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ysabetwordsmithToday is cloudy and mild. It has been spitting a few drops of water now and then, but the promised storms have not arrived. :/
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 4/15/26 -- While we were out at Whiteside Garden, I picked up a generous clump of wild ginger. :D I also saw a red-headed woodpecker.
We stopped at Home Depot and bought 12 concrete blocks, the kind with two holes, and water sealer. I'm going to make a planting bench with the solid-top pallet that we obtained earlier.
EDIT 4/15/26 -- I planted the clump of wild ginger at the east end of the savanna where moss is growing. I'm going to try establishing a woodland garden there.
EDIT 4/15/26 -- I did some work around the patio.
EDIT 4/15/26 -- I planted the mountain mint in the wildflower garden. This looks similar to the mystery wild mint that I had before, which is among the most popular pollinator plants. If so, that boosts genetic diversity.
EDIT 4/15/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 4/15/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
I hauled 6 of the 12 concrete blocks out of the car. For some reason the guy putting them on the flatbed trolley gave me two different kinds; some have flat ends and some have ridges sticking out, and these aren't the kind of blocks meant to interlock.
I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 4/15/26 -- While we were out at Whiteside Garden, I picked up a generous clump of wild ginger. :D I also saw a red-headed woodpecker.
We stopped at Home Depot and bought 12 concrete blocks, the kind with two holes, and water sealer. I'm going to make a planting bench with the solid-top pallet that we obtained earlier.
EDIT 4/15/26 -- I planted the clump of wild ginger at the east end of the savanna where moss is growing. I'm going to try establishing a woodland garden there.
EDIT 4/15/26 -- I did some work around the patio.
EDIT 4/15/26 -- I planted the mountain mint in the wildflower garden. This looks similar to the mystery wild mint that I had before, which is among the most popular pollinator plants. If so, that boosts genetic diversity.
EDIT 4/15/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 4/15/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
I hauled 6 of the 12 concrete blocks out of the car. For some reason the guy putting them on the flatbed trolley gave me two different kinds; some have flat ends and some have ridges sticking out, and these aren't the kind of blocks meant to interlock.
I am done for the night.
Fandom-dropping progress, April 15 report
4/15/26 03:21 pmerinptahDown to 939 fandoms total. (Only 26 currently have any tags to wrangle.)
I’m keeping up the pace of “shedding about 100 per month.” Still working on the second A-to-Z sweep, just finished with the P’s.
Also, still chipping away at recruiting “wranglers who aren’t over-the-limit” to pick up unwrangled Religion/Mythology/Folklore fandoms. I’m doing a little basic research on each one first. Someone with the right cultural/research background will always be better at spotting subtle inaccuracies, but for the fandoms that don’t get a wrangler like that, at least I can request fixes for anything really glaring.
Latest win: figuring out that this Ukranian “Folk Tale” fandom needs a rename, because all the fic is actually for the adorable 2024 cartoon Pravda & Kryvda. (11-minute pilot, free on Youtube.) Ukranian folklore-inspired with angel/demon vibes (I’m 0% surprised the artist has also done Good Omens fanart), extremely f/f shippy, has a fascinating “they were created around the same time but now there’s an overt age gap” dynamic…yeah, okay, I’m subscribing.
AMT updates: With the Madoka subtags approved, I went ahead and made the new Fake News tree request last week. (Basically the draft proposal I shared in February, with some slight tweaks.) Still no response to the behind-the-scenes question I mentioned in March…so yeah, I’m going forward on the premise of “if it’s that unimportant, it won’t be a roadblock.”
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Write Every Day April 2026 - Day 15
4/15/26 10:31 amcarenejeansWrite Every Day April 2026 - Day 15
This is my last day hosting for this month! Tomorrow, head over to
Quote of the Day:
"Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic."
— Jim Jarmusch, quoted in Austin Kleon's Steal Like an Artist.
My Check-In:
Alibi sentence! Because, er, I was lazy! ;-)
Tally
( Days 1-13 )
Day 14:badly_knitted, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, dswdiane, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora
Day 15:china_shop
Let me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet. And remember, you can join in at any time!
This is my last day hosting for this month! Tomorrow, head over to sanguinity's place. See you there!
Quote of the Day:
"Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic."
— Jim Jarmusch, quoted in Austin Kleon's Steal Like an Artist.
My Check-In:
Alibi sentence! Because, er, I was lazy! ;-)
Tally
( Days 1-13 )
Day 14:
badly_knitted, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, dswdiane, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadoraDay 15:
china_shopLet me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet. And remember, you can join in at any time!
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BtVS Double Drabble: Silent Night
4/15/26 06:27 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Silent Night
Fandom: BtVS
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Buffy.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 497: Ghost Town at
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drabble_zone.Spoilers/Setting: Hush.
Summary: Sunnydale has never been this silent and eerie.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
( Silent Night... )
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FAKE Triple Drabble: Doing His Job
4/15/26 06:17 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Doing His Job
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Dee, OMC.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Dee arrests a shooter.
Written Using: The tw100 prompt ‘Shot’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.
( Doing His Job... )
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Double Drabble: Another Scheme
4/15/26 06:08 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Another Scheme
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Tosh, Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 913: Hatch, at
torchwood100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Someone is trying to use Torchwood to make money.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
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Apologies
4/15/26 01:03 pmsweettartheart in 100wordsSorry about the delayed posting the last couple of weeks. I hope to be back on track now. I appreciate your participation!
Week 490: Amnesty Round
4/15/26 01:00 pmsweettartheart in 100wordsEvery tenth week on 100words is Amnesty Week, when all previous prompts are fair game. Did you miss a prompt the first time around? Write it now! Want to write a prompt again? Please do!
Your response should be exactly 100 words long. You do not have to include the prompt in your response -- it is meant as inspiration only.
Please use the appropriate prompt tag with your response.
Please put your drabble under a cut tag if it contains potential triggers, mature or explicit content, or spoilers for media released in the last month.
If you would like a template for the header information you may use this:
Subject: Original - Title (or) Fandom - Title
Post:
Title:
Original (or) Fandom:
Rating:
Notes:
Here's the template as code for easier pasting:
If you are a member of AO3 there is a 100 Words Collection!
The prompts are:
489. Curse
488. Crown
487. Quest
486. Coincidence
485. Innocent
484. Lament
483. Gravity
482. Neutral
481. Roar
( Earlier prompts )
100words is Amnesty Week, when all previous prompts are fair game. Did you miss a prompt the first time around? Write it now! Want to write a prompt again? Please do!Your response should be exactly 100 words long. You do not have to include the prompt in your response -- it is meant as inspiration only.
Please use the appropriate prompt tag with your response.
Please put your drabble under a cut tag if it contains potential triggers, mature or explicit content, or spoilers for media released in the last month.
If you would like a template for the header information you may use this:
Subject: Original - Title (or) Fandom - Title
Post:
Title:
Original (or) Fandom:
Rating:
Notes:
Here's the template as code for easier pasting:
If you are a member of AO3 there is a 100 Words Collection!
The prompts are:
489. Curse
488. Crown
487. Quest
486. Coincidence
485. Innocent
484. Lament
483. Gravity
482. Neutral
481. Roar
( Earlier prompts )
Zhu Yilong movie merch!
4/15/26 06:11 pmmumblemumbleI'm doing a tiny little birthday giveaway over on Bluesky, open until Friday morning (in Germany). The pic shows most of the swag I have to offer, but I'll probably throw in a surprise or two.
If you want to participate but don't have a Bluesky account, comment here I just realized I made "must be following me" a condition, and already had to disqualify someone for commenting and then following, so clearly it would be unfair to allow entries from Dreamwidth accounts. I really did not think this through. 😅
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runpunkrunThe lyrics to 365 songs written by John "The Mountain Goats" Darnielle, including some that are unreleased, accompanied by musings on their poetics, musicality, and personal meaning. Darnielle is a thoughtful, funny, devout man who has lived a lot of different lives, and while he resists making this a memoir, it is, though you just as often see him decline to explain the personal significance of a song. I respect his honesty, and his self-reflection, and even his coyness. If he were a character in a book, I'd say he had interiority, which isn't something you can say about everyone who's written a memoir.
I really enjoyed this, even as it's basically just really, really thick liner notes. The book gave me a new appreciation for my favorite songs and even introduced me to some new ones. I bought "Horseradish Road" after reading the lyrics and listening to it on YouTube; I learned he had an album that came out in 2022 that I'd never heard of—probably because we had some other stuff going on at the time—and which I will be buying soon, and in the four months it took me to read this, I've been listening to the albums I already knew I enjoyed (Transcendental Youth, All Eternals Deck, We Shall All Be Healed) and those I never quite clicked with (Beat the Champ, Get Lonely). I did not listen to Goths, Jenny From Thebes, Dark in Here, Getting Into Knives, In League With Dragons, All Hail West Texas, or Ghana, but there's still time. And I don't need an excuse to listen to Tallahassee, The Sunset Tree, The Life of the World to Come, or Heretic Pride, as they are my absolute favorites and I'm listening to them all the time anyway. Also do not sleep on the Babylon Springs EP.
If you're a The Mountain Goats fan, or a fan of Darnielle's social media presence, and/or a poet, songwriter, or storyteller, there's plenty to think about here. Darnielle shares what he finds interesting as an artist, the phases and trends he's gone through in his career, and the echoes he finds in his work. He recommends reading one entry a day, thus the format, but I had to read several a day because this was a library book, and huge, but it definitely benefits from being read in small bites, like poetry, so you can sit with it a while.
Contains (in part): references to child abuse, drug use, addiction, overdose, suicide. The ebook duplicates the print book's index, but does not bother to link any of the song titles to their entries, which is bullshit.
( Status Updates from Goodreads )
I really enjoyed this, even as it's basically just really, really thick liner notes. The book gave me a new appreciation for my favorite songs and even introduced me to some new ones. I bought "Horseradish Road" after reading the lyrics and listening to it on YouTube; I learned he had an album that came out in 2022 that I'd never heard of—probably because we had some other stuff going on at the time—and which I will be buying soon, and in the four months it took me to read this, I've been listening to the albums I already knew I enjoyed (Transcendental Youth, All Eternals Deck, We Shall All Be Healed) and those I never quite clicked with (Beat the Champ, Get Lonely). I did not listen to Goths, Jenny From Thebes, Dark in Here, Getting Into Knives, In League With Dragons, All Hail West Texas, or Ghana, but there's still time. And I don't need an excuse to listen to Tallahassee, The Sunset Tree, The Life of the World to Come, or Heretic Pride, as they are my absolute favorites and I'm listening to them all the time anyway. Also do not sleep on the Babylon Springs EP.
If you're a The Mountain Goats fan, or a fan of Darnielle's social media presence, and/or a poet, songwriter, or storyteller, there's plenty to think about here. Darnielle shares what he finds interesting as an artist, the phases and trends he's gone through in his career, and the echoes he finds in his work. He recommends reading one entry a day, thus the format, but I had to read several a day because this was a library book, and huge, but it definitely benefits from being read in small bites, like poetry, so you can sit with it a while.
Contains (in part): references to child abuse, drug use, addiction, overdose, suicide. The ebook duplicates the print book's index, but does not bother to link any of the song titles to their entries, which is bullshit.
( Status Updates from Goodreads )
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WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 15 -- Wednesday
4/15/26 08:48 amlinaewen in writethisfanficHello on Wednesday! Sorry for missing yesterday -- anyway, how are things going in the world of fic?
Did you write?
- Yes!
- No!
- Not yet!
If yes, what kind of writerly activity did you engage in? How do you feel about it?
If no, what were the obstacles/situations that affected your writerly pursuits? What will you do differently tomorrow to get more writing done?
If not yet, because the day hasn't gotten going yet, what kind of writing activity are you planning (or hoping) to accomplish?
Did you write?
- Yes!
- No!
- Not yet!
If yes, what kind of writerly activity did you engage in? How do you feel about it?
If no, what were the obstacles/situations that affected your writerly pursuits? What will you do differently tomorrow to get more writing done?
If not yet, because the day hasn't gotten going yet, what kind of writing activity are you planning (or hoping) to accomplish?
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Blood work mulligan accomplished!
4/15/26 08:21 amwhich_chickToday went better, though I was shocked to discover that my doctor office faxes lab orders to the hospital. When you go in, the outpatient lady walks over to THE FAX MACHINE and shuffles through a stack of paper to see if she can find your lab orders.
( It's 1996 calling; they want their fax machine back. )
( It's 1996 calling; they want their fax machine back. )
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Just One Thing (15 April 2026)
4/15/26 08:19 amnanila in awesomeersIt's challenge time!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
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Good News
4/15/26 12:32 amysabetwordsmithGood news includes all the things which make us happy or otherwise feel good. It can be personal or public. We never know when something wonderful will happen, and when it does, most people want to share it with someone. It's disappointing when nobody is there to appreciate it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our joys and pat each other on the back.
What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more? Have you found a cute picture or a video that makes you smile? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your life a little happier?
What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more? Have you found a cute picture or a video that makes you smile? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your life a little happier?
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Fandom Questions
4/15/26 12:01 amysabetwordsmithwavesagainstrocks posted questions about how people do fandom:Those that actively engage with media or fandom (or both!) in your day-to-day life, do you find it hard to be into multiple things at once? Or can you easily switch between interests? Say, you can equally balance your attention between two or more shows? Please elaborate in the comments if you can!
Same goes for those on the flip-side. Do you feel like you can only be into one or very few things at one time? Do you have to let the one "main" obsession run its course for you to be able to move onto something else? Comment your thoughts!
I've already replied there, but I think it's a fun conversation. The blogger would like to reach a wider audience, so I'm hoping mine will pitch in.
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Half-Price Sale in Polychrome Heroics
4/14/26 09:54 pmysabetwordsmithThe April 7, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl met its $300 goal, so there will be a half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics from Monday, April 20 through Sunday, April 26. Mark your calendars, and I hope to see you then!
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Criminal Minds: Fanfiction: Joke's on You
4/14/26 08:15 pminfinitum_noctem in fan_flashworksTitle: Joke's on You
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Characters: Emily Prentiss
Rating: G
Length: 58 words
Summary: 3 sentence fic. Emily's dream job may be just a dream.
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Fandom: Criminal Minds
Characters: Emily Prentiss
Rating: G
Length: 58 words
Summary: 3 sentence fic. Emily's dream job may be just a dream.
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