New Poems
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ysabetwordsmithbeavertech has posted the January batch of sponsored poems. :D"So Many Words for Wood" on
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first_nations_freaks"The Infinity of Acorns" on
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the_magick_circle"A Piecemeal Apocalypse" on
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Did it again
Jan. 7th, 2026 10:18 pmsilver_chipmunkI meant to get up at 10:00, but once again I turned off the alarm and fell asleep for a few hours. Got up a bit before 12:00. Tomorrow I HAVE to get up at 10:00 cause I have my hair appointment at 12:00.
Anyway I got up and had breakfast and coffee, then I showered and washed my hair so it'll be clean for tomorrow. And didn't use conditioner so it'd be in it's natural state.
It was another day of not doing much, though I did get outside, I took out garbage and recycling, and walked around the block twice.
I Teamed the FWiB at 7:00. Just before we Teamed, the Kid finally called me and did not fill me in on what I need to know for Sunday. She's supposed to text me with the address and time for brunch, she has no idea who's paying, and wasn't very helpful about what I should wear. And she was in a bad mood to boot. So that was a bust.
Just as I was finishing Teaming,mashfanficchick called me, and we talked briefly about the sign language interpreter for the mayor of Minneapolis, when he told ICE to get out of the city, the interpreter actually signed with her middle finger. Gave the finger to ICE, YAY.
I got off with the FWiB and went to my gaming group, had a lot of trouble with Discord as usual, but it didn't matter because we canceled anyway because there were only three players and the GM.
So I had dinner and went and lay in the bedroom playing solitaire.
I should say something about the murder in Minneapolis. But I can't. What Trump said was nauseating, the lies that are being told are worse. On top of that, apparently he talked about canceling the midterms. He said he wouldn't, but the mere fact that he mentioned it fills me with dread. And I live in terror of the repercussions if we actually attempt to take Greenland. This is nightmare fuel. I want to shriek "Make it stop" but there's no one to respond.
So that's where I am, and I'll leave it at that.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. Garbage is out.
3. My gaming group.
4. The Kid... even cranky.
5.mashfanficchick
6. My pets.
Anyway I got up and had breakfast and coffee, then I showered and washed my hair so it'll be clean for tomorrow. And didn't use conditioner so it'd be in it's natural state.
It was another day of not doing much, though I did get outside, I took out garbage and recycling, and walked around the block twice.
I Teamed the FWiB at 7:00. Just before we Teamed, the Kid finally called me and did not fill me in on what I need to know for Sunday. She's supposed to text me with the address and time for brunch, she has no idea who's paying, and wasn't very helpful about what I should wear. And she was in a bad mood to boot. So that was a bust.
Just as I was finishing Teaming,
mashfanficchick called me, and we talked briefly about the sign language interpreter for the mayor of Minneapolis, when he told ICE to get out of the city, the interpreter actually signed with her middle finger. Gave the finger to ICE, YAY.I got off with the FWiB and went to my gaming group, had a lot of trouble with Discord as usual, but it didn't matter because we canceled anyway because there were only three players and the GM.
So I had dinner and went and lay in the bedroom playing solitaire.
I should say something about the murder in Minneapolis. But I can't. What Trump said was nauseating, the lies that are being told are worse. On top of that, apparently he talked about canceling the midterms. He said he wouldn't, but the mere fact that he mentioned it fills me with dread. And I live in terror of the repercussions if we actually attempt to take Greenland. This is nightmare fuel. I want to shriek "Make it stop" but there's no one to respond.
So that's where I am, and I'll leave it at that.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. Garbage is out.
3. My gaming group.
4. The Kid... even cranky.
5.
mashfanficchick6. My pets.
Voices in the Park
Jan. 7th, 2026 07:39 pmtheradicalchildI got a "good" sleep score last night, with duration being my worst stat, and I wore my mouth guard and cuddled with my Blåhaj as I've been doing.
This morning I got a notice in my AdventHealth app about a referral to a new neurologist, and I had gotten a phone call from Baylor Scott & White about this as well but said I was fine for now with my current one. Shitty communication is definitely a big issue with America's health system, next to doctors being Big Pharma pawns and cost, though my insurance is fine for now. America spends more on healthcare per capita than any other country in the world but is still the sickest "rich" country in the world, so we definitely need to find out where the hell all that money is going and get it moving in the right direction.
Lunch at the Fairview soup kitchen was a sliced croissant with tuna and vegetables separate to put on, but I just ate the croissant and the applesauce, and another guy gave me his.
Then I drove to the city park for a voice recording gig on Upwork, but I didn't go on a walk since the weather was hot.
Then I shopped for a few things at Walmart.
I've been on-and-off seeking clinical trials to earn extra money and scheduled a call with someone this afternoon for an epilepsy trial, but it involved another medication so I passed.
The biggest thing out of the MAHA Zoom meeting today was the new food pyramid that equalized proteins and dairy and fruits and vegetables, and put grains to be minimal, which I approve of. Before it was grains that was the largest category you were supposed to eat.
Today's also Kentucky senator Rand Paul's birthday, and I'm surprised he wasn't on the Zoom call since he's a big MAHA supporter.
Here's my Substack post with some of my AI art stuff about him.
I ate some of my leftover barbecue pork for dinner, but there were some gross fatty parts. I also made the mistake again of running my toaster oven and microwave at the same time when trying to microwave frozen peas, which causes outages in that part of my home for some reason, and I have to reset the circuit breaker.
I had seen three evening prayer nights at a church in town on Facebook I put on my calendar for this month, but I mistook the time and arrived half an hour late, but it was a good thing to attend.
Tomorrow morning's my new psych evaluation with country services, so I'm going to bed early tonight.
This morning I got a notice in my AdventHealth app about a referral to a new neurologist, and I had gotten a phone call from Baylor Scott & White about this as well but said I was fine for now with my current one. Shitty communication is definitely a big issue with America's health system, next to doctors being Big Pharma pawns and cost, though my insurance is fine for now. America spends more on healthcare per capita than any other country in the world but is still the sickest "rich" country in the world, so we definitely need to find out where the hell all that money is going and get it moving in the right direction.
Lunch at the Fairview soup kitchen was a sliced croissant with tuna and vegetables separate to put on, but I just ate the croissant and the applesauce, and another guy gave me his.
Then I drove to the city park for a voice recording gig on Upwork, but I didn't go on a walk since the weather was hot.
Then I shopped for a few things at Walmart.
I've been on-and-off seeking clinical trials to earn extra money and scheduled a call with someone this afternoon for an epilepsy trial, but it involved another medication so I passed.
The biggest thing out of the MAHA Zoom meeting today was the new food pyramid that equalized proteins and dairy and fruits and vegetables, and put grains to be minimal, which I approve of. Before it was grains that was the largest category you were supposed to eat.
Today's also Kentucky senator Rand Paul's birthday, and I'm surprised he wasn't on the Zoom call since he's a big MAHA supporter.
Here's my Substack post with some of my AI art stuff about him.
I ate some of my leftover barbecue pork for dinner, but there were some gross fatty parts. I also made the mistake again of running my toaster oven and microwave at the same time when trying to microwave frozen peas, which causes outages in that part of my home for some reason, and I have to reset the circuit breaker.
I had seen three evening prayer nights at a church in town on Facebook I put on my calendar for this month, but I mistook the time and arrived half an hour late, but it was a good thing to attend.
Tomorrow morning's my new psych evaluation with country services, so I'm going to bed early tonight.
Lake Lewisia #1353
Jan. 7th, 2026 04:39 pmscrubjayspeaksShe stepped onto the stage, wide-eyed and white knuckled around the gathered black plastic bag in her hands, and tentatively shuffled into the sizzle of the spotlight. Applause burst out from the audience, visible only around the very edges of the light as shadowy wings and horns, at the sight of her in her moth-eaten sweater and her coziest slippers. When she had stepped through her apartment door to take out the trash, she had expected to enter a hallway, rather than an elaborately dressed stage in mid-production somewhere in the fae realms, and she had no idea what to expect when she made it all the way to stage right.
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Shopping
Jan. 7th, 2026 05:14 pmysabetwordsmithbrickhousewench tipped me to Heading Prints, a company that makes scarves using book art as inspiration. They offer bandanas, skinny scarves, large rectangular scarves, square silky scarves, and also a few rings with designs to match some of their most popular scarf designs. Also, these are much more affordable on average than most fashion scarves I've seen, although they do cost more than the cheap random ones in a discount store.If you've seen my post "How to Simplify Fashion," then consider these scarves as an option for color-matching. Look for a scarf whose colors you love and want to use. Wear it while clothes shopping to test if new clothes match your colors.
Apollo 8 CSM is here separating from the spend Saturn V‘s S-IVB third stage
Jan. 7th, 2026 07:16 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
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Apollo 8 CSM is here separating from the spend Saturn V‘s S-IVB third stage
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An infrared telescope in the open cargo bay of a future space shuttle. 1979 NASA concept art by Paul Hudson.
Birdfeeding
Jan. 7th, 2026 01:10 pmysabetwordsmithToday is partly cloudy and cool.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 1/7/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 1/7/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 1/7/26 -- I gathered the raked leaves from the ritual meadow, enough to fill the trolley twice, which I dumped on the daffodil bed. (That should have been done in fall, but better late than never.) One quarter around the firepit equaled two trolleys and covered the daffodil bed completely. The tulip bed will need at least twice that much.
I startled several cardinals and the great-horned owl in the ritual meadow.
EDIT 1/7/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
I filled a trolley with sticks from the brushpile beside the driveway, then dumped that in the firepit.
EDIT 1/7/26 -- I filled another trolley with sticks, then dumped that in the firepit.
There's not much left of the brushpile now, mostly pieces too big for me to break down.
It's 5:05 PM. The western sky is still twilight, the east considerably darker.
I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 1/7/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 1/7/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 1/7/26 -- I gathered the raked leaves from the ritual meadow, enough to fill the trolley twice, which I dumped on the daffodil bed. (That should have been done in fall, but better late than never.) One quarter around the firepit equaled two trolleys and covered the daffodil bed completely. The tulip bed will need at least twice that much.
I startled several cardinals and the great-horned owl in the ritual meadow.
EDIT 1/7/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
I filled a trolley with sticks from the brushpile beside the driveway, then dumped that in the firepit.
EDIT 1/7/26 -- I filled another trolley with sticks, then dumped that in the firepit.
There's not much left of the brushpile now, mostly pieces too big for me to break down.
It's 5:05 PM. The western sky is still twilight, the east considerably darker.
I am done for the night.
Snowflake Challenge 4: Rec Your Last Page
Jan. 7th, 2026 12:03 pmysabetwordsmithChallenge 4: Rec Your Last Page
Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!
On many of the fannish websites we use, our history is easily compileable into "pages". When we look back through those pages, sometimes we stumble upon things that we think are rather cool.
( Read more... )
Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!
On many of the fannish websites we use, our history is easily compileable into "pages". When we look back through those pages, sometimes we stumble upon things that we think are rather cool.
( Read more... )
Hard Things
Jan. 7th, 2026 12:02 amysabetwordsmithLife is full of things which are hard or tedious or otherwise unpleasant that need doing anyhow. They help make the world go 'round, they improve skills, and they boost your sense of self-respect. But doing them still kinda sucks. It's all the more difficult to do those things when nobody appreciates it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our accomplishments and pat each other on the back.
What are some of the hard things you've done recently? What are some hard things you haven't gotten to yet, but need to do? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your hard things a little easier?
What are some of the hard things you've done recently? What are some hard things you haven't gotten to yet, but need to do? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your hard things a little easier?
History
Jan. 6th, 2026 11:57 pmysabetwordsmithRecreating an Ancient Pump (with no moving parts)
This historic pump uses a mixture of flowing water and air bubbles to lift water high above its original level. While not as efficient as some other methods, it has two tremendous advantages: 1) It requires no electricity, fuel, or animal power. 2) With no moving parts, it avoids the problems of wear and clogs that threaten more complex pumps. Given the increasing issue of climate change, there is great value in any useful technology that runs entirely on renewable energy and doesn't need repair or replacement at all often.
This historic pump uses a mixture of flowing water and air bubbles to lift water high above its original level. While not as efficient as some other methods, it has two tremendous advantages: 1) It requires no electricity, fuel, or animal power. 2) With no moving parts, it avoids the problems of wear and clogs that threaten more complex pumps. Given the increasing issue of climate change, there is great value in any useful technology that runs entirely on renewable energy and doesn't need repair or replacement at all often.
Did almost nothing today
Jan. 6th, 2026 10:36 pmsilver_chipmunkI got up at 8:00, had breakfast, but not coffee, and went back to bed. I woke up with the alarm at 10, but kept snoozing til 11-something.
Finally got up for real and had coffee. My three calendars were delivered, that's the unicorns, the penguins, and the teddy bears. I hung them all, same spots as always, unicorns and penguins in the living room, teddy bears in the bedroom.
I put in a Shipt order, and did really nothing else until it was delivered when I put it away.
I spent the day puttering online. I finally did take a shower and get dressed cause I felt sweaty and icky. But that's about it.
At7:00 I attempted to Team the FWiB. There were extreme technical difficulties, and we didn't manage to connect til almost 7:30. Then I had to get off in time to have my Al-anon meeting by Zoom.
The meeting was super small but good.
Then I had dinner, and went to the bedroom and called the Kid. She didn't answer as usual, so I left a text message and calledmashfanficchick. We talked for awhile and made plans for Thursday.
Then it was pet feeding time so I fed the pets and here I am.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. My meetings and the people there.
3. Shipt.
4. My calendars came.
5. Chocolate.
6.mashfanficchick
Finally got up for real and had coffee. My three calendars were delivered, that's the unicorns, the penguins, and the teddy bears. I hung them all, same spots as always, unicorns and penguins in the living room, teddy bears in the bedroom.
I put in a Shipt order, and did really nothing else until it was delivered when I put it away.
I spent the day puttering online. I finally did take a shower and get dressed cause I felt sweaty and icky. But that's about it.
At7:00 I attempted to Team the FWiB. There were extreme technical difficulties, and we didn't manage to connect til almost 7:30. Then I had to get off in time to have my Al-anon meeting by Zoom.
The meeting was super small but good.
Then I had dinner, and went to the bedroom and called the Kid. She didn't answer as usual, so I left a text message and called
mashfanficchick. We talked for awhile and made plans for Thursday.Then it was pet feeding time so I fed the pets and here I am.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. My meetings and the people there.
3. Shipt.
4. My calendars came.
5. Chocolate.
6.
mashfanficchick
