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Monday Update 10-28-13

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Roleplaying with Toddlers
Technology
Read a Ficlet by Sharpeningthebones
Poem: "Snow-Driven"


The next Poetry Fishbowl will be on Tuesday, November 5 with a theme of "family gatherings."

Poetry in Microfunding:
"Picking and Pecking" belongs to the series Fledgling Grace.  Feathers cause an uproar in the Middle East as they reveal historic mingling across cultures.  "Landfather" belongs to the series Path of the Paladins.  Johan and Larn talk about their connections and the future.  

Torn World writing update:
Currently posting: "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal" (fiction).  Approved as canon: "Unicorns on Parade" "Spruce Deer" (poetry).  Back to me for edits: "Cutting Cords and Clasping Hands (Parts 1-4)," "Winterheart" (parts 2-3) (fiction), "Stinging Like Nettles" (poetry).  Currently in front of the canon board: "Ghost Bat" (nonfiction), "Wandering the Heights" (poetry). Drafted: "Like Ash Before the Wind," "From Dark to Bright," "The Inappropriate But Useful Disposal of Lettuce" "A Thin Red Trail" (fiction), "Changes in the Wind" (poetry).  In revision at home: "Water Dance," "When the Wind's Teeth Sing," "Raining Kittens," "Finding the Holes" (fiction), "The Smallest Invaders" "The Slow Hunt" "Summer Wine" "False Papers, True Words" "The Button Box" "Hand-Me-Downs" (poetry).  Currently writing: "Catch of the Day," "A Cold Clear Night" (fiction).


Weather here has been cool and mostly dry.  We're starting to get frosts.  Most of the insects are gone. 

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Today was an incredible, warm, almost perfect fall day. Except my apartment complex is getting actively infested with ladybugs. I learned a few years ago that they can actually bite humans when hungry.
True ladybugs (pink) don't bite. False ones (orange) can.