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kaberettToday has been. the first time in A While that I have spent mostly horizontal and mostly asleep on account of migraine, despite drugs. I am Not A Fan.
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Birdfeeding
May. 1st, 2026 12:33 pmysabetwordsmithToday is cloudy and cool.
I fed the birds. I've heard a squirrel barking but haven't seen it.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 5/1/26 -- I did a bit of work around patio.
I took some pictures around the yard. Columbine, alliums, poppy, wood hyacinth, and others are blooming.
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I fed the birds. I've heard a squirrel barking but haven't seen it.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 5/1/26 -- I did a bit of work around patio.
I took some pictures around the yard. Columbine, alliums, poppy, wood hyacinth, and others are blooming.
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In which we thank five it's Friday
May. 1st, 2026 04:51 pmspiralsheep1. Do you like to spend time outdoors?
Yes, obv. Preferably with mature trees, and running or tidal water.
2. What is your favourite flower?
ONE?! Can I at least have one for each month?
My favourite flowers are the strongly scented ones that smell good to me. The best scent in the world is damson blossom, buddleia smells like honey to me, rosemary is my favourite herb leaf scent but lavender flowers smell stronger, and I loved the old roses in my childhood garden. I've also lived in two places with old roses that cheerfully flower into December most years. My most gratefully observed flowers are the early yellow primroses of spring followed by bright blue "wood" forget-me-nots.
Glanced at unheeded -
cherry blossoms overhead -
until fierce spring winds
rip flowers into pink teardrops,
splashing colour at my feet.
( I've told all these before. )
6. And y'all?
Bonus sensawonder: The marine snail known in English as the Rough Periwinkle, Littorina saxatilis, was first given a scientific name in 1792. In the subsequent 234 years it has been mistakenly re-identified as a new species or subspecies at least 112 times, including as recently as 1997, because of the wide variations in the morphology (shape) of its shell growth to adapt to survive in differing conditions.
Yes, obv. Preferably with mature trees, and running or tidal water.
2. What is your favourite flower?
ONE?! Can I at least have one for each month?
My favourite flowers are the strongly scented ones that smell good to me. The best scent in the world is damson blossom, buddleia smells like honey to me, rosemary is my favourite herb leaf scent but lavender flowers smell stronger, and I loved the old roses in my childhood garden. I've also lived in two places with old roses that cheerfully flower into December most years. My most gratefully observed flowers are the early yellow primroses of spring followed by bright blue "wood" forget-me-nots.
Glanced at unheeded -
cherry blossoms overhead -
until fierce spring winds
rip flowers into pink teardrops,
splashing colour at my feet.
( I've told all these before. )
6. And y'all?
Bonus sensawonder: The marine snail known in English as the Rough Periwinkle, Littorina saxatilis, was first given a scientific name in 1792. In the subsequent 234 years it has been mistakenly re-identified as a new species or subspecies at least 112 times, including as recently as 1997, because of the wide variations in the morphology (shape) of its shell growth to adapt to survive in differing conditions.
Menachos Daf 109
May. 1st, 2026 09:38 amseekingferretI know I said I wasn't going to blog Menachos but holy shit Chonyo/Onias IV!!
Who was the son of High Priest Shimon HaTzadik and got into a succession fight with his brother that led to him fleeing to Alexandria and establishing a rival Beis Hamikdash there roughly halfway through the Second Temple period. The Rabbis of the Mishnah on Menachos Daf 109, some 300 years later, seem flummoxed by this, they can't seem to figure out if this was avodah zarah or not.
But what really flummoxed me is apparently "Beis Chonyo" stood, per Wikipedia, until ~73 CE when the Romans destroyed it, just a couple years after destroying the Beis Hamikdash. And I am so fascinated by the counterfactual of Yochanan Ben Zakkai instead of establishing Rabbinic Judaism in Yavneh, attempting to shift the focus of the avodah to the Bama of Beis Chonyo. Apparently Vespasian was worried enough about this possibility to preemptively raze Beis Chonyo, why don't we talk about this?
Who was the son of High Priest Shimon HaTzadik and got into a succession fight with his brother that led to him fleeing to Alexandria and establishing a rival Beis Hamikdash there roughly halfway through the Second Temple period. The Rabbis of the Mishnah on Menachos Daf 109, some 300 years later, seem flummoxed by this, they can't seem to figure out if this was avodah zarah or not.
But what really flummoxed me is apparently "Beis Chonyo" stood, per Wikipedia, until ~73 CE when the Romans destroyed it, just a couple years after destroying the Beis Hamikdash. And I am so fascinated by the counterfactual of Yochanan Ben Zakkai instead of establishing Rabbinic Judaism in Yavneh, attempting to shift the focus of the avodah to the Bama of Beis Chonyo. Apparently Vespasian was worried enough about this possibility to preemptively raze Beis Chonyo, why don't we talk about this?
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Sculpture
May. 1st, 2026 02:11 amysabetwordsmithThis year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about reading as a way of becoming an expert in a given subject. Read Part 1: Introduction to Becoming an Expert, Part 2: Architecture, Part 3: Dance, Part 4: Music, Part 5: Painting, Part 6: Poetry.
Sculpture is a tactile art of shaping three-dimensional figures. Popular media include bone, bronze, clay, marble, and polymer clay. Soft sculpture is a fibercraft using materials like wool or cotton. Sculpture may also be mixed media using typical materials or found objects. All known human cultures make art, leading to great variety in sculpture. Here on Dreamwidth, see![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
crafty, creativity, everykindofcraft, get_knitted, justcreate, or nacramamo. There are more Crafts communities too.
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Sculpture is a tactile art of shaping three-dimensional figures. Popular media include bone, bronze, clay, marble, and polymer clay. Soft sculpture is a fibercraft using materials like wool or cotton. Sculpture may also be mixed media using typical materials or found objects. All known human cultures make art, leading to great variety in sculpture. Here on Dreamwidth, see
crafty, creativity, everykindofcraft, get_knitted, justcreate, or nacramamo. There are more Crafts communities too.( Read more... )
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Bingo
Apr. 30th, 2026 11:13 pmysabetwordsmithI have made bingo down the G column of my 4-1-26 card for the Flower Fest Bingo. I also made 5 extra fills.
G1 (Edge of Enchantment) -- "Edge of Enchantment" (Coracle Shores)
G2 (Black Hero) -- "Any Terms You Offer" (Not Quite Kansas)
G3 (Zinnia) -- "Play Off the Energy of the Crowd" (Polychrome Heroics: Broken Angels)
G4 (Lilac) -- "Beautiful, Tough, Shiny, Resilient" (The Blueshift Troupers)
G5 (Devil's Tongue) -- "So DONE with It All" (standalone)
B1 (Request) -- "Their Hidden Source" (One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis)
B3 (Escape) -- "Someone Who Was Trying to Be Sober" (One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis)
B5 (Exception) -- "The Grabber" (Monster House)
I4 (Moonlight Sensation) -- "An Equally Valid Way of Being" (The Moon Door)
N1 (Big Smile) -- "Eat It Happily Because It Is Good" (Polychrome Heroics: Shiv)
G1 (Edge of Enchantment) -- "Edge of Enchantment" (Coracle Shores)
G2 (Black Hero) -- "Any Terms You Offer" (Not Quite Kansas)
G3 (Zinnia) -- "Play Off the Energy of the Crowd" (Polychrome Heroics: Broken Angels)
G4 (Lilac) -- "Beautiful, Tough, Shiny, Resilient" (The Blueshift Troupers)
G5 (Devil's Tongue) -- "So DONE with It All" (standalone)
B1 (Request) -- "Their Hidden Source" (One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis)
B3 (Escape) -- "Someone Who Was Trying to Be Sober" (One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis)
B5 (Exception) -- "The Grabber" (Monster House)
I4 (Moonlight Sensation) -- "An Equally Valid Way of Being" (The Moon Door)
N1 (Big Smile) -- "Eat It Happily Because It Is Good" (Polychrome Heroics: Shiv)
New Year's Resolutions Check In
Apr. 30th, 2026 09:52 pmysabetwordsmithWe made it to the end of April! \o/ If you have completed any of your short-term goals or subgoals, and/or you're still chugging away at your ongoing goals, then pat yourself on the back. You worked hard for that. We've also gotten through the second month of spring. If you're doing seasonal goals, you may have finished the first of your spring ones and/or be looking ahead to the summer batch.
I'm continuing to track goals at the end of each month. So far it seems to be helping, so that's encouraging. I'm looking at my goal list more often and trying to keep ticking off more of them.
These are the previous check in posts:
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 9
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 16
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 23
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 30
New Year's Resolutions Check In February 28
New Year's Resolutions Check In March 31
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I'm continuing to track goals at the end of each month. So far it seems to be helping, so that's encouraging. I'm looking at my goal list more often and trying to keep ticking off more of them.
These are the previous check in posts:
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 9
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 16
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 23
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 30
New Year's Resolutions Check In February 28
New Year's Resolutions Check In March 31
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creatures!
Apr. 30th, 2026 10:20 pmkaberettWent into town this afternoon to post some things, and observed Several Creatures. The blue butterfly around the lilac near the top of the hill was very welcome; the Egyptian goslings are starting to look almost grown up, with eye markings and a general reduction in fluff and increase in sleek!
(Elsewise today: SLEEP, post-gym Spatzen, more free electrons and therefore more laundry; both social and solitary wiggles; good therapy; and some Tentatively Positive Communication re Admin: the LRP.)
Community Thursdays
Apr. 30th, 2026 01:35 pmysabetwordsmithThis year I'm doing Community Thursdays. Some of my activity will involve maintaining communities I run, and my favorites. Some will involve checking my list of subscriptions and posting in lower-traffic ones. Today I have interacted with the following communities...
* Posted "Birdfeeding" inbirdfeeding.
* Commented on "Just One Thing" inawesomeers.
* Commented on "Check-In Post - April 29th 2026" inget_knitted.
* Posted "April Monthly Post" inallbingo.
* Posted "April Monthly Post" inbirdfeeding.
* Posted "New Year's Resolutions Check In" ingoals_on_dw.
* Posted "Birdfeeding" in
birdfeeding.* Commented on "Just One Thing" in
awesomeers.* Commented on "Check-In Post - April 29th 2026" in
get_knitted.* Posted "April Monthly Post" in
allbingo.* Posted "April Monthly Post" in
birdfeeding.* Posted "New Year's Resolutions Check In" in
goals_on_dw.Birdfeeding
Apr. 30th, 2026 01:34 pmysabetwordsmithToday is sunny and cool.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 4/30/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 4/30/26 -- My live plants arrived from Select Seeds. :D I've put them outdoors with the others to get some sun.
EDIT 4/30/26 -- I planted yesterday-today-and-tomorrow petunia in the barrel garden. It blooms almost white, turns pink, then nearly purple. I planted prairie coreopsis and pink turtlehead in the wildflower garden.
The first poppy is blooming beside the driveway. :D A pink columbine is blooming in the tulip bed.
EDIT 4/30/26 -- I planted a white echinacea in the white garden.
EDIT 4/30/26 -- I planted two different kinds of wild mint in the wildflower garden.
EDIT 4/30/26 -- I planted a red-leaved penstemon and a coneflower in the wildflower garden.
I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 4/30/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 4/30/26 -- My live plants arrived from Select Seeds. :D I've put them outdoors with the others to get some sun.
EDIT 4/30/26 -- I planted yesterday-today-and-tomorrow petunia in the barrel garden. It blooms almost white, turns pink, then nearly purple. I planted prairie coreopsis and pink turtlehead in the wildflower garden.
The first poppy is blooming beside the driveway. :D A pink columbine is blooming in the tulip bed.
EDIT 4/30/26 -- I planted a white echinacea in the white garden.
EDIT 4/30/26 -- I planted two different kinds of wild mint in the wildflower garden.
EDIT 4/30/26 -- I planted a red-leaved penstemon and a coneflower in the wildflower garden.
I am done for the night.
Skids Over The Line To Get Something Finished this Month
Apr. 30th, 2026 07:02 pmglindaBeats The Alternative (1180 words) by Glinda
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary (2026)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Eva Stratt
Additional Tags: Women In Power, Saving the World, Choices, Bittersweet
Summary:
Mostly this month, I've been watching ice hockey - I did the other kind of skating this weekend - day-dreaming about train journey's across Canada and watching Chernobyl. (There's a bit in the second episode where they go to a meeting and essentially ask permission to kill three men to save millions. I had a bunch of feelings about that combination of bureaucracy and brutal honesty in that exchange - not something you often see in 'saving the world' scenarios - and apparently I'm processing them via fic about Eva Stratt. I love her, your honour.) My escapism method is interesting I'll say that for it... Choices one might say.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary (2026)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Eva Stratt
Additional Tags: Women In Power, Saving the World, Choices, Bittersweet
Summary:
The consensus is, that it would be preferable if they did not die.
Mostly this month, I've been watching ice hockey - I did the other kind of skating this weekend - day-dreaming about train journey's across Canada and watching Chernobyl. (There's a bit in the second episode where they go to a meeting and essentially ask permission to kill three men to save millions. I had a bunch of feelings about that combination of bureaucracy and brutal honesty in that exchange - not something you often see in 'saving the world' scenarios - and apparently I'm processing them via fic about Eva Stratt. I love her, your honour.) My escapism method is interesting I'll say that for it... Choices one might say.
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Poetry
Apr. 30th, 2026 12:23 amysabetwordsmithThis year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about reading as a way of becoming an expert in a given subject. Read Part 1: Introduction to Becoming an Expert, Part 2: Architecture, Part 3: Dance, Part 4: Music, Part 5: Painting.
Poetry is a literary art that uses different techniques than fiction, relying on patterns and sounds to charm its audience. Languages use different features to indicate poetry -- sometimes rhyme, or alliteration, or other things. This creates a large range of forms as well as free verse. Here on Dreamwidth, check out25poemsamonth, books, greatpoetry, haiku_gallery, poetry, thefreaksclub, or words_just_words. There are more Poetry and Writing communities too.
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Poetry is a literary art that uses different techniques than fiction, relying on patterns and sounds to charm its audience. Languages use different features to indicate poetry -- sometimes rhyme, or alliteration, or other things. This creates a large range of forms as well as free verse. Here on Dreamwidth, check out
25poemsamonth, books, greatpoetry, haiku_gallery, poetry, thefreaksclub, or words_just_words. There are more Poetry and Writing communities too.( Read more... )
Poetry Fishbowl Report for April 7, 2026
Apr. 29th, 2026 11:33 pmysabetwordsmithThis month's theme was "I am SO done with this!" I wrote from 12 PM to 3:15 AM, so about 13 hours 15 minutes, accounting for breaks. I wrote 7 poems on Tuesday plus 3 later in the week.
Participation was up slightly, with 11 comments on LiveJournal and another 48 on Dreamwidth. A total of 10 people sent prompts. There were no new prompters.
Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the April 7, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Beautiful, Tough, Shiny, Resilient"
"The Grabber"
"So DONE with It All"
"Someone Who Was Trying to Be Sober"
"Their Hidden Source"
"Walnut Park" (Polychrome Heroics: Broken Angels, March 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl)
"Filled with Things You Don't Know" (Polychrome Heroics: Kraken, February 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl) (pending)
Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from April 7. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.
This month's donors include:janetmiles, fuzzyred, and Anthony Barrette. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There is 1 tally toward a bonus fishbowl.
The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.
Participation was up slightly, with 11 comments on LiveJournal and another 48 on Dreamwidth. A total of 10 people sent prompts. There were no new prompters.
Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the April 7, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Beautiful, Tough, Shiny, Resilient"
"The Grabber"
"So DONE with It All"
"Someone Who Was Trying to Be Sober"
"Their Hidden Source"
"Walnut Park" (Polychrome Heroics: Broken Angels, March 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl)
"Filled with Things You Don't Know" (Polychrome Heroics: Kraken, February 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl) (pending)
Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from April 7. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.
This month's donors include:
janetmiles, fuzzyred, and Anthony Barrette. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There is 1 tally toward a bonus fishbowl.The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.