These are active communities in Dreamwidth from Summer 2025 . They include things I've posted, but only the active ones; the thematic posts also list dormant communities of interest. This list includes some communities that I've found and saved but haven't made it into thematic posts yet. This post covers J-Z.

See my Follow Friday Master Post for more topics.

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This session's theme was "anything goes." I wrote from 1 PM to 4 AM, so about 11 hours, allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 3 poems on Tuesday and another 7 later in the week.

Participation was lower, with 7 comments on LiveJournal and another 23 on Dreamwidth. A total of 10 people sent prompts.

Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the July 15, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Beautiful, Damn Hard, Increasingly Useful"
"Fed from So Many Sources"
"The Future by Consequence, the Past by Redemption"
"In Effigy"
"Strong, Competent, Capable"


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from July 15. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.


This session's donors include: janetmiles, siliconshaman, and bairnsidhe. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There are 0 tallies toward a bonus fishbowl.


The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.

Here is a hilarious example of ChatGPT failing at physics. 

Today we made a version of our green smoothie, which is based on Alan's Going Green Smoothie (previous version here). We always omit the jalapeño. Today we used a 1-ounce package of pea shoots instead of the spinach. We used a whole frozen banana to make up some of the shortage.

The result is a bright pea green, smells very strongly of peas, and tastes mostly of fruit with a pea undertone. It's pretty good. If you wish to vary the base greens of your smoothies, or you find other greens disagreeable, this is a reasonable option. If you like the taste of fresh peas and/or pea shoots, you'll probably love it. If you don't like peas, though, avoid this. I also recommend using the lime. We often substitute a green kiwi, but in this case the stronger lime flavor goes better with the pea flavor.

And us?  Both of us have eaten raw fresh peas while shelling them. :D  The smell and flavor bring back those memories.

Today is partly cloudy and mild.

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

EDIT 8/27/25 -- I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 8/27/25 -- I sowed a pot with yellow raspberry seeds.

EDIT 8/27/25 -- I did some work around the patio.

EDIT 8/27/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 8/27/25 -- I watered the house yard plants and the old picnic table.

EDIT 8/27/25 -- I watered the new picnic table and septic garden.

I've picked 1 red cherry tomato and quite a handful of groundcherries today.  :D

EDIT 8/27/25 -- I watered the telephone pole garden and a few of the savanna plants.

Cicadas and crickets are singing.

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

Today we went up to Champaign-Urbana.

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Today is mostly sunny and mild.

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

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 8/26/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

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