M. Belanger

Thank you for the link! Off to watch it in a minute here.

In other good news this week, my vampire romance solo #TTRPG

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Personal good news:

Got the best news about that cosmic horror short I’ve been banging on about for a couple months now

A table of contents reveal is coming (soon!) on a perfectly timed day

I am bursting to spoil it

But I won’t

But I wanna

Aaaaaaaah!!!! 🙀

With that exact wording. And I heard it on several television shows growing up, also.

Photograph of a lone tree with gnarled branches spread against the sky at dusk. Water from a canal glimmers in front of the tree, reflecting the trunk and capturing dapples of light. Although the branches are leafless, it is just possible to see the beginning of leaves budding on the outermost twigs.

From a walk along the Buckeye Trail, Elyria shared this photo with me, which I suspect also played a role in inspiring this dream

What a glorious tree! #WitchSky

(Notably, on our walk last night, I spied a new cell tower in the distance only to learn from @wildelyria.bsky.social that all of the trees over there had been knocked down and mulched for yet another few cul-de-sacs of houses)

Lots of conversation along that line with the dragon in the dream - not angry complaints on the part of the spirit, but such weary disappointment that humans never stop to ask if the tree they're cutting down is a home

Hours later, I’m still replaying the dream fragments & reflecting on his words

The dragon was a guardian spirit displaced by humans clearing trees elsewhere.

He said trees were not the preferred sanctums of his type of spirit, but they were all that were left to them in this region -- and even the trees old enough to house them were diminishing thanks to endless development.

The little dragon had scales like autumn leaves, pointed at the edges like maple leaves, but variegated like tabby fur, so they were gold-green at the base, glossy yellow in the middle, and flame-red at the tips. Veined like leaves, too - all ridgy & textured

(wish I could draw him!)

#DreamJournal

And a head poked out of the hollow at the tree’s roots and spoke back to me.

Curled inside the tree was a small dragon, long-necked, gracile of build, European-style, about the size of a German shepherd once it eeled out of the hollow.

#DreamJournal

I quickly withdrew my hand and let the jar fall into the hollow at the base of the tree, vocalizing to the critter that the offering was now for it, whatever “it” was ...

#DreamJournal

I went to rest the offering jar in the dip of the "lap" in the tree’s roots - when it broke through unexpectedly thin bark to a cavity underneath.

The jar began to fall into the hollow, and I caught a glimpse of some creature curled in a burrow there

#DreamJournal

#DreamJournal

I had left overs from cooking that I placed in a small jar to leave as an offering. In the dream-space, my usual offering place was too busy with people (kids and people doing outdoor stuff), so I went to this big tree with gnarled roots that almost looked like a lap with folded knees

I don’t know how all the rescues stock is much Churu as they seem to go through. That stuff is pricey.

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

Once we got a giant skeleton, we quickly realized why they stay up year-round

Those things are a pain to put into place. And they are so big and clunky, finding storage for them off-season would be a challenge.

Eternal yard skeleton, it is

A short haired, black cat diligently, licks Churu from the end of a tube. The cat stands partially on the leg of a tan skinned human. Although you can only see a part of their face, the human has glasses and red hair. They wear khaki cargo pants. A bookshelf is in the background. A workspace with a red swivel lamp sits in front of them. The wall behind the cat is sage green.

Today’s cat is getting treats #CatBreak #BlueSkyCats #CatSky

I nuked my Twitter account & salted the earth behind me after organically growing it to over 50k

Years & years of writing, photographs, conversations & connections I can never get back

It’s been a slog here just to get 6k

I cannot imagine attempting it again elsewhere

I suspect that’s the point

Yes, of course, there will be pictures

Just so my feed on here is not exclusively doom and gloom, let it be known that I have ordered a string of solar powered butterfly lights to wrap around our giant yard skeleton for spring 💀🦋

Why is Alberta the Texas of the North?

Why are so many tech-minded humans so incredibly stupid?

Is it a choice to be this ignorant of sweeping, interconnected consequences on every other living thing beyond, “We could make the sun shine at night. How cool!”

Why???

Everyone in our house loved it, and were so bereft when the series was canceled

Glad it’s not just me

I am so happy I was able to help it find its perfect home.

It’s not the usual fair for Treadwells, but I wonder if they might know someone (they carry my occult/paranormal books)

It won’t hurt to reach out (because shipping costs in and out of the States are brutal, now more than ever)

What a dignified tabby ❤️

Some personal good news:

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So, so young

Neat!