The Wordsmith's Forge

1st

• 12:33 am Garden Photos
• 10:11 am Sunday Fic Meme: "Raining Kittens" - 8 comments
• 07:39 pm Patch Notes from God - 3 comments
• 09:04 pm Sugar Farmers Sue Corn Processors Over HFCS - 17 comments
• 11:56 pm May Is "Garden For Wildlife" Month - 9 comments

2nd

• 01:16 am Limiting Ebooks Is Wrong - 9 comments
• 02:54 am Flower Photos
• 12:49 pm One-Card Draw by Siege - 1 comment
• 01:41 pm Torn World: May Is Sea Monster Month
• 02:13 pm Monday Update 5-2-11
• 05:14 pm Make Your Own Field Guide - 2 comments

3rd

• 02:57 am Bird Art
• 12:48 pm Poetry Fishbowl Open! - 55 comments
• 01:04 pm Torn World: See illustration for "On the Rocks"
• 01:49 pm Interview of me is now online!
• 02:25 pm Poem: "Old Husbands' Tales" - 7 comments
• 07:11 pm Poem: "ongaeshibanashi" - 18 comments
• 08:04 pm Poem: "Chasing the Rain" - 4 comments
• 08:08 pm Poem: "Supersized" - 30 comments
• 10:05 pm Poem: "Slashing Through the Undergrowth" - 31 comments

4th

• 03:06 am Crowdfunded Illustration: "Faerie Wedding"
• 03:09 am Fire
• 02:46 pm Torn World: Creating a Character, Part 1
• 04:17 pm In which a sparrow is a clinging bird - 3 comments
• 04:43 pm Poem: "Prezzemolina" - 31 comments
• 07:28 pm Torn World: Northern Waters and Drill Barnacles
• 10:02 pm Poem: "Folk Tales in 4-4 Time" - 12 comments
• 10:12 pm Poem: "The Library at the End of the World" - 15 comments
• 10:17 pm Poem: "Until the Cows Come Home" - 34 comments
• 10:23 pm Crowdfunding Auction
• 10:30 pm Poem: "Backwater Tales" - 28 comments
• 10:33 pm Poem: "A Cryptic Zoology" - 2 comments
• 10:36 pm Poem: "Moral Traditions" - 16 comments
• 11:14 pm Self-Awareness in Chimpanzees

5th

• 02:23 am Crowdfunding Update: Hunt Press Computer - 2 comments
• 02:00 pm Torn World: "Sea Monsters of the Interior Sea"
• 07:47 pm Poem: "Threads of Magic" - 12 comments
• 08:56 pm Poll: Serial Poetry Perk for May 2011
• 10:43 pm Chimpanzee Gestures - 3 comments

6th

• 12:39 am List of Unsold Poems from the May 3, 2011 Poetry Fishbowl
• 02:42 am Bird Photos - 4 comments
• 12:18 pm Torn Tongue: Geographic Vocabulary for Water Bodies
• 03:02 pm Torn World: Dreamskates
• 03:59 pm Poem Sold: "Mending Fence" - 2 comments
• 05:57 pm Just One Problem - 6 comments
• 09:21 pm Poem: "Mending Fence" - 16 comments

7th

• 02:27 am Rune Art Quilt - 2 comments
• 02:32 am Serial Poetry Updates
• 01:55 pm In which the government approaches yet another FAILway... - 2 comments
• 08:48 pm A Look at Steampunk - 1 comment
• 08:50 pm Leafsnap - 15 comments
• 08:56 pm A Fracking Problem - 9 comments
• 09:40 pm Poetry Fishbowl Report for Tuesday, May 3, 2011

8th

• 01:42 am Flower Photos - 3 comments
• 10:46 am Sunday Fic Meme: "Without Fail"
• 11:14 am Mother's Day Proclamation
• 11:55 am The Orange Bird
• 12:27 pm Flower Photos - 6 comments
• 10:53 pm Top 10 Speculative Fiction Moms - 25 comments

9th

• 02:27 am Crocheted Cthulhu - 3 comments
• 02:38 am Crowdfunded Illustration: "Tin Man"
• 02:48 am Art: "Sunbathing"
• 12:57 pm Torn World: "Sea Monsters of the Central Gulf"
• 01:03 pm Conversing with Dolphins - 5 comments
• 01:10 pm Buy "Family Ties & Torn Skies" on Torn World
• 01:37 pm Generally Sponsored Poetry Poll for May 2011
• 02:25 pm Monday Update 5-9-11
• 03:48 pm Read "Queen Choufa Protects the Drones..." on Chiaroscuro - 1 comment

10th

• 01:15 am Flower Photos
• 01:20 am Women in Science - 2 comments
• 11:21 am Blogging Platforms
• 12:30 pm Family Ties & Torn Skies cover
• 12:35 pm Crowdfunding Update: Hunt Press Computer - 2 comments
• 01:38 pm The Khaki Market: A Whole New Food Fight - 20 comments
• 04:43 pm A Historic Bottleneck - 21 comments
• 08:24 pm What are they praying for? - 6 comments
• 08:31 pm Poem: "The Changeling's Return" - 59 comments
• 08:56 pm Poem: "Igor's Creature" - 25 comments
• 09:28 pm Female Tentacle Monsters
• 11:51 pm Top 10 Wild Places to Hike

11th

• 02:11 am Hunt Press Computer Fully Funded! - 2 comments
• 02:08 pm Torn World: Ring Leech
• 02:40 pm Of Poetry, Gender, and Malleability - 5 comments
• 08:51 pm Crowdfunded Illustration: Meeksp Calls for Prompts - 5 comments

12th

• 01:34 am Status from Meeks
• 01:37 am Australia Native Gardening
• 02:42 am Prayer to Red - 3 comments
• 02:49 am The Constitutionality of Same-Sex Marriages - 5 comments
• 11:56 am Submission Cliff Notes
• 12:21 pm Of Custody and Cancer - 5 comments
• 12:35 pm New Icon: The Wordsmith at Work - 6 comments
• 01:15 pm New Torn World Character: Dlujan
• 08:43 pm Fantasy Battle
• 08:46 pm Torn World: Rank and Occupation in the North

13th

• 12:06 am Do you 'get' poetry? - 18 comments
• 12:21 am The Terrible Horrible Day with the Very Good Ending - 1 comment
• 11:47 am Feeding the Wildlife You See - 7 comments
• 12:42 pm Torn World: "Giant Sea Turtle"
• 02:17 pm The Mosaic Novel - 4 comments
• 03:14 pm Why Raising the Retirement Age Is Problematic - 14 comments
• 03:15 pm Torn Tongue: Sea Monsters A-C
• 03:24 pm Crowdfunding Project: "Clays Beneath the Skies"
• 04:56 pm Poem: "A Knot of Thyme" - 16 comments
• 05:01 pm Torn World Muse Fusion This Weekend
• 09:59 pm Crowdfunded Illustration: "Without Fail" - 2 comments

14th

• 01:38 am Bird Art
• 02:17 am Garden Photos
• 02:32 am Audiobooks and Niche Marketing
• 02:34 am Collared Peccary and Gopher Snake
• 12:43 pm News on "Without Fail" Illustration
• 02:20 pm Poem: "Seafoam Fashions" - 2 comments
• 03:15 pm Cancer: Pushing the OFF Button - 20 comments
• 08:44 pm Where to Put Your Planet - 2 comments

15th

• 01:07 am Flower Photos - 1 comment
• 12:56 pm Poem: "TiME to Go" - 10 comments

16th

• 12:09 pm Read "Forbidden Love" on Torn World
• 12:13 pm Torn World: "Sea Monsters of the Eastern Seas"
• 12:44 pm Monday Update 5-16-11
• 12:44 pm Schrodinger's Heroes: Menu Post
• 01:40 pm Schrodinger's Heroes - 4 comments
• 04:21 pm Today at Fieldhaven - 12 comments
• 11:56 pm Schrodinger's Heroes: Fanfic (Part 1)

17th

• 12:26 am Crowdfunded Illustration: "Tin Man" Update
• 03:46 am Plants
• 12:25 pm Petition: Stop Oil Drilling Near Bear Butte - 2 comments
• 12:55 pm Protect European Species - 4 comments
• 01:34 pm Religion Works Too - 105 comments
• 01:38 pm Torn World: "The Weed-Eater"
• 03:52 pm Native American Sexuality - 4 comments
• 04:49 pm Writing-Related Links
• 09:20 pm The Iroquois Influence - 6 comments
• 09:29 pm When Pirates Promote Your Book

18th

• 12:43 am Civil Rights - 6 comments
• 12:45 am Support your favorite authors - 1 comment
• 12:48 am A habitable planet for Procyon A - 2 comments
• 01:14 pm Of Robots and Language - 21 comments
• 02:27 pm Torn World: "The Smartarm" - 2 comments
• 11:50 pm Flower Photos - 2 comments

19th

• 02:57 am Rogue Planets
• 01:41 pm Read About Copyediting
• 03:28 pm Torn World: "Sea Serpent"
• 03:51 pm The End Is Near ... Do You Have Your Pr0n? - 7 comments
• 11:58 pm Bird Art

20th

• 01:54 am Crowdfunded Illustration: "Ayla's Change"
• 01:59 am Bird Art
• 02:07 am The latest on Gliese 581 - 3 comments
• 02:29 am Torn World featured in Shared Story Worlds
• 12:56 pm Torn World: "The Thunder-Whale"
• 01:04 pm Takei Pride - 6 comments
• 02:06 pm May Sketch Fest
• 02:15 pm Have Prawn, Will Apocalypse - 4 comments
• 02:19 pm Life, Death, and Water Mythology - 1 comment
• 03:10 pm Flower Photos
• 03:18 pm Torn Tongue: Sea Monsters D-F
• 05:31 pm Megalodon Jaw - 2 comments
• 10:06 pm New Crowdfunding Project: "Bard to the Bone" - 6 comments

21st

• 12:28 am Time and Language
• 01:31 am Flower Photos
• 01:50 am Lost Mammal Found - 8 comments
• 01:59 am Amadioha: The Igbo God of Thunder
• 01:00 pm Torn World: "Sea Monsters in Southern Waters"
• 04:23 pm Artiste Gullible - 1 comment
• 06:09 pm LeGuin on Ebooks
• 11:43 pm Humans and the Planet - 5 comments

22nd

• 02:02 am Updated sketch for "Without Fail"
• 02:12 am Totemists Community - 3 comments
• 01:00 pm Social Bots - 8 comments
• 01:05 pm Bronze Age Violence - 3 comments

23rd

• 12:34 am Torn World: "The Heat-Thief"
• 01:35 am Song: "It's Okay To Be Takei"
• 01:38 am Poem: "Aniara"
• 01:46 pm Torn World: Two New Things - 1 comment
• 02:34 pm Monday Update 5-23-11
• 08:01 pm Awesome Origami Images - 2 comments
• 09:30 pm Bird Art
• 09:31 pm Fanbingo
• 09:34 pm Origami Art

24th

• 01:47 am Nordguard: Across Thin Ice - 3 comments
• 02:51 am Flower Photos
• 01:04 pm Torn World: "Whalebears" - 3 comments
• 03:15 pm The Genderfree Baby - 23 comments
• 05:51 pm Crowdfunding Project: Triangulations
• 07:12 pm Fairy Queen with Dragon Companions
• 09:57 pm Microbes May Influence Weather

25th

• 02:01 am Crowdfunding with Felt
• 03:21 am Flower Photos - 4 comments
• 01:26 pm One Card Draw by Stonetalker
• 01:38 pm Selling Ebooks on Cards - 6 comments
• 01:52 pm Torn World: "Without Fail" and "Deathfin"
• 02:04 pm Sleep On It - 12 comments
• 07:41 pm Icons by Meeks
• 07:45 pm Lost Pyramids Found - 6 comments
• 07:53 pm Climate Change and Extreme Weather - 16 comments

26th

• 02:10 am Bird Photos
• 02:12 am A habitable planet for Tau Ceti - 1 comment

27th

• 12:19 pm Vavale as Cosmic Creatrix
• 12:23 pm Torn World: Snagtooth
• 01:15 pm Asexuality Documentary
• 02:35 pm Renewable Energy: Crossing the Lines - 1 comment
• 03:21 pm Read About Sexuality & Asexuality - 6 comments
• 05:58 pm Torn Tongue: Sea Monsters G-L
• 07:27 pm Language Influences Thought - 23 comments
• 07:32 pm Torn World: "Blimpfish" - 2 comments
• 09:05 pm Wonder City Stories Comment
• 09:33 pm Climate Change in Australia - 3 comments

28th

• 03:12 am "The Cathedral" by Aldersprig - 2 comments
• 03:16 am Torn World: "The Shipwright's Song"

29th

• 03:17 am Dragons with Trees - 5 comments
• 10:18 pm Sunday Fic Meme: "When the Wind's Teeth Sing" - 2 comments
• 10:52 pm Flower Photos

30th

• 02:34 am Totem Art
• 01:28 pm Torn World: "Jellyriggers" - 4 comments
• 01:48 pm In which professionals talk logistics... - 10 comments
• 01:52 pm Hopi Code Talkers Honored - 2 comments
• 02:02 pm Memorial Day: "Taps" on Native American flute - 3 comments
• 04:28 pm Monday Update 5-30-11

31st

• 02:58 am Nature Photos
• 12:31 pm Torn World: "Harpoon Snails"
• 12:55 pm Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, June 7
• 09:09 pm Flower Photos