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I only have final projects left to grade, then I can assign grades and finish off the semester.

One last deep breath and then I'll take the dive.

I really like today's #WritersCoffeeClub question. I've really enjoyed reading all of the responses from our little #WritingCommunity, some earnest, some tongue-in-cheek, all interesting and insightful. I'm really glad to be here with all of you. Thank you.

#WritersCoffeeClub How do you ‘write what you know’?

It's easy because I'm a know-it-all. Just ask my wife.

Volpex Picnic Park… That was that weird park with the bear and — a chill went through her — that owl. The bear was #easy to deal with — just give him a pack of cigarettes and he'd do anything. But the owl… She could see his eyes in her imagination. A frisson of fear washed over her. (2/2) #wss366

Melly's device chirped while she was still waking up. Blinking, she checked. There was only one message. She read it, and her stomach clenched.
"Oh, no!" she moaned.
The ranger at the Volpex Picnic Park was out with a strain and she had been assigned to fill in. (1/2) #wss366

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irido floras… lasta de la printempo, antaŭ somero / iris flowers… last of the spring, before summer #hajko #haiku #esperanto #BloomScrolling

"Um… You've got some sauce on your cheek," Miss Dairy whispered.
"Lambda!" Totemo ordered. Lambda jumped up and licked the sauce off her face.
Miss Dairy pouted.
"Hey! Maybe I wanted to do that!"
"Don't be weird!" Totemo said. (2/2) #wss366

Totemo and Miss Dairy sat down at the street festival with their take-out. Miss Dairy cuddled up against her on the bench.
"I got karage," Miss Dairy said, opening her container. "What did you get?"
"Barbeque ribs," Totemo replied. She got one out and took a bite. (1/2) #wss366

Curtiss and Serena stood outside the grand ballroom. He took a deep breath, not sure what to expect.
"Are you ready, Milady?"
She put a hand on his arm.
"Before we go in," she said, "we need to get our signals straight."
"Signals?"
"Yes. We need some #code words in case things go wrong." #wss366

Just as the first drops were falling, they brought their little wagon into the barn. Moments later the skies unleashed sheets of rain, there was a brilliant flash of lightning, and they heard a shattering boom of thunder. (2/2) #wss366

from Lady Cecelia's Knowledge

"Hey!" a voice hailed from far off. "Storm's a'comin'!"
A farmer from across a field waved and pointed them toward a barn.
Kasseh shook the reins and brought the horses to a quick #trot. They turned off the road into the lane. (1/2) #wss366

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"Beowolf has always felt more modern to me than Gilgamesh. It has a nuanced perspective of the Hero's Journey, which is almost Cambellian in the way it recapitulates the three-act structure."

"Do I need an app that uses a blockchain?"

"No."

"But what if…"

"No."

David got his fingers on it and reseated it.
"Can I get a #hand in here?" he called.
There was silence. Then he heard the click-click-click of Captain Tau's nails on the deck. Tau nudged him with his muzzle.
"A paw will be fine. Just tell me if the screen is still flickering." (2/2) #wss366

A screen flickered on the bridge of Angel's Wings. Then it flickered again. David sighed. He had noticed the problem previously, but it was starting to get worse. He crawled under the console, removed the service plate, and reached up through the wiring to find the connection harness. (1/2) #wss366

The slug set off on its muscular #foot around the track. Twenty-minutes later, it returned to the start and the attendant helped Bebe down.
She walked with a strange gait back to David. Standing with her legs apart, she pulled on his sleeve.
"Bebe needs fresh panties," she whispered. (2/2) #wss366

"Bebe wants to ride a pony!" Bebe said.
"It's a molluscan zoo," David said. "They don't have ponies. You can ride the giant slug, though."
"Bebe will ride it!" she crowed.
An attendant helped Bebe mount the giant, purple slug. It regarded her incuriously with its eye-stalks. (1/2) #wss366

I visited the Peace Pagoda again today and spent an hour in quiet reflection. https://stevendbrewer.com/leverett-peace-pagoda/