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PORCH PONDERINGS

by QueenNormaJean Let's Go!Go!Go!

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:

ผีKåreEngaในMontana

a day ago
In response to "Ducks in a row"

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

ผีKåreEngaในMontana

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.

ผีKåreEngaในMontana

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.

ผีKåreEngaในMontana

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 Let's Go!Go!Go!

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.

ผีKåreEngaในMontana

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 Let's Go!Go!Go!

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

Who knew??? I love history.

NIGHTMARE BUSTER Boo

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

How funny. lol

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GhostlyPotato

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

It certainly will.

QueenNormaJean Let's Go!Go!Go!

Sep 4, 2024 at 2:34pm
In response to "NaNoWriMo"

GhostlyPotato

I appreciate your comments and no, you're not butting in. All your points are valid. NaNoWriMo went through a scandal a few years ago, or was it last year? about their moderators. And now this.

Last I knew, we were still a country that allows free speech. Unlike some others in the world.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Other people can like it, or not. But you are entitled to it.

It will be interesting to see what becomes of all this AI stuff.

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October 28, 2024 at 1:21pm

#1079064

Ducks in a row

It's the last week of the OctoPrep Challenge and things are heating up for the writers. So far, 15 have finished the challenge. A number have missed their deadline of 72 hours, but can still compete as runner-ups.

I remember when I did the challenge and the push to get all 'my ducks in a row' so to speak this last week. If I remember right, we were going on a trip that coincided with the last day of the challenge. So the pressure was on to get the assignments posted, and everything finished by the deadline.

Life here in Roundup is rolling along. There is planning for a Christmas Stroll. Somehow I got elected to be the organizer for the venues. Mercy. That wouldn't be so bad if only the person in charge of the entire event would communicate with me. So I try not to overthink the entire scenario. I do what I think is prudent, take money, assign people to spaces. Then let the chips fall where they may. Sink or swim, organizer.

A dear friend of mine fell the other night. Now when you fall, and you are older, the problem is not the falling, the problem is 'why did you fall?'. She ended up breaking her leg. So pain meds were administered in the hospital. Her leg is in a splint, waiting for swelling to subside before casting. Standard procedure. But yesterday she stopped breathing for a spell. So they administered Narcan. (Narcan is for opiod overdoses.) Now she may be transferred to a hospital in Billings to figure out why she had such a strong reaction to pain medication.

So I had to tell a few other friends of the incident. Then I get pushback about who to tell for church. Well, for church, I am no longer the email communicator. That has been given to another church member since I stepped down from that task. He is not proactive with this little task. He won't email if you ask him to. He won't answer emails. Whatever.

Like I said, getting my ducks in a row.
mama duck and ducklings

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