Animals in the Aftermath

These notes on animals relate to the series The Daughters of the Apocalypse and its introductory poem "Laundry, Liturgy, and Women's Work."

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Poem: "Flocking Together"

This poem is spillover from the February 2, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by librarygeek. It also fills the "Cattail - Peace and Prosperity" square in my 2-1-21 "The Language of Flowers" card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Fledgling Grace.

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Nano-chameleons

... may be the world's smallest reptiles, with proportionally giant genitals. 

Watch "Wanderers"

"Wanderers - a short film by Erik Wernquist" is about how wanderlust permeates humanity and will drive us to explore the solar system (if we last that long).

I have fernweh so bad now, this film made me so homesick.  I remember those places.  <3

Birdfeeding

Today is cloudy and cold.  There is a little snow on the ground from yesterday, full of tracks, mostly rabbit.

I fed the birds.  Almost no activity, though; I've only seen a few doves flying high.

Recipe: "Bell Pepper Beef"

Tonight I made my first attempt at composing a wok recipe from scratch, using available ingredients and past experiences for inspiration. We had half a bell pepper, so I decided to make a version of pepper beef. It went pretty well, although there are a few things we'd like to tweak on future occasions.

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Today's Smoothie

Today we made a smoothie with:

1 cup almond milk
1 cup Brown Cow vanilla yogurt
1 frozen banana
1/2 cup fresh pineapple chunks
1/2 cup ice

This one is very pale yellow, agreeable in taste, but not nearly as much flavor as I expected.