#fish donna week 2024

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They are NOT subtle

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expect more luca sketches bc i had too much drawing her hehe

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[fish-donna-week]

WELCOME TO FISH DONNA WEEK!!!!!

Have fun and please remember to tag this blog in your submissions and use the #fish donna week 2024 tag!!

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Fish Donna Week Day 2

Sea Lanterns / *Pearls*

just realized theres already a wedding prompt for later on oops we ball

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MONTHLY MCYTBLR RECAP: MAY 2024

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EVENTS:

Mar 22-May 31: MCYT Underdogs Event hosted by @mcytunderdogevent

May 1-31: Hermit-A-Day May hosted by @hermitadaymay

May 1-7: HideDuo Kiss Week hosted by LazycatthingCat on twitter (cross posted to tumblr via @iridescentpull)

May 12-18: Fish Donna Week hosted by @fish-donna-week

May 16th: Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event: Duo Month hosted by @sixteenth-day-event

ZINES & MAPS:

May 10: Hermitcraft Coloring Book @hermitcoloringbook

UPCOMING EVENTS FOR JUNE:

May 12-Jul 7: Hermitcraft Guess The Author @hermitcraftguesstheauthorevent [Check blog for more details]

May 26-Jun 1: QSMP AU Week hosted by @ender-princee

Jun 1-30: MCYT Omegaverse Month 18+ hosted by @mcyt-month-of-omegaverse

Jun 1-Aug 31: Niki Nihachu Summer hosted by @niki-nihachu-summer

Jun 16th: Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event: Pre-Canon Month hosted by @sixteenth-day-event

Jun 26-Jul 2: Scarian Summer Smooch Fest hosed by @scarian-smooch-fest

Jun 30-Jul 6: MCYT Subversion Week hosted by @mcytsubversionweek

Jul 1-7: Gem Pearl Week hosted by @gem-pearl-week

Jul 1-31: MCYT Musical Bingo hosted by @mcytmusicalbingo [Check blog for more details]

Jul 12-18: MCYT Aspec Week hosted by @mcyt-aspec-week

Jul 15-24: RedScape Week hosted by @redscapeweek

Jul 22-28: Hot Scarian Summer hosted by @hot-scarian-summer-2024

Aug 4-Sep 21: QSMP Month(s) hosted by @qsmp-month

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MCYT Playwriting Festival- ACTORS: @mcytplaywritingfest closes Jun 15

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MCYT Prompt Exchange- MODERATORS: @mcytpromptexchange closes Jun 21

OPEN APPLICATIONS:

MCYT Yaoi Exchange- MODERATORS: @mcyt-yaoi-exchange closes Jun 24

MCYT Prompt Exchange: @mcytpromptexchange closes Jun 30

Colourful Crafters Colouring Book - MODERATORS: @colourfulcrafterscolouringbook closes Jul 1st

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MCYTBLR Fluff Exchange: @mcytblr-fluff-exchange Jul 1-31

MCYT Fic Fight: @mcytficfight Jul 12-15

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TBA:

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ZINES & MAPS:

Jun 1: Boatem Village Zine @boatemvillagezine

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The biggest of stories came to the small city of Butler. Here’s how its newspaper met the moment - Information Today Online https://www.merchant-business.com/the-biggest-of-stories-came-to-the-small-city-of-butler-heres-how-its-newspaper-met-the-moment/?feed_id=138318&_unique_id=669cc5e3820f5 #GLOBAL - BLOGGER BLOGGER BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — When gunshots echoed at the Trump rally where she was working, Butler Eagle reporter Irina Bucur dropped to the ground just like everyone else. She was terrified.She hardly froze, though.Bucur tried to text her assignment editor, through spotty cell service, to tell him what was going on. She took mental notes of what the people in front and behind her were saying. She used her phone to take video of the scene. All before she felt safe standing up again. Kurt Slater, pressman at the Butler Eagle newspaper, pulls papers as they come off the press, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)When the world’s biggest story came to the small western Pennsylvania hamlet of Butler a week ago, it didn’t just draw media from everywhere else. Journalists at the Eagle, the community’s resource since 1870 and one that struggles to survive just like thousands of local newspapers across the country, had to make sense of chaos in their backyard — and the global scrutiny that followed.Photographer Morgan Phillips, who stood on a riser in the middle of a field with Trump’s audience that Saturday evening, kept on her feet and kept working, documenting history. After Secret Service officers hustled the former president into a waiting car, the people around her turned to shout vitriol at the journalists.A few days later, Phillips’ eyes welled with tears recounting the day.“I just felt really hated,” said Phillips, who like Bucur is 25. “And I never expected that.”Mobilizing in the most harrowing of situations“I’m very proud of my newsroom,” said Donna Sybert, the Eagle’s managing editor.Having put a coverage plan in place, she had escaped for a fishing trip nearby with her family. A colleague, Jamie Kelly, called to tell her something had gone terribly wrong and Sybert rushed back to the newsroom, helping to update the Eagle’s website until 2 a.m. Sunday.Bucur’s assignment had been to talk to community members attending the rally, along with those who set up a lemonade stand on the hot day and people who parked cars. She’d done her reporting and settled in to text updates of what Trump was saying for the website.The shooting changed everything. Bucur tried to interview as many people as she could. Slightly dazed after authorities cleared the grounds, she forgot where she had parked. That gave her more time for reporting.“Going into reporter mode allowed me to distract myself from the situation a little bit,” Bucur said. “Once I got up, I wasn’t thinking at all. I was just thinking I needed to interview people and get the story out because I was on deadline.”She and colleagues Steve Ferris and Paula Grubbs were asked to collect their reporting and impressions for a story in the Eagle’s special, eight-page wraparound printed edition on Monday.“The first few gunshots rang out like fireworks,” they wrote. “But when they continued, people in the crowd at the Butler Farm Show venue dropped to the ground: a mother and father told their children to crouch down. A young man hunched over in the grass. Behind him, a woman started to pray.”The special edition clearly resonated in Butler and beyond. Extra copies are being offered for sale for $5 in the Eagle’s lobby. That’s already a bargain. On eBay, Sybert said, she’s seen them going for up to $125.A small newspaper struggling to endureBeyond its status as a local newspaper, the Eagle is an endangered species.It has resisted ownership by a large chain, which have often stripped news outlets bare. The Eagle has been owned by the same family since 1903; its patriarch, Vernon Wise, is now 95. Fifth-generation family member Jamie Wise Lanier drove up from Cincinnati

this week to congratulate the staff on a job well done, general manager Tammy Schuey said.Six editions are printed each week, and a digital site has a paywall that was lowered for some of the shooting stories. The Eagle’s circulation is 18,000, Schuey said, with about 3,000 of that digital.The United States has lost one-third of its newspapers since 2005 as the Internet chews away at once-robust advertising revenue. An average of 2.5 newspapers closed each week in 2023, according to a study by Northwestern University. The majority were in small communities like Butler.The Eagle abandoned a newsroom across town in 2019, consolidating space in the building where its printing press is housed. It has diversified, starting a billboard company and taking on extra printing jobs. It even stores the remnants of a long-shuttered local circus and allows residents to visit.The Eagle has about 30 employees, although it’s now short two reporters and a photographer. Cabinets housing old photographs lie among the clutter of desks in the newsroom, with a whiteboard that lists which staff members will be on weekend call.Its staff is a mix of young people like Bucur and Phillips, who tend to move on to larger institutions, and those who put down roots in Butler. Sybert has worked at the Eagle since 1982. Schuey was initially hired in 1991 to teach composing room employees how to use Macs.“This is a challenging business,” Schuey said. “We’re not out of the woods yet.”Local understanding makes a huge differenceWhen a big story comes to town, with the national and international journalists that follow it, local news outlets are still a precious and valued resource.The Eagle knows the terrain. It knows the local officials. Smart national reporters who “parachute” into a small community that suddenly makes news know to seek out local journalists. Several have reached out to the Eagle, Schuey said.Familiarity helps in other ways. Bucur found people at the rally who were suspicious of national reporters but answered questions from her, and the same is true for some authorities. She has tapped her network of Facebook friends for reporting help.Such foundational trust is common. Many people in small towns have more faith in their community newspapers, said Rick Edmonds, the media business analyst at the Poynter Institute.“It’s just nice to support the locals,” said Jeff Ruhaak, a trucking company supervisor who paused during a meal at the Monroe Hotel to discuss the Eagle’s coverage. “I think they did a pretty good job covering it for their size.”The Eagle has another advantage as well: It isn’t going anywhere when the national reporters leave. The story won’t end. Hurt people need to recover and investigations will determine who is responsible for a would-be assassin being able to get a shot at Trump.In short: responsible journalism as civic leadership in harrowing moments.“Our community went through a traumatic experience,” Schuey said. “I was there. We have some healing to do, and I think the newspaper is a critical piece in helping guide the community through this.”So, too, must people at the Eagle heal, as Phillips’ raw emotions attest. Management is trying to give staff members some days off, perhaps with the help of journalists in surrounding communities.Bucur said she would hate to see Butler turned into a political prop, with the assassination being used as some sort of rallying cry. The divisiveness of national politics had already seeped into local meetings and staff members have felt the tension.Sybert and Schuey look at each other to try and remember what was the biggest story that Butler Eagle journalists have worked on. Was it a tornado that killed nine back in the 1980s? Some particularly bad traffic accident? Trump paid an uneventful campaign visit in 2020. But there’s no question what tops the list now.Despite the stress of the assassination attempt, covering it has been a personal revelation for the soft-spoken Bucur, who grew up 30 miles (48.

2 kilometers) south in Pittsburgh and studied psychology in college. Her plans changed when she took a communications course and loved it.“This,” she said, “was a moment I told myself that I think I’m cut out for journalism.”___David Bauder writes about media for the AP. Follow him at http://twitter.com/dbauder.“BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — When gunshots echoed at the Trump rally where she was working, Butler Eagle reporter Irina Bucur dropped to the ground just like everyone else. She was…”Source Link: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/celebrities/2024/07/21/the-biggest-of-stories-came-to-the-small-city-of-butler-heres-how-its-newspaper-met-the-moment http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2023-12-27-121440-767x633.jpg BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — When gunshots echoed at the Trump rally where she was working, Butler Eagle reporter Irina Bucur dropped to the ground just like everyone else. She was terrified. She hardly froze, though. Bucur tried to text her assignment editor, through spotty cell service, to tell him what was going on. She took … Read More

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The biggest of stories came to the small city of Butler. Here’s how its newspaper met the moment - Information Today Online - BLOGGER https://www.merchant-business.com/the-biggest-of-stories-came-to-the-small-city-of-butler-heres-how-its-newspaper-met-the-moment/?feed_id=138316&_unique_id=669cc5e0660f8 BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — When gunshots echoed at the Trump rally where she was working, Butler Eagle reporter Irina Bucur dropped to the ground just like everyone else. She was terrified.She hardly froze, though.Bucur tried to text her assignment editor, through spotty cell service, to tell him what was going on. She took mental notes of what the people in front and behind her were saying. She used her phone to take video of the scene. All before she felt safe standing up again. Kurt Slater, pressman at the Butler Eagle newspaper, pulls papers as they come off the press, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)When the world’s biggest story came to the small western Pennsylvania hamlet of Butler a week ago, it didn’t just draw media from everywhere else. Journalists at the Eagle, the community’s resource since 1870 and one that struggles to survive just like thousands of local newspapers across the country, had to make sense of chaos in their backyard — and the global scrutiny that followed.Photographer Morgan Phillips, who stood on a riser in the middle of a field with Trump’s audience that Saturday evening, kept on her feet and kept working, documenting history. After Secret Service officers hustled the former president into a waiting car, the people around her turned to shout vitriol at the journalists.A few days later, Phillips’ eyes welled with tears recounting the day.“I just felt really hated,” said Phillips, who like Bucur is 25. “And I never expected that.”Mobilizing in the most harrowing of situations“I’m very proud of my newsroom,” said Donna Sybert, the Eagle’s managing editor.Having put a coverage plan in place, she had escaped for a fishing trip nearby with her family. A colleague, Jamie Kelly, called to tell her something had gone terribly wrong and Sybert rushed back to the newsroom, helping to update the Eagle’s website until 2 a.m. Sunday.Bucur’s assignment had been to talk to community members attending the rally, along with those who set up a lemonade stand on the hot day and people who parked cars. She’d done her reporting and settled in to text updates of what Trump was saying for the website.The shooting changed everything. Bucur tried to interview as many people as she could. Slightly dazed after authorities cleared the grounds, she forgot where she had parked. That gave her more time for reporting.“Going into reporter mode allowed me to distract myself from the situation a little bit,” Bucur said. “Once I got up, I wasn’t thinking at all. I was just thinking I needed to interview people and get the story out because I was on deadline.”She and colleagues Steve Ferris and Paula Grubbs were asked to collect their reporting and impressions for a story in the Eagle’s special, eight-page wraparound printed edition on Monday.“The first few gunshots rang out like fireworks,” they wrote. “But when they continued, people in the crowd at the Butler Farm Show venue dropped to the ground: a mother and father told their children to crouch down. A young man hunched over in the grass. Behind him, a woman started to pray.”The special edition clearly resonated in Butler and beyond. Extra copies are being offered for sale for $5 in the Eagle’s lobby. That’s already a bargain. On eBay, Sybert said, she’s seen them going for up to $125.A small newspaper struggling to endureBeyond its status as a local newspaper, the Eagle is an endangered species.It has resisted ownership by a large chain, which have often stripped news outlets bare. The Eagle has been owned by the same family since 1903; its patriarch, Vernon Wise, is now 95. Fifth-generation family member Jamie Wise Lanier drove up from Cincinnati this week to congratulate the staff on a job well done, general manager Tammy Schuey said.

Six editions are printed each week, and a digital site has a paywall that was lowered for some of the shooting stories. The Eagle’s circulation is 18,000, Schuey said, with about 3,000 of that digital.The United States has lost one-third of its newspapers since 2005 as the Internet chews away at once-robust advertising revenue. An average of 2.5 newspapers closed each week in 2023, according to a study by Northwestern University. The majority were in small communities like Butler.The Eagle abandoned a newsroom across town in 2019, consolidating space in the building where its printing press is housed. It has diversified, starting a billboard company and taking on extra printing jobs. It even stores the remnants of a long-shuttered local circus and allows residents to visit.The Eagle has about 30 employees, although it’s now short two reporters and a photographer. Cabinets housing old photographs lie among the clutter of desks in the newsroom, with a whiteboard that lists which staff members will be on weekend call.Its staff is a mix of young people like Bucur and Phillips, who tend to move on to larger institutions, and those who put down roots in Butler. Sybert has worked at the Eagle since 1982. Schuey was initially hired in 1991 to teach composing room employees how to use Macs.“This is a challenging business,” Schuey said. “We’re not out of the woods yet.”Local understanding makes a huge differenceWhen a big story comes to town, with the national and international journalists that follow it, local news outlets are still a precious and valued resource.The Eagle knows the terrain. It knows the local officials. Smart national reporters who “parachute” into a small community that suddenly makes news know to seek out local journalists. Several have reached out to the Eagle, Schuey said.Familiarity helps in other ways. Bucur found people at the rally who were suspicious of national reporters but answered questions from her, and the same is true for some authorities. She has tapped her network of Facebook friends for reporting help.Such foundational trust is common. Many people in small towns have more faith in their community newspapers, said Rick Edmonds, the media business analyst at the Poynter Institute.“It’s just nice to support the locals,” said Jeff Ruhaak, a trucking company supervisor who paused during a meal at the Monroe Hotel to discuss the Eagle’s coverage. “I think they did a pretty good job covering it for their size.”The Eagle has another advantage as well: It isn’t going anywhere when the national reporters leave. The story won’t end. Hurt people need to recover and investigations will determine who is responsible for a would-be assassin being able to get a shot at Trump.In short: responsible journalism as civic leadership in harrowing moments.“Our community went through a traumatic experience,” Schuey said. “I was there. We have some healing to do, and I think the newspaper is a critical piece in helping guide the community through this.”So, too, must people at the Eagle heal, as Phillips’ raw emotions attest. Management is trying to give staff members some days off, perhaps with the help of journalists in surrounding communities.Bucur said she would hate to see Butler turned into a political prop, with the assassination being used as some sort of rallying cry. The divisiveness of national politics had already seeped into local meetings and staff members have felt the tension.Sybert and Schuey look at each other to try and remember what was the biggest story that Butler Eagle journalists have worked on. Was it a tornado that killed nine back in the 1980s? Some particularly bad traffic accident? Trump paid an uneventful campaign visit in 2020. But there’s no question what tops the list now.Despite the stress of the assassination attempt, covering it has been a personal revelation for the soft-spoken Bucur, who grew up 30 miles (48.2 kilometers) south in Pittsburgh and studied psychology in college. Her plans changed when she took a communications course and loved it.

“This,” she said, “was a moment I told myself that I think I’m cut out for journalism.”___David Bauder writes about media for the AP. Follow him at http://twitter.com/dbauder.“BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — When gunshots echoed at the Trump rally where she was working, Butler Eagle reporter Irina Bucur dropped to the ground just like everyone else. She was…”Source Link: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/celebrities/2024/07/21/the-biggest-of-stories-came-to-the-small-city-of-butler-heres-how-its-newspaper-met-the-moment http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2023-12-27-121440-767x633.jpg #GLOBAL - BLOGGER BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — ... BLOGGER - #GLOBAL

[xyxofspades]

Because it’s a,,,,, it’s a mermaid dress,,,,,

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fish donna week!! @fish-donna-week

shes the sweetest roommate ever. will not pick up her water cups tho

[fish-donna-week]

What’s sort of fishy activities are going on around here?

Welcome to Fish Donna Week!! (May 12-18)

Fish Donna Week is a week for creating works based of off Aphverse’s very own Donna! Why fish? Read about it here! Fish Donna Week also acts as a sort of MCD edition of MerMay.

All forms of media are encouraged from fanfiction, fanart (digital and traditional!), playlists, poetry, edits, and any and all miscellaneous third things I’ve failed to list!

Pieces made for Fish Donna Week will be queued and reblogged here! Be sure to tag this tumblr otherwise I won’t be able to see it. I am but one singular mod sailing this ship. Please also be sure to use the tag #Fish Donna Week 2024

Thank you to the citizens of Aphblr for helping choose the prompts! Feel free to interpret, combine, and manipulate the prompts however you’d like!! You are free to start working on your pieces early, however, please do not post your pieces until the allotted date!!

Day 1 (5/12) : Babe House / Water Village

Day 2 (5/13) : Sea Lanterns / Pearls

Day 3 (5/14) : Pirate AU / Fairytale AU

Day 4 (5/15) : Siren / Bioluminescence

Day 5 (5/16) : Wedding / Child

Day 6 (5/17) : Moonlit / Rainfall

Day 7 (5/18) : Free Day!!

I encourage everyone to create a Fish Donna design that they love and works best for them, but if you would like to use a premade design (character design is hard guys, I totally get it) feel free to use this reference!

There is no pressure to complete the week!

This is a fun activity. We will be joyous. Delight and glee are mandatory /j

[whythobestie]

Fish Donna Week Day 1

*Babe House* / Water Village

fun mirror shot of the girls fightingggg

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[keywestlou]

NOT A NORMAL INDEPENDENCE DAY

God bless America! Two hundred forty four years old today. It was on this day in 1776 that the Declaration of Independence was signed whereby we declared our independence from Great Britain.

Except for the Civil War era, July 4 was a happy day. Partying, parades, etc. Last year a relatively normal one, also.

Not this year.

The scab has fallen off, the wound is open again. Race relations.

My positions on the various issues are known. Set forth in detailed fashion in recent blogs. Today, I wish only to make 2 observations.

The blacks believe it is their time. To all appearances, it seems like they want to take over. Their time to run things.

The U.S. has a population approximately 76 percent white. Includes Hispanics who make up 12 percent of the white population. Remove the Hispanics, and the whites still are the major group with 64 percent.

Blacks constitute 13 percent.

How can a group decide it is their time to rule when they have no where near the numbers required to be the majority group? Equality, yes. Rule, no.

Observation two is the coronavirus epidemic. It is screwing everything up. Race a legitimate part of the issue from the virus perspective. The problems must be corrected. Blacks are entitled to the same assistance and concerns as whites. They have not been getting it.

Trump is not helping. He is screwing everything up by his lack of handling the pandemic in a proper fashion.

Today is the holiday! I wish you each a Happy Fourth knowing full well it cannot be because of the race and health problems confronting our nation.

Idiocy continues to reign supreme! The GOP is reportedly eyeing Tucker Carlson for the 2024 Presidential run. He is as bad as Trump, if not worse. Lies equally as well.

The reason Carlson is under serious consideration is that his FOX news show is the most watched cable news program in history.

Would you believe!

Donald was at Mount Rushmore yesterday. Probably thinking how great it would be if his face were sculptured on the side of the mountain.

He spoke to 7,500, all closely seated. Very few face masks.

Nearby Native Americans were upset Trump was to appear. They asked he not do so.

The tribes fear a coronavirus spike among its members. They had done well up to this time.

One of the tribal leaders said the “President is putting our tribal members at risk to stage a photo op at one of our most sacred sites.”

Trump spewed his usual poison during his speech. Like “the left wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American revolution.” Some on the political left hope to “defame out heroes, erase our values, and culture to be taken from them…..Our children are taught in school to hate their own country.” The left represents “far left fascism.”

This past week Trump questioned Biden’s mental capabilities. Claimed he would fail or not do as well as Trump did on the congenitive/dementia test given as part of a physical.

Trump claimed he “aced” it.

You would have to be an idiot not to. The test is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Tests for early signs of dementia. Part of most annual physicals. I have been taking it for years.

The test requires all of 10 minutes.

Simplicity permeates.

Things like identifying 3 animals in a picture, asked to relate why certain things are common, draw a clock with the hands at 11:10, repeat 5 words 3 different times, etc.

Glad you “aced” it  Mr. President. I would not expect less from you or any President.

Chechnya is a southern Russian republic. The scene of a horrifying humanitarian crisis. The site of a social cleansing. A place where terror reigns supreme for LGBTQ people.

Since 2017, the government has been trying to exterminate all gay people. A state sanctioned purge.

Putin is directing the human destruction.

Trump is fully aware. Trump has failed to speak about or criticize the situation.

Outright killings on the streets. Also, family honor killings of lesbian females.

Forget Trump for the moment. No one in Washington is talking about this slaughter either.

The blacks are deprecating John Wayne, also. He was known to speak strongly about problems similar to those confronting us today. His feelings anti-black in a sensitive fashion. Made his position clear, however.

Another part of Wayne to be shared are his religious beliefs.

He was born and raised a Presbyterian, believed in God, and occasionally taught the Bible.

Wayne was known to hand write letters to God as a way of praying. He refused to take part in movies he thought were immoral, even during the times film immorality was on the rise and acceptance.

He died on his deathbed at home from cancer. Two days before he died, he converted to Catholicism.

I don’t know what all this means. I am merely sharing another part of John Wayne with you.

A bit of Keys news and information.

The lobster mini season is the last wednesday and thursday of July. Islamorada is asking the County and State to cancel the event. To close all of the Keys. In an attempt to further protect against coronavirus.

A good idea. Visitors come to the Keys in droves to lobster fish those 2 days. I used to sit on my dock in Key Haven and watch them. Reminded me of that scene in Jaws where everyone went out to capture the shark. Big boats, little boats, in between size boats. Boats overloaded with people.

A bit of history. Monroe County was the sixth county established in Florida. June 3, 1823.

Way back when.

Florida not even a state. The county established by the territorial legislature, signed by Governor William P. Duval.

Dengue fever is on the rise in the Key Largo area. It comes around some where in the Keys every few years.

Someone recently asked in Citizens’ Voice: “Now that dengue fever is rising, will Key West require that we all wrap in mosquito netting when we go outside?”

A little humor never hurt!

Cocktails at 7 last night with Cathy in Seattle. Skype works wonders for a person like me quarantined now for over 100 days.

Made a friend over the internet early on. Cathy used to live in Key est in the 1980’s.

We now get together one night a week for 2 or 3 hours. Sort of like a date. We chat away. Cathy drinks alcohol, I diet soda.

She told me last night she was having a cook out at her house today with 2 friends. You are aware I have two lesbian wives. Donna and Terri. Cathy has gay husbands. Two, also. One colored and blind. Terri is colored and blind.

How very unusual! I would like to put together a Skype party for all of us.

A well liked and respected American died yesterday. Hugh Downs. Newscaster and announcer. Ninety nine years old. Died from natural causes.

One of the greats in television news casting.

Enjoy your holiday!

    NOT A NORMAL INDEPENDENCE DAY was originally published on Key West Lou

[xyxofspades]

Pirate falls off boat and meets a mermaid cliche

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[xyxofspades]

That's a siren call if I've ever heard one

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[sand-stinger]

the final fish donna arts!! a little cat island donna ft. urla using a cat laser

tysm xyx @fish-donna-week for making this prompt list!

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that moment when your ship is getting raided by mermaids but theyre hot so its ok

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