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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.




I'm starting a new blog because
BOOK
L'aura del Campo  (13+)
Online journal capturing the moment and the memory of moments. A meadow meditation.
#982524 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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.

BOOK
Hoarfrosts from Hell  (GC)
Anything I'm not happy about or that I don't want in my main blog!
#997339 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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.

BOOK
Enga mellom fjella  (13+)
Enga mellom fjella: where from across the meadow, poems sing from mountains and molehills.
#1317094 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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  (13+)
ON THE WRITE PATH: travel journal for Around-the-World in 2015, 16, 18.
#2032403 by Kåre Enga in Montana
as I need to post there about my travels.

 
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O Pinions!  (XGC)
May my opinions gather wind under their wings and fly, perchance to soar.
#1501776 by Kåre Enga in Montana
is for my opinions. *Laugh*

BOOK
Nurture your Nature  (13+)
Look around. Let Nature nurture your Soul. I record images I sense and share them here.
#1439094 by Kåre Enga in Montana
was set up for nature observations and musings.

 
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Watt's Gnus  (18+)
On topics and today's gnus. Definitely opinionated. Set to 18+ for a reason.
#1439092 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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  (GC)
Short 300 word, more or less, "stories" .
#2190336 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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.
STATIC
Space Cadet - the never ending journal  (18+)
Journeys of an Alien Space crew.
#2226611 by Kåre Enga in Montana


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  (18+)
A place to keep track of in progress works and up-coming deadlines as well as any awards.
#2233119 by Kåre Enga in Montana
(also very messy!) *Shock2*

 
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Blogville   (XGC)
Where bloggers meet and greet to read and share. No required prompt. Alias: blogville.
#2253938 by Kåre Enga in Montana
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   (13+)
Left-overs piled on hot rice and mixed.
#2296648 by Kåre Enga in Montana
an E blog focusing on food and culture. Easily digestible for the Queasy and Questioning.

October 2, 2023 at 10:55am
October 2, 2023 at 10:55am
#1056573
(exercise) = Exor. (observations) = obsv. (s***,shave,shower) = ss&s. (read something) = read. (comment blogs) = bogs. (BoyLove series on-line) = ytBL. (Thai TV BL series on GMMTV25) = tv25. (write poetry or prose) = PorP. (take a daily walk) = walk. (buy something) = shop. (take a photo) = foto. (video) = วิดีโอ. (speak Thai/Lao) = pôod. (learn Thai) Thai. (go-into-the-water) = pool. (clothes) = wash. (cook something) = cook. (tidy up) = mess. (travel) = trip. (noon) = เที่ยง. (talking to ex-pats/travelers/strangers in European) = chat. (Thai teaching book) = book. (hand written journal) = jour. (contests) = test.

8 oktober

We stay in Sisaket

*Checkr* PorP.

Absolutely horrible day. Grab to Rajabhat. Long walk back through garbage, trash and filth. The university is about 5 km from the center. No buses, no transportation. This is the local college for 'poor' students.

Pan acted nasty. 'Nuff said.

Late coffee/tea. Sat outside with Arm, Lay, Golf who were drinking beer, many beers.

7 oktober

We go to Sisaket

*Checkv* PorP.

On bus to Ubon... then another bus. We're in Yasothorn. Need to find out schedule for Yasothorn-Sisaket. It's 15:48. We missed out on the direct bus.

Arrived at Sisaket. Staying in T4 for 3 nights.

6 oktober

*Checkb* exor. 200/100/200/300 = 800. 82 degrees at 09:15. No motivation.
*Checkb* ss&s.
*Checkb* PorP.
*Checkb* walk.
*Xb* trip. Didn't buy ticket.
*Checkb* tv31.

I must pack today for tomorrow. If I'm smart I'll buy the bus ticket too!

5 oktober

*Checko* exor. 350/200/250/300 = 1100. 84 degrees at 08:49
*Checko* ss&s.
*Checko* cook. chicken and pork with lemon, sugar, carrots, greens.
*Checko* ytBL. "I Feel You Linger in the Air" Ep1 Ep2
*Checko* เที่ยง. 89°F 32°C
*Checko* bogs. Sonali/Beholden/Wordsmitty/Harlow
*Checko* chat. P'Nan
*Checko* walk.
*Checko* shop. toilet paper, ice cream.
*Checko* PorP. ""Expired" O5 'delicious' 37w

When did you realize you were dead?

4 oktober

I need to calm down. A bit of drama the last two days. Nothing life threatening; it's just that my nerves are so damaged that I can't withstand any bad news... no matter how petty. I'm trying to get back into routines. It's 10:54 and I already have made some progress on the day. I enjoyed writing on paper. I'll go for water, a walk, visit friends, study? It's an idea. Pan seems happy today. We visit his doctor on the 9th. *Fingerscrossed*

*Checkg* exor. 300/100/200/300 = 900. 81 degrees at 8 a.m. It was very quiet in the shadows.
*Checkg* ss&s. Found my toothbrush.
*Checkg* PorP. ""Dug in" O3 40w 'root'
*Checkg* wash. Pan is washing and cooking today.
*Checkg* agua. another 8 liters.
*Checkg* chat. Nan and German visitor from Brasil.

To KansasCane on YCC: "If the last two centuries have had a steady heartbeat then the last two decades have been a heart attack. It's the uncertainty of it all that disturbs creatures of habit."

3 oktober

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-world-would-be-better-off-without-rel...

*Checkp* exor. 200/100/200/200 = 700. The sun comes around by 10:00. 84/29 degrees.
*Checkp* cook. rice in pepsi with onion and cilantro
*Checkp* ss&s.
*Checkp* baht. took out money. the closest ATM didn't have the funds.
*Checkp* chat. with David.
*Checkp* walk.
*Checkp* shop. Lotus. Pan and I both bought *Chicken*. *Laugh*
*Checkp* agua. 8 liters.

To Charity on FB: "I find it interesting how small additions help in a kitchen. I value my scissors, my one knife to chop, my rice cooker, my 10 liter jug for filtered water. We have a rack... not as fancy 😊 but it helps. The clothes rack on the balcony is a must in Thailand. Small details, but they matter."

To Renae on FB: "Chris Carpenter, I personally like interacting with people more than robots. I can ask questions. I can receive answers. It's why I don't do drive-throughs like Starbucks, why I don't do delivery. I love old time diners with coffee and a slice of pie. In Thailand I smile and speak to street vendors. The folks selling flowers, roti, chicken-on-a-stick know me. I want to be seen and heard. A machine cannot do that."


2 oktober

*Checky* Trip. train home to Udon Thani.
*Checky* walk.

Up before 7 a.m. Ate breakfast! Out by 7:15? Took green line to blue line to Ban Sue... an empty cavern of a new train station with poor signage and long distances. Horrible place imho. Train was hot. I sat in 3rd class, car 4, seat 38? Anyhoo... no rain but the fields were very green and soaked. There's been bad flooding in some areas today.

Very worn out. Pan was glad to see me, bought me roses (old rose color), made sure I ate. I'm going to bed early as I'm exhausted. Tomorrow I'll unpack and try to restart routines.

I do need to rethink how I'm spending what is possibly the last stage of my life.

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40 words... The prompts for the following dates:

Use Nature blog?

10/01/2023- 'reflect'
10/02/2023-'tremendous'
10/03/2023-'root'
         This is how it begins. How it always begins. An urge to seek water and sustenance. An urge to cling to the soil that nurtures us. Finally a shy shoot to greet the sun. While roots... dig deeper in the heart they call home.
10/04/2023- 'instrumental' ???
         
10/05/2023-'delicious' grapes after the frost, a banana before it turns brown, fresh bread and split pea soup.
         So many things are delicious just before they rot: bananas turning black, bread with a spot of mold, your teeth before they fall out. Death becomes you. I can vouch for that.
10/06/2023-'terrific' as in terrifying?
         
10/07/2023-'until' waiting, 17 years, 20...
         Until you bloom like the cutting of a night blooming orchid. I waited 17 years to inhale its fragrance. Tonight I inhale yours.
10/08/2023-fragile' poppy, seedling, chick
         Not everything last. Not youth. Not beauty. Not the fragile petals of a roseate poppy. What endures is the memory of a moment that came in a dream and left on the wings of breeze.
10/09/2023-'determinant' Lead stem, flower, pinch and it branches, chrysanthemum.
10/10/2023-wisdom' Flowers that symbolize wisdom are: Sage, Jacaranda, Iris, Perovskia, Polygonatum (Solomon’s Seal), Aquilegia (Columbine) and Euphorbia (Spurge). September I'll remember. Like an aster, a star fallen to earth whilst the sage shyly blooms, small yellow flowers that defy the coming frost.
10/11/2023-reply' ???
10/12/2023-'collapse' Tired, the petals weep then wither. They have given their all. Only time will tell the fruits of their labor, whether it yielded a harvest of sprouts, a continuance of life itself, someone's last dinner.

Prompt me ghouls...

Week 1: phonebooth *Boothr*
         I followed the emerald ooze. It was coming from the rusted abandoned phone booth. No door, no phone, but I felt a ringing in my ear.
Week 2: pirate flag *Pirateflag*
         She hung the skull-and-bones upside down on the widow's peak. By moonlight, I caught a glint of a silvery hook. Earlier:She hung a black flag upside down on the widow's peak. By moonlight, I caught a glint of her silvery hook.
Week 3: train *Trainv*
         The tracks came into town over 100 years ago. They had been abandoned for over 5 decades. Surely the ghosts of the train wreck had moved on by now. Surely.
Week 4: handprint *Hand2*
         It was small, like a racoon. It was red like fresh strawberry jam. The hand that made it couldn't have gone far.
Week 5: October 31st *Dateoct31*
         No need to stress out. Bad things only happened on the first of the month, they told me. It was still the 31st until midnight.


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