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Got both my quilts done. Boy was that an effort! Pictures later when I have brain.
In the meantime, linkspam.
Trump Voters and what unites them.
Christian Nationalists and how to fight back: The call is coming from inside the house. Maybe it has been for a long, long time.
My Story Of Becoming Affirming:
"Even thought I've been affirming of LGBTQ+ people for a long time, this is the first time I'm sharing my process. My hope is that this (really long) essay will bring a few more chairs to the table."
When 'organic' doesn't have to mean 'there's less of it'.
Learning How The Aborigines Farmed Is Changing The Way We Look at Drought: we're not farming in England anymore. It only took us 230 years to realise that.
Natural Sequence Farming: slowing down the water as it goes through the land, giving the soil more time to soak it in.
Lamington Souffle: add some raspberries in and I Am THERE.
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Also, you remember this To Do list I wrote last week? I did almost all of it! Not the stuff with the bulbs, alas, but the rest of it? DONE AND DONE, BABY! (But a tendon in my right forearm is aching now. Gonna need some compression and salve on that one.
So, the last week was mostly quilting, a lot of moving of woodchips, and various meals with dad and stepmother. I have decided I will venture up to Queensland with them this week for two days, and maybe try to catch up with an fannish friend of old who lives up that way. Hope springs eternal, right?
Otherwise, the Endgame fixit is going nowhere (Steve is being obstreperous), I've re-written the opening scene for my manuscript about a dozen times and only just lit on how it need to go and why, and all my old AUs are calling me with a siren song...
Also, MCU Exchange. I really need to write that thing. I'm just...well, I'm cynical about MCU fandom and my place in it.
This week: Write a lot. Even while travelling. In calculation, 4-5K a day can translate to 120-150K a month in wordcount, yeah? I have done 5K days before (I've done a 10K day earlier this year and felt slightly crazy at the end of it), obviously when I'm not working and have the scene quite clearly set out in my head. (It was the Maria-Nick-Vormir scene in other side of infinity. I'm pretty sure I wrote that sucker in a day.)
Probably best to do most of the writing in the morning before 10am. After 10am, there's enough sun in the backyard for me to go out and do little touch-ups with the chooks, and check around the garden. But the sun is gone by around 3pm and at that stage I usually want a nap.
Oh, that's right. The Matildas are playing Italy this evening at 9pm. Viewable on SBS. Must tune in to that. Women's sport is always amazing, particularly the ones which are considered big when it's the men playing. Frankly, my perception of women's sport is that it tends to be fairer with less grandstanding, more thought and strategy with less muscling around.
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I tend not to post so much when I'm not working. I've got so many other things to do!
In the meantime, linkspam.
Trump Voters and what unites them.
Christian Nationalists and how to fight back: The call is coming from inside the house. Maybe it has been for a long, long time.
My Story Of Becoming Affirming:
"Even thought I've been affirming of LGBTQ+ people for a long time, this is the first time I'm sharing my process. My hope is that this (really long) essay will bring a few more chairs to the table."
When 'organic' doesn't have to mean 'there's less of it'.
Learning How The Aborigines Farmed Is Changing The Way We Look at Drought: we're not farming in England anymore. It only took us 230 years to realise that.
Natural Sequence Farming: slowing down the water as it goes through the land, giving the soil more time to soak it in.
Lamington Souffle: add some raspberries in and I Am THERE.
--
Also, you remember this To Do list I wrote last week? I did almost all of it! Not the stuff with the bulbs, alas, but the rest of it? DONE AND DONE, BABY! (But a tendon in my right forearm is aching now. Gonna need some compression and salve on that one.
So, the last week was mostly quilting, a lot of moving of woodchips, and various meals with dad and stepmother. I have decided I will venture up to Queensland with them this week for two days, and maybe try to catch up with an fannish friend of old who lives up that way. Hope springs eternal, right?
Otherwise, the Endgame fixit is going nowhere (Steve is being obstreperous), I've re-written the opening scene for my manuscript about a dozen times and only just lit on how it need to go and why, and all my old AUs are calling me with a siren song...
Also, MCU Exchange. I really need to write that thing. I'm just...well, I'm cynical about MCU fandom and my place in it.
This week: Write a lot. Even while travelling. In calculation, 4-5K a day can translate to 120-150K a month in wordcount, yeah? I have done 5K days before (I've done a 10K day earlier this year and felt slightly crazy at the end of it), obviously when I'm not working and have the scene quite clearly set out in my head. (It was the Maria-Nick-Vormir scene in other side of infinity. I'm pretty sure I wrote that sucker in a day.)
Probably best to do most of the writing in the morning before 10am. After 10am, there's enough sun in the backyard for me to go out and do little touch-ups with the chooks, and check around the garden. But the sun is gone by around 3pm and at that stage I usually want a nap.
Oh, that's right. The Matildas are playing Italy this evening at 9pm. Viewable on SBS. Must tune in to that. Women's sport is always amazing, particularly the ones which are considered big when it's the men playing. Frankly, my perception of women's sport is that it tends to be fairer with less grandstanding, more thought and strategy with less muscling around.
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I tend not to post so much when I'm not working. I've got so many other things to do!