Good News

Good news includes all the things which make us happy or otherwise feel good. It can be personal or public. We never know when something wonderful will happen, and when it does, most people want to share it with someone. It's disappointing when nobody is there to appreciate it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our joys and pat each other on the back.

What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more? Have you found a cute picture or a video that makes you smile? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your life a little happier?

Story: "Coming in from the Cold: Saturday: Revisiting the Past" Part 5

This story belongs to the series Love Is For Children which includes "Love Is for Children," "Hairpins," "Blended," "Am I Not," "Unworthy," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys," "Duende," "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,""kintsukuroi," "Little and Broken, but Still Good," "Byzantine Perplexities," "Up the Water Spout," "The Life of the Dead," "What It Means to Me," "If They Could Just Stay Little," "Anahata," "When the Wheels Come Off," "Against His Own Shield," "Coming in from the Cold: Saturday: Building Towers," "Coming in from the Cold: Sunday: Shaking Foundations," "Coming in from the Cold: Monday: Memorial Day," "Coming in from the Cold: Tuesday: Facing Fears," "Coming in from the Cold: Wednesday: Coping Techniques," "Coming in from the Cold: Thursday: Digging for Answers," "What Little Boys Are Made Of," "Rotten Fruit," "Trying to Find Prui," "Life in Quicktime," "Sunday Dinner," "Cafuné," "Fatherboards and Other F-words," "The Artists Among Us," "Keep the Homefires Burning," "Their Old Familiar Carols Play," "Fluffy," "A Leg Up," "Wabbit Season," and "A Painful Process."

Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanova, Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Betty Ross, JARVIS.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Missions, Missions Gone Wrong, Bugs & Insects, Major Character Injury, Injury Recovery, Cold, PTSD, Flashbacks, Hurt/Comfort.
Summary: After the mission to shut down drugrunners in Brazil, the Avengers recover in the Tower.
Notes: No Sex, Intimacy, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Herbalism, Friendship, Team as Family, Avengers Family, #coulsonlives.

[Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13]

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Bird Nests

Now is a good time to set up bird houses so they'll be ready for the spring nesting season.

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/birding-basics/get-started-birdhouses-backyard/

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/birding-basics/attracting-nesting-birds-better-birdhouses/

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/backyard-projects/diy-birdhouse/make-purple-martin-gourd-birdhouse/

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-hummingbirds/hummingbird-nest-facts/

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-birds/bird-nesting/attracting-nesting-birds/

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-birds/bird-nesting/baby-birds-nesting-tips/

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-birds/bird-nesting/bird-nesting-101-guide-late-nesters/

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-birds/bird-nesting/birds-nest-cavities/

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-birds/bird-nesting/bird-nesting-marvels/

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-birds/bird-nesting/8-different-bird-nests-how-spot-them/

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/eight-extraordinary-facts-about-bird-eggs/

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-birds/bird-nesting/7-things-didnt-know-bird-nests/

Fandom Snowflake: Challenge 15 Make Your Own Challenge

In the 1970s, educator Arleen Lorrance wrote, "Be the change you want to see happen." Which is all well and good, but personally I think one ought to get one's friends to be the change you want to see happen. In that light, I invite you to...

Challenge #15

In your own space, create your own challenge. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

This can be big or small; strictly fannish or extending across all aspects of life; a challenge you saw someone else do, or that used to run and you miss, or something you have thought up just now, or something you yourself are already doing. Earnest, silly, fun, all three! Send us off into the rest of the year by challenging us all to give it a go.

Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.



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New verses of "Into the Thousand-Eyed Present"

Thanks to a donation, there are 10 new verses of "Into the Thousand-Eyed Present."  Aidan and company arrive in the President's office.

 

Poem: "Work Worth Doing"

This poem is spillover from the June 4, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from readera, zeeth_kyrah, readera, and zianuray. It also fills the "Home" square in my 6-1-19 card for the Cottoncandy Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred, technoshaman, and book_worm5. It belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. This directly follows "The Smallest Decisions," "If You Don't Stick Up for Them," "Getting Close to a New Guy," and "The Supreme Quality for Leadership," so read those first or this won't make much sense.

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Notes for "Work Worth Doing"

These are the notes for "Work Worth Doing."

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Poem: "A Fine Sweater"

This poem is spillover from the September 3, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from siliconshaman, curiosity, pantha, and fuzzyred, technoshaman, and book_worm5. It belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series, and follows "In the Warm Circle of Family and Friends" and "The Quickest Way to Know a Woman," so read those first.

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Self-Awareness Question: Childhood

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This is the current list on self-awareness.

15. Do you consider your childhood a happy one?

Largely so.  Certainly it's a lot happier than most others I've heard from friends. :/  I have many positive memories.  There were some big issues, but my parents did the best they could with what they had.  They handled raising a nonhuman baby a lot better than most people would have.  I'm a functional adult and we're still close, so I'll call it a win.