The Wordsmith's Forge

 moonvoice is doing a Rose Series of totem animals.  They share a warm palette and the same flowers.

Clue started out as a period tracking app and has recently added a website. If you have a uterus, it's worth checking out.

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 ... made a lot of history.

 Spring cake pictures.  I think the first with the circles is my favorite.

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Sound Files?
Solving Homelessness
Poem: "The Shapes of Trees, the Movement of Rivers"
The Evolution of English
Poem: "A Dangerous Crusade"
Poetry Fishbowl Report for March 6, 2018
Wolf Safari
Changing Nutrients
Water Worlds
Poem: "The Heart's Garden"
Emotional Intimacy Question: Singing
"Happiness and Prosperity" is now complete!
Poem: "Gryphons and Their Pearls"
Cuddle Party


Last week's Poetry Fishbowl went well. I was able to write all the poems on the day of the fishbowl.


Poetry in Microfunding:

"Time to See What I Can Do" is now complete.  Find out what kind of costume catches Shiv's interest.


The weather has been variable here. Today it's calm and overcast. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a flock of sparrows, a  flock of mourning doves, a couple of cardinals, some dark-eyed juncoes, two grackles, a house finch, and a squirrel. Leafing out: blue grape hyacinths, tulips, peonies, daylilies, naked lady lilies, sedum, honeysuckle. In bloom: snowdrops, eranthis, crocus, miniature iris, daffodils.

dialecticdreamer is hosting a prompt call, Feathering the Nest, about nonsexual intimacy. Leave a prompt, get a scene. Boosting the signal will extend the length of the fill. If tips reach $20 for this prompt call, the author will post post “Accidents in the Home,” the story of Elisabeth Finn's first visit to Shiv's new apartment.

My partner Doug tipped me to this article about young gorillas destroying snares.  I know that wolves will trip or destroy various kinds of traps, but this is the first I've heard of primates doing it. \o/