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She walked over where Zsazsa had an object that looked like an inverted cone of glass and set it over a cup. She set a piece of #filter paper in it, and measured out two scoops of dark granules of something.
"Ew," said Booboo. "What's that?"
"That's what ground coffee beans look like." (2/4) #wss366

Booboo came downstairs at Mama-san's Izakaya, yawning. She walked over to the replicator to make herself coffee.
"Would like a cup of coffee?" Zsazsa asked.
"I can just punch it in myself," Booboo replied.
"No, Darling! Let me make you one!"
"Make one?" Booboo said, curiosity piqued. (1/4) #wss366

There's been a dramatic uptick in book review and promotion scams over the past month. I've always gotten a steady trickle of them, but it's become a torrent. The one I got last night was a different model than what I've seen before, but was very similar to one in this post by Writer Beware: https://writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/return-of-the-nigerian-prince-redux-beware-book-club-and-book-review-scams/

Grr. Given how hard writers have to work for peanuts already, going after them as a population is like kicking people when they're down. Why not kick puppies, while you're at it.

#WritersCoffeeClub Are you motivated to write by internal drive or external goals?

There is a small demon that whispers, "Write or else I will make sure you can never sleep! Write or be condemned to relive the same part of your fantasy every night! Write or you will never know what happens next!"

On the other side is a tiny angel who whispers, "Write and I will help you visit far away lands where magic is real! Write and you can run with NeoBoxers and fly with owls. Write and find true love!"

"Oak galls! I'm going to make iron #gall ink!"
"We have ink," his mom said.
He gave her a silent stare.
"Are you going to make paper too?"
"You can do that too?" Ink forgotten, his excitement was palpable.
"Sure. Let me show you. We can find that other stuff later."
"You're the best!" (2/2) #wss366

"Do we have any iron sulfate?" the boy asked his mom.
"Say what now?"
"Iron sulfate!" he said excitedly. "I need some gum arabic too."
"I can't say as we have either of those things. What do you need them for?"
"Look!" he held up some round objects.
"Ew. What are those?" (1/2) #wss366

inter folioj, duone forfalintaj… malhelaj nuboj / between leaves, only half fallen… dark clouds #hajko #haiku #esperanto #writeout #SilentSunday

I got some pretty and inexpensive Jinhao fountain pens several years ago and liked them a lot. They're beautiful and write very nicely. Eventually, the black lacquer began to peel off the cap and then I lost one, so I decided to replace them. This morning, I inked them and am now writing a letter. Perhaps later, weather permitting, I'll take them and go #writeout.