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Ah, Enga! The poet, the traveler, the blogger, the lover of odd-vampire-jokes, and everything inbetween! (although I did read somewhere that you were concerned about your traveling future??  ) Let's hope that isn't something that will prevent you from doing what you love best. All the same, I wish for you to have a wonderful holiday season!  |
| Thank you. I'm still concerned about traveling. Today is a 'rest' day. I need to plan where I'm going tomorrow though. |
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| Since I need to get back to my vampire stories... Dark Blood for Dark Thoughts: Vampires suck blood for Vitamin D coz they can't go out in the sun themselves. You ever think about that? No. You only think about yourself. Lynn Boyd: No one is stopping vampires from going to the damn drug store for some cod liver oil...they're open after dark..... They could stop just thinking of themselves 😱 Nicholas Hill: late night shopping hasn't always been a thing when was the last "vampire attack"?... well ... not since late night shopping and cod liver oil I think. coincidence maybe but do we need to continue this hate for no good reason? Andy Pesorda: They've make pills for years to fix that very problem. You can also buy them online and get them delivered and wait until the sun goes down to go out and get them. Stop making excuses for vampires - you're only enabling them. Julie Poisson: Actually we suck the oxygen in your blood because ours get "kill" by the venomous vampire blood, he destroy oxygen cell, so that's all, pretty easy you stupid and lucky oxygen carrier! Nick Senior: Haven't you read Stoker's fable!? 😉 Sunlight only weakened Dracula. It did not hurt him and he could walk in the daylight quite happily. Barbara Bercsényi: "Say you're vampira and needed plasma and I'm dying from chronic asthma.. I'd leave my deathbed to drop some blood for you... Just for you" A thank you to ForeverDreamer for sharing this on bookface. |
My response to ~Brian K Compton~ "The Seasons I Did Have…"  A new piece  in a blog old enough to vote! And born in America... ...and can't be deported. in waves ~ tidal ~ sand to your shore My emotions are tidal. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost sight of the shore. Someday my bloated body will be an enigma to [yet-to-be-born] voyeurs. I'm reading Malaysian poet Malachi Edwin Vethamani's book "Rambutan Kisses". I'm enjoying it and hoping it will inspire me to write. Update: Some good advice regarding on-going my dilemma. One solution may be vitamin 12. "I may need to stop traveling. " |
| This may be my last trip unless I can figure out a better way of traveling. Suggestions needed. "I may need to stop traveling. " I need to flesh out my options when I can think straight. |
| I would like to assure everyone that I'm okay. But. Every day a new problem. 14 days of stress. Almost every day. |
| Hang in there K,it seems every place has its up's and downs. Weather and whatever's life is a freaking rollercoaster 🎢. At least you have connections here 😉. |
| Kåre เลียม Enga I hope things get better for you! The winter & holiday season can be really hard for a lot of people. Just remember you have people here that care about you! |
| Calling all POETS! This is open NOW till January 3rd. After a 3+ year hiatus...
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| Thinking of Santeven Quokklaus today. Bought book about George Town & Adelaide: sister cities for 50 years. Talked to authors and designer of the book. I'm glad I came to Penang for the literary festival. Awesome young writers gave a memorable performance. Also spoke to a well-known poet. Elfycia Lee ☮ was patient with me. She really helped. |
Day 2: Kuala Lumpur.  Met up with Elfycia Lee ☮. Very nice visit at Central market and Petaling Street. Ate beef noodle sup and a bit of lalala. Drank sour plum. I'm tired and lying down. Need to write "Body Shopping". I need a new one. 😉 |
| I leave Tuesday. My personal daily blog will collect my thoughts... those that aren't trapped by the cobwebs of my mind. There's even a neglected trinket hidden there (only 38 have collected it):
I hope to write daily vignettes of my travels this time. I'll be in new places instead of living mostly in one place. 10 weeks of travel may wear me out so don't fret if I skip days. They will be collected here:
It also has a neglected trinket (only 23 collected  ). Why post in two places? Hoarfrosts will focus on me, disfunctional me. Write Path will try to capture a place with its sights, sounds, smells, textures, tastes and the rainbow of humanity I'll meet. I suggest... make both a favorite to keep track of me (Lawd knows the Gov does...). |
| I'm making progress on my trip . That said, my time is sifting through my fingers as I lie here in bed. I know. I know... Anyone else have trips planned November-February? Domestic? International?        |
Annette  - March... I wanted to be in Morocco in March '20. Had to cancel. Berlin is a wee bit cooler. 🥶 I'd like to be in Portugal in April and Norway in May. I prefer "cooler" weather. But, there's so many places I haven't been. House and pet sitting sound great. |
| All of you are so lucky! I take no trips now. Except for those I take with the characters in books. Your passports must be full of memories!! |
| Received my NEW PASSPORT วันนี้ฉันมีหนังสือเดินทางเล่มใหม่ Now I can start making plans, Elfycia Lee ☮, Dr Gonzo |
QueenNormaJean snow?forgetit..  - I haven't told Scott yet; but, at least I saw him on the 2nd! I'm trying to figure out my next trip ... a.s.a.p. Even if my finances and health hold up I will need more than 4 years to visit everywhere I want to go. Africa is at least 5 trips; Caribbean 1+, South America is 2+; Oceania 1+, Asia 5+. That's 14-28 months. And I'd like to revisit my favorite places and people in Europe. Whether I succeed or not isn't important. Movement = life; lying down here on my deathbed wouldn't be healthy. |
QueenNormaJean snow?forgetit.. - I'm meeting up with a friend in Ayutthaya. It would be a pleasure to meet you there as well. There's a wonderful roundtrip flight from Billings to Bangkok December 2-17. $1,370. It's Alaska-Asiana (one of my favorite airlines and flights... top shelf). Seriously... it would be a hoot. Think about it... if not now... maybe some day soon. Scott's giving me a ride to the airport next Tuesday.  |
| I booked a flight to Kuala Lumpur, Elfycia Lee ☮. And a flight back from Bangkok Dr Gonzo. Of, course... now I'll have second thoughts for a day. I book through Expedia (because I have an account with them) and have 24 hours to cancel. Clean? Check list? Pack? |
Elfycia Lee ☮  - Yessssss... says my inner Slytherin. I'm Hufflepuff, but y'know, Naga... and all that... Chines zodiac? I'm a water dragon. 🐉 I needed a cheap flight and it was cheapest this way. I think I'll survive 10 days in Malaysia. |
| QueenNormaJean snow?forgetit.. - My passport took less than a week and was easy-breezy. Why did I procrastinate? I could've traveled in July/August (Smoke Season). December/January is also brutal in Missoula. No tourists, locals and students leave, city snoozes. I don't mind the cold. It's the gloom... |
| Kåre เลียม Enga - I know about the gloom. And doom. I use a sunlight lamp to help - and lots of Vitamin D. But I still wish I was on a desert island for November and December. |
| PUTTING THINGS ON SEMI-PRIVATE. Due to the unstable political situation in the USA, and because this is a USA website, I've decided that I need to recheck my privacy settings. I don't like passkeys and mostly I do "registered members only". I'd rather not block people; but, I will if necessary. To some folks this may seem over-reacting. To those who live in the land of unicorns and fairies... unlike your fantasies, I'm very much at risk to violent rhetoric. I've been bashed in the past. I don't trust people. Oh, I won't disappear... I'll just not share. |
SAD Holiday Potato  - Yep... but it can't happen here. Dear Bezos: "Democracy Dies in Darkness". Thanx for turning off the lights. |
Anni Pon  - I don't mind discussing on line. True, face to face (over tea or coffee) is better. That people are fearful of discussing anything distresses me. Therefore, "TABOO TOPICS" is now restricted to authors only. I'd be very displeased if I had to put it on private. |
| Kåre เลียม Enga - I agree, these things definitely need to be talked about. It's gotten to the point where staying silent makes you complicit in what's happening. But also, the country is living in two completely different realities, and it's become basically impossible to have any kind of actual discussion. Even if, in a lot of cases, people are voting for things that will directly harm themselves and the people they care about. They just don't know it or believe it. But a forum seems like a good place to have discussion on here. I hope you don't have to make it private. |
| We are at war. Are we? There's more to war than two armies facing battle. "We are at War" in my blog "O Pinions!" War on the Poor has been waged since the 1980s. War on diversity... since forever. War on the powerless... makes bullies feel better. War on our planet. Bring on the Apocalypse.? Why? No... it hasn't always been like this. There have always been peaceful cooperative cultures. The competitive warmongers capture the headlines and their heroic and/or evil deeds are legend. Your opinion? Or go to "Taboo forum: human rights " and comment under "We are at War" |
| Advent Pumpkin - I have lived elsewhere and have visited many places that are more peaceful than the States. That said, we humans resemble warring chimpanzees more than their cousins the bonobos. |
| Kåre เลียม Enga - Oh my dear yes we take a chance when we speak our truth! Because it's not always others experience or perspective. Ironic you wrote that,as I was wondering if I was ( probably being judged over what I wrote!) |
| Kåre เลียม Enga - Don't worry 😜 I won't run away 🤣! I do get you and are sometimes afraid to offend people,yet I can't lie about my life and how I look at the world because of it. I'm a kind person and so are you! You say a lot of really good things even if not everyone gets it. They could if they asked and wanted to know! Sorry took me a bit to respond! |
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