lioness

When you left I walked into the ocean. Not to drown but to be held

by something reluctant to let go. Don't

make this bigger than it is, which is big enough to swallow

whales and civilizations. I joined

the blue, I was blue. And when I looked down, I shattered

this and also the only difference between fanfic writers and writers who sell their own original works as careers is that fanfics aren’t monetized. that’s all.

being a “professional” writer doesn’t mean your works are inherently better than fanfics. I’ve read so many fics that are more professionally written than some published books.

Dreams Desert Knight, bay leopard spotted Appaloosa stallion.

I haven't spent my whole life responding to people being rude, or stupid, or dangerous with knee jerk compassion. It's a new habit. The first time I did that as the lead for my lab, it was because the guy genuinely was so good natured that I knew something had to be off. But the other two times were just me going, alright, lets see if it always goes this well, and so far, it has. I'm almost 30, and I just figured out that the #1 reason people are shitty are because they are going through shit.

I don't think you have, like, a moral obligation to respond to people being jerks with knee jerk compassion. But it has made my life so much easier the last four months that I would recommend trying. For your own sake. Please.

Marcel Duchamp, 1963

DO NOT DO IT! It is not safe, you risk botulism!

Generally speaking, you probably shouldn't use canning recipes from blogs either. Your safest bet is to use recipes from the US National Center for Home Food Preservation, next in safety would be recipes from companies like Ball, Sure-Jell or Pomona's Pectin (for low sugar canning).

July 22nd: breakfasted on a lovely array of fresh strawberries and goat’s cheese with honey, oat cakes and barley porridge. For luncheon we feasted on a catch of smoked trout, vegetable stew, and of course a couple of flagons of October Ale