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 |   Enga mellom fjella: where from across the meadow, poems sing from mountains and molehills. |
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Enga mellom Fjella  Sentinel Marked as if you own me I bow before the Bitterroots and just like you my rocky soil, my withered grass lays prey to the empty sky. © Kåre Enga 2007 "Sentinel"   Reader's Choice of Poems: "Zmitri" "Where grows the compost heap" "Between us" "Speak soft my name" "Mauve Mavis" Reader's Choice of blog entries from my old blog "L'aura del Campo" :"Death of Jeannie New Moon" "Winter: 18 Mas'il (December 29)" "When is it proper to tell someone you love them?" "Half-naked dreams? 'Getting the stain out of genes!" "Poems inspired by maps. Remember 1963?" FACES     PLACES            Kåre  Enga~ until everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow! And I let the fish go. ~ Elizabeth Bishop The Fish |
| Fours hours. I moved the bed, the counters, went through stuff and stuff and stuff, twice, thrice... 10ish until 2ish in the morning. It took four hours to find my passport where it was supposed to be, a place I'd already checked at least twice. Got to sleep around 3 am. Walked around like a zombie yesterday. But... got to bank to transfer money. Informed them of my dates. Checked mail... none. I have vowed to take less. I'm only going for one month (32 days) and there shouldn't be a climate issue unless I climb a mountain. And I've done this before. My fist flight leaves tomorrow at 5 in the evening so no stress there. Gets in at 6 in the morning Thursday. Wish a friend would message me... Is he meeting me at the airport or not? Communication is always nice. No definite plans on this trip. Have a short but not hysterical wish-list of places to visit. I've been most everywhere! I may be traveling with a friend so that may make it more interesting than normal. |
| ...or some such nonsense. Me: Lovely weather... warm then threatening... then not much of anything. Montana... a drama queen.  In going through things I found postcards and brochures from England '11. Nice, but how does that help me? Or receipts from last trip?  Not packed but not worried. At least I won't have many dirty clothes to come home to. Got to some Spring/Autumn over clothes. Lord of the Rings has helped distract me a bit and I've even read some poetry while eating out of my fridge. Small victories. I've made lists and now need to check them daily. I'm pretty good at lists. No great wisdom to impart today. No World Cup predictions either. Nice game between Korea and Algeria today though. I'm not fond of zero zero ties played in the midfield. Ack. So the plot sickens... but my team is through.  |
| I picked 7 flowers from across the street where I live. It's a Scandinavian custom according to Lisbeth... of course... it's probably has something to do with young maidens... LOL. Me... Another beautiful day. Now cooling just past sunset. Finished watching Fellowship of the Ring. It always reminds me that the book was better. Listened to music in Caeas Park by the WhizPops. They sang dinosaur songs for the kids. Margi has an amazing voice. Stopped by the Saturday morning market and Butterfly Herbs. Won't see my peoples again till August. Slowly... but still make progress every day in spite of it not seeming so. Time to go back to my place and find a couple more things to do.  |
| I will post more on this topic later, but for now... Ganamos! Costa Rica 1-0 over Italy. Great day for La Sele. The Ticos are celebrating for sure. First advance to the knockout phase sine 1990. later... YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU It seems that all my Tico friends are out celebrating! ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME: Joyce took me out to lunch at the Uptown Diner, an icon in downtown Missoula. I've been here almost 6 years ...first time there. I really liked the cherry malt. My photos have come under scrutiny... Apparently some people like them. I do try but I also realize that taking photos most everyday helps. That and the willingness to just shoot and ask questions later. I do believe in seeing what others do not. Lovely day out there. I may even get to enjoy it. Until then... 51.318 |
| ME: Am I prepared for the Costa Rica v Italy game tomorrow? Nope. But I will be. On at 10 am our time. Must say that Suarez' goals for Uruguay was sweet. Someone said the final score was Liverpool 2-1 Liverpool. If there's a tie in tomorrow's game, England is out. So... what's my goal? Missed one meeting today as no one told me where it was. Met up with Ingrid. Barber was closed; out of town? Carl... maybe tonight?As long as I do something everyday I won't be dug into a deep hole two days before my flight. I have "Fellowship of the Ring" on vhs-tape to watch to distract me but I just don't want to sit in front of a screen much these days. I sit in front of the computer for far too long! Whatever my goals may be, may there be a GOL! in my future. |
| ME: No idea... I did write something last night although it isn't a keeper. Might be able to use part of the idea though. We did a poetry/art session. Wrote secret messages in white crayon then revealed them with water colors.. Works well, except you can't see what you just wrote! And revision? Forget that. It's hard to exactly explain what I did... I folded one piece of paper over mid way. wrote across it then opened the paper using the what was already writing on the left side to write something else on the right. Like: A B - C D E F GH I J - K L and then: A N - M D O F I P - QR L When the paper is folded one only sees the top part. Of course I put it on a wider paper that I had written on down the middle, so: T U V W X Y Z would also be hidden unless one lifted the top paper. Follow this? Anyhoo... I attached the two papers with a necklace of beads and a flat ring. Everything was brushed over with watercolors... I'll use the idea to work on a new one that's well thought out. "Moon reflected in the tiger's eye" will be my prompt. The one dangling bauble looks like a moon and I have a necklace of tiger's eye beads I haven't done anything with... So, a new rough draft:
© Kåre Enga 18.June.2014 Or... something like that. 51.289 |
| ...or a Tico without the taco. Yo: I leave on the 25th, arrive on the 26th. Come back the 28th of July. A friend wants to meet me at the airport... at 06:45? We'll see! In any case I bought the ticket and I'm going. If our football team (La Sele) advances... we'll know on the 24th... there'll be a game on the 28th or 29th. So I'll be in Costa Rica for the final World Cup game in July. Nice to be in a football country for the BIG game. I was in CR when Germany beat the Dutch in 1974. In 2010 I was here in Montana but the U.S. isn't the place to watch it in spite of numerous Spanish and Dutch fans. 10 days to arrange everything... plenty of time. Not like I haven't done this before! Already counted my pills... won't need to re-order. And my black underwear is folded and ready.  Have no clue what I'll do this time. Depends on my friend. I'll make a wish list. For sure, I'll visit folks I know. The 25th of July is a national holiday and that will be nice. When I'm back I'll probably stay home the month of August; although, it's not my favorite month in Montana as it can get hot. Hopefully no smoke this year. I love September here but I may be off to somewhere again. England immediately comes to mind! Wonder how Ireland is? Of course, Asia and Africa must be considered. But Africa may be best in December. October? Another glorious month here in Montana. Would like to convince a friend to visit. If not, it's the book fair and football games. Or... a trip to Kansas or Oklahoma. I'm overdue to visit both. November? So far away... LOL. I went to a poetry reading on Saturday. Read two poems from my chapbook, "This and every November". Fact and Fiction still has copies. |
| meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee: Doing fine. Costa Rica won its match against Uruguay 3-1. Everyone in CR is happy. They celebrate but don't turn as nasty as some people do. They aren't Hooligans. Good news: goals are being scored this tournament. No 0-0 games yet and that's really good news. One ball came down out of the sky in my life. A friend has rented an apartment and will not be taking over mine. So... plan B. Unfortunately, conversations with a Tico friend are confusing. Am I visiting him or is he visiting me? Either way is good but I need to know... like yesterday. Off to - ita matrix - to look at airfares. Today is sunny and cool. I know some folks want summer to come quick but need I remind them about fires and 100º temps? My room maintains heat so I leave the windows open. Cool enough to sleep. Used a sheet as a cover last night. Been waking up early which is good if I'm planning on CR soon. Been getting up "late" but that's not so much a worry. Flowers are in bloom in spite of the dry conditions. The zinnias at Higgins and Broadway are spectacular. Planted and maintained by someone who sells jewelry I heard... Very nice. I posted pictures at facebook. When I see zinnias I think of Zippity Zern a.k.a. Linda in Florida. She has lots of zinnias in her garden.  51.251 |
| me: We got rain last evening. A couple booms and a few drops. It wants to rain again today. But... some sun and definitely cooler. I've been back one week. Progress: I edited photos from Poland and Norway today. I'll make "Best Of..." albums when I'm done. No progress: still haven't spoken with a friend whose input is key before I buy tickets to go to Costa Rica. At least football games end. Netherlands trash Spain 5-1. Ouch. Political process? Never ends... I have kept up on my underwear... I have not tackled my two rooms yet. I'm not even finished unpacking; although what remains is unimportant. Progress... and ...no progress. Story of my life recently. 51.228 |
| The horizon sits behind lazy clouds. Cool, partly sunny. The kind of day that begs me take a blanket, put it under a tree and fall asleep in green shade. I'm trying to stay vertical as I cross the bridge. So much to do on the other side. Illness merely gets in the way. I've posted photos of Poland in spite of my eyes hurting. Stayed at the center during bingo in spite of a headache. Walked across that bridge in spite of swelling feet. The grass beckons. My chair beckons. I could sit and watch a movie I think. I could lay down... But I don't. My head is fuzzy and my walk unsteady but there's much to be done. I'm just trying, trying to stay vertical on a horizontal day. ME: Not getting much done. Ate a plate of rice and fish. Drank milk and bread. My mouth aches too... tooth and gum. The coffee isn't helping with its usual buzz. I did edit and post 30 photos of Gdansk on a cloudy rainy evening, the 12th of May. I want to get those photos taken on the 13th through 15th done first. Then Portugal and Spain. I wish I had the energy to read but even the thought of watching a movie annoys me. Can't focus. So I'll do something. Maybe look at flights to Costa Rica again. That's frustrating enough. Costs have gone up to where it'd be just as cheap to re-visit Europe. But I have friends in Costa Rica I desperately want to visit in July. Life is okay. But as I thought today: "We all die but my dying needn't be a burden on others". Grim thought but apropo. Time to sign off before I get even whinier. 51.188 |
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