Thanksgiving Post

We have guests for Thanksgiving, so I expect to be away from my computer for much of the day.  I am thankful for time to spend with my family.  We're going to cook the feast together, which is one of my favorite activities.  <3

We still have no furnace; the repair service is just indifferent to our survival needs.  But we have a woodstove, which keeps at least part of the house inhabitable.  I am thankful for fault tolerance.

I've also gotten a bunch of donations and pledges this evening for the half-price poetry sale in Shiv's thread..  I'll catch up with the posting when I have time, probably Thursday night or Friday.  I am thankful for my wonderful audience, your inspiration, your support, and your feedback!

Birds have been clustering around the feeders again.  I'm thankful for a big yard and lively wildlife to watch.

I'm following the protests at Standing Rock.  Remember, tribes are sovereign nations, at least on paper.  In practice, the genocide continues.  So if you're looking at cute Thanksgiving decorations made by white people, realize that right now people are using dogs, water canons, tear gas, and other weapons on Lakota and their allies.  I'm thankful for the warriors putting their lives on the line to protect their land and our water.  Mitakuye oyasin.

Other folks are posting their thanks on blogs and other services.  I'm thankful to see people taking a moment to appreciate what they have.

What are you thankful for?

I'm Back

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast this afternoon.  You know how most people watch football?  My parents ran a Revolutionary War marathon and we talked about politics.  :D  Supper was delicious.

My partner Doug is going upstairs to check the status of poetry donations.  I'm hoping to have energy for posting some stuff tonight.  So if you were waiting on me to get back at the keys, I'm back.

Poem: "Transform Common Days"

This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls, inspired by the "gratitude" square in my 11-1-16 card for the Fall Festival fest. It has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the Officer Pink thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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"Vindication of Right" is now complete!

Thanks to a donation from clockworklady, "Vindication of Right" is now complete.  I plan to post the other sponsored poems from Shiv's thread in series-chronological order, but I wanted to finish that one since it's already open.

Poem: "Moments When the World Is Made Whole"

This poem is spillover from the December 1, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from technoshaman. It also fill the "dependable" square in my 12-1-15 card for the Defining Character fest, and "The Slow Regard of Silent Things" square in my 9-4-15 card for the Genprompt Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by technoshaman and daisiesrockalot. It belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Poem: "Centered on Food and Family"

This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls, inspired by the "bonfire" square in my 11-1-16 card for the Fall Festival Bingo. It is posted here as my Thanksgiving gift to my audience. <3 It belongs to the Officer Pink thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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