The Wordsmith's Forge

This session's theme was "The Daughters of the Apocalypse." I wrote from 1 PM to 6 AM, so about 15 hours, allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 2 poems on Tuesday and 11 later in the week. Some of these required extensive research.

Participation was a little lower, with 12 comments on LiveJournal and another 62 on Dreamwidth. A total of 12 people sent prompts.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the April 20, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Saving the Knowledge"
"Their Patchwork Heritage"
"The Trail of Hope" 

These are on layaway and will be posted as each is sponsored:
"The Little Shadow Across the Grass"
"Don't Let the Grass Grow"
"On the Path of Friendship"


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 20. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

This month's donors include: ng_moonmoth, Anthony & Shirley Barrette, and janetmiles. Please welcome new donor freshbakedlady, whom you have to thank for the second freebie.


The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.

The following poems from the April 20, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl are currently available. Poems may be sponsored via PayPal -- there's a permanent donation button on my Dreamwidth profile page -- or you can write to me and discuss other methods. There are still verses left in the linkback poems "The Arc of the Mental Universe," "Everything That Blooms," "In the Shade of the Mighty Oak," "Let the Children Lead Us," "Autumn's Palette," "Pumpkin Spice Prosperity," "Delight in Another," and "A Sense of Weather Changes."

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I have made bingo down the B, N, and O columns of my 4-4-21 Genderplay "Aspects" card, plus 7 extra fills, only 3 short of a blackout. I also made 1 fill on my "Genderplay AUs" card.

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Today is sunny and mild.

I fed the birds.  I've seen bluejays, doves, and a robin at the feeders.  I've also seen an extremely belligerent cardinal chasing several bluejays out of the south hedge and way up into the trees.

We built up sticks for a fire in the firepit.

Later I went out and put a layer of topsoil and a layer of potting soil into the barrel garden. 

I have said for some time that the current hurricane scale, which has 5 categories, is insufficient and needs a Category 6. Looking at the actual numbers on the scale and in recorded storms, this turns out to be insufficient also. It doesn't need one more category, it needs TWO.

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Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This is the current list of coping skills.

5. Take a walk, or go for a drive.

This gives good options for different levels of mobility, or weather conditions.  Walking outdoors is one of my favorite activities.

Today the clouds are breaking up and the weather is mild.

I fed the birds.  I've seen doves and house finches today.

I built the core of the bonfire for tomorrow.

I've got 4 bags of potting soil and 4 bags of compost for planting season. 

EDIT 4/29/21 -- I weeded the barrel garden.  It's ready to top off and plant seeds.

Today is cloudy and warm.  The wind has died down.  It rained last night, and is supposed to rain again tonight.

I fed the birds.  The bluejays are frequenting the feeder.  I've also seen doves and a robin.

Some of the purple alliums in the purple-and-white garden are beginning to bloom.

I sowed grass seed under the maple tree by the south lot.

EDIT 4/28/21 -- I sowed grass seed in bare patches through most of the south lot.  The west end could still use more.  I saw a large toad in the grass.  :D

EDIT 4/28/21 -- I finished sowing grass seed at the west end of the south lot.

Lily-of-the-valley has flower buds on it.  

I saw SIX bluejays in the forest garden!  :D  They were eating from the hopper feeder and the ground.  So colorful!  I've also seen a pair of house finches and a few doves.

It rained last night, enough to leave puddles.

Today has been sunny, quite warm, and still howling wind.  :/

I put more seed in the hopper feeder and refilled the thistle sock.  I've seen more of the bluejays and cardinals, lots of grackles and doves, robins, and a couple of bold house finches.