Collage Journaling: Xmas 2025 #4
Dec. 19th, 2025 08:00 pmI am feeling much better this afternoon. Yesterday I was miserable. This morning I was still not great, but every hour seemed to return me a little more to the living.
I made too many cards! Here are two that didn't make it into circulation this year.
I made too many cards! Here are two that didn't make it into circulation this year.
Collage Journaling: Xmas 2025 #3
Dec. 12th, 2025 09:14 pmAt the risk of spoiling a DW friend, here is a card I did tonight.
Music: Christmas Time is Here
Dec. 11th, 2025 09:25 pmI have been running up a large sleep deficit trying to get a lot of things done. I ended up taking an involuntary 20 minute nap today and feel much better. Let's have some music.
Signal Boost: Advent Drabbles
Dec. 2nd, 2025 09:57 pmThe mods at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
adventdrabbles have said this will be the last year of it so if you like writing seasonal drabbles (a new photo prompt every day of December), go on over. I am going to try to fill as many as I can.
I've done 3 so far.
Two for Day 1
Title: Provoked
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: Gen
Prompt: Day 1: dog with hat
Characters: Holmes & Watson & Toby the dog
Notes: Not exactly the photo but similar. Also for emotion100 prompt: provoked. H/c.
Summary: Toby helps Holmes see reason after the end of a grueling case on Christmas Eve.
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Title: Distressed
Fandom: BTS
Rating: Gen
Prompt: Day 1: dog with hat
Characters: SUGA & Min Holly
Notes: Also for emotion100 prompt: distressed.
Summary: Min Holly is acting strangely.
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And one for Day 2
Title: The card
Fandom: Carmilla
Rating: Gen
Prompt: Day 2: two witches holding hands
Notes: dialogue only, also forsweetandshort prompt: Christmas cards
Summary: Laura's children talk about why Mummy's upset
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adventdrabbles have said this will be the last year of it so if you like writing seasonal drabbles (a new photo prompt every day of December), go on over. I am going to try to fill as many as I can.I've done 3 so far.
Two for Day 1
Title: Provoked
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: Gen
Prompt: Day 1: dog with hat
Characters: Holmes & Watson & Toby the dog
Notes: Not exactly the photo but similar. Also for emotion100 prompt: provoked. H/c.
Summary: Toby helps Holmes see reason after the end of a grueling case on Christmas Eve.
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Title: Distressed
Fandom: BTS
Rating: Gen
Prompt: Day 1: dog with hat
Characters: SUGA & Min Holly
Notes: Also for emotion100 prompt: distressed.
Summary: Min Holly is acting strangely.
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And one for Day 2
Title: The card
Fandom: Carmilla
Rating: Gen
Prompt: Day 2: two witches holding hands
Notes: dialogue only, also for
sweetandshort prompt: Christmas cardsSummary: Laura's children talk about why Mummy's upset
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Happy December!
Dec. 1st, 2025 07:31 pmWishing everyone a happy December!
I have definitely shifted to Xmas mode. Here's the first card I made yesterday:
I have definitely shifted to Xmas mode. Here's the first card I made yesterday:
Puzzle: Christmas Ornaments
Dec. 24th, 2024 03:52 pmWishing all who celebrate it a very Merry Christmas!
I finished this puzzle a few minutes ago: Christmas Ornaments, Eurographics, 1000 pieces. Not that difficult until you got to the end and all you have this the little frames of the boxes.
I finished this puzzle a few minutes ago: Christmas Ornaments, Eurographics, 1000 pieces. Not that difficult until you got to the end and all you have this the little frames of the boxes.
Happy Solstice!
Dec. 21st, 2024 04:12 pmSnowy Night by Mary Oliver
Last night, an owl
in the blue dark
tossed an indeterminate number
of carefully shaped sounds into
the world, in which,
a quarter of a mile away, I happened
to be standing.
I couldn’t tell
which one it was –
the barred or the great-horned
ship of the air –
it was that distant. But, anyway,
aren’t there moments
that are better than knowing something,
and sweeter? Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness. I suppose
if this were someone else’s story
they would have insisted on knowing
whatever is knowable – would have hurried
over the fields
to name it – the owl, I mean.
But it’s mine, this poem of the night,
and I just stood there, listening and holding out
my hands to the soft glitter
falling through the air. I love this world,
but not for its answers.
And I wish good luck to the owl,
whatever its name –
and I wish great welcome to the snow,
whatever its severe and comfortless
and beautiful meaning.
Last night, an owl
in the blue dark
tossed an indeterminate number
of carefully shaped sounds into
the world, in which,
a quarter of a mile away, I happened
to be standing.
I couldn’t tell
which one it was –
the barred or the great-horned
ship of the air –
it was that distant. But, anyway,
aren’t there moments
that are better than knowing something,
and sweeter? Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness. I suppose
if this were someone else’s story
they would have insisted on knowing
whatever is knowable – would have hurried
over the fields
to name it – the owl, I mean.
But it’s mine, this poem of the night,
and I just stood there, listening and holding out
my hands to the soft glitter
falling through the air. I love this world,
but not for its answers.
And I wish good luck to the owl,
whatever its name –
and I wish great welcome to the snow,
whatever its severe and comfortless
and beautiful meaning.
Food: Grinch Donuts by Krispy Kreme
Dec. 15th, 2024 08:09 pm
This was an impulse buy for the fun of it in the grocery store. It was too expensive for 6 donuts, but I had to see what a Grinch donut tasted like. So the Grinch head is filled with a grey-colored cream (maybe chocolate? I really couldn't tell) and the belly is full of a white cream. The Cindy Lou Who donut has berry flavored icing. The rest of them are chocolate glazed with sprinkles.
This prompt from the lists were about dancing (a song you can dance to/ a song that makes you want to dance). I suppose you CAN dance to any Christmas song but I don't know that any of them make me WANT to dance. I like this one though. It makes you move (sort of) especially when you are making dinner while you listen to it :)
I am pushing hard to get to the finish line by the end of December!!
I like Advent calendars and advent calendar-themed challenges.
Fic
Two multi-fandom comms I am participating in this month which have daily prompts and an advent calendar type graphic are.
1.adventdrabbles. There is a tree. The prompts are images (with text descriptor).
2.fffc has a Winter Calendar of text prompts
To make it murder, I had Sherlock gifted an anonymous advent calendar. Those who know me can imagine who this is from and what dark things it might contain. This is for![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
drabblezone prompt 426: see if I care.
Title: Arrival of an advent calendar
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Rating: Gen
Length: 300
Characters: John, Sherlock, Mrs. Hudson
Summary: Just prior to John's temporary absence from 221B, Sherlock receives an interesting anonymous gift.
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Crafting
Also inspired by a video on the Treasure Books Youtube channel, I made an advent calendar forbethctg. This is Super Secret Craft Project #2 and she's going through it now. I used one of Minor's old binders from school and covered it and trimmed it. I made most of the envelopes and some of the things inside (little notebooks, bookmarks, Xmas tags) but a lot of the things inside are stickers collected from various places and bought on etsy. There are big envelopes for the first day, the last day (Xmas day) and yesterday (Jin's birthday because my friend is Jin-biased). So the themes were Silver and Gold (Jin and Xmas), Mocha and Ink (chocolate/coffee and books) and I tried to include a representative of each of the four categories in each day.
Links
I haven't gotten very far butluvbarryfefe posted this and I like it. It's personal care (deep breaths, drink water, etc) or social (share a recipe) tasks to do every day of December. Advent of Joy.
https://adventofjoy.com/
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I like Advent calendars and advent calendar-themed challenges.
Fic
Two multi-fandom comms I am participating in this month which have daily prompts and an advent calendar type graphic are.
1.
adventdrabbles. There is a tree. The prompts are images (with text descriptor). 2.
fffc has a Winter Calendar of text promptsTo make it murder, I had Sherlock gifted an anonymous advent calendar. Those who know me can imagine who this is from and what dark things it might contain. This is for
drabblezone prompt 426: see if I care.Title: Arrival of an advent calendar
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Rating: Gen
Length: 300
Characters: John, Sherlock, Mrs. Hudson
Summary: Just prior to John's temporary absence from 221B, Sherlock receives an interesting anonymous gift.
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Crafting
Also inspired by a video on the Treasure Books Youtube channel, I made an advent calendar for
bethctg. This is Super Secret Craft Project #2 and she's going through it now. I used one of Minor's old binders from school and covered it and trimmed it. I made most of the envelopes and some of the things inside (little notebooks, bookmarks, Xmas tags) but a lot of the things inside are stickers collected from various places and bought on etsy. There are big envelopes for the first day, the last day (Xmas day) and yesterday (Jin's birthday because my friend is Jin-biased). So the themes were Silver and Gold (Jin and Xmas), Mocha and Ink (chocolate/coffee and books) and I tried to include a representative of each of the four categories in each day.
Links
I haven't gotten very far but
luvbarryfefe posted this and I like it. It's personal care (deep breaths, drink water, etc) or social (share a recipe) tasks to do every day of December. Advent of Joy.https://adventofjoy.com/
( The list )
I was searching for a Christmas poem and almost didn't read this because the title put me off, but it is a rather nice poem, I think and the new-to-me poet happens to live here in Baltimore.
Model-Train Display at Christmas in a Shopping Mall Food Court by James Arthur
These kids watching so intently
on every side of the display
must love the feeling of being gigantic:
of having a giant’s power
over this little world of snow, where buttons
lift and lower
the railway’s crossing gate, or switch the track,
or make the bent wire topped with a toy helicopter
turn and turn
like a sped-up sunflower. A steam engine
draws coal tender, passenger cars, and a gleaming caboose
out from the mountain tunnel,
through a forest of spruce and pine, over the trestle bridge,
to come down near the old silver mine.
Maybe all Christmases
are haunted by Christmases long gone:
old songs, old customs, people who loved you
and who’ve died. Within a family
sometimes even the smallest disagreements
can turn, and grow unkind.
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Model-Train Display at Christmas in a Shopping Mall Food Court by James Arthur
These kids watching so intently
on every side of the display
must love the feeling of being gigantic:
of having a giant’s power
over this little world of snow, where buttons
lift and lower
the railway’s crossing gate, or switch the track,
or make the bent wire topped with a toy helicopter
turn and turn
like a sped-up sunflower. A steam engine
draws coal tender, passenger cars, and a gleaming caboose
out from the mountain tunnel,
through a forest of spruce and pine, over the trestle bridge,
to come down near the old silver mine.
Maybe all Christmases
are haunted by Christmases long gone:
old songs, old customs, people who loved you
and who’ve died. Within a family
sometimes even the smallest disagreements
can turn, and grow unkind.
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I love Christmas. [I usually call it Xmas because unlike the bumper stickers I prefer to keep the Christ out of Christmas, but I don't mind the word or the idea or any of it.]
I like the carols. I like the images. I like the decorations and gift giving and baking. I like the films and TV specials. All of it.
This is the first spread I've done in a while. I think it turned out very well.
And, of course, Christmas can absolutely be murder. This is a drabble I did foradventdrabbles.
Title: Christmas is Murder
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Length: 100
Rating: Gen
Prompt: Day 3: Christmas self-care
Characters: Jim Moriarty (criminal mastermind) & Sebastian Moran (sidekick sniper)
Summary: Jim's got an idea.
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I like the carols. I like the images. I like the decorations and gift giving and baking. I like the films and TV specials. All of it.
This is the first spread I've done in a while. I think it turned out very well.
And, of course, Christmas can absolutely be murder. This is a drabble I did for
adventdrabbles. Title: Christmas is Murder
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Length: 100
Rating: Gen
Prompt: Day 3: Christmas self-care
Characters: Jim Moriarty (criminal mastermind) & Sebastian Moran (sidekick sniper)
Summary: Jim's got an idea.
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Using mx_morden's list (https://mx-morden.dreamwidth.org/24574.html) as a prompt, I chose Day 2: a song I like with a number in the title.
Advent Day 29: Hide and seek
Dec. 29th, 2023 04:27 pmSo I wrote this fic for my In the Seom friend from Iraq who is V-bias. It is a fairy tale AU where Prince Taehyung (V) is looking for his cat.
Prince Taehyung and the Cat Kiwi (6383 words) by okapi
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Kim Taehyung | V, Kim Seokjin | Jin, Jeon Jungkook, Min Yoongi | Suga, Park Jimin (BTS), Jung Hoseok | J-Hope, Original Cat Character(s)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale, Prince Kim Taehyung | V, Prince Kim Seokjin | Jin, Prince Park Jimin (BTS), King Kim Namjoon | RM, Kim Seokjin | Jin & Kim Taehyung | V are Siblings, Cats, Adventure, Poetry, Jungkook Yoongi and Hoseok are brothers, Kim Namjoon | RM & Park Jimin are Siblings, Yeontan is a horse, Desert
Summary:
Prince Taehyung and the Cat Kiwi (6383 words) by okapi
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Kim Taehyung | V, Kim Seokjin | Jin, Jeon Jungkook, Min Yoongi | Suga, Park Jimin (BTS), Jung Hoseok | J-Hope, Original Cat Character(s)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale, Prince Kim Taehyung | V, Prince Kim Seokjin | Jin, Prince Park Jimin (BTS), King Kim Namjoon | RM, Kim Seokjin | Jin & Kim Taehyung | V are Siblings, Cats, Adventure, Poetry, Jungkook Yoongi and Hoseok are brothers, Kim Namjoon | RM & Park Jimin are Siblings, Yeontan is a horse, Desert
Summary:
Prince Taehyung is bored and lazy. The quest to recover his missing cat will change that.
For Noorry.
Advent Day 28: Icicles
Dec. 28th, 2023 08:11 pmUnfortunately, I haven't had any icicles yet this winter. So this poem from last December will have to do.
in cold suspended fall
cavernous spikes extend their jagged points towards ground
in cold suspended fall
columns of translucent transmutation, ice shawl
lingering on the shoulder-eave, hoar yarn unwound
escape fail, fugitive drops are bound in cold
suspended fall
in cold suspended fall
cavernous spikes extend their jagged points towards ground
in cold suspended fall
columns of translucent transmutation, ice shawl
lingering on the shoulder-eave, hoar yarn unwound
escape fail, fugitive drops are bound in cold
suspended fall
Advent Day 27: Dickens & Clement Moore
Dec. 27th, 2023 03:26 pmI think it's a little late for Clement Moore, but I did do some Dickens today. I watched the Christmas Carol version with Alistar Sim which some of you recommended while I was taking down and packing up the Christmas decorations. It was good. He makes a good Scrooge, especially after his conversion.
I also listened to 3 stories from an audiobook/story collection of Dickens' Christmas stories my library has, all originally published in the 1850's Christmas editions of Household Words. I listened to The Child's Story, The Schoolboy's Story, and A Christmas Tree.
The Child's Story was short and a bit like The Giving Tree meets A Pilgrim's Progress but less sad. The Schoolboy's Story is about a victim of bullying getting a fortune and turning the other cheek and his bullies repenting. Meh. I couldn't help think that in an alternate universe the main character would Kill Them All. by far the most interesting was A Christmas Tree. I have bookmarked it for later consideration. First, there's a description of all kinds of toys and I think it would be PERFECT for a horror stories. In the same vein, the second half is nothing but a list of ghosts (?!). Also really good fodder. Like 20 possible ghost stories in a couple of paragraphs. Go boz!
I wrote a haiku about my favorite.
go look under-pond
beneath dead-still waters where
stags refuse to drink
I also listened to 3 stories from an audiobook/story collection of Dickens' Christmas stories my library has, all originally published in the 1850's Christmas editions of Household Words. I listened to The Child's Story, The Schoolboy's Story, and A Christmas Tree.
The Child's Story was short and a bit like The Giving Tree meets A Pilgrim's Progress but less sad. The Schoolboy's Story is about a victim of bullying getting a fortune and turning the other cheek and his bullies repenting. Meh. I couldn't help think that in an alternate universe the main character would Kill Them All. by far the most interesting was A Christmas Tree. I have bookmarked it for later consideration. First, there's a description of all kinds of toys and I think it would be PERFECT for a horror stories. In the same vein, the second half is nothing but a list of ghosts (?!). Also really good fodder. Like 20 possible ghost stories in a couple of paragraphs. Go boz!
I wrote a haiku about my favorite.
go look under-pond
beneath dead-still waters where
stags refuse to drink
Advent 26: Charades
Dec. 26th, 2023 03:59 pmI confess I am losing a bit of steam, but have a double drabble of Bertie Wooster playing competitive charades for the Drones (and, as always, Jeeves to the rescue).
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