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Earth Everyday

The Sly-ones piss on us. The Ravens just soar on the winds, never touching ground. The Gryffin-fires just burn it all down. All live on this same rocky sphere; but we humble Huffers inherited the dirt. With that guy Sly we fashion mud; we join Rave to spread the dust; we build bricks with old Gryff's flame. No blame, no shame, no glory. No one knows our faces nor our names.

We are the salt of the dried up puddle, the honey, the spice and vinegar, the bitter-sweetness of live itself. We are servants of these fertile soils. We never lord over it. Our power resides with our healing charms and our respect for ALL. We will always count our blessings and heed the curse, "We have given you this Earth, if you can keep it."

         witches warlocks
         work the roots — trees
         flower and fruit


© Kåre Enga (22.april.2025) [182.35]

I always think kind thoughts for THANKFUL SONALI 18 WDC Years!

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I have set up a new blog:

 
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ในสวนของเลียม Open in new Window. (13+)
In Liam's Garden, a personal journal
#2338942 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon

It's still under construction.
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Is it ok to use Thai?
I like the blog format. I'm not a blogger, but I'll try and check in every now and then.
Amethyst Angel 💐 Author Icon - If you so desire. เลียมพูดภาษาไทยได้นิดหน่อย My name in Thai is Liam (easier in Thai and Lao).
President Trump's full Easter message:

Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting and scheming so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, the Mentally Insane, and well known MS-13 Gang Members and Wife Beaters, back into our Country. Happy Easter also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges and Law Enforcement Officials who are allowing this sinister attack on our Nation to continue, an attack so violent that it will never be forgotten! Sleepy Joe Biden purposefully allowed Millions of CRIMINALS to enter our Country, totally unvetted and unchecked, through an Open Borders Policy that will go down in history as the single most calamitous act ever perpetrated upon America. He was, by far, our WORST and most Incompetent President, a man who had absolutely no idea what he was doing -- But to him, and to the person that ran and manipulated the Auto Pen (perhaps our REAL President!), and to all of the people who CHEATED in the 2020 Presidential Election in order to get this highly destructive Moron Elected, I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter!!!

From Truth Social, reported on numerous media outlets.

My opinion: "Trump's Easter Message"  Open in new Window.
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Many happy returns.
Damon Nomad Author Icon - Anyone in denial should read your dystopian forewarning:

 Above the Law: Essay and a Scary Story Open in new Window. (13+)
Become a tyrannical president for life. Just follow the advice of a 1973 DOJ memo.
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I don't normally make word searches but the grapevine suggests that there are a few WDC members who adore them. *Wink*

I guess we'll have to change them all to English now that Our Dear Leader abhors diversity, history or culture (unless it's his own). Sigh

Since Montana is Spanish, therefore unacceptable, and impossible to pronounce (too many syllables) I propose Jeannette (after Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress) Fred (after his father). I now live in Missoula, FR.

 
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Indigenous Roots (names of US states) Open in new Window. (E)
Many place names have origins in indigenous languages. My hometown was one of them.
#2338807 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
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I suspect Ẃeβ࿚Ẃỉtcĥ Author IconMail Icon might be interested in this too. She may love it as much as me. *Smile*
Fun! Here's one - near where I grew up - Ashtabula - near Lake Erie in Ohio - I was told it meant 'river of many fish'. Hard to prove.
Hurting as I reread

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Á Ragnvadr (Ragnvadr's River) Open in new Window. (13+)
If Ulla fails, the soul of her people dies, their flesh burns and hearts harden like lava.
#2252724 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon


after receiving this:

Merit Badge in Nordic
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For Ragnvadr’s River

Why hurt? Once upon a time I could write.

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A poem I never made into a readable/reviewable item:

 
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Wild and wet Open in new Window. (13+)
the spray the spray even now i feel it falling over soaking into becoming me
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Wild and wet

the spray the spray even now i feel it falling over soaking into becoming me          the rocks the rocks hidden by the spume's sprung beauty deadly in the slippery gloss glistening slimy smooth          your long tress of hair a stallion's mane the tail of a mare          white light a thousand diamonds' flight a-falling from the heights           misting          misting in your dark green lair

 
  each    strand 
        wild      and      wet 
                untamed 


© Kåre Enga 2008 [165.41] 2008-04-21

Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe's Green and White (1957/58): "Small vertical canvas of abstracted white cascade of a waterfall pouring down between dark green cliffs, dissipating into soft green mist at the bottom."

https://collections.okeeffemuseum.org/object/36/
In my Taboo forum: "Can women be leaders?"  Open in new Window. Apparently not!

Are women allowed to be leaders in your town, school, province, government, military, corporations, church? If so, why? If not, why not?
For those who enjoy Emily Dickinson and James Joyce:

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Dickinson — Joyce duologue Open in new Window. (E)
A crossword puzzle for two beloved writers.
#2336013 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon

Only 2 reviews and 48 views. A quirky approach if I dare say so.
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Tea-n-Tesla have no empathy. They're home-sweet-home wreckers.

Personal failings aside (they are both all-too-recognizably human) their lack of empathy has created issues around the world (in my opinion). What is your take on their impact on you, your family or friends.

For 18+ rated responses posting in my forum may be best: "Tea-n-Tesla have no empathy; They home-sweet-home wreckers."  Open in new Window.


I feel attacked. Am I overacting, you may ask. I read about the present fascists trying to limit my right to be me. Do you find yourself in jeopardy?

A broad statement; because, there are so many rights at risk.

You may respond here [13+ rated] or in my Taboo forum "Fascist assaults on human dignity?"  Open in new Window. however you wish. Ranting, raging, swearing accepted.
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Questions of rights are much simpler matters to me than they seem to be for most folk. IMHO, John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, summed it up very clearly and reasonably, "The rights of one [person] diminish where those of another begin."
Humble Poet PNG still humble Author Icon - I don't disagree... except... when rights are not agreed upon. The right to speech, religion, sexuality, work, yadayada, are not universal. Even kindness is not agreed upon and has been criminalized (homeless and poor people know this all too well).
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Word for my day:

"Nyctinasty" refers to the circadian rhythm-based nastic movement of plants in response to changes in light intensity, particularly the onset of darkness, often described as a plant "sleeping".

I used it in my comedic flash "View from the Vestibule Open in new Window.

I once was chastised for using cacophony in a poem for a child and once a high-school teacher didn't like my using halcyon (I knew what it meant). It isn't a crime to use an uncommon word... just saying...
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It's one thing to write at an appropriate level for one's audience. It's quite another thing to dumb everything down so people won't learn new words.
nɪk-tə-ˌna-stē".

Nice.

We all have critics…and you’re not 5that type. (((Kåre เลียม Enga Author Icon))) You’re on a mountain. Pity the fools that missed the opportunity to witness you as you are.

Though, retrospect helps one navigate the ignorance and/or irresponsibility that lords over another. Actions can border manipulation into a gray, unseemly dark side.

Pain is essential to impassion writers, and motivates actors. Hence, Survival of the Brainiest?
I love using uncommon words. You quickly learn who paid attention in school and who reads books.
Oh by gosh by golly... it's Elon and The Folly...

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Dew Drop Inn Open in new Window. (18+)
April poem-a-day poetry spot!
#1370829 by Katya the Poet Author IconMail Icon

The fun begins today. And that's no yolk.
LOOK WHAT'S BACK IN TOWN!

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Dew Drop Inn Open in new Window. (18+)
April poem-a-day poetry spot!
#1370829 by Katya the Poet Author IconMail Icon

Starts April 1st. Prompts are up.
I'm going with Giambattista (1668-1744) Vico's definition of common sense: "judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire people, an entire nation, or the entire human race".

I'm not great with "common sense" as I question reality and have always felt I was an outsider.

Do you have common sense?


In my "Blogville Open in new Window. forum entry: "Common Sense?"  Open in new Window.
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Kåre เลียม Enga Author Icon - I'd actually rather live comfortably in the better way it can be.
Robert Waltz Author Icon - Common sense relies on the knowledge each individual posesses and upon the individual accessing and applying that knowledge when required. This is why learning everything one can is a good thing and why thinking is so critical.
         For instance, I've learned that water conducts electricity, that water spreads when not contained, and that electricity can injure and kill. When an electric stove catches on fire, I think (extremely quickly) about these and other factors. My personal version of common sense kicks in. I take more
appropriate action, and I avoid dying in a puddle of electrified water.
         So in essence, common sense just means gathering as much knowledge as one can, and using that knowledge wisely in every situation.
         I've also learned that water can melt witches and reveal disguised and absconding embezzlers. *Wink* *Laugh*
Humble Poet PNG still humble Author Icon - It's worth noting that common sense sometimes means having the knowledge that others nearby are all dumb as rocks and thinking ahead about ways to deal with random acts of stupidity committed by others.
         I now have to wonder if I've done rocks an injustice by comparing them to idiots. Rocks, left to themselves, do nothing but lay around all day everyday, oft for millennia. They're immune to sunburn and pneumonia. So, it strikes me that rocks are really quite smart when deciding how to spend their non-lives.
Only a week to meet the deadlines for most contests. What am I missing?
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Anni Pon Author Icon - It's on my list and I've been thinking about it. That said... always a good reminder. Thank you.
Kåre เลียม Enga Author Icon - No pressure! Just a reminder, if you're interested.
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