Monday Update 3-31-25

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Poetry Fishbowl Report for March 4, 2025
Unsold Poems for the March 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl
Climate Change
Birdfeeding
Communities
Ecosystem Under Ice
Uses for Flowerpots
Birdfeeding
Modular Mossaria
Philosophical Questions: Crimes
Today's Adventures
Homelessness
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 3-28-25: Good Omens
Space Exploration
Happiness
Birdfeeding
Exercise
Hobbies: Origami
Birdfeeding
Cuddle Party

"Not a Destination, But a Process" has 122 comments. "The Democratic Armada of the Caribbean" has 68 comments. Joann Fabrics going out of business has 52 comments.


There will be a poetry fishbowl on Tuesday, April 1 with a theme of "Cozy Coping Skills." Please mark your calendars, and I hope to see you then!


I'm making a terrarium in an antique jar.
Photos: Antique Jar Terrarium Build Part 1: Washing, Drainage, and Barrier
Photos: Antique Jar Terrarium Build Part 2: Mixing Substrate
Photos: Antique Jar Terrarium Build Part 3: Adding Mosses


marchmetamatterschallenge ran in March.. See my tracking post and the first check-in post. Here is the new meta that I completed for this event:

* 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


"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 has been wet lately. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a flock of assorted blackbirds, several starlings, several mourning doves, a pair of cardinals, a tufted titmouse, a male downy woodpecker, and a fox squirrel. I've heard red-winged blackbirds and cardinals. Snowdrops are done. Snow crocuses are winding down. Currently blooming: giant crocuses, miniature irises, daffodils, winter aconite, squill, forsythia, violets, and blue grape hyacinths. The first tulip buds are showing color. Honeybees, bumblebees, and other flying insects are out on sunny days, brawling over the first few blossoms.

Bingo

I have made bingo down the O column of my 3-1-25 card for the Tolkien Bingo Fest, plus 5 extra fills.

O1 (tears) -- "Weeping Over the Trail They Almost Walked" (The Bear Tunnels)
O2 (shadows) -- "A Darkness Over Democracy" (standalone)
O3 (Old Forrest) -- "Once the Avalanche Has Begun" (One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis)
O4 (secrets) -- "An Interest in the Affairs of Your Government" (Polychrome Heroics: The Big One)
O5 (mountains) -- "The Tranquility and Beauty of the Winter Landscape" (Polychrome Heroics: Rutledge)

B3 (dragons) -- "Staring into the Dragon's Maw" (A Conflagration of Dragons)

N5 (the last ship) -- "Sisters of the Once Snow" (Daughters of the Apocalypse)

G3 (wisdom) -- "The Daughters of Entropy" haiku collection
G4 (fight) -- "The Intrusive Thumb of Male Privilege" (Polychrome Heroics: Shiv)
G5 (There's some good in this world and it's worth fighting for) -- "The Bones of Chihuly" (Polychrome Heroics: The Big One)

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth

Watch for the upcoming event Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, running April 25-May 15. Folks post content only visible on Dreamwidth, and there are usually memes and other activities too. Mark your calendars!

This year I'm planning to focus on goal-setting methods.

Birdfeeding

Today is cloudy and cool.  It rained off and on yesterday.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a mourning dove, a starling, and a blackbird.

I put out water for the birds. 

Today's Adventures

Today we went up to visit Dad.

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Reviving Dried Sphagnum Moss

Apparently some sphagnum moss will revive from a completely dried state.  I have some so I'm going to try this and see if it works.  I've got a different brand but I figure it's worth a try.  After all, I've seen other mosses revive.

New Year's Resolutions Check In

We made it to the end of March! \o/ If you have completed any of your short-term goals or subgoals, and/or you're still chugging away at your ongoing goals, then pat yourself on the back. You worked hard for that. We've also gotten through the first month of spring. If you're doing seasonal goals, you may have finished some from winter and starting working on new ones for spring.

This year I'm trying something new, continuing to track goals at the end of each month. So far it seems to be helping, so that's encouraging. I'm looking at my goal list more often and trying to keep ticking off more of them.

These are the previous check in posts:
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 4
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 10
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 17
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 24
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 31
New Year's Resolutions Check In February 28

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