@GNUmatic I don't mind culture shocks. I think they're fun and I'm endlessly curious.
I've lived in four different states, all of which were vastly different, and going from Idaho to Oregon to California may as well have been a trip through three different countries.
If anyone ever asks me what Idaho was like I say "Imagine it's the South but it's the Northwest for some reason, and uglier cuz all the trees are gone and you have tumbleweed instead,".
You know my father is really stupid...
...He abused me my entire life while trying to bury all the BS I saw him do to the rest of my family, and then essentially tried to kill me a few years ago.
At the same time he also encouraged me to get into #drama #music and #writing since he liked the idea of taking #pride in making someone spectacular.
Makes me think of something I heard a long time ago:
"If you're gonna hurt someone, don't teach them to shoot,".
I often see authors on here saying they want to talk to other authors, but here is a cautionary tale: When James Joyce & Marcel Proust met in 1922, and totally bored each other
https://www.openculture.com/2016/08/when-james-joyce-marcel-proust-met-in-1922-and-totally-bored-each-other.html
#writingcommunity #writers #writing #bookstodon
The lazy days of Summer are great days for reading.
Sunday Morning Reading
with writing from @mathewi
@craiggrannell
@NatashaMH and more.
#SundayMorningReading #Culture #Writing #ethics #history #NASA #politics #Apple #tech #Chicago
https://warnercrocker.com/2025/08/17/sunday-morning-reading-116/
As promised, here is my complete story "The Dunes of Àrd-Dhìthreabh".
Besides the web version you can also read it in PDF format or in EPUB format. It's free, no DRM. I hope you will like it.
Forget baby name websites, I go wandering around graveyards to look for character names.
And the other day my friend said I reminded him of Wednesday Adams.
In the mid-2000s I created a newspaper comic strip series about a sheep and a mole.
The characters were produced as limited-edition vinyl toys and USB lamps in Hong Kong, and sold in designer toy stores around the world.
Posting a comic a day. Here's episode 10…
The #Beautiful #Rose That Grew on The #Rock
A velvet petal, crimson bright,
A fragrant #kiss in morning's #light.
A thorny guard, a silent plea,
For love's embrace, eternally.. 
The Kings Ark Mingle™
You know #trump has set the bar so low for competency as a #president that he's the only one where I thought "Yea, I could do a better job than this guy," and meant it.
With every other president I didn't think so. Even with Bush I figured that there were probably things to the job that I've never considered, and it would be very difficult.
The TACO can't really read, is barely alive, and kinda just rambles like an idiot.
I'm already better, at least I can read!
I have people who will stand with me, do things for me when I need help, and want to help me out of a genuine desire to do so, not simply because they have something to gain.
I haven't had that often in my #life and I am used to doing everything for myself to the point that I forget resources are there sometimes. Or that I am allowed to ask for assistance.
#cptsd shows up in strange ways like that, a sense of hyper independence that's difficult to get past.
"Pirro, along with Pam Bondi, sought to crucify Mr. Dunn because he had the audacity to make their sacred uniformed enforcers look ridiculous
On Jan 6th, their feral disciples beat police officers w flagpoles, fire extinguishers & bear spray. On #Trump ’s first day in office he pardoned every one of them"
https://blueamp.substack.com/p/the-sandwich-rebellion-and-the-tin #news #us #politics #DonaldTrump #usa #america #unitedstates #russia #ukraine #alaska #writing #substack #eu #nato #ice #dc
#PSA: Via authora Gabino Iglesias and Niko Stratis, a warning about the Eden Mills Writers's Festival and their GenAI "writer".
I have blogged to promote my book: https://ocd-free.medium.com/a-gift-for-a-child-with-ocd-4bb7ea109c4b #youngadult #sciencefiction #author #books #reading #writing #funny #humor
#tourettes tics honestly don't have to be something I meant, or was even thinking about.
It can be something weird, or out of context, or I often have phrases I will randomly repeat, but also get triggered by certain emotions/situations.
Examples of long running ones:
"Everyone I know is stupid, and SO AM I!"
"How many pancakes can you fit in your doghouse?"
"I recycle mistakes like they're plastic bottles,"
"I have no idea where the f*ck I am," usually I do.
You could argue that I'm #lucky in a way since I was born in a developed country.
It could definitely be a more rough existence.
But sometimes I think:
Did it have to be the most messed up, and embarrassing one?
I don't care about #money or status at all, yet I'm in the capital of #capitalism and #socialmedia.
Where's the best place for a weird ass hippie who never stops talking?
I'll go there and remember what it's like to be a person instead of a way to make #profit!
It's a bit strange to me now how outspoken I've become, and how people will call me brave.
Even my case manager commenting on not knowing how I survived all that I have when they knew the full story.
I just think:
What choice did I have? I kept going.
When I was young I was the shy one, scared of everything, and fell silent when afraid.
I suppose I grew tired of not being heard nor helped.
I learned to yell as I didn't want to die, now it's hard to be silent.
Long summer days are a good excuse to search for locations from my book, and contrast my descriptions with the reality. Of course, today’s picturesque view is stark contrast to the dystopian future full of hidden magic and haunted landscapes the novel provides.
Check out the Wealth of Hidden Things on Amazon to read a sample!
into darkness
fleeing the weight
of the day
hoping this time
the twisting dream roads
will let us lose
the hounds of light
there's a first time
for all things
save those desired
in vain
wake from swamped struggle
to the heat and sticky
panic and fear
tensed in muscles
twisted to wrung-out
by sleep's failure
to rescue
slumber a lover
grinning friendly
welcoming arms
blades sleeved
biding time
#SmallPoems #Poetry #Writing #MastoPrompt 16 August 2025 - slumber.
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