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Monday Update 1-16-23

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Poem: "A Good Imagination and a Pile of Junk"
Motherlode as a Genre
Birdfeeding
Poem: "The World in Its Youth"
Poem: "Anything You Want It to Be"
Birdfeeding
Creative Jam
Philosophical Questions: Teaching
Review: The Tale of Tal
Review: The Way Home
Birdfeeding
New Year's Resolutions Check In
Follow Friday 1-13-23: Adventure
Poem: "Clothes Worth Repairing"
Birdfeeding
Landrace Gardening: Open Pollinated Land-race Peas
Recipe: "Spicy Butterscotch Sauce"
Birdfeeding
Attract Birds with Larval Host Plants
Hard Things


The poll is still open for Poetry Fishbowl Themes for Early 2023, with not a lot of votes yet, so if you haven't voted yet then please do that.

I am still posting poems from the Holiday Poetry Sale. I'm sorry this is taking so long, but there are 36+ of them!


The 2023 Rose and Bay Awards are now running in . They celebrate excellence in cyberfunded creativity. Go nominate your favorite projects and patrons! Nomination period is January 1-31 and voting will be February 1-28.

These are the handlers for the 2023 award season:
Art: Nominate art! (1 nomination)
Fiction: Nominate fiction! (1 nomination)
Poetry: Nominate poetry! (0 nominations)
Webcomic: Nominate webcomics! (1 nomination)
Other Project: Nominate other projects! (0 nominations)
Patron: Nominate patrons! (0 nominations)

The is now running every other day through January. Come fansquee about everything and make new friends!

Snowflake Challenge promotional banner with image of mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows and gingerbread cookies. Text: Snowflake Challenge January 1-31.

Snowflake Challenge 1: Introduce Yourself
Snowflake Challenge 2: A Brief Guide to the Avengers
Snowflake Challenge 3: Scream into the Void
Snowflake Challenge 4: Add to Canon
Snowflake Challenge 5: Fannish Resources
Snowflake Challenge 6: Scavenger Hunt
Snowflake Challenge 7: Interact
Snowflake Challenge 8: Poetry Fishbowl Themes for Early 2023


Each January, I do a set of New Year's Resolution check-ins to support folks who have set goals for the year, or whatever.

New Year's Resolution Check-in January 6
New Year's Resolutions Check-in January 13


There are two open epics at present.

"The Heart's Best Tenant" belongs to the Steamsmith. Charlotte has good ideas.

"Within the Souls of Men" belongs to Shiv and has 17 new verses. Shiv thinks like a cat to assess wildlife conservation techniques.


The weather has been moderate here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large flock of sparrows, a pair of cardinals, a pair of downy woodpeckers, and a fox squirrel.