Zucchini T-shirt

 For my ace/aro friends, here is a t-shirt with a pile of giant squiggly zucchini.

Yes, someone made acepr0n on a t-shirt.  I am pretty sure they did not know they were doing that.  ;)

Snowflake Challenge 2019

 Read the introduction.

A World Without Bigotry

 Sure, you can write one.  People will just find something else to squabble over.  That said, there are high-conflict societies and low-conflict societies.  Tell ALL the stories!

I note that my readers are much more interested in buying stories about places where it is easy to live a happy life.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

 kayre caught one on film.  :D

Monday Update 12-31-18

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Unsold Poems for the December 4, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl
Poetry Fishbowl Report for December 4, 2018
Poem: "Holiday in Handcuffs"
Poem: "Whatever You Seek"
Read "A Little Left of Normal" by Dialecticdreamer
In Praise of Leisure
Read "In Winter's Depths" by Siliconshaman
Yearcompass Booklet
Poem: "If You Have Almost Nothing"
Emotional Intimacy Question: Giver, Taker, Matcher
Bushfire Safety
Irresponsible Storytelling (54 comments)
Review: "Into the Spider-Verse"
#joinin
Read "Returning to Normal" by Dialecticdreamer
Good News


Poetry in Microfunding:

There are two open epics.

"Only If It Is Embraced" belongs to Polychrome Heroics: Damask and has 3 new verses. Pain's Gray and Clement discuss first aid.

"A Cave Swarming with Strange Forms of Life" belongs to Polychrome Heroics: Iron Horses. Kenzie goes to Pretty Ears for counseling.


It's raining here today.  Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a big flock of starlings, a flock of mourning doves, a flock of sparrows, a flock of dark-eyed juncos, several cardinals, a red-bellied woodpecker, a robin, and a squirrel.  

Untranslatable Words Bingo Card 12-31-18

Here is my card for the Untranslatable Words Bingo Fest over on allbingo from January 1-January 31. It explores concepts that have a word in only one language, and therefore don't translate well into others. (See all my 2019 bingo cards.)

If you'd like to sponsor a particular square, especially if you have an idea for what character, series, or situation it would fit -- talk to me and we'll work something out. I've had a few requests for this and the results have been awesome so far. This is a good opportunity for those of you with favorites that don't always mesh well with the themes of my monthly projects. I may still post some of the fills for free, because I'm using this to attract new readers; but if it brings in money, that means I can do more of it. That's part of why I'm crossing some of the bingo prompts with other projects, such as the Poetry Fishbowl.

Underlined prompts have been filled.


UNTRANSLATABLE WORDS

Komorebi (Japanese): The sunlight that filters through the leaves of the trees	Gökotta (Swedish): To wake up early in the morning with the purpose of going outside to hear the first birds sing	Dépaysement (French): The feeling that comes from not being in one’s home country; being a foreigner	Hyggelig (Danish): A warm friendly cozy demeanor	Iktsuarpok (Inuit): The feeling of anticipation that leads you to keep looking outside to see if anyone is coming
Hanyauku (Rukwangali): The act of walking on tiptoes across warm sand	Mokita (Kivila): The truth everyone knows but agrees not to talk about	Toska (Russian): A sensation of great spiritual anguish often without a specific cause; a longing with nothing to long for	Verschlimmbessern (German): To make something worse when trying to improve it	Duende (Spanish): The mysterious power that a work of art has to deeply move a person
Sobremesa (Spanish): After-lunch conversation around the table	Hiraeth (Welsh): A particular type of longing for the homeland or the romanticized past	WILD CARD	Utepils (Norwegian): To sit outside on a sunny day and enjoy a beer	Wabi-Sabi (Japanese): Finding beauty in imperfections
Fernweh (German): Feeling homesick for a place you have never been to	Abbiocco (Italian): drowsiness from eating a big meal	Culaccino (Italian): The mark left on a table by a moist glass	Age-otori (Japanese): To look worse after a haircut	Fika (Swedish): Gathering together to talk and take a break from everyday routines; either at a cafe or at home often for hours on end
Torschlusspanik (German): The fear of diminishing opportunities as one ages	Commuovere (Italian): Often taken to mean “heartwarming” but directly refers to a story that moved you to tears	Forelsket (Norwegian): The indescribable euphoria experienced as you begin to fall in love	Cafuné (Brazilian Portueguese): The act of tenderly running one’s fingers through someone’s hair	Pålegg (Norwegian): Anything and everything you can put on a slice of bread