The Inbox Runneth Over -- Issue #15 -- a curated list of casual pieces, fun features and other tidbits and treats

in #curation7 years ago

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The Inbox Runneth Over

is a private curation project begun by @enchantedspirit to honor the exceptional posts she finds in her Steemit travels. The content here will feature a good number of posts from The Steem Engine group in Discord. Their customary post is titled The Daily Whistle Stops.

@enchantedspirit is the curator there, and in that work she finds quite a few posts that are casual, interesting, well-written, helpful or just fun to experience (sometimes writers, sometimes musicians, sometimes artists), but because they are up against such stiff competition that day in submissions to The Steem Engine they can't be included in The Daily Whistle Stops. They also tend to be short, easy to read, easy to digest ... or maybe they just offer something special.

So, she brings them here and finds them a home -- because they deserve more than just a quiet decline and death ... an experience that is already all too common in Steemit. (I know I don't need to tell you that, but it's true!) Sometimes, there may be outside content, too ... from other intriguing people she follows. Sweet little "feature story" experiences and fun artistic moments of all kinds have their place in life -- and on Steemit, too. Please stop in and visit these guys ... and if you enjoy their work, show them you care.

I ... and they ... thank you more than you'll ever know.

You can find The Daily Whistle Stops at @thesteemengine -- and there is information there and here at the bottom of this post telling you how to apply to join. There is also another curation project run by both @enchantedspirit and @catweasel on his blog. It's called The Magnificent Seven and it, too, features exceptional content we find on our Steemit journey. Each of these projects has its own theme, tone and focus. You will find things in both that are worth your time and effort -- and excellent new people to follow. I offer all these suggestions with pride. I know they will enrich your day.

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Cooking and Crafts

I love to cook!! I'm good at it. It's fun. And I make some amazing meals. But sometimes @catweasel and I get busy and suddenly we're at the point where we just want food now!! We live miles from any quick restaurant -- so that's not an option for food now!! He will have already scarfed down every left-over in sight. And I've never been one who likes frozen dinners. (I like to know what's going in my food!!)

So ... quick recipes that also taste great have a special place in my heart. Anything I can do in 30 minutes or less that will feed both of us and our pets is Aces with me. We might even find the cats love this, too. I can't see why not. No onions in this ... and they love scrambled eggs, sausage, cheese and vegetables. We may have to wrestle with them for seconds.

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Hashbrown Casserole
Recipe for the Busy Bee

@karencarrens

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I grabbed this one the minute I saw it because red is my most favorite color. (Big surprise, right?) This quilt has a lot of red ... and @apanamamama always does a great job. Even the kid looks thrilled to have it. That's got to be a recommendation!

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Baby Van's Filmstrip Paddington Quilt
Make It Monday by A Panama Mama

@apanamamama

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Culture

You might want to visit this place sometime, if you're ever in Wales. You might just want to take a quick tour and call it a "visual vacation." Either way works. Sometimes just getting to see different places helps you feel like you went on a trip. Use your imagination. Like I do.

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A walk around Llandovery in mid Wales
@pennsif

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This one is really short, but it appealed to me. When we moved to New Mexico, my first husband and I were offered the chance to buy an old adobe church that was small enough to be converted into a home.

That didn't work for us at the time, but today I'd buy it in a heartbeat. @catweasel would love to renovate something like that ... and it would fit our lifestyle very well. This picture reminded me of that.

(We'd even leave the bell-tower. @catweasel could ring it at 3 in the morning. That's his idea of fun.)

I've already written more words here than are in this post.

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Ghost Town Church
@eaglespirit

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I think this sounds like a fascinating series. I am looking forward to more!!

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Myths of Man
Bodhivista

@shai-hulud

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Science

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The process of precipitation
@donfelix

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Steemit

Interesting analysis. What's your bubble ... and its criteria?

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Every steemit user has its own filter bubble
@holger80

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We all were once beginners. We all started somewhere trying to make sense of it. Steemit doesn't always make it easy. See if you agree with him ... or maybe you'll learn something new yourself.

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The Ultimate Guide for Absolute Beginners
Part 1

@jun04035

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Art (or in this case ... Music)

I'm not sure what the first 20 seconds are about. You can skip that part and not miss anything.

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Name
@calebleejl

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Fun & Games

I've said before, games are not my thing. Maybe they're yours. So I included this one. The pictures in here are pretty. They're also pretty big, file-size I mean. I reduced the one below from 4.4 MB to 612 KB so it loads a lot faster.

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Play Session #2
First Play In The New Blizzard World In Overwatch

@rodznocturne

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If you're looking for other quality posts to read,
these are links to other worthwhile curation projects.

  • @catweasel and @enchantedspirit do a project very similar to this one called The Magnificent Seven. It is published every couple of days or so on his blog. There are about 22 of them so far.

  • @mitneb devotes her efforts to The @mitneb Curation Trail Project Daily Report. She focuses on finding newcomers to Steemit whose first language is not English. She finds some interesting people. She also includes some of her own "most interesting articles" at the end of her posts.

  • @ethandsmith is doing podcasts about other pieces he enjoyed from The Steem Engine's membership. Look for ones like this ---> The STEEM Engine Express Episode 6 There are (obviously) others available.

  • The Daily Whistle Stops -- found at the @thesteemengine account publishes one of the best general audience curation collections on Steemit if I do say so myself. Go ahead, ask me about it. I'll be happy to say it again. There are about 18 posts to enjoy at the moment. The group itself is astonishingly new for the amount of raw talent assembled there. If you create exceptionally fine content and especially if you consider it undervalued, check this out. It could change your whole Steemit adventure!

  • @goldendawne is the head writer for The Daily Qurator. Again, if you're a producer of quality content on Steemit, you might want to join @qurator ... if you haven't already. They make it worth your while and they're a lot easier than I am to get along with.

  • Finally, @shadowspub does the redoubtable grandmother of all curation efforts on Steemit, The Steemit Ramble. You can find plenty of issues from it on her blog. She also hosts a Thursday discord feature (twice every Thursday, so you have a chance to catch at least one) Pimp Your Post Thursday. You can find out more about it also on her blog

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The author of this list of curated posts by members of The STEEM Engine is @enchantedspirit whose mostly metaphysical writing can be found on her own blog.

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hahaha! forgive me for my babbling! hope you enjoyed the song though :)

if you would allow me I would like to promote a fellow SteemEngine member's (@maxyong) post here. a group of them just did an awesome cover! please check it out. I think you'll enjoy it too :)

https://steemit.com/steem-music/@maxyong/steemit-music-002-simpler-plan-jet-lag-band-cover

p.s. good job on your post @jun04035! I did learn something new like SBD is a form of IOU :)

:) thanks for putting me up here I really appreciate it.

Thank you for including my post, much appreciated.

Thank you for featuring my post. Sorry for the big file size, my software to reduce it was not working (keep crashing) that time...

You are doing a great job. Keep it on...

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Your editorial @enchantedspirit is so fun to read. Keep it up and thanks for showcasing our posts. Always an honor.

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