Musical Moon with Peas and Roses

One of the nice things about this new computer is the bouncing bubbles screen saver. The virtual bubbles are see-through (in case you haven't seen this screen saver) so you can still see whatever was onscreen--even read it-- through the bubbles. It's relaxing and almost mesmerizing.

I do keep forgetting the clock doesn't update while the screen saver is on.

I never got a vegetable garden in this year, between wasting time on the garage and the many cold or wet days we had this spring. So I've been missing out on my fresh peas. However, my friend Ithiriel did get her garden in, and harvested too many peas for her and filkart  to eat today, so when they came over to do music, I was gifted with fresh peas.  Now I have snacks for tomorrow, assuming I don't forget they're in the 'fridge and leave for work without them. 

Oh--and My Angel made french toast out of the current loaf of safe-bread, which worked MUCH better than making a roast beef sandwich with it did.  The Sami's  bread was much better for that, but I'm all out of it and haven't figured out where to buy it if The Nutman isn't selling in my work building this week.  I can have the other half of the batch for breakfast--and thank goodness real maple syrup is safe food for me!!!

And best of all, my voice appears to have finally recovered from the reaction to the out-gassing new carpets in the hotel where Duckon was held.  Maybe my feet will soon stop being so swollen.

Overall, it's been a pretty good day.

This weekend:  Muse Fusion over at torn_world . 

And next week, in honor of the crowdfunding  community being in LJ's spotlight, I plan to do a card draw, and am contemplating whether I have something new and interesting to say about Busking in Cyberland. 

So if anyone wants to share comments or questions about online busking, comments on what you'd like to see me writing, or suggestions for what deck(s) to use in addition to Rai Kunabei's disks, please, feel free to share.

And if not--what's good in your life during this fine full moon?

Musical Moon with Peas and Roses

One of the nice things about this new computer is the bouncing bubbles screen saver. The virtual bubbles are see-through (in case you haven't seen this screen saver) so you can still see whatever was onscreen--even read it-- through the bubbles. It's relaxing and almost mesmerizing.

I do keep forgetting the clock doesn't update while the screen saver is on.

I never got a vegetable garden in this year, between wasting time on the garage and the many cold or wet days we had this spring. So I've been missing out on my fresh peas. However, my friend Ithiriel did get her garden in, and harvested too many peas for her and filkart  to eat today, so when they came over to do music, I was gifted with fresh peas.  Now I have snacks for tomorrow, assuming I don't forget they're in the 'fridge and leave for work without them. 

Oh--and My Angel made french toast out of the current loaf of safe-bread, which worked MUCH better than making a roast beef sandwich with it did.  The Sami's  bread was much better for that, but I'm all out of it and haven't figured out where to buy it if The Nutman isn't selling in my work building this week.  I can have the other half of the batch for breakfast--and thank goodness real maple syrup is safe food for me!!!

And best of all, my voice appears to have finally recovered from the reaction to the out-gassing new carpets in the hotel where Duckon was held.  Maybe my feet will soon stop being so swollen.

Overall, it's been a pretty good day.

This weekend:  Muse Fusion over at torn_world . 

And next week, in honor of the crowdfunding  community being in LJ's spotlight, I plan to do a card draw, and am contemplating whether I have something new and interesting to say about Busking in Cyberland. 

So if anyone wants to share comments or questions about online busking, comments on what you'd like to see me writing, or suggestions for what deck(s) to use in addition to Rai Kunabei's disks, please, feel free to share.

And if not--what's good in your life during this fine full moon?

Come Fusion With Us!

Ellen says:

Muse Fusion is running now! http://torn-world.livejournal.com/83662.html

We'll be writing and arting to your Torn World prompts over the weekend, through to Tuesday morning.

And this month, we've got incentives: I'll be drawing 10 prompters to receive ACEO cards - some prints, some originals, some informational cards related to Torn World - every sponsor will receive an ACEO, each creator who submits something to the canon board by Friday that was spawned by the Muse Fusion, and a most active participant will get a card. Got a question about Torn World? Ask it as a prompt and you'll have a chance to win!



I thought I'd share a bit of Empire educational--well, it's not exactly literature, and it's too factual to be called propaganda, what would you call it?  There's all sorts of folklore on the site about the flowers, especially the black ones.


My virtual tip jar is below.  Tips in any amount are welcome.  If you tip to sponsor a particular story or poem, please let me know--there's a comments section in the form.  If there are general tips, I'll post a poll here in my LJ so you can vote for what gets sponsored.

This month, I'm also offering something new.  If you tip at least $10 by Midnight Saturday, you can ask me to write to some specific prompt.  The basic rules of the Muse Fusion require that all of the prompts be open to all of us, so if the same prompt inspires someone else, that's OK. 

The other new thing I'm going to try this month is to amend this post so people can see how much I'm making

Current Earnings:  $0

For the curious, the first $10 of tips will go to pay for the guitar-shaped bottle opener I just won on e-bay so I can open my Mexican Cokes at work with something classier than my staple puller.

 

Come Fusion With Us!

Ellen says:

Muse Fusion is running now! http://torn-world.livejournal.com/83662.html

We'll be writing and arting to your Torn World prompts over the weekend, through to Tuesday morning.

And this month, we've got incentives: I'll be drawing 10 prompters to receive ACEO cards - some prints, some originals, some informational cards related to Torn World - every sponsor will receive an ACEO, each creator who submits something to the canon board by Friday that was spawned by the Muse Fusion, and a most active participant will get a card. Got a question about Torn World? Ask it as a prompt and you'll have a chance to win!



I thought I'd share a bit of Empire educational--well, it's not exactly literature, and it's too factual to be called propaganda, what would you call it?  There's all sorts of folklore on the site about the flowers, especially the black ones.


My virtual tip jar is below.  Tips in any amount are welcome.  If you tip to sponsor a particular story or poem, please let me know--there's a comments section in the form.  If there are general tips, I'll post a poll here in my LJ so you can vote for what gets sponsored.

This month, I'm also offering something new.  If you tip at least $10 by Midnight Saturday, you can ask me to write to some specific prompt.  The basic rules of the Muse Fusion require that all of the prompts be open to all of us, so if the same prompt inspires someone else, that's OK. 

The other new thing I'm going to try this month is to amend this post so people can see how much I'm making

Current Earnings:  $0

For the curious, the first $10 of tips will go to pay for the guitar-shaped bottle opener I just won on e-bay so I can open my Mexican Cokes at work with something classier than my staple puller.

 

Look--the first Freebie this month!

ysabetwordsmith  took one of my prompts and wrote a poem! http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/1801141.html

Go take a peek!

Look--the first Freebie this month!

ysabetwordsmith  took one of my prompts and wrote a poem! http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/1801141.html

Go take a peek!