Community Building Tip: Dignity

For my current set of tips, I'm using the list "101 Small Ways You Can Improve Your City.

60. Provide dignity. Extend basic services to help your city’s most marginalized residents feel more welcome. Mobile showers and easily accessible public restrooms give people a moment of privacy and peace. The good news is, people want this and it works.

Yes, brilliant, go do that.  \o/  Include less-common features like family bathrooms, adult changing tables, and genderfree bathrooms.

Poem: "Integration of the Contraries"

This poem is the free epic for the February 2, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl meeting its $200 goal, selected in an audience poll. It is spillover from the December 1, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by librarygeek. It also fills the "Candy" square in my 12-1-20 card for the Winter Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics.

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Birdfeeding

Today is cloudy and cold.

The feeders were still mostly full so I didn't need to go out to refill them.  I saw a flock of sparrows, a flock of mourning doves, and a pair of cardinals out today.

Recipe: "Chicken with Baby Corn Stir-Fry"

Tonight we made this recipe, modified from one that I found on a can of baby corn. It turned out well enough that we hope to make it again with some minor tweaks.

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Poem: "If You Want to Build a Ship"

This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It fills the "First Impressions Count" square in my 1-3-21 card for the Fresh Starts Bingo fest. It has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. This poem belongs to the series Arts and Crafts America.

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Notes for "If You Want to Build a Ship"

These are the notes for "If You Want to Build a Ship."

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Half-Price Sale in Polychrome Heroics

The February 2, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl made its $300 goal, so there will be a half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics from Monday, February 15-Sunday, February 21.