Cuddle Party

Everyone needs contact comfort sometimes. Not everyone has ample opportunities for this in facetime. So here is a chance for a cuddle party in cyberspace. Virtual cuddling can help people feel better.

We have a cuddle room that comes with fort cushions, fort frames, sheets for draping, and a weighted blanket. A nest full of colorful egg pillows sits in one corner. There is a basket of grooming brushes, hairbrushes, and styling combs. A bin holds textured pillows. There is a big basket of craft supplies along with art markers, coloring pages, and blank paper. The kitchen has a popcorn machine. Labels are available to mark dietary needs, recipe ingredients, and level of spiciness. Here is the bathroom, open to everyone. There is a lawn tent and an outdoor hot tub. Bathers should post a sign for nude or clothed activity. Come snuggle up!

I'm bringing candy cane cookies.

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Birdfeeding

Today is cloudy and chilly.  It rained for a good while last night.

I fed the birds.  I put out a new peanut suet cake.  I've seen a fox squirrel at the hopper feeder. 

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 12/18/24 -- My partner Doug ran the weedwhacker over the area where we'll be planting the holly bush.

Then we cut back nearby brush.

EDIT 12/18/24 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I've seen two large flocks of sparrows simultaneously (at the hopper feeder in the forest garden, and the fly-through feeder and suet cage south of the house), a male cardinal, a tufted titmouse, and a goldfinch.  :D

EDIT 12/18/24 -- I hauled the cut brush to throw on the brush pile in the ritual meadow.  Doug raked the trimmed grass, so that pile needs to be hauled away too.

I've seen a female cardinal at the fly-through feeder and two mourning doves in the forest garden.

EDIT 12/18/24 -- I hauled the pile of raked stuff to the grass wall.

I am done for the night.

Poem: "Red Shoes"

This poem came out of the August 1, 2023 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by discussions with dialecticdreamer and siliconshaman. It also fills the "Red Shoes" square in my 8-1-23 card for the New Adventures Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by callibr8. It belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics.

WARNING: This poem contains intense and controversial material that may disturb many readers. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes canon-atypical violence, events that are historically embarrassing for Canada and the United States of America, racism, racial injustice, graphic descriptions of genocide, kidnapping, child harm, cultural abuse, death camps falsely described as missionary boarding schools, mass murder, widowhood, child death, frank sex talk, orphans, hiding in the woods, and other mayhem. WARN ALL THE THINGS! If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before deciding if this is something you want to read.

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Notes for "Red Shoes"

Here are the notes for "Red Shoes."

WARNING: Like the poem, some of the notes deal with heinous things and are disturbing.

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