I just saw a downy woodpecker on my birdfeeder.  Ironically it's on the hopper feeder (not a type favored by woodpeckers) rather than the suet cage (explicitly provided for the woodpeckers).  But it seemed to be very happy picking out the seeds from...

One obscure thing about me: I love tiny little boxes and drawers and doors.  I love cabinets and jewelry cases with a bunch of divisions in them that I can open and close and play with and use to organize things.  So I was delighted by this post about...

haikujaguar mentioned that one of her characters, the Calligrapher, is an introvert.  He's a good example of how to build a life where you have connections to other people but they don't mob you all the time.  You can read his stories for free online...

I was direly amused by this article.  We did warn  people that attacks on gay marriage undermine all marriages.  I think the goddesses of matrimony are getting pissed.  That's not a good thing for mortals.

The general fund currently has $5 in it.  You may spend this on the last $5 poem, "The Festival of Lights," or you may  direct it toward either of the microfunded poems, "Choralia" or "Warning Sine." I also forgot to post the extra freebie poem,...