Notices by Tellio (tellio@mastodon.social), page 12

@Shufei @Algot Friend o' salamander

@Ayior @Algot @dogtrax Maybe this is why we have not made first contact. We've got a galactic "Do Not Disturb!" sign posted at our solar system boundaries. I read a science fiction novel once that had human music as one of the most addictive forces in the universe. It became our secret cultural weapon...just like now.

@tellio We had window wells in the apartment complex where I grew up in CT and I remember a few salamanders there, too. In the next town over from me now, they built a "salamander crossing" under the road so that during the wet season, the creatures could be protected as they wandered habitats. A local band - Salamander Crossing -- took on the name and was quite popular here for years -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjZz01TS0kM #smallstories response

@Algot @dogtrax Humanity might get a death sentence.

When I was a little bourgeoise kid in a subdivision in a dirty Ohio River suburb, I developed an obsession with salamanders. We found them by the handfuls in the window wells to our basement. I loved their slippery feel. I would allow no one to harm them. My brothers had to feel my crazed wrath only once to know I meant business. I checked the window wells the other day to see if my friends were there. I have not seen any for over 30 years. I wonder where they went. I miss them. #smallstories

@dogtrax Perhaps you saw a moth emerging from a chrysalis fanning its wings dry? Perhaps.

@Algot Or maybe it's a burden in the same way a baby on the hip is a burden? Not.

@kittybecca @dogtrax @tibius Here's a hobbyist website just for the villanelle: https://goo.gl/MUSGio

@dogtrax My fav villanelle. #smallpoems loosely appreciated.

@dogtrax This reminds of the repeated part of a villanelle.

@Algot #smallpoems fixed it.

@Algot simple #smallpoems response. Felt it needed one more step just for fun.

#smallpoems

When I succeed
to me it's like a comet under a new moon.
When I fail
it's like fireflies in winter.

What now?

I seldom know where my learning feeds will take me. Today is no exception. The good it does for me by creating a newsletter every morning is like moving from the back of a game of 'crack the whip' to the front. Grab a-holt on: https://nuzzel.com/telliowkuwp #smallstories

And in response to the question you didn't ask, "Yes." I feel the same way. The world here seems slower, in a very good way.