Story: "Little and Broken, but Still Good" Part 2

This story belongs to the series Love Is For Children which includes "Love Is for Children," "Hairpins," "Blended," "Am I Not," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys,""Saudades," "Querencia," "Turnabout Is Fair Play," "Touching Moments," "Splash," "Coming Around," "Birthday Girl," "No Winter Lasts Forever," "Hide and Seek," "Kernel Error," "Happy Hour," "Green Eggs and Hulk," and "kintsukuroi."

Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Nick Fury
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Minor character death. Bullying. Fighting. Suicide attempt (minor character).
Summary: This is the story of how a little boy named Flip grows up to save the world a lot.
Notes: Hurt/comfort. Family. Fluff and angst. Accidents. Emotional whump. Disability. Sibling relationship. Nonsexual love. Parentification. Manipulation. Coping skills. Asking for help and getting it. Hope. Protection. Caregiving. Competence. Toys and games. Comic books. Fixing things. Martial arts. Gentleness. Trust. Role models. Military. BAMF Phil Coulson.

Begin with Part 1. Skip to Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7.

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Read "Willow" by Sharpeningthebones

 sharpeningthebones has written the ficlet "Willow" based on my prompt.  It's sweet and sad and a little hopeful.

Consent and Nonconsent in Breastfeeding Infants

 This applies to bottle feeding too.  Infants are baby people and should be treated with respect if you want them to learn respect.  I was really pleased to see a description of what "consent" and "nonconsent" look like in infants.  Not everybody knows that.

After an Apocalypse ...

... what pieces would you put into a new society?


I said:

* The end does not justify the means. The means determine the end.

* Gently if possible, firmly if necessary.

* If you don't know the answer, look it up, don't make it up.

* You can't fix the whole world, but you can make your little corner of it a better place.

* If you're not making any mistakes, you're not learning, you're coasting.

Story: "Squiggles" 1513.05.09

"Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal"

1513.05.09

As preparation for my year-end project, I visited the Faibatiya Scientific Library today. It features an excellent collection of books on botany and zoology. I needed to look up some background material on mouse populations in the Empire and the development of pet mice.

Now I know why so many shows have categories for Mouse (White) and Mouse (Other) in them! The original breed of domestic mouse, both for pet and laboratory purposes, was white. That distinguished them from the wild mice, which are gray (in cities) or brown with white bellies (in woods or fields), plus of course the hole mice (various shades including lilac). Later on, the other colors and patterns emerged. I always wondered about this but never made time to investigate it before. I guess even in your own area of expertise, you can always learn something new.

Tomorrow I plan to visit the Domestic Animals Guildhall. They have a smaller archive there that focuses on pets and livestock rather than wildlife.


See the landing page for "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal."

Monday Update 6-2-14

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Read "A Favor Returned" by Dialecticdreamer
Genprompt Bingo Card 6-1-14
Poem Reprint
The Silence of the Bees
Disabled Superheroes
Overcoming Limits (or not)
Human Proportions
Nonhuman Superpowers?
Different Kinds of Strength
Moment of Silence: Maya Angelou
Read "Paddlefish" in Torn World
New Crowdfunding Project: "Faerie Apocalypse Live"


The next Poetry Fishbowl will be on Tuesday, June 3 with a theme of "first contact." I hope to see you there!

Poetry in Microfunding:
"Faeder Way" follows the antics of human explorers as they try to understand some aliens with an unusual sex/gender structure.  "Uncounted Colors of the Stars" belongs to the series An Army of One.  A freetrader with an atypical identity grows interested in the culture of the Lacuna.  "Not the Absence of Fear" belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics.  There are 15 new verses, showing Clement's response to the fight scene.

Torn World writing update:
Currently posting: "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal" (fiction).  Approved as canon: "Unicorns on Parade" "Spruce Deer" "Wandering the Heights" "Learning to Breathe the Clear Mountain Air" "Indoor Men and Outdoor Men" "From White to Blue," "Stalking Sleep" (poetry), "Sharing a Round" (fiction).  Back to me for edits: "Cutting Cords and Clasping Hands (Parts 1-4)," "Winterheart" (parts 2-3), "Stinging Like Nettles"  "Off the Clock" (poetry).  Currently in front of the canon board:  "Ghost Bat" (nonfiction). Drafted: "Like Ash Before the Wind," "From Dark to Bright," "The Inappropriate But Useful Disposal of Lettuce" "A Thin Red Trail" (fiction), "Changes in the Wind" (poetry), "Southern Breads" "Tangleweed Article" (articles), Jularei (character sheet).  In revision at home: "Water Dance," "When the Wind's Teeth Sing," "Raining Kittens," "Finding the Holes" (fiction), "The Smallest Invaders"  (poetry).  Currently writing: "Catch of the Day," "A Cold Clear Night" (fiction).


It's been wet here this week.  Much of the grass seed sown earlier has turned into lush carpets of green, and the clover seed has also produced a considerable amount of clover sprinkled amongst the new grass.  We plan to buy a lot more clover seed for next spring.  (We're near the end of when grass seed can reasonably be planted here.)  Currently blooming: honeysuckle, wild strawberries, marigolds, blue salvia, cleome, portulaca, petunias, zinnias, pansies, sweet alyssum, torenia, lobelia, columbines, peonies, blackberries, chives, motherwort.  Green fruit: raspberries, mulberries.

Update from Kajones_writing

Read the May 2014 Round-Up for author news.

Fiction: The World Walkers: Quiar: The Case of the Counterfeit Enchantments (part 9, 99th continuation) has Peric and Quiar talking about the counterfeit ring and the platypus assassin.
The World Walkers: Quiar: The Case of the Counterfeit Enchantments (part 9, 100th continuation) shows Sini and Meriwether discussing knowledge of the Web and its worlds.

Other Fiction: The Deities’ World: Hestia: Goddess of Hearth and Home
The Deities’ World: Apollo: Meeting Hestia