Monday Update 1-19-26

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These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Communities
OPN Seed Order
Website Updates
Climate Change
Birdfeeding
Poem: The Flavors of Our Days
Poetry Fishbowl Themes for Early 2026
Creative Jam
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Democracy
Greenland Defense Front
2025 Photos
Photos: Three for the Memories from 2025
New Year's Resolutions Check In
Birdfeeding
Poem: "People of Every Ethnic Persuasion"
Follow Friday 1-16-26: Leverage
Poem: "There's an Art to It"
Read "Hordes of the Khan"
Wildlife
Neighborhood Poetry
Birdfeeding
Community Thursdays
Birdfeeding
Poem: "The Most Dangerous Animal in the Zoo"
Cuddle Party

Animal Communication has 30 comments. Food has 53 comments. Trauma has 51 comments. Affordable Housing has 84 comments. Robotics has 125 comments.



The 2025 Holiday Poetry Sale has closed, with a massive amount of material to post. It will take me a long time to get it all online, so please keep an eye on the sale page. I am down toward the end, with a few short poems and a bunch of mega-epics left to post.


The 2026 Rose and Bay Awards are now open for excellence in crowdfunding. It's time to nominate your favorite projects!

The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2025.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2026.
The voting period spans February 1-February 28, 2026.

These are the handlers for the 2026 award season:

Art: gs_silva Nominate art! Vote for art! (1)
Fiction: fuzzyred Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction! (3)
Poetry: gs_silva Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry! (0)
Webcomic: curiosity Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics! (3)
Other Project: curiosity Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects! (0)
Patron: fuzzyred Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons! (0)

The snowflake_challenge is running in January. Drop by and make some new friends!



* Snowflake Challenge 1: Icebreaker

* Snowflake Challenge 2: Pets of Fandom

* Snowflake Challenge 3: Love Letter

* Snowflake Challenge 4: Rec Your Last Page

* Snowflake Challenge 5: Wishlist

* Snowflake Challenge 6: Recommendations

* Snowflake Challenge 7: Self-Love

* Snowflake Challenge 8: Creative Process

* Snowflake Challenge 9: Tropes


"An Inkling of Things to Come" belongs to Polychrome: Shiv and has 10 new verses. It needs $52 to be complete. What if it rained diamonds for a week?


The weather was mild here but has turned quite cold. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large flock of sparrows, a pair of cardinals, two male cardinals, a starling, and a downy woodpecker.