Porthole

Sixteenth week of the Year 181

Sixtenth Week.

July 5 - a sky-blue day.

July 4 - a quiet orange day.

Read poetry and jotted notes.
Cooked.
Over the bridge to Caras Park for music.
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!

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

July 2 - a pleasant pinkish day.

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

July 1 - a mild pleasant day.

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

July Contests:

Purple princess "Merit Badge Magic" 
Shadows & Light (14th) "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest"  Round 133
Community Not up yet "Rhythms & Writing: Official WDC Contest"  Fast car = poem/lyrics.
Senior "SENIOR CENTER FORUM" 
Traditions "Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest "  Working on a villanelle "villanelle (for my eyes) dip in the ocean of an oolong sea" 
Drabble "Aral Sea (16 lines) drabble 100 words" 
1st Chapter "Chapter One "  [Thriller/Suspense, Parenting, Occult] (31st)
Children "Writing 4 Kids Contest "  I.C.U.
Bard [2nd chance] (31st) Maybe lengthen "Before the showing (300 words) [139] " 
Tour de Ports "Tour de Ports" 
Hook #14 (31st) "Hook of the Book"  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.
JI "Journalistic Intentions"  Olympics... I know where I'd go with this... I was youngish in Saint Louis.
Kit "Kit's Higher Ratings Contest" 
Prompt Me "The Prompt Me Contest"  July 1 ...
         — This planet spins so fast I can barely hold on!
         — Then get off the merry-go-round*, Donnie.
Faith "Share Your Faith"  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 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.
Crosstimbers "Shorts in July Contest"  SULTRY, INFERNO, and FERVID... Here Comes the Sun, Summer Nights, Summertime
Twisted "Twisted Tales Contest"  (31st) 300-6000.
What if? "What if...? "  {August 31st}
Dialogue 500 "The Dialogue 500"  "You're a caveman and discover that Fire Works."
Heart "Write From the Heart - Story Contest"  (25th) 750+ Summer love.
One line lyric "The One-Line Lyric Challenge"  "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.

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