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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-30 09:53 pm

Today's Adventures

Today we went to the Tuscola Family Fun Day and the Arthur Amish Country Cheese Festival.

Amusingly, I'm wearing a goldenrod-yellow T-shirt with a corncob and the caption "This is my crop top." (It's full length.) I got at least half a dozen compliments on it. :D I bought it earlier this year at another event, definitely a good choice for fall festivals.

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cornerofmadness ([personal profile] cornerofmadness) wrote2025-08-30 09:07 pm

Museums and Cemeteries

It was an amusing start to the day. Well...didn't start amusing. I was woken up early than I wanted by noise. When I got to the Hamptons' comp breakfast I see that the room is filled. I sit down with my fresh made sweet potato waffle (with hot apple topping) with what has to be a pro/semi pro soccer team from Jamaica (since they all seemed to be later 20s early 30s, definitely NOT college aged) and they're watching soccer as they eat and shouting at the screen and each other like we're in a sports bar. Also I was the only one not on the team sitting there

I could not have asked for a better day. So cool and with a nice light breeze as I headed to Carillon Historical Park/A> It's 65 acres of recreated (for the most part) village where all the buildings are little museums. The big welcome building had a stein collection of over 400 steins, history on several major innovators in Dayton including the Wright Brothers (naturally), Patterson (who did national cash registers) and Deeds (who was the one to donate the 57 bell carillon tower) There was bits about the brother's inventions (also there were animatronic 'innovators' telling their stories (those uncanny valley things freak me out).

There was 90 of those gorgeous antique cash registers, things of beauty as well as function (I rather miss that in the modern age). there were some old cars in there too and the world's most confusion carousel with just bizarre shit (though in a later picture of Wilbur I know understand the St Bernard style dog one), there was a cash register (had I gotten on I would have ridden that, it's the non moving bench one for grandma) cans of pop, chip bags, various animals.

From there I bought the 5 dollar train ride just to a) sit and enjoy the cool weather b) see the park and that was fun. From there I started investigating the offerings including (but not limited to) an antique fire truck car show (including two belgians and their fire carriage), Newcome tavern from 1796, a one room school house from the 1800s, the last surviving remnant of the Watervliet Shaker village, a horse barn (no horses), the hetzel summer kitchen and the really interesting stuff was:

Sugar Camp Waves cabin. I had no idea there were WAVES doing code breaking in Dayton in WWII
Gem City Letter press - which is an operational print shop (you can get a printed souvenier (I didn't))

The great 1913 flood exhibit. I had no idea Dayton was flooded up to 20 feet and horses were on the roofs because they swam there (more than a thousand drowned, poor things)

Dayton Cyclery that had some cool old bikes

The transportation center with some really cool old train cars and trolleys

The Wright Brothers national museum which included their No. 5 flyer which Orville felt was their best one. It was bigger than I imagined. Also I had no idea that Wilbur died so young (45 of typhoid fever)

The history on the hill interpretive center talking about the Hopewell people and the fact that this hill had been a small pox quarantine hospital (and after that for prostitutes with STDS)

I wish I remembered that
Carillon Brewing had food and I'd have skipped the overpriced, underwhelming food trucks (I was still a little hungry and got a giant pretzel, nibbling on those leftovers now). They brew historical recipes and the one I got, coriander ale, was one of them, low abv, nice pale ale (not my usual choice) brewed with peppers and you could feel that.

From there I went to America’s Packard Museum I think the 20s-early 40s Packards were sexy cars. They were luxury, easily 3-5 times the price of an average car. The post WWII cars are less great (not a fan of the carribbean) they have one from the Godfather. They have one from a woman who wanted it kept for her when she returned from beyond the grave (the family kept it until 2015 when it came to the museum). The museum itself is from 1917 and was a Packard dealership.

I wanted to go next to Calvary Cemetery which I saw references to at the historical park. (this is not the cemetery I planned to go to) I put it in my new GPS (I can't use my phone. It's decided it doesn't know what the internet is) and it wants me to go to KY (that is not close). What I didn't know was that the Calvary in Moraine OH WAS the right one (that's a neighborhood, or sucked up suburb)

So I came home to the hotel for tea and relaxing and looking up the damn address. Here's the kick in the head. When I came out of the historical park I turned left on Patterson. If I had LOOKED right I would have seen the damn thing. It's right behind the park. Head desk (it's only like 7 miles so it's not a big deal). This is a CATHOLIC in all caps cemetery. Okay yes I've seen ones with more crucifixes but this had some truly interesting stuff.

What sucked it was the cloudless sky. SO many pictures are probably sun glared to death (I don't know. I haven't looked yet, you'll get pics another day). There were a few things I've rarely seen (btw do watch the video at the above link to know why I wanted to see it) lots of Mary statues by herself (one with cherubs at her feet which is unusual and another with her standing on the world crushing the serpent, much more familiar, how many times did I have to kiss that statue?) one family had stylized rosaries on their head stones. Some had historical markers (which was cool),found a whole mess of Nun graves, an entire section of baby graves (will use that picture the next time I bitch about Trump and RFK). There was even a brand new mausoleum. I swear to god I didn't know people were still making them!! (built about 20 years ago. They're still awaiting the fourth member or she choose to go elsewhere. She's my parents age so she could still be out there)

I went to dinner at Jimmie's Ladder 11 a bar/restaurant in an 1800s firehouse. It was good. I had their namesake sandwich (basically a reuben and a rachel in one sandwich) which was good. I wasn't going to drink but I decided I wanted the Grandma's Puddin' cocktail. Probably should have went with no drink. Don't get me wrong. It was tasty but a little small for the price. Putting it here for my own reference Giffard Banane du Brésil Liqueur, Five Farms Irish Cream, Oyo Honey Vanilla Bean Vodka, Cream

Now I'm in for the night (too tired to swim), off to the airforce stuff tomorrow.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-30 05:57 pm

Communities

When your job treats you like a person

As I write this, however, as the new part-time engagement coordinator for a small community farm, I’m laughing at the comedy of errors. I’m not afraid, because this is the first job I’ve ever had that treats me, first and foremost, like a person.

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days_unfolding ([personal profile] days_unfolding) wrote2025-08-30 08:51 pm

Music and Massage

Gracie woke me up a little before 8 AM. So much for sleeping in. She got out through a hole in the bottom of the fence. I had to tie her leash to the fence and go out and get her. I don’t think that I can patch this fence enough to let her off leash. I want a new fence!

Fed us all and gave Gracie her med. Nap time. Bella and Gracie are play fighting. Napped.

Took the dogs out. Gracie was refusing to come in, so I took her in the back door, and then she came in. Ate lunch with a lot of attention from the dogs.

My new singing teacher is challenging me a lot. We’re working on intervals and sight reading. She played a chord, and I was able to pick out the top and bottom notes, but not the middle note.

Had my massage. Parts of it were quite painful. Apparently, I needed it.

There was a guy busking with a violin in front of the grocery store. That was novel, so I gave him some money. Anyone who can play the melody from “Alleluia” is okay in my book. That made me look up.

Cats: We want food, etc. Fed us all and took the dogs out. I need to give Gracie her last med, and then I'm thinking of going to sleep. Gracie will no doubt get me up earlish.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-30 05:54 pm

Birdfeeding

Today is partly cloudy and warm.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

EDIT 8/30/25 -- I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 8/30/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 8/30/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 8/30/25 -- I potted up 10 Ginger Gold apple seeds.

EDIT 8/30/25 -- I watered the apple seeds and the new picnic table plants.

I've picked several groundcherries today.

Cicadas and crickets are singing.  I saw one firefly; it's cool for them and terribly dry.

As it is now dark, I am done for the night.

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I found out this morning that they intend to put something called window guards in the apartments. I realize they're meant to keep stupid little kids from falling out windows (the kids in my apt bldg run TOWARDS rats so I feel perfectly justified in calling them stupid) but I don't have any damn kids, why are they trying to put them in all the apartments? Plus, I have to have the window all the way open and the window box fan and stove fan on full blast every time I turn on the oven or the stove or the smoke alarm goes off. Of course they always wait till right at the beginning of a holiday weekend to pull this crap so I can't even talk to them about it till Tuesday. if it turns out this thing won't let me open the window all the way I'm going to have to have an "accident" happen to that thing real quick.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-30 12:15 am

Wildlife

Celebrate International Bat Night August 30-31.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-30 12:01 am

Philosophical Questions: Money

People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.


What would happen if a maximum income of was implemented?

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cornerofmadness ([personal profile] cornerofmadness) wrote2025-08-29 08:38 pm

Made it to Dayton

It's been a loooong day of multiple lab sections and then driving 2 hours. It's a very easy drive, literally three turns and two of them are in Dayton. This hotel is in a huge mall that sprawls for about four lights and on both sides of the road but it means I have plenty of food around me. I opted for the Rusty Bucket which sees to be a chain in SW Ohio (I've been to the one in Cincinnati) their cold brew martini was amazing, best part of the meal.

I almost went to the Blue Crab Juicy seafood bar but I wasn't sure about it (and it's right next door to Lust, the strip club which is probably directly behind this hotel. Oh geeze. Well it's not like I didn't live behind one for years) I looked it up. Maybe tomorrow...

This room is weird. Maybe wheelchair accessible? Doesn't say it (but at least it's on the ground floor) the bed is orientated not to the tv but to the window with your head to the door. I thought maybe it would be hard to get a wheelchair around the room if it was the normal way. Nice room though with a shower no tub. I appreciate that.

Wrote a story (NSFW)

Title: Brothers, Troublemakers and Apologies

Fandom: Hazbin Hotel

Summary: After a sweet morning of trying out new sex games, Angel has high hopes for the rest of the day with Husk. All that ends when retribution comes for him. He really shouldn’t have stolen Arackniss’ car.

Rating: explicit

Author Note - written for spikesgirl58’s six word challenge and the six words were Kindly, Breed, Mother, Complete, Milky, & Tremble, for allbingo’s prompt of family matters and for summer of the 69. While this is part of the Power Play series, it is a stand alone. You don't need to read the others (but please do if you're so moved) All you need to know is the Vees have been disposed of and Angel stole Arackniss' car last story.

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And here are the friday fannish 50 fan recs


A Little More Time Torchwood

Holding On To Hope FAKE

Pumpkin Carving Buffy the Vampire Slayer

A Song of the Grand Banks Captains Courageous - Rudyard Kipling

Still This Good Hazbin Hotel

Electric Blue Hazbin Hotel

Valid The Owl House

Hazbin Academy Hazbin Hotel

The Truth Behind The Lies Torchwood

Unwise Behaviour Stargate SG-1

Beware of the Thin Man The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Petrified The Owl House

from the middle, this time with a plan
陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù


Lustful Brewing Hazbin Hotel

Deck the Halls Sapphire & Steel

Fucking Tease Hazbin Hotel


Mifepristone With a Side of Gummi Bears
Doctor Odyssey

Valentino Is Scared Of The Supernatural Hazbin Hotel


Skeletons in the Closet The Man From U.N.C.L.E.


Too Early to be Morning but Here We Are
Columbo

Chilled to the Bone Hazbin Hotel

No Thyme At All Torchwood

A Black Cat in a Dark Room Doctor Who

Under the Heat of a Rising Sun Hazbin Hotel


An Order of Magnitude Stargate Atlantis/Stargate SG-1/Real Genius

Camelot's Resident Sorcerer... Arthur Pendragon? Merlin

The Candy Buying Affair The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

What the Future Holds 911

Trick or Treating Despicable Me

Mission: Retrieve Coulson Redux Murder She Wrote/The Avengers

untitled Hazbin Hotel

Moving into the Hale Ranch Teen Wolf

Learning the Lay of the Land Teen Wolf
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days_unfolding ([personal profile] days_unfolding) wrote2025-08-29 11:48 pm

Day Off

Okay. Fed us all (except for Bella, who’s on a diet). Gracie swallowed her med on the first try.

Woke up at around 7:30 AM. Fed us all. I have dogs wrestling at my feet. I called the vet to replace the missing pills for Gracie, and they think that they’ll be ready in the afternoon. Nap time. I’m a mean Mommy and shut the bedroom door in Gracie’s face. Bella alone will nap with me. Bella and Gracie together will wrestle and play fight. Not restful.

I’m trying to see if my camera is at the FedEx store yet, but the tracking number isn’t copying from my email. I’ll have to go online. It says that it's "at their facility" but does that mean the transit hub or the store? It doesn't say "available for pickup".

[personal profile] susandennis mentioned David Tate shoes. I went looking for them and found them on Zappos. They have my weird size (6.5 wide). So I went a little crazy and bought two sets of flats and a pair of ankle boots. I’m trying to talk myself out of buying tall boots.

I need to buy some food. I’ll stop at Meijer on the way back from the vet. Had some way spicy food for lunch.

Showered with Oliver attending. He was pretty good except for going into the shower stall when I opened the door. (He’s fascinated by showers.)

I had a moment of panic that I had missed my singing lesson. Nope. Friday. Today is Friday. I don’t know how retired people keep track of the time if one day off throws me off :)

I’m going to try to clip Bella’s nails. I *think* that she’ll cooperate with me. Gracie would be tough because she wiggles.

Went and got Gracie’s meds. Went grocery shopping, and wound up with a pot of mums as well as food. Oh crap, mums are toxic to dogs. Maybe I need to put them up on the porch.

The baguette that I bought was consumed by the dogs. Sigh. Maybe I’ll get another one tomorrow.

Had a nice nap. The dogs were out cold too. I need to feed the cats and Gracie and give Gracie her pill. Then I’ll go back to sleep.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-29 11:28 pm

Poetry Fishbowl Report for August 5, 2025

Our theme this month was "Books and Learning." I wrote from 1 PM to 4 AM, so about 13 hours, accounting for breaks. I wrote 2 poems on Tuesday and another 5 later in the week.

Participation was about the same, with 7 comments on LiveJournal and another 23 on Dreamwidth. A total of 9 people sent prompts.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the August 5, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"He Who Whispers"
"An Inkling of Things to Come"
"To Allow in More Light"


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from August 5. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

This month's donors include: [personal profile] janetmiles and [personal profile] fuzzyred. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There are 0 tallies toward a bonus fishbowl.


The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-29 10:53 pm
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Today's Cooking

Tonight I am making Ginger Gold Apple Pie.  :D  I've added 1/2 teaspoon of tapioca starch in hopes of thickening the filling a bit, but otherwise it's the same as before.   If you see any, grab them -- these apples only appear for 2-3 weeks, usually in August.

8/29/25 -- Done!  it's delicious.  The tapioca starch helped, but I should've used a whole teaspoon.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-29 08:45 pm

Unsold Poems for the August 5, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl

The following poems from the August 5, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl are currently available. Poems may be sponsored via PayPal -- there's a permanent donation button on my Dreamwidth profile page -- or you can write to me and discuss other methods. There are still verses left in the linkback poems "Delight in Another," "A Sense of Weather Changes," "Ouroboros Insects," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Stars and Diamonds," "Mishpocha," "Changing Your Nature," and "Besa."


"The Most Prestigious Heritage"
Story Date: Sunday, July 12, 2015
Summary: Syrian families create a language nest in Rutledge.
447 lines, Buy It Now = $224

Sabra Mamoud loved working
at 'Aswat Saghira, or in English,
the Little Voices Language Nest.



These poems form a triptych, to be posted in order:

"Where You Find Light"
Story Date: Early June, 2016
Summary: Josué and Aidan set up a house for earthquake refugees, complete with books.
422 lines, Buy It Now = $211

As soon as Aidan recovered
from the Big One flattening him
with the weight of so many deaths
and disruptions all at once, he
began looking for ways to help.



"When You Learn to Read"
Story Date: Monday, June 13, 2016
Summary: Josué reads aloud to refugee children.
286 lines, Buy It Now = $143

Josué parked his bike and
then bounded up the steps
of the big, bright pink house,
already looking forward to
the afternoon's activities.



"No Faster or Firmer Friendships"
Story Date: Monday, June 13, 2016
Summary: Josué and Maria-Vera read together.
515 lines, Buy It Now = $258

Once they finished putting away
all the groceries, the children
and a few adults drifted back
into the living room area.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-29 08:14 pm

Indigenous People

Cherokee, Osage, and the Indigenous North American Type Collection

After five years of community-partnered research with First Nations and Inuit communities in Canada and the United States, Typotheque is proud to announce the release of new Cherokee and Osage script fonts. Accompanying these is the Indigenous North American Type Collection, a large set of fonts that support the Indigenous communities in North America and their unique writing systems, in terms of digital access, use, and local typographic needs.


Speak it. Write it. Read it. Live it. Remember it.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-29 08:02 pm
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-29 05:06 pm

Climate Change

New tech makes it easier to cool communities sweltering in urban heat islands

Take two streets in Boston at 4:30 p.m. on a recent day, as an example. Standing in the sun on Lewis Place, the temperature was 94 degrees Fahrenheit (34.6 degrees Celsius). On Dudley Common, it was 103 F (39.2 C).

Both streets were hot, but the temperature on one was much more dangerous for people’s health and well-being.

The kicker is that those two streets are only a few blocks apart. The difference epitomizes the urban heat island effect, created as pavement and buildings absorb and trap heat, making some parts of the city hotter
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-29 02:10 pm

Birdfeeding

Today is mostly sunny and mild.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

EDIT 8/29/25 -- I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 8/29/25 -- I cut brush under the maple tree.

EDIT 8/29/25 -- I planted 2 Red Masterpiece irises under the maple tree and 2 Twist of Sheree purple-and-white irises in the purple-and-white garden.

EDIT 8/29/25 -- I watered the irises.

EDIT 8/29/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I watered the old picnic table, patio plants, and house yard plants.

I picked 6 groundcherries and 1 yellow pear tomato.

EDIT 8/29/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

I watered the new picnic table, septic garden, telephone pole garden, and a few savanna seedlings.

Cicadas and crickets are singing.

As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-29 01:00 pm

Writing

How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner

“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!) and I like working with Shoobababoo and occasionally kleptomitrons. I’ve gotten to work for Company1 doing Shoobaboo-ing code things and that’s what led me to the Snarfus. So, let’s dive in!

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