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crisp

autumn beauty

cool muted colors

leaf softness chilled

hues darken

autumn

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Easy Peasy Writes

I was brought up to respect authority—police, doctors, elders, teachers, including our government; the president, vice president, and members of congress. It is incredible to me to see, hear and read what supposedly respected men and women in the Supreme Court are doing. Some are controlled by Donald Trump who appointed three conservatives, making the court no longer a biased free court. According to historical facts, SCOTUS was never intended to be apolitical, a sad fact in my opinion. I always believed, naively, that the term “judge” as a person, should be honest, fair and unbiased. We as a nation have become victims of an ultra conservative court, ignoring the basic tenets our country was framed on.

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Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Judge

Weekend Writing Prompt #385 – Vertigo

“You’re such a hypocrite, sitting there with that irritating look on your face, pointing out all the flaws in my writing. It’s time to own up to your own vulnerabilities and stop criticizing others, especially me. Now if you have some honest knowledgeable analysis, be my guest.”

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Lucky Dip – Saturday Mix, 12 October 2024

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No Theme Thursday 10.10.24

Doing my nails after using cologne

Heard my cell ring, a message ignored

My treasures are sitting on the shelf,

A magazine article promoting myself

My ego all represented here

I face my life with no fear

I feel my worth truly justified

It’s my opinion, while others are mystified.

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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #351

Using this clip about Columbus’s ship trio:

“Though only two of Columbus’s ships ended up being caravels, Isabella’s decree speaks to the popularity of the vessel during the 15th-century “Age of Discovery.” Starting with Portuguese explorations of the African coast in the mid-1400s, caravels were prized for their sleek, lightweight hull and their uncanny ability to sail into the wind. 

Luis Filipe Viera de Castro, a nautical archeologist at Texas A&M University, says that the earlier Portuguese caravels, known as the caravela latina, were rigged with lateen (triangular) sails that hung at 45-degree angle to the deck. 

“Lateen sails are […] almost like wings,” says Castro. “You can point the bow of the caravel with an angle of just 20 degrees off the wind and still get enough lift on the outer edge of the sail to propel forward.”

The lateen-rigged caravels were critical in the Portuguese voyages to sub-Saharan African, where strong coastal winds blow north to south. The versatile caravel could speed south along the coast and easily return to shore against the wind. 

For Columbus’s maiden journey, he used a Spanish update to the caravel known as the caravela redonda, a three-masted ship where the first two masts were rigged with conventional square sails for open-ocean speed, and a third was rigged with a lateen sail for coastal maneuverability. That rigging combination made ships like the Niña and the Pinta some of the best sailing vessels of their time.”

Clip here and read more at https://www.history.com/news/christopher-columbus-ships-caravels.

Have a great weekend!

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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Oct. 12, 2024

Fandango’s Flashback Friday — October 11th

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Ovi Poetry Challenge 69: SPICE is your inspiration.

The gods are angry, especially him

You can see he has no seraphim

He works with anger, frustration and greed

Thrives on them, and constantly feeds

Your evil desires, your worst devastations

They feed his soul with a fascination

Endless ages he has existed

Keeping all the crimes listed

He revels in hate and must

Glorify all who use innocents’ trust

Every abhorrent act he praises

Keeping the hellfires blazing

Observe his presence, but stand back

Or he’ll find a tiny goodness you lack

And triumph as he opens that crack.

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No Theme Thursday 10.10.24