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I Remember
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
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A minor rant
Reaction to a I can be Barbie commercial playing during my cartoons, where the two Barbies portrayed were Baby-Sitter Barbie and Art Teacher Barbie:
"Whatever happened to Rocket Scientist Barbie and Structural Engineer Barbie?"
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Writing, Inc.
So, Queen of the Skies on LJ asked me how my writing was going, but I figure my answer to her comment would’ve been too long, and I might as well turn it into its own post.
Though few of you out there would recognize the title, or have heard much about it, I wrote Thunderbird (you’d recognize it as Biohazards), polished it off, sent it to my beta ( Read more... ) -
Six Months Later
I suppose this is my obligatory “I’m still alive” blog post…
Somewhere along the way, a resolution to “post more” resulted in “posting less”, though I still read my friends’ list with regularity and have been keeping up with everyone. I really do need to get into the habit of posting again.
Sorry about that, folks. I might need a few prods.
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Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Our first “real” winter storm has hit - living in the north, I have a very exacting definition of a real winter storm, and it involves -20 (or better) windchill, a wind biting enough to sand the skin, and snowfall that requires going out every couple of hours for a good shoveling.
We don’t quite have the last one yet, but the snow drifts are pretty ( Read more... ) -
Stamps
I wonder if I could impose on one of my US friends for US stamps for regular letters to Canada? I think they are 75c stamps. I could also use a bunch of 12c stamps, since I have older stamps up to 63c.
I'd be happy to pay you back via Paypal, or through any other means. It'd be much appreciated! They are for SASE's.
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In Remembrance
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the ( Read more... ) -
Difficult
The worst thing for me to do is having to put in some worldbuilding background to help the reader along, and having no choice but to write an infodump.
The difficult part is making it short, meaningful, and not letting it feel like an infodump.
It’s taken me one hour to write less than a hundred words. ARGH.
If someone tries to tell me writing is ( Read more... ) -
Arts and Science
Some of my more artistically-inclined readers might be interested to hear about NASA's (in conjunction with Etsy) contest: make something sparkly and stellar by hand, themed around space exploration.
The winner gets a 500$ Etsy shopping spree. The rules are here (look for the way-too-easily-overlooked How To Enter links list in the top right ( Read more... ) -
Make it believable
I know, I know. I should post more. But I’ve been away for a week, and my brain knocked off its keister for another by a snotball storm.
The other not-posting issue is not having anything to post about, but I’ll work on that, I promise.
So it’s 8:30 AM on a Saturday morning, and the cartoons that are on aren’t the ones I like to watch, so I ( Read more... )