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PORCH PONDERINGS

by QueenNormaJean maybesnow?!

Rated: 13+ · Book · Biographical · #2198921

Norma's Wanderings around a small section of Montana

Well, hey there!
Welcome to Roundup, Montana! If it's a nice day, we'll sit a spell on my porch and talk awhile.

"All the resources we need are in the mind.” Theodore Roosevelt, our 26th President of the United States of America.

I am the Captain of my ship.
God is my co-pilot.
Often I sail stormy seas,
Am flung onto rocky shores.

What's on your mind today?

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Kåre เลียม Enga

Nov 3, 2024 at 2:36pm
In response to "Update"

I don't celebrate Halloween. I don't do parties and the American version is silly imho. Samhain is different. I don't mind real witches and ghosts (hope to meet a ghost someday... but not too soon). If goblins existed I'd probably chat with them.

I did go to the Day of the Dead and the parade. Took photos and video. Honoring/remembering the dead is okay imho.

Odd how events "work" or don't. Call me crazy but... the churches have been there a looooong time. How could one NOT know. Same with you and Halloween... they don't know you by now?

I don't join groups because I can't deal with the drama.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Oct 28, 2024 at 1:33pm
In response to "Ducks in a row"

Yep. The only cure to falling is not falling in the first place.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Oct 19, 2024 at 4:14pm
In response to "Catching Up"

It helps to have the time and focus to do Octoprep or Nano. This year I have neither. No excuses and I shouldn't feel guilty. I did sign up for "13" but we'll see... so much depends...

...on the white rain on the black chickens...

We did have snow on the mountains. Today is gloomy.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Oct 4, 2024 at 4:16pm
In response to "Equinox Storm"

Our Senior Center goes through cycles of drama. Right now the kitchen is fine. Today's meal was good.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Oct 4, 2024 at 4:13pm
In response to "Chico"

We have various hot springs in our area but busses don't go there.

Will you have fish for dinner or is it catch and release?

I decided to not do Octo-Prep. I have an idea and I started a folder to keep my chapters. That seems to work best for me. I have a basic timeline and theme. I'll just start in one place and go from there (literally, like in my IRL travels) to the next stop and the next lesson my character (me) has to learn. Since the conflict is "discovery" instead of an action-driven arch... I should be fine as long as they logically flow from one to another.

I'll have to return to Thailand and spend time in each location.

QueenNormaJean maybesnow?!

Sep 12, 2024 at 11:20pm
In response to "School Drama"

Fear is contagious. Fear spreads just like wildfire, one spark from a fearful person and the whole town is crazed.

Drama is preferred these days. Who can get the most views on their page, who can garner the most interesting story to present to the world. Truth is irrelevant it seems. Just the drama is important.

You do assume correctly that the school handled it better, in my opinion. They threw the flame resistant blanket over the problem and extinguished the fire. For now. Until the next crisis. Which will be when all these crazed parents withdraw their students and claim they are now 'homeschooling' them. I see this happening - people threatened to do this.

And don't get me started on the whole homeschooling trend. Some parents do a good job. Great. But others don't and kids suffer. There is no real policing in Montana for homeschoolers. Sad but true.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Sep 12, 2024 at 6:10pm
In response to "School Drama"

Do people think that dog-eating black-skinned aliens are out to get them? As in crows versus Crows?

The real issue is fear boistered by fear-mongers.

Here... there have been 'threats' in God's Waiting Room. We can call 911 and ask for MST... someone trained in mental health. Instead of peaceful resolution though... we seem to prefer DRAMA. This free floating anxiety with no existential threat is widespread.

May I assume the school handled it better than the parents?

QueenNormaJean maybesnow?!

Sep 7, 2024 at 5:16pm
In response to "Fun Fact"

Who knew??? I love history.

AnotherDreamer

Sep 7, 2024 at 5:09pm
In response to "Fun Fact"

How funny. lol

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NaNotatoGo!

Sep 4, 2024 at 3:13pm
In response to "NaNoWriMo"

It certainly will.

September 12, 2024 at 10:43am

#1076659

School Drama

Yesterday everyone in town that has kids in school was all atwitter. Seems the school was in a lockdown situation for about 45 minutes. It was not a shooter situation, it was not dangerous. It was a few students making threatening remarks, per my source. Incident was resolved, life in school went on.

But oh no! You will not do this without parental involvement in every step of the way. The outrage, the online ranting and raving. How dare you do this without our permission!

This was the info given online initially that started the firestorm:
Dear Community Members, RHS was placed into a lockdown a few moments ago. The lockdown has been lifted. We will get a more information out quickly.

Then that statement was followed by this one:
Subject Line: Safety Notification - Lockdown Ended at Roundup High School Dear Parent or Guardian, Roundup High School was placed in Lockdown from 9:45 am to 10:01 am due to a possible threat. Students and staff were asked to remain in their locked classrooms to keep the hallways empty. Thank you for your patience while we worked with first responders to respond to the situation. The safety and security of your child is our top priority. What is a Lockdown? Lockdown is called when there is a threat or hazard inside the school building. The Lockdown Action demands locking interior doors, moving occupants out of the line of sight of corridor windows, turning off lights to make the room seem unoccupied, and having occupants maintain silence. If students are unable to get behind a locked door, they are trained to self-evacuate. If your child contacts you to inform you that they safely self-evacuated, please contact the district at 406-323-1507 to notify us your child is safe. Sincerely, Riley Mayo Principal

Now I understand the anxiety of a threat in school so soon after that incident in Georgia and other places. But our school is in rural Montana. It's a smallish high school, with a graduating class each year of twenty or so. Most everyone in school knows everyone else, and quite a few are related to each other in some way. But it only takes one remark by some student to another that sounds like perhaps possibly maybe they are plotting revenge or mayhem or madness to get everyone all worked up.

The administration and teachers and staff are well-trained for these situations. They care very much about each student. Some have their own children in the school system. So I am sure in this situation no one was in any real danger. Thank goodness.

I perceive the anxiety in our town reflects the anxiety of our world at large. Everyone is all worked up and anxious and nervous. It's almost like we all need to have a giant dose of 'calm-the-heck-down'. Relax, things are never really as bad as you think they are. What is the saying? And it's an old one - 'tempest in a teacup'.

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