wtfff???
Sep. 19th, 2025 04:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twistedchickWTF is in Smarties? I thought it was sugar and citric acid. I had 3 little rolls of them yesterday; I'd found them in a bag in the front closet left over from Halloween.
This morning -- ewwwwwwww
It has been like the worst of PMS, as if all the PMS that I might have had since my hysterectomy nearly 20 years ago decided to gang up on me all at once and say WE'RE BACK--SEE WHAT YOU MISSED???
That and no energy, which is actually a godsend because in this mood I'd be more likely to do drastic unforgivable things than not, like look up my infamously terrible ex-boss from years ago and tell her exactly what I thought of her then and still think of her.
Oh yeah, and the trots.
Meds have helped. Chocolate has helped. Coffee with molasses has helped. Toasted whole-wheat flatbread is helping. I'm no longer mad enough to fight the Goauld and winning without a staff weapon (if I had the energy).
But sheesh. I wanted to get things done today and when I stand up I'm a bit too wobbly to go anywhere.
I'm off Smarties forever at this point.
This morning -- ewwwwwwww
It has been like the worst of PMS, as if all the PMS that I might have had since my hysterectomy nearly 20 years ago decided to gang up on me all at once and say WE'RE BACK--SEE WHAT YOU MISSED???
That and no energy, which is actually a godsend because in this mood I'd be more likely to do drastic unforgivable things than not, like look up my infamously terrible ex-boss from years ago and tell her exactly what I thought of her then and still think of her.
Oh yeah, and the trots.
Meds have helped. Chocolate has helped. Coffee with molasses has helped. Toasted whole-wheat flatbread is helping. I'm no longer mad enough to fight the Goauld and winning without a staff weapon (if I had the energy).
But sheesh. I wanted to get things done today and when I stand up I'm a bit too wobbly to go anywhere.
I'm off Smarties forever at this point.
This is a prayer for the Witches’ Thanksgiving. This is a prayer for Resistance.
Sep. 19th, 2025 03:51 pmtwistedchickThis is a prayer for the Witches’ Thanksgiving. This is a prayer for Resistance.
This is a prayer for mead and cider, for cornbread and collards. This is a prayer for Resistance.
This is a prayer for visits, for gratitude, for families. This is a prayer for Resistance.
Mabon is an act of Resistance, the deliberate decision to establish connections, to reach out, to take joy in watching others eat. This is a prayer for Mabon.
This is a prayer for wheat sheaves and pumpkins, for turkey and turnips. This is a prayer for Resistance.
This is a prayer for taking stock, for settling in, for facing the dark. This is a prayer for Resistance.
Mabon is an act of Resistance, the courage to say, “There is a place set for you at our table,”* the fire to fight for what we love, the refusal to allow hunger to win. This is a prayer for Mabon.
This is a prayer for cheeses and ale, for cherries and chestnuts. This is a prayer for Resistance.
This is a prayer for re-establishing balance, for reaching out, for doing more. This is a prayer for Resistance.
Mabon is an act of Resistance, the belief that bounty should be shared, that people should be fed, that “only justice can undo a curse.”** This is a prayer for Mabon.
This is a prayer for squashes and pies, for and rhubarb and roasts. This is a prayer for Resistance.
This is a prayer for the act of sharing, for sitting with guests, for stories by the fire. This is a prayer for Resistance.
May your Mabon be blessed. May you continue to Resist. This is my prayer for you.
-- Hecate Demeter
This is a prayer for mead and cider, for cornbread and collards. This is a prayer for Resistance.
This is a prayer for visits, for gratitude, for families. This is a prayer for Resistance.
Mabon is an act of Resistance, the deliberate decision to establish connections, to reach out, to take joy in watching others eat. This is a prayer for Mabon.
This is a prayer for wheat sheaves and pumpkins, for turkey and turnips. This is a prayer for Resistance.
This is a prayer for taking stock, for settling in, for facing the dark. This is a prayer for Resistance.
Mabon is an act of Resistance, the courage to say, “There is a place set for you at our table,”* the fire to fight for what we love, the refusal to allow hunger to win. This is a prayer for Mabon.
This is a prayer for cheeses and ale, for cherries and chestnuts. This is a prayer for Resistance.
This is a prayer for re-establishing balance, for reaching out, for doing more. This is a prayer for Resistance.
Mabon is an act of Resistance, the belief that bounty should be shared, that people should be fed, that “only justice can undo a curse.”** This is a prayer for Mabon.
This is a prayer for squashes and pies, for and rhubarb and roasts. This is a prayer for Resistance.
This is a prayer for the act of sharing, for sitting with guests, for stories by the fire. This is a prayer for Resistance.
May your Mabon be blessed. May you continue to Resist. This is my prayer for you.
-- Hecate Demeter
nominations
Sep. 15th, 2025 08:36 pmtwistedchickI always find nominations as difficult to do as writing the actual story. because I feel that I'm not nominating them for *me*, but for someone else who might not have expected to find them in the list.
Routinely, I try to include at least one tv show or movie or media, something easily available; at least one book; this year it's two books and three tv series of various vintages, with the oldest one available on YouTube.
And I may have a story in mind for a couple of them, just in case.
***
Apparently, the drive band of my spinning wheel burst from old age. It is the original, same age as the footers that broke, so it's time. But I'm still probably going to spin the shetland by hand because it has very little crimp and my fingers feel how to do it on a spindle. That also gives me some time in front of the tv watching movies, never a bad thing.
Routinely, I try to include at least one tv show or movie or media, something easily available; at least one book; this year it's two books and three tv series of various vintages, with the oldest one available on YouTube.
And I may have a story in mind for a couple of them, just in case.
***
Apparently, the drive band of my spinning wheel burst from old age. It is the original, same age as the footers that broke, so it's time. But I'm still probably going to spin the shetland by hand because it has very little crimp and my fingers feel how to do it on a spindle. That also gives me some time in front of the tv watching movies, never a bad thing.
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Sep. 14th, 2025 05:10 pmtwistedchickI'm out of practice at spinning, so it's not surprising that when I realized how little crimp the Shetland wool has, I decided to spin it on a hand spindle instead of on the wheel.
The surprise was when I went into the back room (tv room) where the wheel is and found the drive band in pieces on the floor. Someone, I suspect the younger kitty who is curled up right next to me, saw it as needing to be killed, and definitely killed it; it was in half a dozen pieces.
So now I will need to get a new drive band for it.
This is the same wheel that needed to have its footers replaced (the straight poly pieces that hold the treadles on) because they broke. It hasn't had a lot of use lately anyway because of that.
I don't know what he thinks the drive band is, but he definitely used some of his brains as well as claws to get it off the wheel, where it was set up ready for use.
sigh. cats. I'm almost at the point of braiding myself a drive band from hemp and soaking it in lavender oil, to keep him away from it.
The surprise was when I went into the back room (tv room) where the wheel is and found the drive band in pieces on the floor. Someone, I suspect the younger kitty who is curled up right next to me, saw it as needing to be killed, and definitely killed it; it was in half a dozen pieces.
So now I will need to get a new drive band for it.
This is the same wheel that needed to have its footers replaced (the straight poly pieces that hold the treadles on) because they broke. It hasn't had a lot of use lately anyway because of that.
I don't know what he thinks the drive band is, but he definitely used some of his brains as well as claws to get it off the wheel, where it was set up ready for use.
sigh. cats. I'm almost at the point of braiding myself a drive band from hemp and soaking it in lavender oil, to keep him away from it.