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Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #1311011
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#1073422 added July 30, 2024 at 2:47pm
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Sixteenth week of the Year 181
Sixtenth Week.

July 7th - a hot red day.

*Checkr* Walked to market to buy food. Took photos.
*Checkr* Washed clothes.
*Checkr* Worked on prompts.

July 6th - violet

*Checkv* Walked to market and Butterfly Herbs.
*Checkv* Chatted with various people.
*Checkv* Finished and posted ""Aral Sea" Drabble S#9Open in new Window.
*Checkv* Watching some "Love Sea" with the actors. Steamy episode is blocked w.o. age verification! ฟอร์ด = *Fire* ... *Blush*

July 5 - a sky-blue day.

*Checkb* Met Deb at Bernice's. We chatted for 4 hours. Been awhile...

July 4 - a quiet orange day.

*Checko* Read poetry and jotted notes.
*Checko* Cooked.
*Checko* Over the bridge to Caras Park for music.
*Checko* Took photos and sent one to Pan and posted on FB.

July 3 - calm green day here... but not in Jamaica. O Beryl the Beautiful!

*Checkg* Walk to GWR. Chat with Hollis, Laxmi, Dalton... mostly about Project 2025.
*Checkg* Ate the cake... now to clean dishes.
*Checkgr* Read poetry.

July 2 - a pleasant pinkish day.

*Checkp* Senior Center, didn't eat.
*Checkp* Walk to market (slow, struggling) Bought vittles.
*Checkp* Worked on a villanelle and drabble.
*Checkp* Baked a cake.

July 1 - a mild pleasant day.

*Checky* Got up and walked to the Senior Center. Got some greens for a pork-burger later.
*Checky* Cooked and ate.
*Checky* Chat with Laxmi, Willie, Travis.

July Contests:

Purple princess "Merit Badge MagicOpen in new Window.
*Checkr* Shadows & Light (14th) "Shadows and Light Poetry ContestOpen in new Window. Round 133 Won second prize *Ribbony*
Round 134 ... consider "Nemaha 1975 Blue Catalina Open in new Window.
Community "Rhythms & Writing: Official WDC ContestOpen in new Window. Fast car = short story. Liam... where was he going? "Zoom ZoomOpen in new Window.
Senior "SENIOR CENTER FORUMOpen in new Window.
*Checkp* Traditions "Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest Open in new Window. Working on a villanelle "villanelle (closed #36) dip in the ocean of an oolong seaOpen in new Window. "Slip into the Ocean of an Oolong SeaOpen in new Window.
*Checkv* Drabble #9 "Aral Sea (16 lines) drabble 100 wordsOpen in new Window.
*Checkr* Drabble #10 "Bob-the-BrewerOpen in new Window.
1st Chapter "Chapter One Open in new Window. [Thriller/Suspense, Parenting, Occult] (31st)
Children "Writing 4 Kids Contest Open in new Window. I.C.U. "ICUOpen in new Window.
Bard [2nd chance] (31st) Maybe lengthen *Checky* "Before the showing (300 words) [139] Open in new Window. entered as is.
"Haiku [180.49]Open in new Window. "The turkey speaks before dinner [281]Open in new Window. "ThornsOpen in new Window.
*X* Tour de Ports "Tour de PortsOpen in new Window.
*Checkv* Hook #14 (31st) "Hook of the BookOpen in new Window. Car burning. Christine admired how her namesake glowed in the light, how it warmed her heart. No one could mess with her now, even should they find out, and her ex could never tell.
JI "Journalistic IntentionsOpen in new Window. Olympics... I know where I'd go with this... I was youngish in Saint Louis.
*Checkr* Kit "Kit's Higher Ratings ContestOpen in new Window. "Iris beckonsOpen in new Window.
Prompt Me "The Prompt Me ContestOpen in new Window.
July 1 *Checky* ...
         — This planet spins so fast I can barely hold on!
         — Then get off the merry-go-round*, Donnie.
July 7 *Checkr* Those who couldn't make it in the Land of Hops moved to the outlaw town of Barrel.
July 15 *Checkv* rubber duck (2 lines)
                   Defrosted after a massage, Pan squeezed the rubber duckie with his hands, then put his arms around the town's (Udon Thani's) yellow duck, exhausted. Tomorrow he would feed the ghosts swimming in the pond (Nong Prajak).
         Limp after a massage, Pan squeezed the rubber duck with his hands, then leaned against the town's yellow mascot, exhausted. Tomorrow he would feed the duckling ghosts swimming in the pond. (with photo)
July 22 *Checkp* golf ball (1)
         Round, hard, white... like the golf ball sized bump protruding from his skull.
*Checkp* July 23 laptop (2?) I don't need another pet to sit on my laptop! Spooky has claimed my lap already.
Spooky had claimed my lap, kneading my knees as she watched fish floating by on the screen, until one attacked her and she fought back. It was time for a new laptop anyways.

*Checko* HoneyBee "Steph Bee's Honey Pit Open in new Window. 3 flash fictions "Daily Flash Fiction ChallengeOpen in new Window., visit Amethyst *Starrainbow*.
*Checkv* Faith "Share Your FaithOpen in new Window. Prayer. I ask not that I be perfect but that I know when good enough is enough. I do not ask to be stronger than others, only to be tough. I do not pray to live longer than this body can take/handle, only that someone might light a candle to show me the way / when time has run out. I do not ask for money nor fame, only that it won't corrupt me should either come my way. At the end of my days may I be joyful that life will go on just as my forefathers foretold and that I will have the courage to let go knowing that your grace will catch me. "Light a candle; I know the wayOpen in new Window. "Light a candle; I know the wayOpen in new Window. [E]
Crosstimbers "Shorts in July ContestOpen in new Window. SULTRY, INFERNO, and FERVID... Here Comes the Sun, Summer Nights, Summertime
Twisted "Twisted Tales ContestOpen in new Window. (31st) 300-6000.
What if? "What if...? (Closed)Open in new Window. {August 31st}
*X* Dialogue 500 "The Dialogue 500Open in new Window. "You're a caveman and discover that Fire Works."
*X* Heart "Write From the Heart - Story ContestOpen in new Window. (25th) 750+ Summer love.
*Checky* One line lyric "The One-Line Lyric ChallengeOpen in new Window. "She waters her garden" ... where she's planted her ex, midst pansies, white daisies, belladonna, bluets. She asked, do you love me, as he f*** one last time. Now she's planted his bones 'neath fresh compost and lime. ... would keep the rhythm. "Merry Mary, Quite Contrary Open in new Window.
         *Checkb* }Wish you were here ... and then you weren't there... "Wish you were here Kev [181.42]Open in new Window. mostly written 7/20. "Wish you were here, KevOpen in new Window.

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