#mirrored post

Very tiring. I haven't had a lot of spare energy.

[This is a mirrored post of my ‘about me’ page, posted separately so it is visible on mobile and can be linked to in my blog header.]

“My loyalties will not be bound by national borders, or confined in time by one nation’s history, or limited in the spiritual dimension by one language and culture. I pledge my allegiance to the damned human race, and my everlasting love to the green hills of Earth, and my intimations of glory to the singing stars, to the very end of space and time.” –Edward Abbey

“This might be cheating because I know you, but my 100% general vibe from you is someone who looks over their glasses and raises one solitary eyebrow at your shenanigans while the knitting needles continue to furiously clack.” –tumblr user wheremarymeetseve

"I greatly respect you because you are Wise and Generous but also sometimes you're Downright Fucking Scary but I still love that about you."  –tumblr user wizqevelynart

Name: Jenni, or LadyTemeraire/LadyTem (this is my online handle pretty much everywhere) Age: 28 Location: Midwest, USA

This tumblr is essentially my digital commonplace book, so you’ll find just about everything here. Common topics include knitting, dragons, material from various fandoms, religion, engineering and science in general, and things I love about humanity. Feel free to check out my tags page for frequent fliers; I tend to use poetic or unusual tags for things, so what tag corresponds to which content may not be obvious at first glance.

For more, see my about the author tag.

Where else to find me:

Ravelry: LadyTemeraire

Instagram: ladytemeraire

Twitter: ladytemeraire*

Discord: LadyTemeraire#1051 

Pillowfort: LadyTemeraire

Dreamwidth: ladytemeraire

AO3: LadyTemeraire

Wordpress: ladytemeraire

*Note: Twitter is where I do a lot of political yelling/ retweeting in addition to other stuff. I have even less chill there than I do here. You’re still welcome to follow, it’s not a locked account, but if that’s not your cup of tea and/or bad for your mental health - understandable, given the state of, well, everything - you’re more than welcome to skip.

[This is a mirrored post of my ‘tags’ page, posted separately so it is visible on mobile and can be linked to in my blog header. I’m sorry it’s so long, but read-more’s only work about half the time on mobile and I want to make sure this is readable.]

Personal Tags

about the author - posts I identify with

did you mean: my life - related to the above, but more along the lines of things I’ve experienced.  (There’s a lot of overlap between these two tags.)

the knitter behind the blog - pictures of me

life with ladytemeraire - stuff from my life, in one capacity or another

and Blitz - my family’s dog, quite possibly the most ridiculous puppy ever (now over the rainbow bridge)

Sadie the good shep - my beloved housewolf, hoarder of toys, hunter of squirrels, queen of the couch, first of her name

DragonHaus - my home and all the projects related to it

check your baggage at the door - heavy personal stuff, or posts related to my own baggage and issues.  ***This tag will never ever be directed at anyone other than myself; if you see it on a post, please do not think it’s aimed at you the reader, the OP, or whoever I reblogged it from.  Feel free to blacklist it if you don’t want to read these posts.

corralling the brain weasels - I’ve started using this tag as kind of an umbrella for my personal posts regarding anxiety, depression, executive dysfunction, etc.

Tems goes to therapy - posts specifically about therapy, either directly from sessions I have or directly relating to things that come up in those sessions

ADHDammit - ADHD is more a pain in the ass than a superpower, let's be honest

my anaconda don’t want none in general - tags about being ace that I personally identify with or relate to.

here I stand; I can do no other - religious things that speak to me on a personal and spiritual level.  Tag is a quote by Martin Luther.

a tag of important things - I don’t know how to articulate what goes in this tag, other than that it’s Important, that it matters, and I want it set apart.

do no harm but take no shit - pretty much my motto these days.

house motto: Catch These Fists - for the “take no shit” part of this motto

Some Tags Of Happy Things

PUPPY

KITTY

dandelion break - lots of things from the above two tags, but also just calm and happy things.  Tag taken from Bloom County.

things that bring me joy

intense happymaking - similar to the above but even more so, where you can’t help having a grin on your face.

Various Topics of Interest (Mostly With Poetic Tags)

small in the presence of glory - a tag for cathedrals, churches, temples; for soaring arches and spires and stained glass; for religious architecture and iconography; for holy places and holy music; for things that touch my soul and make me want to fall to my knees in reverence and awe.

ye watchers and ye holy ones - a tag for angels. Tag from the hymn of the same name.

at His feet the six winged seraph - specifically about angels that are monstrous, multi-winged, and decidedly not human. Tag from the hymn “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent”.

and the fullness thereof - pictures of nature that take your breath away.  Tag taken from Psalm 24:1.

hiraeth - pictures that tug at my heartstrings with homesickness, longing, a desire to go there.  Tag definition found here.

nature is terrifying and lovely - posts appreciating the beauty and horror of the world we live in, whether that’s animals or plants or just the raw power of nature itself

go home nature you are drunk - and then there’s these posts. Pretty much the polar opposite of the above tag. (There’s a lot of weird critters in this one, just be warned.)

strayed out of memory and time - places wrapped in mist and a vague sense that the veil between worlds is thin here.  Tag was supposed to be from Gandalf’s line about dying after fighting the Balrog, but I conflated it with the lyric from “Into The West” and there are too many posts in that tag for me to reword it now.

abandoned places - related to the above, but for human structures.

and round me rings the music of the spheres - pictures of space that take your breath away.  Tag taken from “This Is My Father’s World.”

nebulae and galaxies

SPAAAAAACE - general space tag

honor steel and stone - knights, armor, chainmaile, swords.  Tag is a partial lyric from “Three Queens” by Heather Dale.

ladies in armor - lady knights

if not by faith then by the sword - paladins and not-so-holy wars

beauty wild and fey - creatures that are lovely but also vaguely otherworldy and terrifying (this includes both humans and animals)

every horse is the prettiest horse - because I mean really.  Tag borrowed from wizzard890.

girls who cannot be princesses are doomed to be witches - a tag for witches, the daughters of kings running feral, girls who don’t fit into neat little boxes and go their own way through woods and fields.  Tag from Revolutionary Girl Utena.

the old ways - a tag for pagan-ish things.  Tag is from the Loreena McKennitt song of the same title.

wrought elegant and fine - clothing, jewelry, and other accoutrements.  Tag comes from Ursula Vernon’s story about Susan and Narnia, which I cannot for the life of me find at the moment.

FOR SCIENCE! - I am an engineer and a massive science nerd, this tag should not be a surprise.

cathedrals of the mind - books and libraries and stories and narratives. Tag from a quote by Caitlin Moran.

cold hard facts - posts with actual statistics and sources and such

we bleed to survive; you bleed to keep up - a tag for stuff related to menstruation.  Tag comes from this epic piece of beat poetry.

I am alpha female; I am fur on fire - a tag for badass women.  Tag source is the same as above.

some starving and sabertoothed creature that has all the while been killing and killing and killing - a tag for America. Tag source is one I cannot find, but the whole quote goes "to be, he said, an American is to find you have lived your whole small life on the back of some starving and sabertoothed creature that has all the while been killing and killing and killing. No wonder we do so much drinking."

the promise of a waiting hell on a billboard between farms - a tag specifically for the Midwest. Comes from this poem by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Love Letter To Humanity

luminous beings are we - a tag of things that remind me that we are intangible eternal souls in mortal vessels, that we are in the world but not of it, that we are meant for something more, that we are made of light.  Tag source is obvious.

people being people - people have not changed much over the years, and every so often you just have to shake your head and smile at them.  This is a tag celebrating those moments.

the details of being human - related to the above, but often more poignant and philosophical, as well as looking at the creations of human beings.

the mortifying ordeal of being known - being fully seen and understood, or: what we must endure if we want the rewards of being loved. From this essay.

hope is a four letter word - hope is not easy, hope is sometimes the hardest thing in the world, but that’s why it’s so important.

hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up - a subset of the above, specifically about choosing to cling to hope and make the world a better place. Tag is an anonymous quote.

kindness is love with its work boots on - like hope, kindness is not easy and it’s something that has to be done deliberately, which is why it’s so vital.  Tag comes from an anonymous quote.

tenderness is a form of grace - offering softness in the face of cruelty and pain is one of the bravest acts. Tag from this post.

praise is defiance - sometimes the most difficult and important thing we can do is seek out joy.  Tag comes from “Orpheus” by Margaret Atwood.

lux lucet in tenebris | and the darkness has not overcome it - posts about pushing back against the darkness.  These two tags are the two halves of John 1:5, in Latin and English; I couldn’t pick one so I decided to use them both.

forth and fear no darkness - posts about bravery and perseverance and striding forward in spite of the odds. Tag is from Lord of the Rings.

like a tree beside the river of truth - posts about standing up for what’s right, defending the defenseless, and when necessary telling the rest of the world “no, you move.“  Tag is from Captain America.

good is not a thing you are; it’s a thing you do - related to the above, specifically relating to choosing to be and do good. Tag is from Ms. Marvel.

the greatest of these is love - self-explanatory, really.

anything that moves the world toward light is a blessing - posts that are generally positive and uplifting and try to make the world a slightly better place.  Tag comes from the poem Three of Cups.

music is emotion searching for words - I get really, really emotional sometimes about how music can evoke feelings in us.  The original quote is actually “Music is Love in search of a word”, but I altered it because it extends to other emotions too.

heal the wound but leave a scar - for the marks left behind and the process of recovery.  Tag comes from the song of the same title by Point of Grace.

Fandom Nonsense

Star Wars

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Star Wars: Rebels

The Force Awakens

Rogue One

martyrdom and sacrifice at the end of the world - a thematic tag for Rogue One, which I didn’t plan on having but somehow ended up with anyway

die trying with her heart ablaze and a fighting song - a tag for Jyn Erso (source: “Somebody to Anybody” by Margaret Glaspy)

call it courage to live without a lifeline - a tag for Cassian Andor (source: "Earth" by Sleeping at Last)

my beloved space princess - a tag for Leia Organa (Leia the Huttslayer, Daughter of Skywalker, Scion of House Organa, Heir to House Naberrie, the First of Her Name)

my sweet space wizard - a tag for Luke Skywalker

my dear broken cowboy Jedi - a tag for Kanan Jarrus

there's a time and a place to die but this ain't it - a tag for Poe Dameron (source: "Now" by Paramore)

and love is a word you never heard - a tag for Finn (source: "And We Run" by Within Temptation)

Yugioh

invadam deos et cuncta quatiam - a tag for Seto Kaiba. I’ve seen this phrase translated as either “I will storm the gods and shake the universe” or “I will storm the gods and shiver all things” and while I’m not sure which translation I like better, the general sentiment is absolutely perfect.

all my love for the Kaiba brothers - I have a lot of feelings about these fictional siblings so here’s a tag specifically about their relationship and the two of them together.

fighting evil by moonlight - because the Senshi will always have a place in my heart

ladytemeraire talks about fictional characters

ladytemeraire headcanons

stop! meta time - for, well, meta commentary.  Tag borrowed from keyofjetwolf.

Other Miscellany

music

fanmixes

video

vines

art appreciation

poetry

commonplace quotes - I’ve started keeping a commonplace book (two actually, one for quotes/prose and one for poetry).  This tag has the things that go in them.

commonplace poems - the corresponding tag for poems I've copied.

excellent wordsmithing - not necessarily quotes I've copied, but things I like the

oops I wrote a novel in the tags - I tend to ramble in the tags a lot, especially if I’m not sure I should put things in the post proper

Good morning everyone!

March is here, and while it took me a few days to get my thoughts in order I've put together an update for anyone who wants to know what's up! (The number-y stuff can be found in the latter half of this post.)

First thing's first, a thank-you: After my emergency situation last month, so many people offered a hand of support that it was very overwhelming. Your generosity kept food on our table. Thank you, from not only myself but my partner and kiddo as well. 

Pretty much everyone said "don't worry about it" with regards to compensation, but that just doesn't sit right with me. So instead, I'm adding equivalent slots to my "Pay it Forward" board. They'll be raffled off as free commissions once I'm in a better position. 💜

Birthday doodle drive?

Before I get to the point of tapping the PIFB though, I'm planning a doodle drive to get back into the swing of working on commissions full-time. It'll be limited to sketches for now, to avoid the risk of burning out.

Depending on how things go with life and energy levels, there may be some streaming during this time. We will have to play that one by ear.

I'll be running the drive through Ko‑fi for simplicity's sake, with all funds going towards my medications and other medical expenses. Which brings me to...

Goals and Savings update: