Today's theme is Led Zeppelin.


fanmix_monthly  -- Mixtapes & Fanmixes
A fanmix is a compilation of songs inspired by a fannish source.
[Active with multiple posts in January.]

landoftheiceandsnow  -- We Come From The Land of Ice and Snow
Led Zeppelin fanfiction archive.
[Active with one post in December.]

tfc_musicianships  -- We Jammin'. We Are The Underground
Musicians, engineers, and others of the scene.
[Active with one post in January.]

thefreaksclub  -- TFC // The Anti-Thesis Social Network
Everything related to darker alternative subcutlures. Discussion on books, the occult, music, & more.
[Active with multiple posts in January.]

Between this and Flight of the Icaron, I'm being very well fed on the actual-play front this week.

Gladlands is the latest campaign from the folks at Dimension 20, a six-episode comedy about intentional community in a post-apocalyptic irradiated wasteland. The homebrew elements are fantastic and include an ability set consisting of Charm, Warmth, Creativity, Awareness, Resilience, and Determination (with the Warmth rolls being especially interesting in what might otherwise seem like low-stakes encounters) and a system for tracking the overall vibe. The first episode is ridiculous, inspiring, and includes a bit about cannibalism that made me laugh so hard I cried.

This poem came out of the October 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from siliconshaman and chanter1944. It also fills the "Black / Orange" square in my 10-1-25 card for the Fall Festival Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the series Practical Magics.

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LINK: https://i.imgur.com/xvTckJO.jpg

Next - Edwin Jarvis Agent Carter Season 1:

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Next Image-Jim Moriarty (Sherlock)

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Josh Allen (Buffalo Bills Football Player)
Next Picture:

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Next: Edwin Jarvis - Agent Carter Season 1:

Thanks to a donation from fuzzyred, there are 10 new verses in "An Inkling of Things to Come."  What if it rained diamonds for a week?  

This year I'm doing Community Thursdays. Some of my activity will involve maintaining communities I run, and my favorites. Some will involve checking my list of subscriptions and posting in lower-traffic ones. Today I have interacted with the following communities...


Posted 10 Products to Help You Keep Your 2026 New Year’s Resolutions at goals_on_dw.

Posted "Reading Challenges" on 25book_pwd.

Posted "Reading Challenges" on 50books_poc.

Commented under 01/07/26 on abc_onceupon.

Commented under Hi There by dr_zook on friending_memes.
-- and under the comment thread by tamena.
-- and under the comment thread by forestofdreams.
-- and under the comment thread for autumninpluto.
-- and under the comment thread for adoptedwriter.

Commented under "Love Note to Quadrants" on 100quadrantedships.

Commented under "Love Note To The Sedoretu" in 40sedoretu.

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Today is cloudy, chilly, breezy, and wet. It rained earlier, and has been spitting rain occasionally.

I fed the birds. I haven't seen any though.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 1/8/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 1/8/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

Now dozens of sparrows are suddenly mobbing the hopper feeder.

EDIT 1/8/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

I've seen some sparrows, and a larger dark-colored bird that may have been a starling or a grackle. The light was too low to tell exactly, even though it was on the metal tray feeder.

It's been spitting rain off and on. Heavier rain is forecast for tonight.

I am done for the night.

Title: Looking Forward To Most
Rating: R
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort
Summary: Donny gets poisoned.
Word Count: 2,873

( Looking Forward To Most )

Title: Life’s a Beach
Fandoms: Friends, Lucifer, Revenge
Author: veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Chandler, Monica, Joey (Friends); Emily/Amanda, Nolan (Revenge); Lucifer, Chloe (Lucifer)
Rating: PG
Content: 9 icons with beach scenes from 3 TV shows.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Challenge: #502 - Sand



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Title: Sand
Fandom: none
Rating: G
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of sand, sand dunes, sandy beaches


( Sand )

beavertech has posted the January batch of sponsored poems.  :D

"So Many Words for Wood" on first_nations_freaks

"The Infinity of Acorns" on scienceworld

"Birds and Snow" on the_magick_circle

"A Piecemeal Apocalypse" on thefreaksclub

Congratulations, everybody! Thank you to all the participants and voters. 🎉🏆🏅
The tally if needed is in the comments of the voting post.

brickhousewench tipped me to Heading Prints, a company that makes scarves using book art as inspiration. They offer bandanas, skinny scarves, large rectangular scarves, square silky scarves, and also a few rings with designs to match some of their most popular scarf designs.  Also, these are much more affordable on average than most fashion scarves I've seen, although they do cost more than the cheap random ones in a discount store.

If you've seen my post "How to Simplify Fashion," then consider these scarves as an option for color-matching.  Look for a scarf whose colors you love and want to use.  Wear it while clothes shopping to test if new clothes match your colors.

Today is partly cloudy and cool.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 1/7/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 1/7/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 1/7/26 -- I gathered the raked leaves from the ritual meadow, enough to fill the trolley twice, which I dumped on the daffodil bed. (That should have been done in fall, but better late than never.) One quarter around the firepit equaled two trolleys and covered the daffodil bed completely. The tulip bed will need at least twice that much.

I startled several cardinals and the great-horned owl in the ritual meadow.

EDIT 1/7/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

I filled a trolley with sticks from the brushpile beside the driveway, then dumped that in the firepit.

EDIT 1/7/26 -- I filled another trolley with sticks, then dumped that in the firepit.

There's not much left of the brushpile now, mostly pieces too big for me to break down.

It's 5:05 PM. The western sky is still twilight, the east considerably darker.

I am done for the night.