Notices by Lyn Thorne🍁Autumn 🍂 (aldersprig@tootplanet.space)

Just found this and it made me giggle.

#writing

So: plants that were associated with sex organs, petals that were white & fragrant- prior experimentation had taught her that substitutes’ connections might be thin, but there would always BE a connection.

Yan spread out every combination that might work & wouldn’t poison her patients. When the scavengers went out again, she’d have to ask them to try for spices and seeds.

If she was going to be experimenting with substitutions, she'd need all the options she could get.

#Writing #MicroFiction

Yan was out of cinnamon, a crime against baking, but she was also out of white orchid petals, arguably more urgent a matter: she used the petals in 3 potions: an antidepressant, a topical wound-healer, & an antibacterial.

She put the kettle on to boil anyway. Any chance at a hothouse was at least a year out, so she was going to have to get clever.

She winced at her dwindling supply of vanilla beans. A good idea, but then she'd have to find a substitute for them as well.

#writing #tootFic

“How do you twist Strands to get more sunlight? Or more tuna?”

“Sunlight’s hard… warmth, light are pretty easy.Tuna’s just making a can open up….”

They fell silent, both of them staring at their host’s cat.

The rotund ginger was chasing strings — attacking them, tangling them up with each other, biting them.
Except that they weren’t strings.

They were the Strands between the two of them and their host.

“Ahem. Geese? Yeah, Geese. Geese can’t see Strands.”

#microFic

"Cats can't see the Strands."

They had been drinking a little too much, & thus they were debating the theories of Strand magic - the way every being was connected, the way you could use those connections to change the world - in increasingly outlandish ways.

“Why not? Come on, a cat is made of connections.”

“A cat is half arrogance and half fur.”

“That’s just because you don’t know cats. Come on. A cat Strand-Worker—”

#tootFic #StrandedWorld #writing #Caturday

Generations in the US go, more or less (There is always debate):

GI (greatest) Generation

"Silent" Generation (25-45)

Boomers (1946-1964); these were the Baby Boom that started when GIs got back from WWII

Gen 13/Genx - 1965 - 1979
I first encountered this as "The Thirteenth Generation" (which is a book of Slackers era) but Copeland's book got more traction.

Millennials - 1980 to 2000

And people are still figuring out Gen Z/etc., just in time for another gen.

@InspectorCaracal wonder if redbubble does bumper stickers? Their stuff so far has been A+

"Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."

Hey snek people
I made up a fictional magical snake.
And Now I need habitat suggestions for it.

Do they vary greatly among non-magical #snake breeds?

From https://twitter.com/urbanfriendden

instead of "sir/madam", consider "traveller"

- gender neutral
- fun to say
- acknowledges the endless journey of the soul
- makes you feel like a medieval tavernkeep
- you absolutely can't risk misgendering a wandering swordmaster

I THOUGHT UP A THING I don't know if it'll work.

In #minecraft

If I have a cobblestone bridge.

And I pour lava out so it flows out onto the bridge and into the ocean
Will it make more bridge for me?

The mouse considered biting the cat, but she was ancient, had been ancient as long as mouse generations could remember. Instead, he left quietly, but not before twitching the curtain open wider, to allow more sun to brush over the cat’s bony flank.

There would be another time for the hunt.

#tootfic 2/2 to the #ThimblefulThursday #writingPrompt
https://thimblefulthursday.wordpress.com/2019/02/07/thimbleful-writing-challenge-12/

There was a mouse to play with, but the cat was not so young anymore, and the sunbeam was wide and warm, and the mouse was a fighter, fierce the way they had not been when she was a kitten.

She lay down, just for a short nap.

#tootfic 1/2

hey Guys! Did you know I have a #Patreon?

I’d like to get over $100/month by the end of this month - that helps cover things like character art, domain names, server space, and my time writing!

https://www.patreon.com/aldersprig

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-letters-of-edward-gorey/2011/10/26/gIQAErY1JM_gallery.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ecea81a05f06

The letters of Edward Gorey

#MailArt extraordinaire!
#LetterMo

GUYS GUYS autofill Hashtags now use camel case YAY

Theo- #cat, posing
(A long haired grey and white adorable #kitty) https://tootplanet.space/media/_RxMEDFhHe2Npq7kOEw

#cats #photo

Why isn’t there a “quote” emoji?

Hi Guys!

I don’t autofollow back, but if you start up a conversation, I’m likely to follow you then.

And here is my page for the current #4thewords #campnano event in my #bujo #bulletjournal https://tootplanet.space/media/f4lFlWavNP6r66FREpI