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In our final few days we left Oregon, though stayed the night just outside its border in Mount Shasta. The mountain is clearly seen looming over the city but we could see it for many miles as we headed south and finally passed into California.

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dialecticdreamer

Determined Explorations
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1931
[May 5, 2020, early morning]

:: In the morning, Aidan is determined to learn the lay of the land, and hopefully, find work. Part of the Edison’s Mirror arc. ::

Back to Settling Down
To the Index
On to

Shortly after dawn, Aidan strode silently to the front door, leaving Vic curled up with Ed, though the teen was reading a book he’d found in his previous day’s walkabout. “We’ve got food for the day,” Vic whispered. “See if you can find a good spot for tonight though, because Ed’s not going to be any less panicky, possibly for months. Small would be good, maybe just a shed or something, so he knows that we’re right there with him. After so much time in an underground space, I wouldn’t be surprised if he is a bit afraid of open places and avoids looking at the sky, though that could go on for years.”

“I’m looking for work just as much,” Aidan insisted.
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Current Mood: lethargic

kaberett

A little while ago the toddler's household told me that you could turn the top of a pineapple into a whole entire pineapple plant (with the caveat that at least 60% of the time it goes mouldy). My first attempt at this had got as far as growing a whole entire root network but then suffered a Tragic Incident from which it never recovered; the second had been sat around with partially-browned but no-longer-becoming-more-browned and definitely-still-partially-green leaves for Quite Some Time. I had more or less hit the point of "... is this actually doing anything? at all?" and then upon my return from the most recent round of Adventures I rotated it in service of watering it, to discover...

a pineapple crown, growing a whole new set of leaves

... that it's growing a WHOLE NEW SET OF LEAVES. Look at it go! I am very excited!

(My understanding is that if I manage to keep it alive that long it'll take somewhere in the region of 3 years to fruit, and then in the fashion of all bromeliads will die having produced said single fruit. Happily this is about the rate at which we eat fresh pineapple...)

china_shop

Just a quick one today, because I'm trying to write half a dozen other things. :-)

Previous poll review
In the phone poll, 61% of respondents hold the phone to their ear, 40.7% put the call on speaker, and 28.8% wear an earpiece or headphones.

In ticky-boxes, cats with resting blep face came second to hugs, 61% to 69.5%. Thank you for your votes!

Reading
More of Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer, read by Candida Gubbins. Andrew has started listening with me, so I needed a solo listen and, accordingly, am trying Black Water Sister by Zen Cho, read by Catherine Ho, which is great so far. (I've heard it contains one of my DNWs, so I'm approaching with caution.)

Kdramas
Finally finished Nothing But Love (it's so good!). Also finished Aema, which was fantastic, dramatic, pacy, with tons of complicated female relationships and femslashiness (fair warning: gets very dark in places). Two more episodes of Mystic Pop-Up Bar, which continues to be delightful, I did not see that romantic pairing coming!! (It's doing the Gobin "who is the reincarnation of whom??" mystery thing.)

In theory I'm still watching My Youth in the hopes it develops some/any dramatic/romantic tension... but now You and Everything Else is out, who knows. Viewing time is limited.

More Low Life this evening, yay!

Other TV
Mostly Dark Winds and Bluey. We would have watched more Chief of War and Prehistoric Planet, but my Apple app is refusing to stream, grrrr.

Guardian/Fandom
So much is happening! It's great! The Slo-Mo Guardian Rewatch is delightful,

guardian_wishlist is in its creating period (which is always much too short, argh), and I still haven't caught up with

fan_writers comments. Also, omg, my tabs!!!

I nominated for Yuletide and am having some earnest conversations with myself about signing up. Last year was my first year; it was a blast, but it was a lot. I could always just treat...

Writing/making things
I'm very close to finishing the unexpected-kink fic (still needs a title), but most of my focus is on

guardian_wishlist. I've finished one gift and started another, which is threatening to get long (the joy and curse of rarepairs), and I have a laundry list of things to write after that. I'm aiming for, like, six or eight in total, by 6 October, but it will depend on whether I can write short.

Anyway, the current one is at least doing that delightful thing of occupying my brain when I'm not at my keyboard, making me jot down notes and dialogue when I wake up. I've missed this level of engagement.

Life/health/mental state things
Andrew's taking some time off work, which is an adjustment for both of us, and also great and much deserved.

Good things
Tuesday was a glorious sunny summery day. My new glasses are nearly ready. So Many Kdramas! TV-watching dates. Biking again. Bluey! Writing. Fandom and you all. <3

Poll #33633 Muppets

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9

View Respondents

It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights

View Answers

Kermit
4 (44.4%)

Fozzie
2 (22.2%)

Gonzo
2 (22.2%)

Miss Piggy
1 (11.1%)

Animal
3 (33.3%)

other / none / what?
3 (33.3%)

ticky-box full of I keep biting my lip, ow
3 (33.3%)

ticky-box full of paper tigers prowling stripily through their 2D jungle
6 (66.7%)

ticky-box full of Yuletide nominations
3 (33.3%)

ticky-box full of so many WIPs, so little time
4 (44.4%)

ticky-box full of hugs
5 (55.6%)

himejoshiheart posting in

lyricaltitles

title: There’s not a chance that you will be the one to break the spell (If that’s everything, then later, I’ve got things to do as well)
fandom: In Stars And Time
song: override (will stetson cover)
ship: Mirabelle ~ Siffrin
wordcount: 5626
summary: Mirabelle finds Siffrin again while on a journey for the love that maybe wouldn't make her want to throw up? But what if Siffrin... wasn't Siffrin?
originally made for

iddyiddybangbang

read on ao3!

carenejeans

Quote of the Day:

(Another from Hemingway, doing it old-school.)

"Wearing down seven number-two pencils is a good day’s work."

-- Ernest Hemingway, in The Paris Review, (1954).

Today's Writing:

Er, too much reading & research & notes. Now, on to bullet points! ;-)

Tally

( Days 1-16 )

Day 17:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

yasaman,

ysilme

Day 18:

china_shop

Let me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet. And remember, you can join in at any time!

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fan_flashworks

Title: The Riddle of a Federation Crew
Fandom: Star Trek
Song: "Mutant Generations" by Bob Kanefsky
Rating: PG
Length: 1:13
Content notes: None
Vidder notes: None
Summary: For a sci-fi show, there's something very unscientific about Star Trek

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Current Mood: scared

ysabetwordsmith

An argument that large language models should be called goLLuMs.

There is so much potential for satire and mockery here. :D

Current Mood: amused

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These questions were originally suggested by

polypolyglot.

1. Do you believe you can have more than one soulmate in life?

2. Are you with that soulmate now?

3. If not, how long did your relationship with your soulmate last?

4. Do you still think about your soulmate, if you are not together?

5. If you're not together, do you think your soulmate still thinks about you?

Copy and paste to your own journal, then reply to this post with a link to your answers. If your journal is private or friends-only, you can post your full answers in the comments below.

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ysabetwordsmith

Today is mostly sunny and hot.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

EDIT 9/18/25 -- I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 9/18/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 9/18/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 9/18/25 -- I watered the patio plants.

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Current Mood: busy

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wipbigbang

I mentioned this on the Discord but I forgot to mention it here. My apologies.

Please DO NOT tag your posts when you submit them to this blog! One of the mods will take care of the tagging for you once your submission is approved, because I have to go into the tag editor to edit or merge tags that are done wrong and it's just a hassle.

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wipbigbang

Art Title: ⟫ To Feel The Sun by ChokolatteJedi
Fandom: ⟫ Teen Wolf
Posted @ sites: ⟫ AO3 or LJ
Warnings: ⟫ N/A
Bragging Rights: ⟫ Stetopher is a favourite threesome of mine, so when I saw that this was available, I jumped on it! ChokolatteJedi was a joy to work with – very clear on what they wanted, open to ideas and enthusiastic. And, bonus, they let me read the story early and I loved it!!

Book Cover: ⟫

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weekendwritingmarathon

Need to get some words in? The Weekend Writing Marathon (WWM) is a writing challenge designed to help you do just that. You set your own writing goal for the weekend and work to achieve it before reporting back to the group on Sunday night.

How do I participate?

1. Reply to this post with your weekend writing plans–be as specific (or not) as you’d like.

2. Start writing on Friday 12:01 am local time. Work to meet your goal by Sunday night at 11:59 pm local time. You can work on whatever you want during this time.

3. Post your accomplishments to the Finish Line post at the end of the weekend (even if you didn’t reach your goal).

How do I report my accomplishments?

A Finish Line post will go up on Sunday. Reblog that post with your final word count/accomplished goal(s) by Monday at midnight local time. Totals from the weekend will be posted on Tuesday.

This challenge is currently running on 2 platforms: pillowfort, and dreamwidth. If you sign up on this platform, please respond to the Finish Line post on this platform.

Let us know if you have any questions!

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fancake

Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender
Pairings/Characters: Zuko, Iroh, the GAang in the background
Rating: G
Length: 2,889 words, 19min 30s
Creator Links: Haicrescendo
Theme: Food & Cooking, character development, family, families of choice, going home, missing scenes,

Summary:

[Zuko’s greatest failing, not his only but just one that stands out the most in a very long list, is that he’s never known quite what he had until it’s gone. Or, on the opposite hand, he covets the things that don’t matter, that seem to matter so much at the time and turn out, in the end, to be something that Zuko’s made up in his head.

And then Zuko finds, of all things after it all, that he misses Uncle Iroh’s tea.]

Or,

Zuko screws up his life and in the process of fixing it, figures out some tea wisdom along the way.

Reccer's Notes: This story is so beautiful and gentle. I absolutely love seeing how Zuko's growth and character development is mirrored with his finally learning to make a decent cup of tea. Plus the neat detail of how he despite learning from and trying to emulate his uncle, he makes it his own way. Zuko and Iroh's relationship is lovely in this too. Just an all around lovely story. klainelynch does a beautiful job with the podfic as well

Fanwork Links:
Heat, Wait, Steep, Repeat
and the Podfic both on AO3

mdlbear

Today I am thankful for...

Kaleidofolk's new album starting to come together,
Mario of StudiOjo in Wateringen. Also, having a professional recording studio walking distance (450m) from our house.
Learning a lot about recording. NO thanks for my scratch tracks being barely usable. Oops.
Bandmates (m and N) with an ear for harmony, as well as m's voice coaching.
Bronx's growing talents as a snuggler. He may be taking lessons from Ticia. Also, having a cat to keep my back warm on cold nights.
5mm cube magnets.

Current Mood: grateful
Current Location: Schildhaven in Den Haag
Current Music: see post

treefrogie84 posting in

weekendwritingmarathon

what’s a 1k1h?|| time zone converter || 1k1h Calendar

All sprints are run on Discord only. You can find our Discord server here.

Friday ( time zone converter)

5am PT/ 8am ET/ 12pm UTC Mrsimoshen

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 4pm UTC Max

11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 6pm UTC LittleMissTPK

1pm PT/ 4pm ET/ 8pm UTC LittleMissTPK

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 12am UTC Treefrogie84

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Sat UTC Alec

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4am PT/ 7am ET/ 11am UTC PreciousAnon

7am PT/ 10am ET/ 2pm UTC Treefrogie84

9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 4pm UTC Treefrogie84

12pm PT/ 3pm ET/ 7pm UTC LittleMissTPK

4pm PT/ 7pm ET/ 11pm UTC Treefrogie84

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Sun UTC Joe

Sunday ( time zone converter)

4am PT/ 7am ET/ 11am UTC PreciousAnon

7am PT/ 10am ET/ 2pm UTC Treefrogie84

9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 4pm UTC Treefrogie84

11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 6pm UTC PreciousAnon

1pm PT/ 4pm ET/ 8pm UTC Treefrogie

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 12am Mon UTC Treefrogie84

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Mon UTC Joe

oursin

Dept of, inventing the city: Fake History: Some notes on London's bogus past. (NB - isn't Nancy murdered on the steps of a bridge in the 1948 movie of Oliver Twist? or do I misremember.) (And as for the Charing Cross thing, that is the ongoing 'London remaking itself and having layers', surely?)

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Dept of, smutty puns, classical division: Yet More on Ancient Greek Dildos:

Nelson, in my opinion, has made a solid argument for his conclusions that, while “olisbos” was one of many ancient Greek euphemisms for a dildo, this was not its primary meaning, nor was it the primary term for the sex toy. Rather, this impression has been given by an accident of historiography.

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Dept of, not silently suffering for centuries: The 17th-century woman who wrote about surviving domestic abuse.

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Dept of, another story involving literacy (and ill-health): Child hospital care dates from 18th Century - study:

"Almost certainly she was taught to read and write while she was an inpatient."
He suspects just as part of the infirmary's remit was to get its adult patients back to work, by teaching children to read and write it would increase their employment opportunities.

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Dept of, I approve the intention but cringe at certain of the suggestions: How To Raise a Reader in an Age of Digital Distraction:

Active engagement is crucial. This doesn’t mean turning every book into an interactive multimedia experience. Rather, it means ensuring that children are mentally participating in the reading process rather than passively consuming. With toddlers, this might mean encouraging them to point to pictures, make sound effects, or predict what comes next. With older children, it involves asking questions that go beyond basic comprehension: “What do you think motivates this character?” “How would the story change if it were set in our neighborhood?”

Let's not? There's a point where that become intrusive.

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Dept of, not enough ugh: Sephora workers on the rise of chaotic child shoppers: ‘She looked 10 years old and her skin was burning’

The phenomenon of “Sephora kids” – a catch-all phrase for the intense attachment between preteen children, high-end beauty stores and the expensive, sometimes harsh, products that are sold within them – is now well established.... The trend is driven by skincare content produced by beauty influencers – many of whom are tweens and teens themselves.... skincare routines posted by teens and tweens on TikTok contained an average of 11 potentially irritating active ingredients per routine, which risked causing acute reactions and triggering lifelong allergies.

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don't be afraid, take the road less traveled

Reading

Mount Shasta and Entering San Francisco

#4- Determined Explorations (part 1 of 1, complete)

[growth] pineapple is go!

Me-and-media update

bingo 2025 - in stars and time - FREE SPACE

Write Every Day September 2025 - Day 18

Star Trek: Fanvid: The Riddle of a Federation Crew

Masterlist

Scooter and Covid

Artificial Intelligence

The Friday Five for 19 September 2025: Soulmates

Thursday, September 18 - Free for All

Birdfeeding

2025 WIP Big Bang/WIP Reverse Bang - RE: Tagging Your Posts

Art for 'To Feel The Sun' by ChokolatteJedi

Sign Up September 19 - 21!

ATLA: Heat, Wait, Steep, Repeat by Haicrescendo

Thankful Thursday

Writing Sprints September 19-21

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