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offcntr ([personal profile] offcntr) wrote2025-07-19 09:07 pm

Neighborly

Saturday Market has a few iron-clad rules. The first is The Maker is the Seller. No kits, no imports, no resales cleverly disguised as originals.

The second involves respect to the community. No shouting. Don't badger the customers, call out to passersby, In the words of the members manual, No aggressively "hawking" your wares.

I wonder, does this count?

I mean, it's a hawk. Well, a kestrel, a sparrowhawk, tiny little thing. Probably smaller in real life than it appears on this big serving bowl. Hawking at a whisper.

Doesn't matter, anyway; a couple came in and bought it not two hours after I posted it as my Today's Theme Is on Instagram.

Chere, my usual potter neighbor, was gone down to California, driving the doggie rescue bus, so her space was occupied by a new member. New to Market, new to Eugene, and it was a crying shame she didn't sell at Country Fair last weekend. She'd have made bank.
Her name was Kira, business name Riddlemetrue's Leathercraft. Brilliant masks, key fobs, journals, bookmarks and fantasy maps. She'd just gotten back into the fair circuit after a move from California and a new baby. Who was there in the booth with her. Along with a four-by-four pop-up canopy, six grid panels, a table, two camp chairs, multiple boxes of product, a folding stroller and playpen. Her husband helped set up the booth and grids, then left to park the truck while she hung up masks and baby Rowan snoozed in the crib.

For a while. Twenty minutes, maybe thirty, before she started fussing. Began crying, quietly at first, then louder. There was only one thing I could do.

I loaned her my bear. Umberto bravely entered the playpen, and the fussing immediately turned to pleased gurgles. The distraction lasted long enough for her to get the rest of the masks out, and I helped move the stroller back into the unused space behind the booth, giving her enough room to organize the rest.

The day started pretty slow, I finally made my first sale around 11, a gravy boat and one of Denise's large journals. After that, things were steady: an incense dragon, some mugs. Four pie plates in a row. A trio of women, cousins, one of whom was the daughter of a retired Market glass and lapidary artist, crowded the booth, looking at all the painted mugs and tall mugs, before settling on four. The big kestrel bowl sold, to a couple who've been using Cornell bird lab's app and finally saw a kestrel live, after having its call IDed multiple times.

A young couple came in to get another mug, having bought one last weekend. He was wearing a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse track shirt, so I asked if he'd attended. No, but his mother had. Told him I'd been across town at Viterbo, met and married my wife there. He bought the bear mug, and a hummingbird French butter dish as well.

A little girl came in to look around while her sister was considering fantasy maps at Kira's. She was wearing a T-shirt that read, "I'm really a ladybug; this is just my human costume" and carrying a canvas tote covered by bugs, reading "Easily Distracted by Insects." I told her she really needed to visit my next door neighbor, Jesse, who makes shadow boxes and compositions around beetles and butterflies. Her squeals of delight probably attracted dogs in the surrounding six counties.

Sometime around two, the cousins returned. They'd scouted the rest of the Market, decided they liked my mugs the best, picked out five more, going through all the tall mugs in the restock box, arguing about who was going to pay and how. I just smiled and wrapped things.

Talked to several people from northwestern Washington, Bellingham and Camano Island, so was able to alert them to the Anacortes Arts Festival, and took their email addresses so I could send them my e-card.

Sold my last tall mug, a praying mantis, to Jesse just before closing. She'd had a really good day, a relief after last weekend's poor showing. Kira's day was slower--no masks, though she sold some dragon-eye key chains, a map and bookmarks. She's going to look into selling at the Renaissance Fair, and is doing one of her California shows. Sadly, FaerieWorlds, which would have been perfect for her, closed during the pandemic and didn't reopen.

I ended up at exactly $1100 for the day, bettering even last week's great day. Between the two, I covered ton of clay delivered at the beginning of the month.
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pf_mod ([personal profile] pf_mod) wrote in [community profile] poetry_fiction2025-07-19 11:46 pm

July Challenge - Day 19

From Morning After

Had a dream last night I
Thought I was in hell.
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Beth H ([personal profile] bethbethbeth) wrote2025-07-20 12:24 am
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The Eighth of the Recced Book Reviews: The Book of Koli

On May 8th, I offered to read the first five books people recced - assuming they were available (preferably from the library) - and I'd give a short review [https://bethbethbeth.dreamwidth.org/701769.html].

This is the eighth recced book review.

The Book of Koli (2020), by M.R. Carey (recced by china_shop on dreamwidth)

I'm certain I can't count the number of post-apocalyptic dystopian novels I've read in my life, but apparently there are still new & engaging ways of approaching that genre.

Here's what I'll tell you: the protagonist is a young guy, growing up in an isolated village, and...no, you know what? I'm not going to share any of the specifics. I'm glad I wasn't spoiled at all before starting to read, and I think I'm going to share the spoiler-free experience with you.

Somehow, I'd never heard of this book or its author, so I didn't know there were sequels. I literally just finished book 1 a half hour ago, but I'm already looking forward to book 2.

Note: If you want trigger warnings, feel free to message me with questions.
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jadelennox ([personal profile] jadelennox) wrote2025-07-20 12:29 am

"The Sex Pixies" is just a Good Name for a fair folk band

if I were a fae of some sort in a punk band I would simply call my first album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pixies.

I will not be taking questions at this time.

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offcntr ([personal profile] offcntr) wrote2025-07-19 08:47 pm
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Briefly famous... again

Was visited this morning by the Arts and Culture reporter for a new online news source. She's just started, and would like to do a weekly feature on Saturday Market artists, and would I mind being the first one?

Of course I said yes.

We had a nice Q&A session, I talked about my history as a potter, showed her pots, demo'd the incense dragons. She took a bunch of video as well, and promised to let me know when the article dropped.

Well, it dropped around lunchtime--had a customer around closing stop to tell me what a nice article it was. I have to agree, she done good.

ETA: And I found out what the video is for!

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mdzsxchangemods ([personal profile] mdzsxchange) wrote in [community profile] pinchhits2025-07-19 10:33 pm

MDZS To Tell You the Truth PDPH Due June 26 (Or Best Offer)

Event: MDZS To Tell You the Truth, an exchange for secrets, lies, and reveals
Event link: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/mdzs_ttytt/profile
Pinch hit link: https://mdzsxchange.dreamwidth.org/2312.html
Due date: Urgent! June 26 @ 23:59 UTC

PDPH 3 - The Untamed (TV), Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, (or any adaptation); Song Lan/Xue Yang

Fic minimum is 1k. Full details and claiming instructions at the linked post.
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Bear ([personal profile] tropicsbear) wrote2025-07-20 11:37 am
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(no subject)

I've just recently found out about Make Some Noise and while I can't say I'm invested—I haven't started following their YouTube channel, for example—I'm certainly happy enough to click on a suggested short if the title catches my attention.

(Another win for the YouTube algorithm. Maybe it's actually improving? I will say I was pleasantly surprised when they announced they'd demonetize content with AI slop.)

My favorite shorts so far:

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Katie ([personal profile] drabblewriter) wrote in [community profile] fan_flashworks2025-07-19 09:01 pm

Greek Myth: Fanfic: Face Your People

Title: Face Your People
Fandom: Greek Myth
Characters: Apollo/Hyacinthus
Rating: G
Length: 530
Summary: Apollo helps a nervous Hyacinthus as he prepares to face his people for the first time as their new king.
Read more... )
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Guava ([personal profile] g_uava) wrote in [community profile] fictional_fans2025-07-20 09:33 am

New Community for Fan Writers!

[community profile] fan_writers comm - for meta about writing



Come on over to [community profile] fan_writers geek out about writing! Some posts shared in the comm:
- "Where I Need to Be": A discussion on your preferred writing environment.
- "Links to Writing Meta": Writing meta from AO3 and Dreamwidth.
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himejoshiheart ([personal profile] himejoshiheart) wrote in [community profile] fan_flashworks2025-07-19 08:42 pm
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pf_mod ([personal profile] pf_mod) wrote in [community profile] poetry_fiction2025-07-18 08:27 pm

July Challenge - Day 18

From Yesterday and Today

I miss you so bad—
There ain't no way for me
To get you out of my head.
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pf_mod ([personal profile] pf_mod) wrote in [community profile] poetry_fiction2025-07-17 08:24 pm

July Challenge - Day 17

From Dream Dust

One handful of dream-dust
Not for sale.
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echan ([personal profile] echan) wrote2025-07-19 05:38 pm

Thinking about footnotes, while rereading The Laundry Files

These books have footnotes, but the sort that are joking asides, not explanatory notes. So there's no footnote on the passing reference to ThinkGeek, to explain to baby geeks and non-techies just what a marvel it was in its heyday. Also no footnote on the characters joking about being able to get a gov't purchase order approved for a computer from Dell but not Alienware, something that comes off much more sarcastic ever since Dell bought Alienware. And I myself could have used a footnote to highlight the Bastard Operator From Hell reference that I initially missed.


Does anyone make footnote annotated editions of books before they're hundreds of years old? Or cultural context footnotes for cultures that aren't countries or languages? If $someone were to setup a wiki for such notes, with context provided by limited quotes from the original, what'd be the mean estimated time to error 451 (down because lawsuit)?

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kathleen_dailey ([personal profile] kathleen_dailey) wrote2025-07-19 08:01 pm

Wedding Bell Blahs

Wedding Bell Blues )

It's a busy weekend--including another memorial service and a bunch of non-easy errands. From Mimi Smartypants: "The only thing I miss about being a teenager is effortlessly and unmedicatedly sleeping until noon on a weekend. Can you even imagine?"
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Cher (TW) ([personal profile] thawrecka) wrote in [community profile] anime_manga2025-07-20 09:28 am

Bleach fics

Going Home (1756 words) by thawrecka
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Bleach (Anime & Manga)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ishida Uryuu & Kurosaki Ichigo
Characters: Kurosaki Ichigo, Ishida Uryuu
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Post-Thousand Year Blood War Arc (Bleach), Family Feels, Cousins, group hug
Summary:

In the wake of the Quincy war, Ichigo drags Ishida home.



Asking the Question (1599 words) by thawrecka
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Bleach (Anime & Manga)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Abarai Renji/Kuchiki Rukia, Minor or Background Relationship(s), Ayasegawa Yumichika/Madarame Ikkaku
Characters: Abarai Renji, Kuchiki Rukia, Ayasegawa Yumichika, Madarame Ikkaku, Matsumoto Rangiku, Kurosaki Ichigo, Kurosaki Isshin
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Marriage Proposal
Summary:

Renji asks for life advice and finds most of his friends unqualified to give it.



Piercing Moment (697 words) by thawrecka
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Bleach (Anime & Manga)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Abarai Renji/Kuchiki Rukia
Characters: Abarai Renji, Kuchiki Rukia, Ayasegawa Yumichika
Additional Tags: Piercings
Summary:

Rukia and Renji have a moment over an ear piercing. Yumichika is also there.

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Cimorene ([personal profile] cimorene) wrote2025-07-20 01:47 am

now Wax says our van doesn't have ABS so I'm scared to drive it, too

After my first driving lesson with a clutch and an expert instructor, I felt cautiously optimistic and a bit excited. I knew I was going to need a lot of practice for the mechanical habits, but I was having fun.

After the first lesson with the driving simulator I kind of feel like I did terrible. I don't say this is a tone of despair, because I know it's partly the fault of the simulator, among other things, but I did get quite annoyed at myself.

I also felt like I needed more repetition of just starting, slowing and stopping, and shifting gear before I tried combining them too quickly the way the simulator was asking. I'd only driven half an hour before the lesson started and was not ready yet to shift into 3rd, floor it to reach 50 kph as quickly as possible, then immediately shift to 2nd and brake to slow while looking over my shoulder for a left turn. This is supposed to be a driving simulator, not a street chase video game! Of course I forgot the turn signal one time and released the clutch too fast another! Also, why would you ever go to 3rd gear and 50 kph in a dense urban environment for less than a block? Why couldn't you practice those skills in a realistic scenario? Like a highway?

But anyway, the point is: there are a fixed number of driving lessons included in this course, so it might not be possible to practice each skill more before moving on. And I've always been terrible at video games. And sports. And coordination, if you don't mean the kind of fine control used for art. Though in retrospect, I did forget to take my methylphenidate first, and it should statistically make a significant increase in how safely I drive.
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adafrog ([personal profile] adafrog) wrote in [community profile] fandom_checkin2025-07-19 05:45 pm
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Daily Check In.

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Saturday to midnight on Sunday (8pm Eastern Time).


Poll #33376 Daily poll
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 15

How are you doing?

I am okay
11 (73.3%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
4 (26.7%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
5 (33.3%)

One other person
7 (46.7%)

More than one other person
3 (20.0%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
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juniperphoenix ([personal profile] juniperphoenix) wrote in [community profile] fanart_recs2025-07-19 06:17 pm
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Narsil by leftenwright (SFW)

Fandom: The Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Narsil and the One Ring
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: stained glass, mirrors, acrylic paint
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: leftenwright on Reddit

Why this piece is awesome: Absolutely gorgeous piece. The simple, elegant lines of the sword and ring are great subjects for stained glass. The broken end is still sharp.

Link: Narsil
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a merry ghoul ([personal profile] merryghoul) wrote in [community profile] doctor_who_sonic2025-07-19 05:44 pm

Saturday 19 July 2025

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