leanne

In childhood, I would never look
At poems written in a book
The rules were puzzles in a game
And knowing words that end the same
Would bring me praise that I desired.
Now that I am grown and tired,
I look for those who wrote before.
Their works were stars; I but encore.
-K Royka, 11/13/2025

syzygis

One step at a time
You will reach your goal
If you checked your map
As a first step on the road.
-K Royka, 11/12/2025

syzygis

Many years ago, now
One who was a friend of mine
Wrote of soldiers cruelly
And broadly.
We were all "baby killers"
In his eyes.
And I walked away.
I don't know what he thinks
Happened
To our friendship
Or if he even noticed.
But I know why.
-K Royka, 11/11/2025

syzygis

I may sleep better; I don't really know
But I still wake, and now I pinch my nose.
My cat has learned I'm pinned, so he's a pain --
Climbs up and never climbs back down again!
-K Royka, 11/10/2025

syzygis

I cannot read in volume;
Though I always think it's nice,
By volume four I often
Wish the characters were mice.
If I read just one genre,
Then yet other pains ensue.
I don't like mass suspicion,
(Holmes, Poirot, or Nancy Drew);
A happy ever after
If it's stereotyped is not;
And if I want to read Tolkien,
Too many authors camp his spot.
-K Royka, 11/9/2025

jennaria

Accomplished over the last, er... :checks the last time she updated: two months!

* Made a long skirt! Discovered that I'd made the waist too loose. Still working on fixing that part.

* Helped make Renaissance-style pantalons for wife (and cut out same for myself).

* Redyed a sad brown shirt to green. ...it came out kinda olive, but still, better than the sad brown it was before. (The reason for all the sewing: we've an SCA camping event coming up in a week or two, and need enough garb for it. Whee!)

Currently 12K into my Novel November, which is a good 3K behind where I 'should' be, but oh well. I'll do the best I can, and either way, it's more than I had before. (Original fic, cosy fantasy romance, taking the prompts 'shapeshifters' and 'protector/protected' and running with them.)

syzygis

I have studied the ways of the making of animals;
Much of it cannot apply.
For instructions were twisted and, while I may not in full,
I read enough to pass by.
-K Royka, 11/8/2025

syzygis

Today I learned
To breathe against pressure
A different kind
From what I've felt before
It seems okay
Except for the smell like rubber
Please don't let it give me migraines
That's all I'll say.
-K Royka, 11/7/2025

syzygis

A blood pressure cuff has arrived
To measure if I have survived
The adding -- again --
Of med number ten
Although I wish I'd be deprived.
-K Royka, 11/6/2025

syzygis

Ultimate trade off:
Watch mommy play games or try
To get screen time back?
-K Royka, 11/5/2025

syzygis

I should have gone to bed two hours ago;
Instead I stayed up playing "one more day"
Until I learned the time outside the screen
From someone who to bed was on their way.
And still I might have played a little more
If morning wouldn't knock upon my door.
-K Royka, 11/4/2025

syzygis

I mix up my states
Like Pennsylvania and Virginia
Even though I know they really aren't the same...
And acquaintances or friends,
Even if my life depends
On it I surely will forget what they are named!
And sentences I speak
Any word that is unique
Or important will go missing right on cue,
But the one thing I remember
January through December,
Is how grateful I am that you love me too.
-K Royka, 11/3/2025

syzygis

Yes, my dear, I know;
This computer game is fun.
Now, please -- softer chair?
-K Royka, 11/2/2025

syzygis

Glasses just arrived
How long to adjust to them?
First pair? Wore all day.
-K Royka,11/1/2025

syzygis

The benefit that I have learned
To birthdays on Halloween past childhood stage
Is giving out candy or toys
Makes my costume a Hobbit with mathoms to trade.
-K Royka, 10/31/2025

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