Porthole

Ayyam-i-Ha week.

2 march: Bahá'í anniversary (50th)

Did not go out.
No one home? Didn't get neosporin.
Made into an item: "Washington Highway 21"  [E]

1 March

1. Walk to Butterfly Herbs.
Chat with Lundy and others.
Made into an item: "The little boats are coming home to bed"  [E]
Made a new crossword: "Dickinson — Joyce duologue"  [E]

28 February

1. Walk to Senior Center to rant. 2. Short walk at night to see the stars.
Chat with Laxmi and Dalton. Picked up marble rolling pin.
Finished making an item out of "Shooting the dog "  [13+] "Partly cloudy"  [13+]
Entered two items into "The One-Line Lyric Challenge" 
Entered "Now we are two"  for "Merit Badge Magic" 

27 February: My sister's birthday.

1. Walk to the Senior Center. 2. Walk to Rose Garden.
Chat with Gail, Ernie, Laxmi, Jamie.
Made into items: "Cioppino"  [ASR] "In the Dog's house? "  [13+]
Worked on two poems in "Rome and sands and other thoughts..." 
Finished Realities: "Realities February 2025" 

26 February: My father's death day.

         1. Walk to Sr. Ctr. and OFF. 2. Walk along the river; saw an eagle.
         Chat with Laxmi and Jamie.
         New items: "Letter to Colleen from Somewhere"  [13+] "Mirror of my mind"  [13+]
         Working on "Realities February 2025" 
         Entered Senior Contest.
         Added more to Realities.
         Entered Hook: "Wind whips the waves into a frenzy. We only need to outrun them; yet, furious, you chase me, jowls dripping drool. Perhaps I only need to outrun you."
         Entered Lornda's contest.
         Took an evening bath.

25 February

         1. Walk to Le Petit and Sr. Ctr. 2. didn't go out again.
         Chat with friends. Willie, Kathi, Charles, Laxmi...
         Two new items. "Zmitri Prime"  [13+] "Snow and rice"  [ASR]
         Used heating bottle Gung gave me in Udon Thani for the first time.
         Added more to Realities.

24 February

         1. Walk to Senior Center. 2. Walk to store.
         Made "Yellow"  [13+] into an item after nearly 20 years.
         Reading old blog entries from my first blog "L'aura del Campo"  is unnerving me.

Weekly goals:

Once:
         Take a bath.
         Shave my beard off; trim mustache.
Twice or Thrice:
         Declutter (since every day is NOT happening).
Every day:
         Make at least one new item from old entries {}e:starr}
         Go out twice every day.


End of month writing goals:

1st&2nd. Entered.
S&L Won for February. March now open.
Trad. Entered.
HighRate+. Entered. Edit?
Senior. "Emily — James"  [13+]
Veteran. Entered.
Hook entered.
Humorous entered.

"Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest" 

Lodestar. not likely...
Dialogue500. not likely.
Stupid Cupid... not likely.
Heart Throb. Sonnet... not likely.
MagicMerit. Should but...
"Hearts Afire. February 2025. (Closed)"  Sadly... An old flame reappears. Like a relit candle found in the back of a closet.
"The Humorous Poetry Contest"  "My computer tells me who stole ..."  [13+]


"Lighthouses at Sunset Contest "  Open March.
Dark&Twisted. March 13th.

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