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alisx) wrote2025-06-05 05:46 pm
alisx) wrote2025-06-05 05:46 pmThursday @ 5:46 pm
Got distracted painting benches and forgot to eat lunch, then did the eye thing at therapy and I am fucking wiped hey.
Vridelian (vriddy) wrote2025-06-05 07:37 am
vriddy) wrote2025-06-05 07:37 amEntry tags:
Getting started on beta edits/beta preps
I am 57% into my beta edit preps – not the edits themselves based on the actual beta feedback yet, but the list of action items I intend to go through. I'm more or less following the plan I had set out, though I ended up using Scrivener comments a lot instead of a separate file as I had expected. So I have 3 files/file types:
- Structural comments, which I'll address first. I think this will be the most difficult and most painful part. Will try to do this in a way that has as few consequences as possible to limit the amount of rewriting (I think that's feasible as long as I'm careful, for this particular story).
- Overall comments, for stuff that'll need small changes in every chapter. I plan to re-read this before and after every chapter edit, so I keep it in mind as I edit and potentially find new areas to include these elements. It's about things like certain characters feeling too one-dimensional and/or too unsympathetic (so more options for interactions, flashbacks/memories, and other elements to flesh them out more), worldbuilding elements that still weren't highlighted enough and feel like a surprise when they come up later, etc.
- One file per chapter for more generic notes, though so far I'm not really using that much. Scrivener comments are doing the job. And it's very satisfying when several people bring up the same thing and I can edit an existing comment, like, wow! This sure was a confusing paragraph for everyone, huh!
Having said that, I still had massive, massive, massive issues with getting started. Like, I had built this all up into such a huge thing in my head, and it's in the first time I handle feedback on an entire manuscript at once, and from several people... Below the cut is a list of things I did to finally make myself Just Do It (tm). Maybe there'll be a piece of inspiration for someone else, though mainly I want my future self to remember to check here next time I'm stuck! In my case, it was definitely a process problem, like, just not knowing where to start or what to do.
( vriddy's weirdo productivity tips on actually getting started )
In general, I am tremendously enjoying working offline. I got the feedback back in 3 formats: GoogleDocs, Ellipsus, and LibreOffice with tracked changes. I am loving the LibreOffice one, so much that I downloaded all the GDocs too (thankfully the comments are included!) and work like this for everything. Ellipsus didn't work for me for reasons I mentioned earlier, and as a note doesn't seem to allow exporting with comments either, as far as I could see.
Making progress feels nice! Once I have a system, it's easier for me to let momentum carry me. We'll see if that continues to work when it's time to do the actual beta changes! I do intend to take a short break before jumping in.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-05 12:57 am
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-05 12:57 am
Read "Do you ever dream of land?"
"Do you ever dream of land?" The whale asks the tuna.
"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"
"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."
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"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"
"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."
Read More
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ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-04 08:35 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-04 08:35 pmEntry tags:
Books
For my librarian friends:
I found this post about how to deal with people who purposely misfile library books to hide topics they dislike: find the books, scan them, and then put them on the display shelf. If every effort to discourage a topic results in encouraging it instead, this will quickly undermine that behavior. Or hey, promote the hell out of suppressed topics, which is also a good thing.
PSA: Stop Hiding The Gay Books
Dudes. Jerks. Wine Moms.
Stop hiding the gay books.
This has been happening all year, btw. I haven't noticed a marked increase of this kind of behavior since Pride started. It's been going on for months.
But y'all. You're wasting your time. You might think you're wasting mine, but I reshelve books all day long, whether they got moved accidentally or on purpose. Who do you think will get bored faster?
( Read more... )
I found this post about how to deal with people who purposely misfile library books to hide topics they dislike: find the books, scan them, and then put them on the display shelf. If every effort to discourage a topic results in encouraging it instead, this will quickly undermine that behavior. Or hey, promote the hell out of suppressed topics, which is also a good thing.
PSA: Stop Hiding The Gay Books
Dudes. Jerks. Wine Moms.
Stop hiding the gay books.
This has been happening all year, btw. I haven't noticed a marked increase of this kind of behavior since Pride started. It's been going on for months.
But y'all. You're wasting your time. You might think you're wasting mine, but I reshelve books all day long, whether they got moved accidentally or on purpose. Who do you think will get bored faster?
( Read more... )
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-04 08:21 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-04 08:21 pmWildlife
A new study finds that baboons walk together in a line out of friendship, not survival
But the prevailing theory — and ultimate conclusion of the study — found that baboons simply preferred to walk beside their closest friends.
“We find no evidence that progression orders are adaptive responses to minimize an individuals’ risk, maximize their resource acquisition, or are the result of decision-makers leading the group,” Marco Fele, the study's lead author, wrote in Behavioral Ecology.
“Instead, we find that individuals’ positions are predicted by pairwise affiliations, resulting in consistency in order, with more dominant individuals occupying central positions in progressions.”
( Read more... )
But the prevailing theory — and ultimate conclusion of the study — found that baboons simply preferred to walk beside their closest friends.
“We find no evidence that progression orders are adaptive responses to minimize an individuals’ risk, maximize their resource acquisition, or are the result of decision-makers leading the group,” Marco Fele, the study's lead author, wrote in Behavioral Ecology.
“Instead, we find that individuals’ positions are predicted by pairwise affiliations, resulting in consistency in order, with more dominant individuals occupying central positions in progressions.”
( Read more... )
mx. tozka (tozka) wrote2025-06-04 02:11 pm
tozka) wrote2025-06-04 02:11 pmEntry tags:
reading wednesday
2025 Reading Log | 35/200 yearly goal (+2 from last update)I've gotten sucked into a fanfic-reading frenzy (Naruto, of all things) so my book-reading has been sparse these past few weeks. However, I did read two books since my last Reading Wednesday post!
First, I decided to read the Oz books (including the post-Baum books by Ruth Plumly Thompson) as a kind of reading project thing, and I of course started with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I've read it before, but the last time was (I'm pretty sure) back in 2007 when I got my first ereader and put a bunch of public domain books on it.
It's a charming book, and I especially liked the intro from Baum in the beginning that spells out the aim of the book: to be a modern fairy tale for kids that isn't focused on morality lessons. And it does that!
( Chatter about Wonderful Wizard of Oz, including spoilers )
Besides that, I also read a novella by KL Noone called The Pooka's Share. It's a m/m urban fantasy romance between a paranormal police officer and a pookah (Celtic shape-changing spirit) with surprise (to me, because I hadn't read the summary) BDSM elements. A cute story! Perhaps spent a bit too much time on the worldbuilding when this is just a one-off and short to boot, but overall good.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-04 02:22 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-04 02:22 pmEntry tags:
Birdfeeding
Today is cloudy, mild, and wet.
I fed the birds. I didn't get through the whole morning routine before it started to rain. We need the rain, but the timing was annoying.
EDIT 6/4/25 -- I put out water for the birds.
There were mosquito larvae in the red birdbath, so I dumped it and refilled it. I'll need to add a piece of mosquito dunk later.
EDIT 6/4/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches plus a mourning dove.
EDIT 6/4/25 -- I went back out for a walk. We've gotten a significant amount of rain. :D
I saw an indigo bunting.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I didn't get through the whole morning routine before it started to rain. We need the rain, but the timing was annoying.
EDIT 6/4/25 -- I put out water for the birds.
There were mosquito larvae in the red birdbath, so I dumped it and refilled it. I'll need to add a piece of mosquito dunk later.
EDIT 6/4/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches plus a mourning dove.
EDIT 6/4/25 -- I went back out for a walk. We've gotten a significant amount of rain. :D
I saw an indigo bunting.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
Althea Valara (althea_valara) wrote2025-06-04 11:44 am
althea_valara) wrote2025-06-04 11:44 am
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scanners vs. divers, again
I was discussing confidence and job searching with friends the other day, and one of them suggested reading Refuse to Choose: Use All of Your Interests, Passions and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams so I dutifully clicked the link and then went WAIT WHAT A BARBARA SHER BOOK I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT?!?!
I'm a big fan of Barbara's books, and spent a lot of time on her message board when I was younger. I helped proofread Wishcraft when she was first digitizing it, and had even talked to her on the phone once regarding the project. I was very sad when I heard she had passed away, because her books were very formative and helpful for me.
So yes, I immediately bought the ebook of Refuse to Choose and started reading it, and well, it's basically a how-to manual for scanners.
Hmm.
Okay, let me explain: Barbara says there are two types of people in the world: scanners vs. divers. A diver is someone who finds a subject they are interested in, then dives into it and learns everything about it. Scanners are the opposite: they taste a bunch of different subjects and have a lot of different interests.
In the past, I had considered myself a scanner. Now, I'm not so sure. I mean, it's been TWENTY YEARS and I am still primarily listening to Final Fantasy music. It's been FIFTEEN YEARS and I am still knitting and crocheting happily. And those are primarily my two interests. So that feels more like a diver to me.
And yet: I get bored within 6-12 months at a job. Once I learn what I'm doing and master it, I get depressed and listless. I was also the person in high school and college who took classes just because they sounded fun (like, I was never REALLY interested in acting or the theater, and yet I took both "Beginning Acting" and "Play Production" in high school, and enjoyed the classes.)
There's such a thing as a frustrated diver--that person who hasn't found their niche yet. I do wonder if that could be me. Or flipping things around: am I really a scanner that's masking as a diver right now because of anxiety/depression/whatever? There are so many ways I'm afraid to step out of my comfort zone. I'm trying to be more brave and try new things, but it's going to be a process.
If I think of all the things I have tried in the past... well, let's list them:
* photography
* drawing (when I was a kid)
* digital art (a college class I took that was open to highschoolers)
* journal/memoir writing (took a class on this)
* fiction writing (I subbed to Writer's Digest for several years)
* acting
* play production
* embroidery (I have a kit from the library that I was working on)
* candle making (never did it, but bought a kit when I was younger)
* astronomy (had a telescope)
* piano (took lessons as a kid, had electronic keyboards as an adult)
* flute (played in grammar/high school)
* violin (bought a cheap one off ebay and the Suzuki method books and played around with them)
* marathon walking
* pin loom weaving
* tablet weaving via backstrap method
* bracelet making (as a kid/teen)
* origami
* studying Japanese for fun
* anime/manga
* coding for fun (bot!)
* interactive fiction coding/writing
* website design
* DVD making (I made a simple menu for a DVD of Serenity-related items)
* painting, particularly on windows
* trading card games (MtG and LOTR)
...and probably more... that's quite a list! And I wouldn't say I mastered any of them, with the possible exception of bot. I am proud with what I did with bot. Oh, and I actually succeeded in completely a marathon, so that's an exception too. But all of the others, I dipped into for a bit. Usually, I would get REALLY EXCITED about something, throw my all into it for a bit, maybe succeed in accomplishing something, and then... drop the subject.
One thing I notice is that much of the stuff on the list has a creative element to it. I do very much feel like I'm a creator. I want to produce stuff. I want to create stuff out of nothing. I want to inspire or bring joy to people with my creations. I am happiest when talking about creating things. Also happy when discussing video games, but then it's primarily about the really good stories and characters and not so much the gameplay. I'm a sucker for a good story.
So yeah, maybe I *am* a scanner that hasn't allowed herself to explore lately. Either way, I'm gonna finish reading the book and see what Barbara has to say.
I'm a big fan of Barbara's books, and spent a lot of time on her message board when I was younger. I helped proofread Wishcraft when she was first digitizing it, and had even talked to her on the phone once regarding the project. I was very sad when I heard she had passed away, because her books were very formative and helpful for me.
So yes, I immediately bought the ebook of Refuse to Choose and started reading it, and well, it's basically a how-to manual for scanners.
Hmm.
Okay, let me explain: Barbara says there are two types of people in the world: scanners vs. divers. A diver is someone who finds a subject they are interested in, then dives into it and learns everything about it. Scanners are the opposite: they taste a bunch of different subjects and have a lot of different interests.
In the past, I had considered myself a scanner. Now, I'm not so sure. I mean, it's been TWENTY YEARS and I am still primarily listening to Final Fantasy music. It's been FIFTEEN YEARS and I am still knitting and crocheting happily. And those are primarily my two interests. So that feels more like a diver to me.
And yet: I get bored within 6-12 months at a job. Once I learn what I'm doing and master it, I get depressed and listless. I was also the person in high school and college who took classes just because they sounded fun (like, I was never REALLY interested in acting or the theater, and yet I took both "Beginning Acting" and "Play Production" in high school, and enjoyed the classes.)
There's such a thing as a frustrated diver--that person who hasn't found their niche yet. I do wonder if that could be me. Or flipping things around: am I really a scanner that's masking as a diver right now because of anxiety/depression/whatever? There are so many ways I'm afraid to step out of my comfort zone. I'm trying to be more brave and try new things, but it's going to be a process.
If I think of all the things I have tried in the past... well, let's list them:
* photography
* drawing (when I was a kid)
* digital art (a college class I took that was open to highschoolers)
* journal/memoir writing (took a class on this)
* fiction writing (I subbed to Writer's Digest for several years)
* acting
* play production
* embroidery (I have a kit from the library that I was working on)
* candle making (never did it, but bought a kit when I was younger)
* astronomy (had a telescope)
* piano (took lessons as a kid, had electronic keyboards as an adult)
* flute (played in grammar/high school)
* violin (bought a cheap one off ebay and the Suzuki method books and played around with them)
* marathon walking
* pin loom weaving
* tablet weaving via backstrap method
* bracelet making (as a kid/teen)
* origami
* studying Japanese for fun
* anime/manga
* coding for fun (bot!)
* interactive fiction coding/writing
* website design
* DVD making (I made a simple menu for a DVD of Serenity-related items)
* painting, particularly on windows
* trading card games (MtG and LOTR)
...and probably more... that's quite a list! And I wouldn't say I mastered any of them, with the possible exception of bot. I am proud with what I did with bot. Oh, and I actually succeeded in completely a marathon, so that's an exception too. But all of the others, I dipped into for a bit. Usually, I would get REALLY EXCITED about something, throw my all into it for a bit, maybe succeed in accomplishing something, and then... drop the subject.
One thing I notice is that much of the stuff on the list has a creative element to it. I do very much feel like I'm a creator. I want to produce stuff. I want to create stuff out of nothing. I want to inspire or bring joy to people with my creations. I am happiest when talking about creating things. Also happy when discussing video games, but then it's primarily about the really good stories and characters and not so much the gameplay. I'm a sucker for a good story.
So yeah, maybe I *am* a scanner that hasn't allowed herself to explore lately. Either way, I'm gonna finish reading the book and see what Barbara has to say.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-04 04:14 am
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-04 04:14 amEntry tags:
Good News
Good news includes all the things which make us happy or otherwise feel good. It can be personal or public. We never know when something wonderful will happen, and when it does, most people want to share it with someone. It's disappointing when nobody is there to appreciate it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our joys and pat each other on the back.
What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more? Have you found a cute picture or a video that makes you smile? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your life a little happier?
What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more? Have you found a cute picture or a video that makes you smile? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your life a little happier?
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-04 03:51 am
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-04 03:51 amEntry tags:
Poem: "Choose to Be Gentle"
This is the freebie for the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from mama_kestrel, in honor and memory of Lord Matthew the Confused. It also fills the "validation" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest bingo. This poem belongs to the Draft Dawgs thread of the Arts and Crafts America series.
( Read more... )
mama_kestrel, in honor and memory of Lord Matthew the Confused. It also fills the "validation" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest bingo. This poem belongs to the Draft Dawgs thread of the Arts and Crafts America series.( Read more... )
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-04 12:47 am
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-04 12:47 amEntry tags:
Hippie Chicks: A Different Feminism
Hippie Chicks: A Different Feminism
Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo’s Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture (2009) is the only monograph to date that has given these women a place in the history of feminism. Instead of portraying them as stereotypical earth mothers, nymphs in peasant dresses, or strung-out domestic drudges—the antithesis of feminism—the author demonstrates how these women broke with both the middle-class housewife and the rising career woman to recover the value of women’s productive labor in rural America. They rejected both liberal feminism’s insistence on state-guaranteed rights and radical feminism’s rejection of gender binaries to forge their own version of female empowerment.
This is the feminism that I grew up with. I found it more impressive than the feminism I studied in college. it was a lot more diverse, too. There were the earth mothers, the free lovers, the farmers, the crafters, the musicians, the ball-busting bitches, the blythe spirits, the radical activists, the wanderers -- so many girls and women who didn't fit the mainstream mold and weren't interested in academic feminism.
Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo’s Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture (2009) is the only monograph to date that has given these women a place in the history of feminism. Instead of portraying them as stereotypical earth mothers, nymphs in peasant dresses, or strung-out domestic drudges—the antithesis of feminism—the author demonstrates how these women broke with both the middle-class housewife and the rising career woman to recover the value of women’s productive labor in rural America. They rejected both liberal feminism’s insistence on state-guaranteed rights and radical feminism’s rejection of gender binaries to forge their own version of female empowerment.
This is the feminism that I grew up with. I found it more impressive than the feminism I studied in college. it was a lot more diverse, too. There were the earth mothers, the free lovers, the farmers, the crafters, the musicians, the ball-busting bitches, the blythe spirits, the radical activists, the wanderers -- so many girls and women who didn't fit the mainstream mold and weren't interested in academic feminism.
Alis (alisx) wrote2025-06-04 12:33 pm
alisx) wrote2025-06-04 12:33 pmWednesday @ 12:33 pm
One of my more obscure toxic traits is that if I ever have to manually line-break something for formatting purposes (e.g., source code, config file, etc.), my default maximum line length is 83 characters.
Why 83 characters? I have no idea. I think I copied it from comment block formatting during my Baby’s First Coding Project back in like circa 2001 and have done it ever since.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-03 07:26 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-03 07:26 pmEntry tags:
Recommended Reading List
A Rainbow of Queer Books for Pride 2025: Pink
HAPPY PRIDE 2025! For Pride this year, we’re changing up our usual rec lists. Instead of doing books with specific identities or themes, we’re focused this time on cover color! Throughout the month of June, we’ll be doing 8 rec lists, each with covers inspired by one of the colors of the original Gilbert Baker Pride Flag. We drew a little additional inspiration from the meaning behind the color and why it was included in the original LGBTQIA+ flag (in this case, hot pink = sex), but we prioritized color over meaning. That said, there are definitely a few steamy stories in this load of pink tales! In a few days, we’ll be back with our second post – red – but until then, check out this whole bunch of awesome pink-covered queer books.
Poke a bigot in the eye! Read and recommend queer books this month.
HAPPY PRIDE 2025! For Pride this year, we’re changing up our usual rec lists. Instead of doing books with specific identities or themes, we’re focused this time on cover color! Throughout the month of June, we’ll be doing 8 rec lists, each with covers inspired by one of the colors of the original Gilbert Baker Pride Flag. We drew a little additional inspiration from the meaning behind the color and why it was included in the original LGBTQIA+ flag (in this case, hot pink = sex), but we prioritized color over meaning. That said, there are definitely a few steamy stories in this load of pink tales! In a few days, we’ll be back with our second post – red – but until then, check out this whole bunch of awesome pink-covered queer books.
Poke a bigot in the eye! Read and recommend queer books this month.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-03 04:18 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-03 04:18 pmBirdfeeding
Today is mostly sunny, windy, and hot. :P A beautiful day to stay indoors and write! :D Today is the Poetry Fishbowl on "Gentleness Is Strength" if you want to drop by and join the fun.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and houses finches plus a grackle.
I put out water for the birds. Honeybees are mobbing the small metal birdbath again.
EDIT 6/3/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 6/3/25 -- I watered the old picnic table, patio plants, new picnic table, and septic garden.
The temperature has cooled off considerably.
EDIT 6/3/25 -- I watered the septic garden and the notch in the prairie garden.
EDIT 6/3/25 -- I watered the savanna seedlings.
EDIT 6/3/25 -- I watered the new picnic table and the patio plants, which seemed most in need of water.
I've seen at least one fairly large bat flying around. :D
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and houses finches plus a grackle.
I put out water for the birds. Honeybees are mobbing the small metal birdbath again.
EDIT 6/3/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 6/3/25 -- I watered the old picnic table, patio plants, new picnic table, and septic garden.
The temperature has cooled off considerably.
EDIT 6/3/25 -- I watered the septic garden and the notch in the prairie garden.
EDIT 6/3/25 -- I watered the savanna seedlings.
EDIT 6/3/25 -- I watered the new picnic table and the patio plants, which seemed most in need of water.
I've seen at least one fairly large bat flying around. :D
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-03 12:29 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-06-03 12:29 pm
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Poetry Fishbowl Open!
The Poetry Fishbowl is now CLOSED. Thank you for your time and attention. Please keep an eye on this page as I am still writing.
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! Today's theme is "Gentleness Is Strength." I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.
I'll be soliciting ideas for caregivers, first responders, clergy, outreach workers, philanthropists, an anonymous benefactor, activists, volunteers, teachers, parents, comares, strongmen, tough guys, superheroes, supervillains, other gentle and strong people, caregiving, feeding each other, babysitting, brushing or braiding hair, catching someone who's falling, lifting heavy things, volunteering, supporting people in hard times, offering crash space, helping someone move, creating intimacy, making friends, getting to know each other, cooking together, discovering things, improvising, adapting, cooperating, bartering, sharing, fixing what's broke, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible, Triton Teen Centers, the Peace Store, charities, homeless shelters, clothing banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, sobering centers, mentor circles, support groups, gyms, churches, sharehouses, intentional communities, other polyhomes, social justice departments in schools, clubs, quiet rooms, inclusive workplaces, Thalassia, the Maldives, community gardens, other helper hangouts, self-control, intentional neighboring, altruism, harm reduction, diversity, inclusivity, activist symbols, interfaith work, family dynamics, alternative family structures, partnerships not based on sex/romance, emotional closeness, first contact, rescue, interspecies relationships, trial and error, teamwork, found family, complementary strengths and weaknesses, personal growth, and poetic forms in particular.
Currently eligible bingo card(s) for donors wishing to sponsor a square:
Pride Fest Bingo Card 6-2-25
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
The Blueshift Troupers travel the galaxy helping colonies solve problems.
Clay of Life depends on the friendship between a blacksmith and a golem.
Daughters of the Apocalypse relies a lot on kindness for survival.
Frankenstein's Family has diverse subgroups interacting, of which the vampires in particular are gentle with others.
The Moon Door features a women's chronic pain support group, which is all about being gentle with each other.
One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis is about Shaeth learnng how to take care of his new followers.
Path of the Paladins balances gentleness and strength.
Peculiar Obligations is about Quakers and pirates learning to help each other.
Polychrome Heroics is largely about people helping people. Threads particularly focused on this include Antimatter and Stalwart Stan, Aquariana, the Big One, Iron Horses, Officer Pink, Rutledge, and Trichromatic Attachments.
Quixotic Ideas is fantasy with a gentle angle.
Schrodinger's Heroes save the world from alternate dimensions, and they take care of each other.
Or you can ask for something new.
Linkbacks reveal a verse of any open linkback poem.
( Read more... )
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! Today's theme is "Gentleness Is Strength." I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.
I'll be soliciting ideas for caregivers, first responders, clergy, outreach workers, philanthropists, an anonymous benefactor, activists, volunteers, teachers, parents, comares, strongmen, tough guys, superheroes, supervillains, other gentle and strong people, caregiving, feeding each other, babysitting, brushing or braiding hair, catching someone who's falling, lifting heavy things, volunteering, supporting people in hard times, offering crash space, helping someone move, creating intimacy, making friends, getting to know each other, cooking together, discovering things, improvising, adapting, cooperating, bartering, sharing, fixing what's broke, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible, Triton Teen Centers, the Peace Store, charities, homeless shelters, clothing banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, sobering centers, mentor circles, support groups, gyms, churches, sharehouses, intentional communities, other polyhomes, social justice departments in schools, clubs, quiet rooms, inclusive workplaces, Thalassia, the Maldives, community gardens, other helper hangouts, self-control, intentional neighboring, altruism, harm reduction, diversity, inclusivity, activist symbols, interfaith work, family dynamics, alternative family structures, partnerships not based on sex/romance, emotional closeness, first contact, rescue, interspecies relationships, trial and error, teamwork, found family, complementary strengths and weaknesses, personal growth, and poetic forms in particular.
Currently eligible bingo card(s) for donors wishing to sponsor a square:
Pride Fest Bingo Card 6-2-25
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
The Blueshift Troupers travel the galaxy helping colonies solve problems.
Clay of Life depends on the friendship between a blacksmith and a golem.
Daughters of the Apocalypse relies a lot on kindness for survival.
Frankenstein's Family has diverse subgroups interacting, of which the vampires in particular are gentle with others.
The Moon Door features a women's chronic pain support group, which is all about being gentle with each other.
One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis is about Shaeth learnng how to take care of his new followers.
Path of the Paladins balances gentleness and strength.
Peculiar Obligations is about Quakers and pirates learning to help each other.
Polychrome Heroics is largely about people helping people. Threads particularly focused on this include Antimatter and Stalwart Stan, Aquariana, the Big One, Iron Horses, Officer Pink, Rutledge, and Trichromatic Attachments.
Quixotic Ideas is fantasy with a gentle angle.
Schrodinger's Heroes save the world from alternate dimensions, and they take care of each other.
Or you can ask for something new.
Linkbacks reveal a verse of any open linkback poem.
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Alis (alisx) wrote2025-06-03 02:05 pm
alisx) wrote2025-06-03 02:05 pmTuesday @ 2:05 pm
Benefits of going to Bunnings on a weekday: Less people.
Downside of going to Bunnings on a weekday: No sausage sizzle. 