Apple Hero

This man has rescued over 1,000 heritage apple varieties thought to be lost.  <3 quiet heroes.

Birdfeeding

Today is sunny and cool.

I fed the birds.  I've seen several house finches and a pair of cardinals. 

EDIT 11/23/21 -- I cut brush around the patio and hauled it to the firepit.

Poem: "Fall into Despair"

This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It fills the "Autumn" square in my 10-1-21 card for the Fall Festival Bingo. It has been sponsored by a pool with ng_moonmoth. This poem belongs to the Rutledge thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It is followed by "Leave Behind Their Shadows," "A Matter of Balance," and "The Basic Source of Peace."

WARNING: This poem contains material that may disturb many readers. All hurt, no comfort. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes war-typical violence, traumatic loss, ruins, refugees, separation, human smuggling, violent repulsion of a refugee boat causing it to sink, mass casualties including child deaths, loss of faith, and other mayhem. If these are touchy topics for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before deciding whether this is something you want to read. It introduces new characters, so skipping it would leave a gap; but you could summarize it as "awful refugee past" and pick up with the later poems.

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Poem: "Leave Behind Their Shadows"

This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It fills the "shadows" square in my 10-1-21 card for the Fall Festival Bingo. It has been sponsored by a pool with ng_moonmoth. This poem belongs to the Rutledge thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It comes after "Fall into Despair" and is followed by "A Matter of Balance" and "The Basic Source of Peace."

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Poem: "A Matter of Balance"

This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It fills the "shadows" square in my 10-1-21 card for the Fall Festival Bingo. It has been sponsored by a pool with ng_moonmoth. This poem belongs to the Rutledge thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It comes after "Fall into Despair" and "Leave Behind Their Shadows," and is followed by "The Basic Source of Peace."

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Poem: "The Basic Source of Peace"

This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It fills the "safety" square in my 10-1-21 card for the Fall Festival Bingo. It has been sponsored by a pool with ng_moonmoth. This poem belongs to the Rutledge thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It comes after "Fall into Despair," "Leave Behind Their Shadows," and "A Matter of Balance."

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Character notes for "The Basic Source of Peace"

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Setting notes for "The Basic Source of Peace"

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