Moment of Silence: Farley Mowat

 Farley Mowat has passed away.  He was a brilliant writer and naturalist.

Crafts

 Papercut crow.

Call for Prompts

 alexconall has posted a call for prompts on the theme of "earth, wind, water, and fire."

Art

 Lovely willow sketches.

Read "so small" by Alexconall

 alexconall has written "so small" based on my prompt for the current call.  It's a beautiful, meditative poem about water, land, and other resources on Earth.  And it's all written in kinetic imagery.  If you ever need to explain environmentalism to a touch-dominant person, use this.

Poem: "The Matilda Effect"

This poem is from the May 6, 2014 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from chanter_greenie. It also fills the "women being powerful" slot on my Wordsmith Bingo card. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette.

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Roles by Race

 Here's a report on the ethnicity of speaking roles in movies.

Stonehenge Settlement

 My partner Doug tipped me to this article about a settlement near Stonehenge that demonstrates the area was occupied permanently rather than temporarily.

Intersectionality in Storytelling

Here's a great post about intersectionality in storytelling.  The author is gay and black, enjoys writing genre stories, and keeps running into people who want to take some or all of that out.  Intersectional writers get treated like shit.  And this is why we have cookie-cutter entertainment that is not, after you've read the same thing 50+ times, very entertaining after all.

Thank gods for crowdfunding where we can have intersectional characters if we want them.

Poem: "Out of His Head"

This is the free epic for the May 6, 2014 Poetry Fishbowl reaching the $200 threshold, as selected in an audience poll.  It was inspired by discussion with johnpalmer and technoshaman under the poem "Listening to the Lifebeat."  It also fills the "Possession / mind control" square in my 8-12-13 card for the Hurt/Comfort Bingo fest.  This poem belongs to the series Frankenstein's Family, visible on the Serial Poetry page.

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