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Late in May as the light lengthens
toward summer the young goldfinches
flutter down through the day for the first time
to find themselves among fallen petals
cradling their day's colors in the day's shadows
of the garden beside the old house
after a cold spring with no rain
not a sound comes from the empty village
as I stand eating the black cherries
from the loaded branches above me
saying to myself Remember this

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conuly

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conuly

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Also, I meant to say re: the utilities that you are all the best and I absolutely love you :)

(Still need to call National Grid and still don't wanna.)

me_ya_ri

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kengr

April 22, [redacted]
Birthday of Dejah Thoris Carter neé Burroughs

She's one of the intrepid adventurers in in Heinlein's the Number of the Beast from 1980 and in The Pursuit of the Pankera an alternate version published in 2020.

marycatelli

I essayed

marycatelli

Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
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marycatelli

This may contain: an oil painting of steps leading to a stone building with flowers growing on the side

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me_ya_ri

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conuly

and applied for a shitton of jobs. The worst they can do is call me a dipshit, and they probably wouldn't do that to my face. I think? Seems like a waste of time to call somebody up and say "You're terrible, how could you think we'd consider you?"

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ffutures

This is a bundle of material for Coyote & Crow, an alternate-history science fantasy RPG set in the Free Lands of an uncolonized North America, with a mixture of technology and magic. I'm told that it's created by a First Nation (Native American) team and has some very positive reviews.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Coyote

~~At the moment I'm travelling and can't insert graphics etc or open the game due to a very old iPad and crappy internet access. I'll add more tomorrow night. It should be on line in an hour or so and~~ It looks like it might be interesting, and you get quite a lot for a very reasonable price.

marycatelli

Christ the Lord hath risen
From His three-day prison;
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marycatelli

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marycatelli

I essayed

conuly

And what if I had simply passed you by,
your false skins gathering light in a basket,
those skins of unpolished copper,
would you have lived more greatly?

Now you are free of that metallic coating,
a broken hull of parchment,
the dried petals of a lily—
those who have not loved you
will not know differently.

But you are green fading into yellow—
how deceptive you have been.

Once I played the cithara,
fingers chafing against each note.
Once I worked the loom,
cast the shuttle through the warp.
Once I scrubbed the tiles
deep in the tub of Alejandro.
Now I try to deciper you.

Beyond the village, within a cloud
of wild cacao and tamarind,
they chant your tale, how you,
most common of your kind,
make the great warrior-men cry
but a woman can unravel you.

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conuly

Why is she like this.

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conuly

Jenn's plan to self-set-up her own balanced billing + a random screwup with autopay that she didn't realize until we were in the hole + having to help a friend get out of an abusive relationship = omg.

I'm pretty sure that they legally can't actually shut us off until May 15th, and once we get the tax refund we can pay the entire past due bills... but there's no promise we will get that refund by that date, and I would be surprised if we do. I don't want to go a week without lights and hot water, or a fridge and stove.

I'm reasonably certain that if we pay even half the past due now, we can talk them into waiting for that refund. The entire total is something like $6k... I'm a little scared to look again, honestly. I just sorta glanced at the bills in horror.

I've got paypal and venmo, which is posted here, or if you can't see that and can and want to help out you can PM me. We can absolutely pay back (or forward!) as soon as that refund comes in. I know how much the refund is, it will cover these bills.

(I've also been sitting on posting this for a few days, so I better get it out before I chicken out again!)

deckardcanine

I'm not going to summarize the premises of the Scholomance trilogy again, so click here if you want a refresher. Fortunately, the second volume fills in new readers nicely as it goes along.

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Up next is Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee. Looks like it blurs the line between fantasy and sci-fi.

marycatelli

In lieu of eggs or chocolate, Anastasia hopes you will enjoy this aria from “La Bunhème.”

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