Sunday, February 8th, 2026 03:58 pm
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Sunday, February 8th, 2026 12:47 pm
We're going to a superbowl gathering today. It's with the usual suspects, so it'll be a nice social gathering, which is the reason I'm going. I'm going to settle in a corner of the living room with my hand sewing project and be utterly confused by what is happening on screen; to say I'm not a football person is an amazing understatement.
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I'm starting to feel much better thanks to the THIRD FUCKING ROUND of steroids and antibiotics. Everyone cross your fingers that this takes care of it all. But I still have to remind myself that I'm recuperating, and I've got :: waves hands vaguely :: the back thing, so I have to be even more mindful of what I do and how I move. I am very bad at remembering all of this.
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OH MY GOD I WANT TO DYE MY HAIR. But it's fascinating to see how much white has taken over the front of it.
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I'm starting to feel much better thanks to the THIRD FUCKING ROUND of steroids and antibiotics. Everyone cross your fingers that this takes care of it all. But I still have to remind myself that I'm recuperating, and I've got :: waves hands vaguely :: the back thing, so I have to be even more mindful of what I do and how I move. I am very bad at remembering all of this.
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OH MY GOD I WANT TO DYE MY HAIR. But it's fascinating to see how much white has taken over the front of it.
Sunday, February 8th, 2026 03:47 pm
Title: Mercy Me: Kiss
Created by:![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
digthewriter
Characters: Neville, Charlie.
Rating: G
Summary: Fake dating turns real.
A/N: Unbetaed written for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
neville100
(read chapter 6 on ao3)
Created by:
digthewriterCharacters: Neville, Charlie.
Rating: G
Summary: Fake dating turns real.
A/N: Unbetaed written for
neville100(read chapter 6 on ao3)
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Sunday, February 8th, 2026 09:43 pm
Hiatus List
Everyone who has not posted at least one work during this round until week four is moved on the Hiatus List.
Don't see this as a punishment - it's just to make the playlist clearer.
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You can still jump into the game by using your Joker Card. For three tokes, you can create two works for two different missed prompts. Check our previous playlists for more prompts.
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Sunday, February 8th, 2026 09:40 pm
Week 5
is started now. Good luck, everyone!
Under the cut, you find the weekly playlist. To check out what prompts/minimum/points are waiting for you this week, please visit the Board.
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Sunday, February 8th, 2026 02:33 pm
Earth still had seasons during its longest deep freeze
A planet locked in ice can still experience seasons, climate swings, and solar rhythms, according to new research. For decades, scientists pictured Snowball Earth as a long pause in climate history, with movement and change frozen in place.
A planet locked in ice can still experience seasons, climate swings, and solar rhythms, according to new research. For decades, scientists pictured Snowball Earth as a long pause in climate history, with movement and change frozen in place.
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Sunday, February 8th, 2026 02:23 pm
Today is sunny and chilly. Large patches of ground are visible, but there are still large patches of snow too.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 2/8/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a flocks of sparrows. I heard a cardinal but didn't see it.
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I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 2/8/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a flocks of sparrows. I heard a cardinal but didn't see it.
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Sunday, February 8th, 2026 02:33 pm
Well, the sun was shining and tomorrow is supposed to snow and I need milk so out I went in my warmest coat and fleecy trousers and longjohns. No idea what the city has done with respect to the sidewalk clearing. They put down salt all up my block so I had no trouble getting to physio last week, but going *down* the block we were all back to snow berms and cratered packed snow. So it was still heave the walker up and down for half the journey, almost as bad as ten days ago. But anyway, now I can have my cocoa again, my one treat, and I did *not* buy any pastry or pasta meals so go me, I suppose. Also bought more chocolate soy milk because my shopper last week bought me cappuccino flavour, in spite of the wp saying 'many in stock' about the chocolate. I won't say 'men' about male Instacart and Uber shoppers getting my orders wrong because male Voila shoppers get things right, but Voila has those big ass trucks that are a hassle in winter. Otherwise I'd be ordering from them.
Started rereading the Riddlemaster trilogy, untouched for nearly half a century for some reason. Was having a hard time with my hardcover vol 1, again for no reason I could discern. Got it from the library in ebook and that was not only readable but had the advantage that I could consult the map in the hardcover on the frequent occasions when I had no idea where Morgon was at any point. This never bothered me in my 20s but now I hate not knowing where a fictional here is. And in ebook I can highlight and search a name on the frequent occasions when I've forgotten what the story on Kern or Yrth or whoever is-- and lord were there many many of those. I've heard tell that there are indications that the trilogy is actually SF rather than straight fantasy, which I will ignore because I don't want anyone Severianing my fantasy, thank you.
Started rereading the Riddlemaster trilogy, untouched for nearly half a century for some reason. Was having a hard time with my hardcover vol 1, again for no reason I could discern. Got it from the library in ebook and that was not only readable but had the advantage that I could consult the map in the hardcover on the frequent occasions when I had no idea where Morgon was at any point. This never bothered me in my 20s but now I hate not knowing where a fictional here is. And in ebook I can highlight and search a name on the frequent occasions when I've forgotten what the story on Kern or Yrth or whoever is-- and lord were there many many of those. I've heard tell that there are indications that the trilogy is actually SF rather than straight fantasy, which I will ignore because I don't want anyone Severianing my fantasy, thank you.
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Sunday, February 8th, 2026 09:35 am
Title: Red and Cold
Rating: Teen
Type: Fic
Size: 200 words
Prompt: Arctic
Fandom: Frankenstein (2025)
Ship: Frankenstein's Creature/Elizabeth Harlander
Warnings: Major character undeath.
Notes: Also written for the Half A Moon prompt: The Innocent
Summary: More than a ghost.
Read it on AO3
4/100 (Table here)
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f: frankenstein
Rating: Teen
Type: Fic
Size: 200 words
Prompt: Arctic
Fandom: Frankenstein (2025)
Ship: Frankenstein's Creature/Elizabeth Harlander
Warnings: Major character undeath.
Notes: Also written for the Half A Moon prompt: The Innocent
Summary: More than a ghost.
Read it on AO3
4/100 (Table here)
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f: frankenstein
Sunday, February 8th, 2026 07:40 pm
The children are playing Roblox* together, and there are many joyous shouts of "I've found a tunnel, go in the yellow one! I'll check the door!" from the next room. Clearly having a lovely time.
*Safe, from my understanding, so long as they talk to nobody and spend no money.
*Safe, from my understanding, so long as they talk to nobody and spend no money.
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Sunday, February 8th, 2026 07:26 pm
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Sunday, February 8th, 2026 07:34 pm
Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.
Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?
There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.
This Week's Question: What is your favourite thing to make?
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Sunday, February 8th, 2026 08:26 pm
Posting for week 4 is closed now. Thank you to everyone participating this week.
Regular Challenge
We have had a total of 18 participants this week.
Maximum points:
peppermint_shamrock reached a maximum of 9 points.
Catching up:
endlesstwanted caught up with one week by using three tokens.
Team Challenge
Team Alpha
3 participants
22 team points in total
Team Omega
4 participants
line finished: red
3 participants earned some individual points for 'red' fills
21 team points in total
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The playlist for week four will be online soon!
Regular Challenge
We have had a total of 18 participants this week.
Maximum points:
peppermint_shamrock reached a maximum of 9 points.Catching up:
endlesstwanted caught up with one week by using three tokens.Team Challenge
Team Alpha
3 participants
22 team points in total
Team Omega
4 participants
line finished: red
3 participants earned some individual points for 'red' fills
21 team points in total
To check out all scores, have a look at the Google Highscore Sheet. If you find an error or have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
The playlist for week four will be online soon!
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Sunday, February 8th, 2026 02:17 pm
Have actually locked in on War and Peace, lately, although I feel like my thoughts on this book are basically just going to alternate between "this idiot (affectionate)" about Pierre and "this idiot (derogatory)" about Nikolai for the next however many months. (I'm 1.25 months and 20% in, so... six months?) As it is, the narrative has briefly checked in on all characters on the "peace" side of the plot: Pierre has had his head immediately turned by wealth and flattery and been social-pressured into a marriage with the beautiful but incompatible Helene Kuragina; on the Bolkonsky family estate, Vasili Kuragin tried to marry off his wastrel son Anatole to poor Princess Mary and Prince Andrei's poor, doomed wife Lise is having a bad time being pregnant and isolated with her husband's weird family while he's off fighting the French; the Rostovs received a letter from Nikolai and the younger ones had a conversation full of dramatic irony in light of their turns of fate later in the novel. Now we're back to the War, where Nikolai Rostov has racked up debts, keeps being rude to people for no particular reason, and has a raging crush on Emperor Alexander, while his childhood friend Boris Drubetskoy is busy networking.
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Sunday, February 8th, 2026 02:12 pm
Sunday, February 8th, 2026 02:07 pm
Physician, Heal Thyself
The Pitt | Gen | ~1200 words | Episode fic for 2.05. Thanks tosheafrotherdon for betaing.
(Also on AO3)
( Within the first ten minutes of examining Debbie Cohen, Robby knows exactly what's wrong with her. He knows it in his gut. )
The Pitt | Gen | ~1200 words | Episode fic for 2.05. Thanks to
sheafrotherdon for betaing. (Also on AO3)
( Within the first ten minutes of examining Debbie Cohen, Robby knows exactly what's wrong with her. He knows it in his gut. )
Sunday, February 8th, 2026 07:46 pm
Sunday, February 8th, 2026 07:45 pm
Sunday, February 8th, 2026 06:26 pm
Last week's bread held out very well and there was even enough crust left to cut up and fry with onion and garlic to make frittata for Friday night supper.
Saturday breakfast rolls: basic buttermilk, 3:1 strong white/buckwheat flour (I was actually going to do rye, but it was rather long past its best before).
Today's lunch: this was actually a change of plan, because for last night's evening meal we had Waitrose Slow-Cooked Gammon Shank which turned out to be Rather A Lot, so quite a bit left over, which I therefore recycled into a sort-of cassoulet-type-thing with Belazu Judion Butter Beans, garlic, thyme, and panko crumbs; served with tenderstem broccoli tips, trimmed fine green beans and chopped Romano peppers white-braised, but with lazy chopped ginger rather than star anise for a change, and chestnut mushrooms sauteed somewhat after the recipe in Dharamjit Singh's Indian Cookery, with onion salt, ground black pepper, basil, a dash of cayenne, and lime juice.
Lonely Prompts Sunday, Week 6 [DW Edition]
↑↑↑ Available dates:
February 17 & 19
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March 3 & 5
Hey, sorry for the delay! 6^^;; Today is a Lonely Prompts day. ✎ If this is your first time at
How to look for prompts:
We have plenty of prompts that might just nibble away at your brain today. You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^
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[a href="http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/449155.html?thread=70682755#t70682755">MCU, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, She's wearing daisy dukes and one of his button-down shirts.[/a]
(change the brackets to "<" and ">" respectively)
or:
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/139897.html?thread=30155641#t30155641
Burn Notice, Sam/Michael/Fi, "It's always been you. And it's always gonna be you."
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