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Today I'm sharing another session report for A Year in Farm Valley, one played at RinCon 2025. This game was played in the Women's Space, which was so great because it's quiet enough that your throat doesn't go raw just from trying to talk with the other players at your table!

A group of […]

A Spotted Sandpiper walking on a seaweed covered rock, next to water. In profile, head down. This small wader has yellow legs, light brown back and head, a pointed redish bill and white underparts, with spots on the underside at the back. Calm water, sunny day.

I'm pretty sure this is the first time I have seen spots on a Spotted Sandpiper. #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Photography

Chronicles of Chiron continues:

The first few days after the heist are the hardest. I managed all right after the siege worm broke my left arm, but now I’ve completely lost use of my dominant hand. Even knowing that my friends are around me and willing to help, I teeter on the edge of […]

We rap up an arc with this week's episode of #ttrpg #ActualPlay #AlphaCentauri: Chronicles of Chiron:

Everyone contributes to preparing the exodome rocket for launch.

https://diceystories.com/ds428-alpha-centauri-chronicles-of-chiron-the-exodome-part-10-of-10/

In #podcast or #novelization […]

An immature Red-headed Woodpecker collecting an acorn. Leopold's Preserve, Haymarket, VA

It was a fine day for the bird club's bird walk! Ducks have been moving in for the winter, and there were many Red-headed Woodpeckers. The co-lead of the walk is a botanist and he explained this is a good year for the kind of acorns that fit in Red-headed Woodpecker's mouth. #birding

A male kingfisher dazzles with electric blue plumage, a rich orange chest, and a dagger-like bill poised for precision dives.

Got the wrong side of the sun for this one, so its very grainy (noisy). But I did manage to get a flight shot for a change

Kingfisher beginning a dive

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK #BirdScrolling

A Grey Heron in flight

While I was walking the Grand Union Canal this morning this young Grey Heron flew past me not 6 meters from my head, This is a non-cropped shot (it was too close to get the full bird in picture :)

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography […]

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Just finished the final audio work on our Genesys campaign Alpha Centauri: Chronicles of Chiron for my podcast. This is the second of the bittersweet endings. The first was when we played the last session. The third will be when it finishes airing at the end of the year.

#ttrpg

@stephanie I wonder if those would go good in a stew. I was surprised to find that was a good way to use radishes.

The tiramisu recipe I use involves an egg custard rather than mascarpone. Today I experimented with not using cornstarch in the egg custard. Rather, I used psyllium husk and chia seeds. They appear to have done just as good a job as thickening agents, but what I completely did not expect was […]

We invited some friends over for a Halloween-themed game of A Year in Farm Valley, and so today's Cozy Farming episode from #DiceyStories is Part 2 of A Year in Creepy Hollow.

The witches of Creepy Hollow prepare to welcome the Count at the autumn equinox.

Join us for Summer and Autumn […]

I keep getting heart-warming updates from my brother that my little nephew is really enjoying the birthday present I sent: the young readers edition of An Immense World by Ed Yong. If you know a kid fascinated by animals or the natural world, consider pointing them to it. (Or if you know any […]

Murderland by Elizabeth Sampat Alternate rules for CLUE that are actually fun.

@todd Turns out it was on itch.io: https://elizabethsampat.itch.io/murderland

@todd I remember an episode of the One Shot Podcast that used characters from Clue. They were playing a game called Murderland, but any links to it I've come across have been, appropriately enough, dead.

https://oneshotpodcast.com/one-shot/105-murderland/

Today I finished reading "Turning to Birds: the Power and Beauty of Noticing" by Lili Taylor. This is a collection of essays, each mostly focused on one type of bird. It is a combination of her experiences in both birdwatching and bird conservation and how those activities have changed her. In […]

Chronicles of Chiron continues:

The lifeboat has space for the five of us and four unwieldy crates. As soon as Takuto unmoors us, we’re swept away from the warehouse by the swift current. I keep my barrier, including the intense glow around Cleve, fully active until we are well away and around […]

This week's episode of #ttrpg #ActualPlay #AlphaCentauri: Chronicles of Chiron:

Cleve and Mariah deal with their injuries.

https://diceystories.com/ds426-alpha-centauri-chronicles-of-chiron-the-exodome-part-9-of-10/

In #podcast or #novelization form.

#DiceyStories #genesys #genesysrpg #scifi […]

My game A Year in Farm Valley has now been up on itch.io for one month. It has been viewed 306 times, downloaded 103 times, and produced a gross revenue of 61 USD. Average payment for the free game is actually higher than the suggested price, which surprised me (pleasantly). This will go towards […]

We invited some friends over for a Halloween-themed game of A Year in Farm Valley, and so today's Cozy Farming episode from #DiceyStories is Part 1 of A Year in Creepy Hollow.

A coven of witches inherits a dilapidated castle in Creepy Hollow.

Join us for Winter and Spring! (This game of A Year […]

Today I'm sharing another session report for A Year in Farm Valley, one played at RinCon 2025. This time the players were both children, and all the characters were anthropomorphic animals.

A fox and a meerkat answer an ad to take over the farm that a retired mole has let degrade since devoting […]

Half-sized sheets of cardstock, folded into cards in progress. All have an outline of Arizona in various stages of being turned into a present. One has just the outline of a bow, one has a bow colored in red and the start of a ribbon, and the third has the crisscrossed ribbon completely colored in as well as the bow.

It's the 4th Monday, so that means another cozy #crafting night. In addition to painting minis, we had a holiday card project. Last year we did Santa roadrunners. This year we're doing Arizona presents. It may feel early for winter holiday cards, but these take a while to do by hand.

Intersex bodies are neither wrong nor unnatural. Sex exists on a spectrum. [ID : Myrick, a boy with dark hair says : Being intersex doesn't mean to be "both a man and a woman" or "born with two sexes". It means to be born with variations in sex characteristics that do not fit nicely in the traditional male/female binary. "Sex exists within a spectrum" is written at the bottom.]

October 26th is Intersex Awareness Day.

Chronicles of Chiron continues:

“Ignore that noise and focus on these guys!” Omega shouts angrily back at the group fooled by Bella’s distraction. There’s a collapsed shelving unit between me and him, but it’s full of gaps and bullets are small. The next shot he takes at me tearis through my […]

GM Note for Chronicles of Chiron:

The organic superlubricant Arx deploys is a researchable tech for powering fusion lasers from Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, but our PCs’ use is far more mundane. Just like in the video game, though, they can’t exactly control where it spreads.

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This week's episode of #ttrpg #ActualPlay #AlphaCentauri: Chronicles of Chiron:

The Data Haven gang escapes with enough rocket control units, but the price is high.

https://diceystories.com/ds424-alpha-centauri-chronicles-of-chiron-the-exodome-part-8-of-10/

In #podcast or #novelization form […]

Eine Krähe sitzt im herbstlichen Sonnenlicht auf einem kahlen Ast. Im Hintergrund unscharf eine Baum mit gelbem Herbstlaub

Feiner Herbstsonntagmorgen

#nature #birds

Last night I dreamt there were a couple juvenile tawny frogmouths here in my Arizona backyard. Their "I'm a tree branch" camouflage did not work so well in a cholla.

#birds

What are your go-to websites for European bird information? I know which ones are good for the US, but I'm interested in learning about birds in Benelux.

#birds #benelux

A small bird with a pale belly, tawny shoulders, and a dark grey hood: a junco.

A small bird with fierce looking diagonal stripes on its face and striped belly.

A small bird with a yellow stripe on its head, a pale belly, and white stripes on its brown wings.

A tiny bird with a splotchy pale belly and a ridiculous vibrant magenta gorget, a face mask that glitters and shines. Oh, and a long slender pointed beak, like a needle.

#Birbs this evening.

Junco, Song sparrow, Golden-crowned sparrow, and the boss Anna's #hummingbird

#Saanich #birds

Another #kombucha processing today. For the second ferment this time I'm using spiced pear sauce I made recently. I'm hopeful that will give it a distinct flavor.

#fermentation