Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 2e: What Is a Fanifesto?" trope manifesto & format guide

This is a new meta entry for marchmetamatterschallenge 2025. See my tracking post here. Also, the first writing prompt is to write a fanifesto.

Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 1: The Importance of Fanifestos
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 2a: What Is a Fanifesto? intro & canon guide
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 2b: What Is a Fanifesto? cast list & character study
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 2c: What Is a Fanifesto? ship manifesto & milieu study
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 2d: What Is a Fanifesto? plot analysis & crossovers
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 2e: What Is a Fanifesto? trope manifesto & format guide
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 2f: What Is a Fanifesto? personal manifesto & others
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 3: Benefits of Fanifestos
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 4: Drawbacks of Fanifestos
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 5a: Contents of a Fanifesto statement to tropes
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 5b: fanon to other aspects
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 6: How to Write a Fanifesto
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 7a: Where to Find Fanifestos location types & communities
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 7b: fanifestos A-E
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 7c: fanifestos F-I
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 7d: fanifestos J-R
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 7e: fanifestos S-Z
Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos" Part 8: My Fanifestos

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Monday Update 3-17-25

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Recipe: "Pistachio Cardamom Cookies"
Exoplanets
Birdfeeding
Photos: South Lot
Photos: New Rocks
Little Free Libraries
Creative Jam
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Animals
Follow Friday 3-14-25: Ghosts
Poem: "Of Greater Value"
Bird Apocalypse
How to Avoid Blisters from Yardening
How to Plan a Food Forest
Birdfeeding
Gully Stuffing
Lunar Eclipse
Potting Bench Ideas
Photos: Miniature Irises
How to Grow Plants
Review: Cocojune Passionfruit Organic Cultured Coconut (nondairy yogurt)
Birdfeeding
Solar Power
Photos: Garden Shed
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Conservation
Birdfeeding
Good News

"Not a Destination, But a Process" has 118 comments. "The Democratic Armada of the Caribbean" has 66 comments. Joann Fabrics going out of business has 51 comments.


There will be a half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics from Monday, March 17-Sunday, March 23.


marchmetamatterschallenge is running this month. See my tracking post and the first check-in post.

* Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 1: The Importance of Fanifestos"
* Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 2a: What Is a Fanifesto?" intro & canon guide
* Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 2b: What Is a Fanifesto?" cast list & character study
* Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 2c: What Is a Fanifesto?" ship manifesto & milieu study
* Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 2d: What Is a Fanifesto?" plot analysis & crossovers
* Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 2e: What Is a Fanifesto?" trope manifesto & format guide


"Babes in the Pineywoods" belongs to the Big One. It belongs to the Big One thread of Polychrome Heroics. Bo-Art and Creamjeans talk with the Black Doctor.


The weather was unseasonably warm for much of the week, stormed a couple of times, was cold and miserable yesterday, and today is sunny and moderate. Spring in Illinois, LOL! :D Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large flock of mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a flock of blackbirds, several starlings, several mourning doves, several grackles, a pair of cardinals, a pair of house finches, two crows, a tufted titmouse, a male downy woodpecker, a robin, a phoebe, and a fox squirrel. Currently blooming: crocus, mininature irises, daffodils, winter aconite. Honeybees, bumblebees, and other flying insects are out on sunny days, brawling over the first few blossoms.

Birdfeeding

Today is sunny, breezy, and cool -- a beautiful spring day. :D

I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches plus a fox squirrel.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 3/17/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

My terrarium tools came, along with the hooks that I need for securing pots to the picnic tables. \o/ Of course, what I really want to do is run outside looking for moss, but I have poetry work to do, so that will have to wait a bit.

Also, I discovered a bit of moss that actually is growing on some random bit of escaped fabric between the house and driveway, so that supports my idea of culturing moss on cloth to mock up a little tree.

EDIT 3/17/25 -- I raked leaves away from the oak seedlings in the savanna to expose the daffodils and crocuses now sprouting around them.

EDIT 3/17/25 -- I raked leaves away from more seedlings in the savanna.

I'm excited to discover that the two white irises are sprouting in the white garden at the end of the driveway. :D They didn't stay green over the winter like the others, and looked pretty dead, but they are still there!

EDIT 3/17/25 -- I started trimming grass and dead stems from the inside edge of the wildflower garden. A purple miniature iris is blooming there. :D

I've seen a downy woodpecker up a tree.

As it is now suppertime, I am done for the night.

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