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I received three fantastic gifts for

ficinabox - what a bounty! Time got away from me; I've been meaning share this this sooner, but here they finally are:

A wonderful Grimm fic where everyone comes together to shape the future of the Wesen world - I really wish the show had gone in a direction like this, instead of insisting the Wesen world had to keep hidden:
Clock Strikes Midnight (4204 words) [Teen]
Fandom: Grimm (TV)
Relationship: Nick Burkhardt/Sean Renard/Juliette Silverton
Characters: Nick Burkhardt, Sean Renard, Juliette Silverton, Rosalee Calvert, Alexander
Content Tags: background Rosalee Calvert/Monroe, Wesen & Grimm & Royals Politics, Plans to make the Wesen world go public, Politics, Worldbuilding, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Voice of Reason Rosalee Calvert

Summary: "Revelation is inevitable. Sooner or later, we will be found out and our secrets dragged out of the shadows and into the light."

At a potluck picnic in the park, Portland's Wesen gather to decide their future—and that of the world.
A delightful Grimm fic in an unconventional format - this one's from a Wesen textbook! I'm so fascinated with all the bits and pieces of history we got over the course of the show, and I love getting more of that!
A Historical Perspective on the Gesetzbuch Ehrenkodex (6082 words) [Teen]
Fandom: Grimm (TV)
Content Tags: Wesen & Grimm & Royals Politics, In-Universe Textbook, Pre-Canon, In-Universe Documents

Summary: Being the introduction to a textbook on the history of a complex time in the wesen world.
And an amazing gift in a Yuletide-rare fandom where two characters I've been wanting more interaction for get to have a great missing scene together that I wish had happened just like this in canon:
A Private Audience (1265 words) [Teen]
Fandom: Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling
Relationships: Kashtiliash/Kathryn Hollard, Raupasha & Kashtiliash, Raupasha/Kenneth Hollard
Characters: Kashtiliash, Raupasha, Kathryn Hollard
Content Tags: Missing Scene, Not Canon Incompliant, Uptimers vs Downtimers, Hollard Family Tropism for Royalty

Summary: Raupasha seeks Kashtiliash's permission this time...

maju

For no apparent reason, I couldn't get to sleep last night. After almost an hour of lying in bed not sleeping I got up and read for an hour or so, but then when I tried to sleep again I lay awake for another long period of time. And then to add insult to injury I woke up about ten minutes before my alarm and couldn't get back to sleep because I needed the bathroom. Ugh. And also my throat was starting to feel sore during the night and when I woke up this morning it was worse. I don't really feel congested (yet) but my throat is still sore and being extra tired isn't helping.

Eden was not well this morning but seems to have recovered now, after a good soak in the bath. My daughter is a big believer in a restorative or calming bath, and her daughters seem to have followed suit. (I generally prefer a shower.)

Violet is having a Christmas party late this afternoon, which she has been planning for months. This morning she was supposed to tidy her room in preparation but her work was very sketchy (in the sense of not thorough). She wasn't very motivated to do a better job because she says they won't be using her room for the party (I hope she's not planning to use the basement…) so I helped her move furniture around so she could vacuum behind and under things.

Apart from that small amount of activity I'm not planning to do much today, hoping that taking it easy will make my sore throat go away.

My coat didn't arrive yesterday and when I checked the LLBean website it now shows "arriving on 22nd December". I suspect there is a lot more stuff than usual being shipped at this time of year which might explain the delay. I was intrigued when I looked at the tracking history to see that the package went from upper New York state down into northern Connecticut and then back north east into Massachusetts. Weird, and doesn't seem very efficient to me.

fflo

trobadora

I have no idea where December went! On the one hand, yay, I'm done with work now for this year! On the other, what do you mean, Yuletide reveals are in a few days?! *flails*

So before that happens, a catch-up update!

Time keeps slipping; I ended up putting a santa hat on my default icon a week late, and my Christmas decorations are still very partial. It's one of those years ...

ficinabox had multiple delays and ate into the Yuletide period more than I'd expected, after rarepairexchange had already had more delays than expected, eating into the ficinabox period. (Because I really am constitutionally incapable of letting a story go until it's gone live, I will keep working on it and often expanding it ...) So I probably should try and stick mostly to exchanges with a fixed reveals date next year - if those have delays, they tend to be small ones.

I got a whole bounty of gifts for ficinabox - I'll post about that separately - and I wrote two stories myself! I don't think I'm terribly anonymous; it's fairly easy to tell which are mine. But I'll talk about that after author reveals. *g*

Right now I'm working on Yuletide, being chased by BEARS - I'm editing and (yes) expanding my assignment, and fiddling with a treat. I'm really having fun with my assignment! But fighting a bit with the narrative voice; I may end up making changes there after all.

Over at sid_guardian, our slo-mo rewatch (half an episode per week) is going strong! We're having fantastic discussions every week, and it's so much fun. And we're only at episode 8 (taxi scene and Zhao Yunlan's disaster flat coming up this weekend!), so we're going to be at this for some time. :D

Recently I've been making spinach eggdrop soup, which is delicious! It's mainly this recipe, though I've made a few changes. (I boil the broth for 10 minutes with chopped ginger and scallion, which makes it super flavourful, then add the cornstarch, then the eggs. And I don't bother with blanching the spinach - I just dump it straight into the soup after the eggs are in. Also works with frozen!)

How's everyone else doing? *sprays BEAR repellent all around*

nanila posting in

awesomeers

It'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!

ysabetwordsmith

People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

What would happen to a society in which no one had to work, and everyone was provided enough food/water/shelter/healthcare for free?

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calimac

1. My colleague Michael D.C. Drout on why The Lord of the Rings endures with readers. (If you don't have access to the NY Times, this link might get you there.) The essay takes a startling personal turn that may surprise readers who don't know Mike, but in the process it also reveals some of why Tolkien is such a moving and effective author. (And some of it is based on the lexomic analysis in the article Mike co-authored in the latest issue of Tolkien Studies.) It's a sad and beautiful article, like Tolkien's work itself.

2. What has become of NASA? Joel Achenbach's deep dive into the recent history and current state of the agency that's been mooting return flights to the Moon and also to Mars, and why it's not likely to happen, told with a clarity not always granted to such articles.

3. The angriest and hence best response to the thing that took to the airwaves to yell at America.

ysabetwordsmith

Here are the content notes for "The Community Couch."

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These are the location notes for "The Community Couch."

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ysabetwordsmith

This poem came out of the April 1, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from

siliconshaman,

wyld_dandelyon, and

mama_kestrel. It also fills the "Bookstore Girl" square in my 4-1-25 card for the Aesthetics Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with

fuzzyred. It belongs to the series Arts and Crafts America.

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cornerofmadness

Here's my day

1. Call vascular surgeon because no signs of my blood thinners. His nurse says Oh, your script was rejected. How did that happen? she asks herself

Me- Why did no one CALL me and tell me this?

Oh, I'm not sure. I'll make sure the doctor signs this today. If he did I don't think it was sent.

2. CVS after specifically being told not to fill my insulin filled my insulin. Now they'll have to put it back.

3. Been tracking my adagio tea order. It left NJ made it to Pittsburgh which sent it back to where it started in NJ. Made it to Pitt again. Wed they put up a can't deliver to that location. Meanwhile I have 2 boxes from Adagio in my bedroom proving they can. Go to the post office and the package it there and the substitute postmaster didn't put the delivery notice in the box. At least it was there

wrote a story that I think is really good but will probably get little notice. Ah well. I'm proud of it regardless

Title: Red Rain Is Coming Down All Over Me

Summary: Angel has gone back to Valentino because what choice does he have? That’s what he tells himself. That’s the only thing that will keep his friends safe. Being constantly high is his only solace but even drugs can only do so much. How long before he breaks?

Rating: Mature

Notes:Written for spikesgirl58s six word challenge. The words were Fireman Draw Pay Undo Exciting Frog
Also written for the allbingo prompt of (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue and the lyrical titles bingo prompt of Lyric with "red" "green" or "blue". I chose Red Rain by Peter Gabriel.

( Story at the above link or below the cut )

Courting Disaster Torchwood

Style Icon FAKE

Not Fun The Fantastic Journey

Five Times the Knights Lie to Protect Merlin

Got My Eye On You Hazbin Hotel

Always And Forever Torchwood

Mistakes The Murderbot Diaries

Oh, That WAS Niffty! Hazbin Hotel

A Loser Gave to Me Hazbin Hotel

Cowley's the Boss The Professionals

First Aid. due South

My Best Friend Hazbin Hotel

Blue Christmas Hazbin Hotel

Snap, Crackle, Pop Hazbin Hotel

Professional Courtesy Torchwood

Pragmatic The Murderbot Diaries

Etched in Charcoal Hazbin Hotel

Floating on Sunshine Hazbin Hotel

Meliorism The Amazing Digital Circus

brothers in arms 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

It Broke His Heart to Hurt Her So, and Yet He Had to Do Hazbin Hotel

The Aftershow The Amazing Digital Circus

Touchin' Me, Touchin' You Hazbin Hotel

Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: The Mighty Nein

ysabetwordsmith

A stunning new forecast shows when thousands of glaciers will vanish

New research reveals when glaciers around the world will vanish and why every fraction of a degree of warming could decide their fate.

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ysabetwordsmith

Our theme this month was "Sentient and Self-Aware Machines." I wrote from 1 PM to 3:45 AM, so about 14 hours 45 minutes, accounting for breaks. I wrote 3 poems on Tuesday plus 2 later in the week.

Participation was down slightly, with 7 comments on LiveJournal and another 36 on Dreamwidth. A total of 9 people sent prompts. You have new donor

gs_silva to thank for the second freebie.

Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the December 2, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Never -- Ever -- Quit"
"Protect the Inner Core"
"User Interfaces"

"Mamalokshen" (1-9-23, outside fishbowl)

Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from December 2. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

This month's donors include:

janetmiles,

gs_silva, and

fuzzyred. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There are 2 tallies toward a bonus fishbowl.

The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.

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ysabetwordsmith

This is the freebie for the December Poetry Fishbowl reaching its $150 goal. It was inspired by a prompt from

jadelennox. It also fills the "Ancestors" square in my 10-1-22 card for the Fall Festival Bingo.

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ysabetwordsmith

The following poems from the December 2, 2025 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 "Delight in Another," "A Sense of Weather Changes," "Ouroboros Insects," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Stars and Diamonds," "Mishpocha," "Changing Your Nature," and "Besa."

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ysabetwordsmith

Today I remade the holiday potpourri bowl. It needs to be redone every other year or so, because the potpourri and lights wear out. This year I couldn't find any damn potpourri so I wound up deconstructing a cinnamon-scented pinecone.

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ysabetwordsmith

fuzzyred has closed the pool. ~~I don't have the full list of sponsored poems yet, just the early ones are already marked~~. Yes, there are still some poems left!

The Holiday Poetry Sale itself is still open through the end of Friday. ~~Far as I know, Coracle Shores and Crystal Wood are still available as they weren't on any target lists~~. If more folks buy stuff and there are overlaps, we'll figure it out as we go along.

EDIT 12/19/25 -- Below is the list of poems sponsored by the pool. I will post them as I have time. Links will appear in the sale page.
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The western U.S. Tried to stop wildfires and it backfired

After a century of stopping fires, much of the West is now dangerously overdue for them.

Much of the western U.S. is overdue for wildfire, with decades of suppression allowing fuel to build up across millions of hectares. Researchers estimate that 74% of the region is in a fire deficit, meaning far more land needs to burn to restore healthy forest conditions. Catching up would require an unprecedented amount of controlled and managed fire.

I told you so.

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trobadora - Fic in a Box - my gifts!
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