Setting notes for "The Native Metal of a Man"

These are the setting notes for "The Native Metal of a Man."

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Content notes for "The Native Metal of a Man"

These are the content notes for "The Native Metal of a Man."

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Feathering the Nest

dialecticdreamer is hosting Feathering the Nest today. The general theme is nonsexual intimacies and comfort. If you're interested in the Omaha incident, that's available for prompting too. Leave prompts, get ficlets!

A special note for this event: I’m offering a different story as a bonus. If we reach $150 in tips, I’ll post a 7,500 word story (roughly thirty pages) showing Simon’s reactions to the incident in Omaha. Title suggestions are welcome! Also, if anyone else wants to request stories related to the same series of events, ideally, I can write individual stories from narrow viewpoints which occur simultaneously, but a need to delay posting will also add another page of story in recompense. Private reading copies will go out as they are finished, just like normal.

Monday Update 9-27-21

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Poem: "The Native Metal of a Man"
Read "Responding to Emergencies"
Birdfeeding
Poem: "In Untried Emergencies"
Poem: "An Opportunity to Do Things"
Poem: "A Breath of Life and Growth"
Birdfeeding
Community Building Tip: Mobile Produce
Today's Smoothie
Birdfeeding
First Fire
Birdfeeding
Coping Skills: Expectations
Recipe: "Mediterranean Meatloaf"
Birdfeeding
Cuddle Party


Last week's half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics went fantasically well. It broke the $1,000 threshold so you get an extra poem. \o/ I have well over a dozen poems to post, so watch for those to appear later.


Poetry in Microfunding:

There are two open epics at present.

"Rainshadow Road" belongs the Daughters of the Apocalypse series. It discusses herbalism.

"A Celebration and a Consolation" belongs to Polychrome Heroics. Keira comforts her mother after the breakup.


The weather has been mild here. We got some rain. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a flock of house finches, several mourning doves, a lady cardinal, and a squirrel. Currently blooming: morning glories, nasturtium, cup plant, Queen Anne's lace, petunia, zinnias, marigolds, spiderwort, cypress vine, sedum, some yellow thing amidst the big bluestem, wild sunflowers, sunchokes.

Birdfeeding

Today is sunny, blustery, and warm.

I fed the birds.  I've seen house finches and doves today.  I saw the crows cawing around the yard, but didn't see what they were chasing.

I pulled more weeds around the woodpile.

EDIT 9/27/21 -- I finished pulling weeds around the woodpile.  \o/

EDIT 9/27/21 -- I took pictures of hazelnuts and more butterflies.  I trimmed comfrey under the redbud tree in the savanna.

Comparison notes for "In Untried Emergencies"

These notes compare the Omaha incident from "In Untried Emergencies" and "The Native Metal of a Man" against previous examples.

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Bear Tunnels

In looking for a free perk, I grabbed a poem from a series outside the current half-price sale.  Unfortunately I neglected to check the status of the Bear Tunnels.  It turns out that only the first  poem got sponsored and posted.  The promised freebie, "In Any Great Undertaking," is the last of 8.  *headdesk*  

Do you folks want me to post the originally promised poem, or swap in Poem 2 "Hickory Lives" (which is longer) as the freebie?

Catabolic Capitalism

Today I stumbled across a phrase that describes the destructive form of capitalism, where it consumes itself: catabolic capitalism.  Instead of creating value, this feeds on existing value to extend a system that is no longer really sustainable.  When you see businesses that don't actually make anything, or that make shoddy things, and that's the norm rather than a fluke ... then worry.  It's a very useful term.

Poem: "Holy Ground"

This poem came out of the June 2014 crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by prompt from perfectworry. It also fills the "Rise Like a Phoenix" square in my 6-1-14 card for the Genprompt Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by chanter1944. It belongs to the Fledgling Grace series.

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Poem: "Done for the First Time"

This poem came out of the April 3, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from chanter1944 and we_are_spc. It also fills the "anticipation" square in my 2-28-18 card for the Slice-of-Life Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by chanter1944. It belongs to the Fledgling Grace series.

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Poem: "The Highest Dynamic of the Human Soul"

This poem is spillover from the August 17, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from mama_kestrel. It also fills the "WILD CARD: Sailboat" square in my 8-1-21 card for the Hot Summer Writes Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the Aquariana and Big One threads of the Polychrome Heroics series.   It is followed by "The Choices Humans Make."

Warning: This poem contains intense topics and the aftermath of disaster. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes announcement of a huge earthquake, people rushing to help, water rescues, an injured whale, exhaustion, and other challenges. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.

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Notes for "The Highest Dynamic of the Human Soul"

These are the notes for "The Highest Dynamic of the Human Soul."

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