A lizard ran out on a rock and looked up, listening
no doubt to the sounding of the spheres.
And what a dandy fellow! the right toss of a chin for you
and swirl of a tail!

If men were as much men as lizards are lizards
they'd be worth looking at.

-D.H. Lawrence, "Lizard"

I want to share some D&D minis I've painted!

This is the druid I played in my first D&D campaign. She could use the orb to speak to her god -- who, as it turns out, was the big bad guy. Whoops!

She put out her hand and pulled down
the French sound for apple and
the noise of stone

- Eavan Boland, "The Pomegranate"
poets.org/poem/pomegra...

I have a big article out today about being diagnosed as autistic while I was writing my latest book, & how tabletop games help me navigate the world as an autistic person. I hope it's interesting to some people.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Hi there, fellow wanderer! Let's connect if we have mutual interests:

🐢 Urban wildlife & plants
🐡 Animal art
👹 Spooky monster art
🤺 Mini painting
🐾 Printmaking
📚 Literature
🧠 Philosophy & theory
🧝‍♀️ Fantasy worlds
🐉 D&D, LotR

The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages...

8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)

Killed a plant already.