllllllll ![]() ![]() ![]() lllllllllllllllllllllllll ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ███████ PORTHOLE ███████ SUMMER: JULY 2020 “O FRIEND! In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love, and from the nightingale of affection and desire loosen not thy hold. Treasure the companionship of the righteous and eschew all fellowship with the ungodly.Ye are all leaves of one tree and the fruits of one branch.” - Bahá'u'lláh ![]() July 04: Prediction... cases soar to 100k/day by early August. 10 million by January. July 05: The pony-tail posse is not wearing masks. Heaven help us all in this building. July 06: Just another boring day ahead. Aren't they all? July 07: Panic as I thought that my chromebook wouldn't charge. It did. I'm relieved. July 08: It's sad to see riots in Belgrade, and Prishtina closed down. Montana's future? July 08: I'm up against some awesome poets. I've been upping my game, still not quite enough. July 09: Covid numbers are soaring in Montana and that's hard for me to ignore. Work to do. July 10: I'm trying to limit social media to keep the drama and insanity at bay. ![]() July 04: 26° and muggy; -66° and snow flurries at the South Pole. July 05: 25° and dry with a gentle NW breeze; 14° and damp in Perth. Won't warm up much; windy later. July 06: 20° clear sunny; 25° and humid in Nara, Japan. Low for the day. Rainy week. July 07: 18° and gloomy; 32° and steamy in Orange Walk, Belice. July 08: 18° warming, clouds; 31° and sunshine in Crete, Nebraska. July 09: 20-29° clear warming; 21° rain later in Mexico City. July 10: 16° at 1 a.m and cooling, may rain by morning; 24° and sticky in Santo Domingo, DR. Temps 34/23 this week. ![]() July 04: Fireworks near where I live. Unexpected. Rose buds. Spicy lentils. July 05: Fragrance of drying rosebuds. Cold tuna-cheese-macaroni. July 06: Pink, white, red hollyhocks, dappled shade. July 07: ... gloomy. Calming oolong tea. July 08: rose, lavender, sage, linden, mock-orange. Smelly! July 09: Starlight, lamplight, moths, river rumble, cooling breeze. July 10: After 9 and not a cloud in the sky, orange horizon and alpenglow on beige mountains as they go to seed. ![]() 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! FICTION: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() POETRY: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Whenever: "The Random Poetry Contest" ![]() August: "Invalid Item" ![]() September: "Verdant Poetry Contest" ![]() BOTH: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() EITHER/OR: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() NEITHER: ![]() ![]() VARIES: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" ![]() ![]() DAILY for JULY: "The Daily Poem" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() THREE DAYS A WEEK: "Invalid Item" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Boiling: ![]() ![]() Not yet laid: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DAILY: "Daily Flash Fiction Challenge" ![]() July 5th:
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July 10th:
Baking: ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() July 4th: Market has expanded a bit. Bought 'baby' carrots. Glad to see Irina. July 6th: Spoke with friends at the Senior Center. Sat with Phil. On the way back, bought two gallons of 2% milk for $7 (price went up). July 8th: 90% masks at Orange Food Farm. In and out. Nice walk. July 10th: Saw friends at Senior Center. Spoke to some. Told them how busy I was, how withdrawn. Grilled tomato cheese sandwich. Chicken rice soup. ![]() early July: cherry season in NY and MT. July 4th growing up: visiting my uncle on his birthday. July 7th, 1977: Greyface had 4 kittens, none lived. Quit job. July 7th, 2003: leaving home July 7th, 2008: moving to Missoula. July 9th: Martyrdom of The Bab. Usually at noon in the sun. (July 8th this year) July 9th, 2003: With friends in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Reading Harry Potter. ![]() Starbucks employee receives more than $16K in tips after refusing to serve a customer who wasn't wearing a mask (The Hill) In San Diego. He plans to pursue dancing. Kansas newspaper apologized for publishing a cartoon equating the governor's coronavirus mask order with the Holocaust (Business Insider) I've visited Anderson County. Considered moving there. Editor is the chairman of a county GOP party. Not good PR for the GOP. Missoula County requires face masks at indoor public spaces (Missoulian) But little to no enforcement. ![]() Over 350 elephants have mysteriously died in Botswana (ABC) No words. ![]() Ukraine battles post-lockdown virus surge (AFP) Lviv hard hit. Graph at worldometer confirms upsurge. Looming expat law may force some 800,000 Indians to leave Kuwait (Al Jezeera) Kuwaitis are only 30% of the population. Bolsonaro Gets Covid After Downplaying its Impact on Brazil (Bloomberg) Leaders all over the world are getting ill. Kosovo imposes curfew as coronavirus infections surge (Medicalxpress) Numbers soaring. Violence Erupts in Serbia Over Plan to Reimpose Virus Curfew (Bloomberg) As in my poem "Belgrade burning [125] " ![]() ![]() "Botanist's conspiracy" ![]() "It was 'death by cop' and 'being black'. [re autopsy]" ![]() "Not proud at all" ![]() "Church of America" ![]() ![]() I told Maji: "I gently disagree. I can give a hug, a place to stay, whatever it is that I have to offer. It's not quid-pro-quo. Whether it heals or helps or not that's not up to me. I'm just being the best 'me' I can be. As the cup overflows ... so it shall be filled again. (But yes... we also need to take care of ourselves.)" ![]() 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 " ![]() ![]() ![]() 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" ![]() July 04 SB: "Scibbles on a tattered page (stardate unknown)" ![]() July 04 30DBC: "bloodbank conversation " ![]() July 05 30DBC: "Inspiration constipation" ![]() July 05 SB: "Half a loaf of bread" ![]() July 06 30DBC: "The fragrance of the flower..." ![]() July 06 SB: "4157 21 Awake for a moment" ![]() July 07 30DBC: "Knyflok speaks of inspiration" ![]() July 07 SB & BCOF: "Stardate: 4157 22. The Eyes of Kat" ![]() July 08 30DBC: "Quentin has a birthday ... at least 3 times per year" ![]() July 08 SB: "4157 23 Threading the needle" ![]() July 09 SB: "4157 24 A Day of Distress " ![]() July 09 30DBC: "Me and João talking about Lagos, Portugal" ![]() July 10 30DBC: "João at midnight " ![]() July 10 SB: "4157 25 Dreams" ![]() July 10 BCOF: "Cursive " ![]() Visited this week so far and commented: Lostwordsmith ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Trying to keep up on blogs. Over 30 last week but 15-20 is a better goal. ![]() #8 to Nanette in Illinois. 7/4 (postcard of Taiwan) #9 to Teresa in Bozeman. 7/4 (postcard of Cartago, CR) #10 to Gary in New York. 7/4 (beach in Kenting, Taiwan) I moved to Missoula July 2008 and the mountain burned: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2.544 views as of July 4th. |