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And we're now at a baker's dozen with a terrific new entry today.
https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/flash-fiction/-inokes-dance-.aspx
https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/flash-fiction/-inokes-dance-.aspx
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Quote by etairay
..from the North to the South, Ebudæ into Khartoum ..from the deep sea of Clouds to the island of the moon ..carry me on the waves to the lands I've never been ..carry me on the waves to the lands I've never seen ..we can sail, we can sail with the Orinoco Flow ..we can sail, we can sail ..(Sail away, sail away, sail away) 🎶
Oo, another Enya fan. I was just listening to her recently. Have even used her music in a church service (Caribbean Blue, I think).
Which Planet of the Apes? The original 1966? That movie is one of the reasons for my avatar. It is part of what got me interested in the great apes.
Tea time. No ramen here but some of Sara's cookies will go down nice.
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Quote by Molly
To distract my self, I slip into the YouTube void. I start out watching a music video and the next thing you know I'm learning how to defuse a bomb.
I think that's why I spend so much time zoned out on Youtube. You can kind of skip from topic to topic. I mostly watch science stuff and music videos but then some click-baity "Top Ten Movies that Feature Purple Crayons" stuff comes along and attracts me for reasons unknown, and probably best left that way, to humankind.
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We're near a small valley containing a creek that has decent wildlife. I've even found evidence of beaver down there and there are coyote warnings up at some of the entrances. Up in the neighbourhood itself, though, we seem to mainly get the usual urban wildlife: Skunks, coons, squirrels, various bird species. Deer come up from the valley occasionally but it has been years since I've seen one in the neighbourhood. My only deer sighting this year so far was on a trail along another creek a few km from my house while biking.
Ever had a story that you simply couldn't come with a good title for? I have been wracking my brain for like three days to come up with a title for a new story (for here). At present, it just has the name of one of the characters as the title but that doesn't really fit since both are relatively the same in importance.
Ever had a story that you simply couldn't come with a good title for? I have been wracking my brain for like three days to come up with a title for a new story (for here). At present, it just has the name of one of the characters as the title but that doesn't really fit since both are relatively the same in importance.
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Quote by gillianleeza
I watched Dracula on Netflix. It was an original three-part series. I watched the first episode and then forgot about it. I recently went back and finished it. The second and third episodes are better. It's a bit different than other adaptations. I enjoyed it
One of the first things to go on my list when I got back on NF last week. Not sure when I will have time to watch it, but vampires are a bit of an obsession with me.
First priority is finish Castlevania season 2 and watch season 3, which came out while I was off Netflix. Also Dracula, but a very different one.
And I've been watching my way through Love Death + Robots, an anthology series on Netflix created by Tim Miller (director of the Deadpool movies) and executive produced by him and David Fincher. 5-20 minute animated shorts mostly based on s-f and fantasy short stories. Mostly good, can be gory and/or raunchy at times.
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Quote by KatarinaTechgoddess
Mmmmm, Sara has cookies!!! I could really use a cookie right now....just sayin'
Hope everyone is having a good day. It's another sticky day in paradise. Temp is 91, but feels like 105!
I've had people ask me if I'm safe here in Florida and that is really sweet! Hurricane-wise, we got about 20 minutes of heavy wind and rain on Saturday and that was pretty much it! Covid-19-wise, my county's confirmed cases is up only 8.8% since last week and that makes me feel a lot better. Our county has had a strict mask mandate, which has really helped in my opinion. The town I live in has had one case only. We have been so fortunate!! So, while the news would have people believing that all of Florida is in major crisis, I can honestly say, KNOCK ON WOOD that my little corner of the world feels quite safe right now.
I'm gonna munch on a cookie and then go check on my loggerhead nests!!
(Sara makes amazing cookies btw!)
Sara's cookies are the best. Glad she shares them with us.
I guess even in the worst areas, there are pockets of calm. And the reverse can be true, too. At one point here in Ontario, almost all our COVID cases were in about 3 or 4 health units. Everyone else was basically under 5 a day, often 0. So pockets of chaos amidst the calm. That's shifted of late. We had a surge in cases though that seems to be dying down now.
Never seen a loggerhead (or other sea turtles) in the wild. We have some species of turtle around here that live in rivers and ponds and I do see them occasionally. Some of the larger rivers in Ontario, like the Grand, even have snappers.
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Good afternoon. Weather continues lovely here.
Larry, we have actually been talking about doing our kitchen for a while now. Maybe once COVID blows over. I also have to find a contractor. The guy who replaced the back door and kitchen floor a couple years ago passed away back in January. Lovely English guy with a the best work ethic I have ever seen in an independent general contractor. Found him through work. My company used him for renos at offices in the area.
Larry, we have actually been talking about doing our kitchen for a while now. Maybe once COVID blows over. I also have to find a contractor. The guy who replaced the back door and kitchen floor a couple years ago passed away back in January. Lovely English guy with a the best work ethic I have ever seen in an independent general contractor. Found him through work. My company used him for renos at offices in the area.
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Kettle is on, coffee urn is filled with fresh java, cookies and other goodies are out.
Nice day. Weather has turned cool here but I'm not complaining. I prefer that to the hot, steamy stuff.
Wrestling with the title for my new story. It will go up once I settle that, though my wrestling with the title has me rethinking the ending a bit, too.
Nice day. Weather has turned cool here but I'm not complaining. I prefer that to the hot, steamy stuff.
Wrestling with the title for my new story. It will go up once I settle that, though my wrestling with the title has me rethinking the ending a bit, too.
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After a rather wet day, we're seeing some sun here right now. The forecast is still for more showers, so I'm not holding out too much hope of getting outside to exercise tonight, but we shall see.
Hello to Scott the Second and welcome to Inspirations. It's self serve here so just fill your mug and grab some goodies. Sara's cookies are highly recommended. Hmmm. Maple walnut sounds good to me. * grabs two and puts on the kettle *
Hello to Scott the Second and welcome to Inspirations. It's self serve here so just fill your mug and grab some goodies. Sara's cookies are highly recommended. Hmmm. Maple walnut sounds good to me. * grabs two and puts on the kettle *
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Quote by Survivor
Eleven entries into the contest now. Gee, now is there gonna be someone out of the top ten? Maybe we will have a top eleven.
With this many entrants, a top six probably makes more sense than a top ten, but I like your idea. If there's fewer that 20 entries, then just put all of them on the short list. Or something like that.
Have a new story ready, I think, to go up. However, I may leave it a few days since I would rather not divert attention from the comp right now. It'll be my first story on this site with no fantastical elements. Don't expect that to become a trend, though. I loves me some fantasy and horror.
Tea and cookies! Yay!
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Quote by Survivor
The nearest real furniture store is at least 45 miles away.
Ugh. And I thought we had it rough with all the furniture stores being at the opposite end of the city from us. Now, if we want Ikea, then it is about that far. They keep passing over London for new stores and even took away the catalogue fulfillment centre they opened a while back. That said, I've been to the one in Ottawa to buy stuff for my son's place and found it a bit overwhelming. But those meatballs...
So, does anyone else have the first Monday in August off or is that purely a Canadian thing? Hopefully the weather improves tomorrow so I can get my bike going but the forecast isn't promising.
Time for some green tea and cookies.
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Just back from an hour on my bike. Nice ride but came home with a sore finger. Some <censored><censored> wasp collided with my finger and decided that constituted me attacking it or something. Just stings though and very little inflammation. Almost wonder if I knocked it off before it got much venom in or something. I'm not seriously allergic anyhow based on past experience.
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Quote by Survivor
The entries to our contest have dropped. Surely we have a lot more people who want to enter a contest that is so open to virtually any story idea. All you need to do is use the list of words in your story. I hope we see more folks drop by soon.
I know two ladies who are planning to enter. They simply need to get their writing done. Plenty of time.
Sprite mentioned possibly entering. Not sure if that's one of your two or not. Sara said upthread she's aiming for this weekend. I knew this would be smaller field than we are used to given the size of SS and there's over a month to go so I am not too worried. And, hey, if there's only the 10 entries we have, then everyone is in the top 10.
And it's a pretty good field so far. I have a couple favorites (not including my own) already.Finished my Scottish breakfast tea and on to some wakucha.