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Good morning!!! Hope folks are having a nice Saturday.

There's some Kicking Horse 454 in the coffee pot. Teas are Assam and Cream of Earl Grey. Hot water is available for other hot beverages. I've washed the pitchers and refilled them with unsweet iced tea and lemonade. Sodas are stocked up.

I am in the comp now, or will be once the magic mod does their thing. Interesting to see the reactions. It's a bit different from my usual, at least for this place. The only past story here I can think of that's similar is The Goodbye We Never Had, at least in that both are fairly realistic, modern stories about human relationships rather than horror or fantasy.

Okay, my entry is off to the queue. Here we go...

Male - Tale

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Submitted my comp entry waiting for it to get approved

Is it a Scamp story (yes, yes, please say yes)?

Early riser (mostly, I sleep in now and then)

Enter a StoriesSpace comp or just enjoy the stories?

I loved Utah when I went there. Was mostly hiking in the National Parks, but did visit St. George on our way back to Vegas where we were flying from.

snarfs a cow and a chicken

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Working on my comp story

YAY!! Mine is almost done (I think, I've ignored it today to let it stew a bit).

As a Canadian, I am rather ashamed to admit that I can't skate worth beans, let alone speed skating.

WYE play on a sports team (hockey, baseball, etc.)?

A few posts up, I posted about Unleash the Archers' new album. Their lead singer, who goes by Brittany Slayes on stage (real name is Hayes), has also been doing some work with Ayreon and Star One, projects of Dutch musical wizard Arjen Lucassen. From Ayreon's new DVD (from a concert last Fall), here's Brittany with The Fate of Man. It's an incredible performance from all concerned, but Brittany really stands out here. She packs a fantastic, and rather unique, set of pipes and is probably edging into my top 5 metal singers now. The two backup singers are actually great singers in their own right (the one further from the camera is the sister of my beloved Floor Jansen), making this one hell of a performance vocally.

Put mine on simmer. Will review again on the weekend and then probably submit. It's all queued up with a cover image uploaded, in fact, just haven't hit Publish yet. Want at least one more shot at it.

Tamarack

Glass can be very fragile.

Mule - Mole

Fire In The Sky

(FYI, it's best to post both text and image if you're posting a poster. People with screen readers can't see the image.)

I like Asian gardens, so the latter. Been to several nice Chinese ones on my trips there (to visit my in-laws).

WYR have a lawn or do a "meadow" with shrubs and wildflowers?

Tough. I'm interested in both. Probably theology. I have very little formal education in it vs. taking several philosophy courses as part of my BA program.

In person classes or an online course?

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood morning!!!! And remember, it's always morning somewhere so you can use this greeting any time you like! My late friend Mike taught me that (who was also a writer but passed away before I knew about this place, else I'd have cajoled him into contributing here).

Coffee? Hmm.

Deathwish Dark Roast sounds good for a Friday.

Teas?

Raspberry and Darjeeling in the pots, others available. Hot water is ready.

Last working day for those of us working stiffs. And this is a long weekend in most of Canada.

Later!

Knowledge must be used carefully.

Daredevil

Rhododendron

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That Weird Western (yes, it's a genre) I wrote was accepted!

Cool. Yeah, the Weird Western is actually a surprisingly big genre. There's books, movies, even at least one tabletop RPG that I know of (Deadlands). Probably some computer games, too, though I can't think of any right now.

I can't think of many movies where he did play that big a role. The Man Who Fell To Earth is the only one I can think of. Even in The Hunger he goes away fairly early.

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I was going to watch another David Bowie movie this past weekend but the one I had in mind had him dying at the end and that was too close to irl events so I passed.

You could watch Last Temptation of Christ and just rewind the scene with him as Pilate a few times. 😉

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"Where the crawdad sings," is one of the best films I've ever seen on Netflix

A lit influencer I sometimes used to watch on YouTube spent a whole video poking fun at the book so I've been kind of wondering.

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In case I haven't mentioned it yet this year, the Mets again suck.

Mets suck. Leafs suck. Some teams just can't catch a break (or a ball in the Met case 🤣)

6598 (living here is really great)

Hose - Rose

Whiskey can be very strong.

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Losl all writing energy. Yet story is complete and locked in my head. So little time left.

Give it a shot. I'll bet you can do it!! 😀

I need a title for mine. Don't like the working title. Otherwise, I think it is close. There's one paragraph I might ditch. It kind of sits there and doesn't add much.

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Anyway, the movie "The Idea of You" is really good. Anne Hathaway is really good (and really hot), and the script is solid - real adults having real conversations. It's a movie about grown-ups (even if the male lead's character is a boy band). BIG recommend from Talia and I. AND it has the song "Dance Hall Days" at a crucial moment, and I love that song.

Yeah, I thought the storyline sounded interesting, even if it would probably end up on my other writing site (you know, that one) if I was going to write it.