Freesia
@freesiajasmine.bsky.social
🏳️🌈Genderqueer LGBTQ+ advocate; roleplayer; tech geek (retired); nerd. Portfolio: clippings.me/freesia
Gearing up again for my #MerryshireDetectiveClub playtest at #RPGNight at @rbccvt.org again on Friday. Finally going to start (Them willing and the brook don't rise)! I made a one-sheet summary of setting + village + rules + chargen for handing out for Open Table arrivals. Hopeful/anxious/excited!
February 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Gearing up again for my #MerryshireDetectiveClub playtest at #RPGNight at @rbccvt.org again on Friday. Finally going to start (Them willing and the brook don't rise)! I made a one-sheet summary of setting + village + rules + chargen for handing out for Open Table arrivals. Hopeful/anxious/excited!
#ChildrenOfMen was a fucking amazing movie and fucking hard to watch in 2006. But watching it today... it's so much more powerful. And very, very hard to watch, but so amazingly powerful. I've been sobbing like nuts for the last half hour.
February 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
#ChildrenOfMen was a fucking amazing movie and fucking hard to watch in 2006. But watching it today... it's so much more powerful. And very, very hard to watch, but so amazingly powerful. I've been sobbing like nuts for the last half hour.
My #MerryshireDetectiveClub playtest game was cancelled at #RPGNight due to multiple cancellations but those of us who did show threw together a quick improv #StarWars #ttrpg game in which we stole a stolen lightsaber from some pirates before the Empire could steal it. Goofy fast-paced improv fun.
February 7, 2026 at 2:12 AM
My #MerryshireDetectiveClub playtest game was cancelled at #RPGNight due to multiple cancellations but those of us who did show threw together a quick improv #StarWars #ttrpg game in which we stole a stolen lightsaber from some pirates before the Empire could steal it. Goofy fast-paced improv fun.
This is a digital painting I did inspired by a post I saw about the secret bi/pan/poly/ace agenda: keep straights from hating us for not being straight, keep gays from hating us for not being gay, and keep everyone else from finding out that we're secretly dragons.
February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
This is a digital painting I did inspired by a post I saw about the secret bi/pan/poly/ace agenda: keep straights from hating us for not being straight, keep gays from hating us for not being gay, and keep everyone else from finding out that we're secretly dragons.
Frantic game prep for #MerryshireDetectiveClub #ttrpg at #RPGNight. I wish there was a playtesters chat so we could trade tips and materials - I did a mockup of a certain last will, a Donnybrook village writeup, and quick-refs, I'd love to share. Nervous about the game itself; never done a mystery.
February 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Frantic game prep for #MerryshireDetectiveClub #ttrpg at #RPGNight. I wish there was a playtesters chat so we could trade tips and materials - I did a mockup of a certain last will, a Donnybrook village writeup, and quick-refs, I'd love to share. Nervous about the game itself; never done a mystery.
After all these years it finally occurs to me that for all that Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence, what the predicate says, he spends most of the song not getting around to doing. And in the end, when Pearl shows up with a single rose, he ends up being the object of the sentence.
February 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
After all these years it finally occurs to me that for all that Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence, what the predicate says, he spends most of the song not getting around to doing. And in the end, when Pearl shows up with a single rose, he ends up being the object of the sentence.
Given the author's #ttrpg writing credentials it's no surprise #TheSwordDefiant is making me want to start writing up rules to run a campaign in its setting. But I'm not because I bet Gareth already did it better than I ever could before he even finished the novel - maybe before he started!
February 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Given the author's #ttrpg writing credentials it's no surprise #TheSwordDefiant is making me want to start writing up rules to run a campaign in its setting. But I'm not because I bet Gareth already did it better than I ever could before he even finished the novel - maybe before he started!
Finally getting to watch #StarfleetAcademy and after the first episode I am totally in.
February 3, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Finally getting to watch #StarfleetAcademy and after the first episode I am totally in.
Doing some updates to my guide to the Lumi-väki, the Snowmen of Forochel, in part to get my deadname off of it but also making little improvements throughout. 11 pages about the culture and ways, then 10 pages of #TheOneRing #ttrpg mechanics. Feedback welcome. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The Lumi-väki
The Lumi-väki by Freesia (hawthorn@foobox.com) In ages long forgotten even by the most scholarly of Men, there were a hardy people dwelling in the far northern lands of Middle-earth; the people and th...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Doing some updates to my guide to the Lumi-väki, the Snowmen of Forochel, in part to get my deadname off of it but also making little improvements throughout. 11 pages about the culture and ways, then 10 pages of #TheOneRing #ttrpg mechanics. Feedback welcome. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
My group's #MerryshireDetectiveClub lives in the charming Merryshire village of Donnybrook. Named for the brook, of course. #ttrpg
January 31, 2026 at 12:47 AM
My group's #MerryshireDetectiveClub lives in the charming Merryshire village of Donnybrook. Named for the brook, of course. #ttrpg
And thus ends the tale of Malenmîrwen, Ñoldo crafter turned unwilling warrior, who finally has set sail for Tol Eressëa to rejoin her wife after almost 7,000 years apart, her purpose on the Hither Shores at last fulfilled.
An amazing ending to an incredible #TheOneRing #ttrpg. I am floating on air.
An amazing ending to an incredible #TheOneRing #ttrpg. I am floating on air.
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 AM
And thus ends the tale of Malenmîrwen, Ñoldo crafter turned unwilling warrior, who finally has set sail for Tol Eressëa to rejoin her wife after almost 7,000 years apart, her purpose on the Hither Shores at last fulfilled.
An amazing ending to an incredible #TheOneRing #ttrpg. I am floating on air.
An amazing ending to an incredible #TheOneRing #ttrpg. I am floating on air.
Finished reading through Merryshire Detective Club playtest rules and jazzed to run it at #RPGNight at @rbccvt.org on Friday. This is gonna be so much fun. I've never run a playtest, or GUMSHOE, or really a murder mystery, so it's also a bit scary. I can say, just reading the book is a laugh riot.
January 29, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Finished reading through Merryshire Detective Club playtest rules and jazzed to run it at #RPGNight at @rbccvt.org on Friday. This is gonna be so much fun. I've never run a playtest, or GUMSHOE, or really a murder mystery, so it's also a bit scary. I can say, just reading the book is a laugh riot.
Unexpectedly finished #HistoryOfTheHobbit mid-cruise with no Internet; 23% of it was index. Had not loaded @zachweinersmith.bsky.social's #ACityOnMars on my Kindle, so I started @mytholder.bsky.social's #TheSwordDefiant earlier than planned. So far it's proving awesomely fun.
January 25, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Unexpectedly finished #HistoryOfTheHobbit mid-cruise with no Internet; 23% of it was index. Had not loaded @zachweinersmith.bsky.social's #ACityOnMars on my Kindle, so I started @mytholder.bsky.social's #TheSwordDefiant earlier than planned. So far it's proving awesomely fun.
The storm is delaying my return from our cruise a day and left us standing outside in 14F for almost 1.5 hours outside the Brooklyn port. What a day. So eager to be home but not today. But the hotel has a hot tub.
January 25, 2026 at 9:23 PM
The storm is delaying my return from our cruise a day and left us standing outside in 14F for almost 1.5 hours outside the Brooklyn port. What a day. So eager to be home but not today. But the hotel has a hot tub.
A great end to our #StarTrekAdventures #ttrpg at @rbccvt.org #RPGNight tonight - the players really pulled out some great victories against tough odds against the Tholians. I'm away next week, but when I get back we'll be setting the phasers down for a few weeks to playtest #MerryshireDetectiveClub.
January 17, 2026 at 3:15 AM
A great end to our #StarTrekAdventures #ttrpg at @rbccvt.org #RPGNight tonight - the players really pulled out some great victories against tough odds against the Tholians. I'm away next week, but when I get back we'll be setting the phasers down for a few weeks to playtest #MerryshireDetectiveClub.
Narvi Jr, my free, mobile-ready #perchance #dice app for the #TheOneRing #ttrpg, now has support for adversary dice - which means a) ominously dark dice images and b) correct handling of favored and ill-favored when Gandalf is the worst roll and Eye of Sauron the best. perchance.org/narvijr
January 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Narvi Jr, my free, mobile-ready #perchance #dice app for the #TheOneRing #ttrpg, now has support for adversary dice - which means a) ominously dark dice images and b) correct handling of favored and ill-favored when Gandalf is the worst roll and Eye of Sauron the best. perchance.org/narvijr
Favorite #ttrpg character concept I never got to do enough with. He's an ancient Elf librarian whose sole joys in life are reading, and arguing with people about the best way to organize the bookshelves. But his twin sister wanted adventure so she made a bargain with a fae to become a sorceress. 1/2
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Favorite #ttrpg character concept I never got to do enough with. He's an ancient Elf librarian whose sole joys in life are reading, and arguing with people about the best way to organize the bookshelves. But his twin sister wanted adventure so she made a bargain with a fae to become a sorceress. 1/2
What was probably the penultimate session of a #TheOneRing #ttrpg by #Discord was full of twists and turns; Dwarf treasure vault, or long lost temple? Seemingly neither - perhaps a prison for Ungoliantë's big sister? Maybe we shouldn't have opened that door after all. Oops.
January 12, 2026 at 3:36 AM
What was probably the penultimate session of a #TheOneRing #ttrpg by #Discord was full of twists and turns; Dwarf treasure vault, or long lost temple? Seemingly neither - perhaps a prison for Ungoliantë's big sister? Maybe we shouldn't have opened that door after all. Oops.
I want to see Cyrano Jones appear in #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds, but only if @pattonoswalt.bsky.social plays him.
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I want to see Cyrano Jones appear in #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds, but only if @pattonoswalt.bsky.social plays him.
Local folks - we traded in our car and so I have a few bits and bobs from the old car available for great prices:
P234/45R18 tires, only used one season, $199: vermont.craigslist.org/wto/d/south-...
LiON car cooler/freezer, $99: vermont.craigslist.org/app/d/south-...
P234/45R18 tires, only used one season, $199: vermont.craigslist.org/wto/d/south-...
LiON car cooler/freezer, $99: vermont.craigslist.org/app/d/south-...
Kumho P234/45R18 all-weather tires - used one season - auto wheels & tires - by owner - vehicle automotive sale -...
These Kumho all-weather tires were purchased at Pep Boys at the end of the 2024 season for $830 and were driven for a few weeks in 2024, then through the summer of 2025, on a 2019 Tesla Model 3....
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January 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Local folks - we traded in our car and so I have a few bits and bobs from the old car available for great prices:
P234/45R18 tires, only used one season, $199: vermont.craigslist.org/wto/d/south-...
LiON car cooler/freezer, $99: vermont.craigslist.org/app/d/south-...
P234/45R18 tires, only used one season, $199: vermont.craigslist.org/wto/d/south-...
LiON car cooler/freezer, $99: vermont.craigslist.org/app/d/south-...
In 8 days I will have been retired 2yrs, and yet I still regularly get a guilty "playing hooky" feeling. Is it my volunteer work? There's always more to do, of course, but I just came off days of doing SO much, between month/year end financials, and hosting a blood drive. What is wrong with me?
January 4, 2026 at 6:28 PM
In 8 days I will have been retired 2yrs, and yet I still regularly get a guilty "playing hooky" feeling. Is it my volunteer work? There's always more to do, of course, but I just came off days of doing SO much, between month/year end financials, and hosting a blood drive. What is wrong with me?
Today's #OpenTable #ttrpg at @rbccvt.org was the quickstart of #Invincible which was a ton of fun, though we did run up against some limitations in the mini-rules and some of the characters felt too powerful. Really looking forward to the full game and making our own characters!
January 3, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Today's #OpenTable #ttrpg at @rbccvt.org was the quickstart of #Invincible which was a ton of fun, though we did run up against some limitations in the mini-rules and some of the characters felt too powerful. Really looking forward to the full game and making our own characters!
Today I get to introduce more Americans to the sublime, unexpected joy that is seed-cake. My recipe (tinyurl.com/seedcakes) uses poppy-seeds and applesauce, for a light, sweet flavor that never fails to win people over. If I'm late bringing them to the pride fair bake sale, people ask after them.
December 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today I get to introduce more Americans to the sublime, unexpected joy that is seed-cake. My recipe (tinyurl.com/seedcakes) uses poppy-seeds and applesauce, for a light, sweet flavor that never fails to win people over. If I'm late bringing them to the pride fair bake sale, people ask after them.
Tonight's #StarTrekAdventures #ttrpg was as close to a TPK as I have ever gotten, and I had run out of ideas for how to save it, when the chief engineer managed to combine some great rolls with some clever ideas, and pull a real Trekkish miracle save out of nowhere. Would have made great TV, too.
December 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Tonight's #StarTrekAdventures #ttrpg was as close to a TPK as I have ever gotten, and I had run out of ideas for how to save it, when the chief engineer managed to combine some great rolls with some clever ideas, and pull a real Trekkish miracle save out of nowhere. Would have made great TV, too.