2026-04-17T18:01:47Z https://yabu.me Kurt Hohmann https://yabu.me/npub1ynjc24tdranpr2nmk48tgked6l8aq8uprfguekk9z69pfy4tns2spjjudr https://cdn.masto.host/writing/accounts/avatars/110/380/322/961/275/008/original/b9c491e70ae6538f.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/writing/accounts/avatars/110/380/322/961/275/008/original/b9c491e70ae6538f.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs87zmrx384c09jafhku434ul2xl8g49jxut633sk66ggcghc2mx9szyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2cj5fm9 #ScribesAndMakers 4<br/>Describe a statue you have seen that struck your fancy.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve long been partial to &#39;Medusa with the Head of Perseus&#39; by Luciano Garbati. Mythological legends can always use a well-placed storytelling kick in the pants, and I think this statue rights at least a few wrongs from that particular story quite nicely.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/writing/media_attachments/files/115/491/527/383/585/765/original/101881333cfa4bec.png"> <br/> 2025-11-04T12:59:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr7jqyak8npm8a906q677rl60kjlwjwtjazyxvpjwaffvr4u9uljgzyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp275k6ua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy3gu98hph4emwlp296dxqqx7fpz2z7ce9wpy2vaes5yrejxcmvgc2ck3ag'>nevent1q…k3ag</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was a Crim-head first, starting back in high school. &#34;Sober&#34; got me into Tool, and the more I listened, the more I started drawing comparisons between the bands. <br/><br/>Here&#39;s one: listen to the interlocking guitars on this track, then go back to hear Adam&#39;s work on either 46&amp;2 or 7empest. <br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oy7RY_kUUg&amp;ab_channel=BrunoSamppa">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oy7RY_kUUg&amp;ab_channel=BrunoSamppa</a> 2025-09-10T12:42:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd7nyzdra9ty6vnlpq80t8lx3uaxs6yped69jg5cj6net6w5pwjaszyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2nj869m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswgz6085z33nkdfm5w3zvwjrk57hy6dl3le9jutzhk79ga8a23xggm8cxhq'>nevent1q…cxhq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More crossovers 🙂 I have seen APC a couple times as well. 2025-09-10T11:40:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs96d2x6etr8f2zynmjekhjcf7ncuqyjdpywu69m48e0nw9gujllhczyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2ajgggw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0lz5e7cusg4wfgnxesupcp594k2z9pzm4rx0uhr5pzudv32d2qnsvrfpev'>nevent1q…fpev</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve only seen Tool twice, but...well, those were memorable shows.<br/>King Crimson is more complicated - I saw them under that name twice, but if you count all the spin-off bands...including last year&#39;s Beat tour with Danny Carey on drums, that number shoots up quite a bit 🎵 2025-09-10T10:54:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs28szup8vd383s7dtruv8y6madhqvkh4t0qkuerg3s8l8988g9deszyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp25k7kdd #ScribesAndMakers 9<br/>Do you like music with unusual time signatures?<br/><br/>Yeah, this cartoon was made for me.<br/><br/>My taste in music runs to the complex. I&#39;m fine with a dance beat around others, but don&#39;t seek it out when alone.<br/><br/>Lifelong jazz and prog fan. King Crimson were masters of the time shift, and Tool picked up that torch. There&#39;s no mosh pit at a Tool show with good reason. Hell, even with Zep, it&#39;s the lovely polyrhythmic Kashmir I&#39;m reaching for.<br/><br/>Two weeks until Wardruna...<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/writing/media_attachments/files/115/174/089/424/420/714/original/3abc5fa3d514256c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-09T11:45:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxp3mpgww4q8fvsnjslfcx7fjxkc42f2jcmkexvh5zw3cplmf9ddszyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2jd4gmx #ScribesAndMakers 18<br/>Which of these would you like best for a weekend creative retreat: lake house, mountain cabin, city apartment, or oceanside hotel?<br/><br/>Lake house means kayaking, while mountain cabin is hiking; if they are both as isolated as I&#39;m picturing them there&#39;s lots of quiet inspiration to be found.<br/><br/>But then, immersion in a city can provide so much: snippets of dialogue, possible scenarios, perhaps even a dog in sunglasses riding a skateboard.<br/><br/>Oceanside is last. Never a beach person. 2025-08-18T12:06:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx868wht3x8cx49wqrsz5zxnxm2h5t35pjp86pqt9uxwqwqtmclfqzyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2hdyk82 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgu5udrcgeyden8wa2taluaamnwmfeznwq80fg9y6uqmr3r34dgfsavmga4'>nevent1q…mga4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There is definitely something lovely about the scent; I take it the *soap* sensation does not extend to the bouquet?<br/><br/>Also, it must be fresh. Dried cilantro/coriander tastes like nothing. 2025-08-13T12:02:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz4rznrq05h8qyqtx6fzed94askpjqq4qafd9ls7apj7utvk5q27szyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2samcex In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswv57n04p5le0exdmyf65kkamhw08md5f8jdvjwm40vm3uya9p9ygzwpays'>nevent1q…pays</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cilantro has such a unique flavor; I can&#39;t imagine some dishes without it (but thankfully the &#34;soap&#34; gene is switched off for me). <br/><br/>Years ago, part of a ceremony I was helping to facilitate involved sharing small cups of soup. The other facilitator made me promise to add no cilantro, but then it was me who almost lost it when I tasted my soup mid-ceremony and realized she&#39;d added a ton of hell&#39;s own herb, dill. 2025-08-13T11:46:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv2tr4x8ya9gm85uzuulcelq0ydnmumky8paw08r9s6njp4pr9uaczyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp23zf8xd Three shades of Glad today...<br/>#bloomscrolling<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/writing/media_attachments/files/114/990/145/855/653/266/original/53e71e927e33e88e.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-07T23:47:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsres3j9wxyt3vxu76hljhfszkg9yyunxhhqd0gvw5unm8l0lw58xszyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2nzvg2h #ScribesAndMakers 7<br/>Do you plant a garden each year?<br/><br/>It&#39;s more like, I *modify* the garden each year. Vegetable growing is not my greatest talent, but I seem to have cultivated a love for flowers. Here&#39;s a current sampling:<br/><br/>#bloomscrolling<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/writing/media_attachments/files/114/643/226/976/734/855/original/d2faa9e50cc00543.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/writing/media_attachments/files/114/643/226/952/036/537/original/ad844c37ec37347d.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/writing/media_attachments/files/114/643/226/959/059/812/original/c87ce557dd3d0a44.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-07T17:23:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrtdhuqydt2zld7rvnhxx80q4nxdms2rkepglsdr5rarfmgdsky8gzyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2e60y9u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx74w0mwauupvswr5lvgds4v202jugw3l4p7cauzzm4t9x2rwxh3c324aum'>nevent1q…4aum</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Since I can open just about any non-Apple file on my tablet, I thought it worth asking. Book purchased via Smashwords; I look forward to diving in 🙂 2025-05-03T12:48:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspldntelnraf0z49ljqz26pgds34du7drqgx53hz3qat9vs3dza8qzyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2t7czua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2f37vggh5nh3a4qvsxlkxjnty4l5cu8ahjla9j68cgx8v6wrz98st5ude0'>nevent1q…ude0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This does indeed look like it should be right up my dark, twisted little alley 🙂 <br/><br/>Before I pick this up, a quick question...is there any difference to the author, even if slight, if I purchase from one platform vs another? 2025-05-03T11:00:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqv2udlu9lmfqrydkrwwgz5utv5k6sdz82zly2swnzhqfwlnr7rvqzyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp23zdwue To be a pebble<br/>in the shoe of a tyrant<br/>and make him stumble<br/><br/>#dailyhaikuprompt - pebble<br/>#haiku <br/>#poetry <br/>#writing 2025-01-19T12:39:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9zwufpjet99qecqd7hunyxhl439r6rff5rhs7ywtkfx5jy5e7h7czyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2y3nyak In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs276w0tjxrnaj502lpkzk7dnlzrvas6uz6luu4dt66fy34ekq8gps8fhgew'>nevent1q…hgew</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good call. I&#39;m keeping my FB account open to keep tabs on a few folks, but overall Meta has been awful: there&#39;s no distinction between &#34;I&#39;m doing this thing to make a profit&#34; and &#34;I just want like-minded people to find each other&#34; and I refuse to give Zuckernuts a dime. <br/><br/>Especially after reading about all the heinous things he did right before he died earlier this week. 😅 2025-01-10T18:01:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxm6sgthc6znspct7ljfkpmamzw7f4kme0ez563r222kw2x636h8qzyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2nudk0w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstw98c5nw4ywafux8vu7u2lg5zah5842nnjqf2tg6nsemjv99lhqcv3vmhh'>nevent1q…vmhh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>5 Tags, 5 Favs<br/><br/>Food: jeyuk bokkeum (my ancestors shake their heads sadly as they watch me pass on the sauerkraut and dive into the kimchi)<br/>Season: autumn<br/>Color: green <br/>Drink: sumac tea<br/>Anime or Light Novel: Not an anime fan, but when I need a &#34;light novel,&#34; there&#39;s almost always a Pratchett I&#39;ve either not read or have sufficiently forgotten.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lfy02z7xwgvg7cf6revn27agscxz9ltwu0vn4xhds5e3vnw6vruqyeegtt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Annica 🇸🇪</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lfy…egtt</span>)</a></span> <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16gv0322qymvvak2rfd5umyurnysqc0uzj92afetyzyztjl0vmmds7mgnuq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Emma Cox</span> (<span class="italic">npub16gv…gnuq</span>)</a></span> <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dvkvs26m2lx52f453yx2se55hag50yx0l6wsv7tm2l8pk6www7wq6dp2c8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Rachel A. Rosen</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dvk…p2c8</span>)</a></span> <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17tpw6r7pa5w3fw970ejzg0s9fce9h4ygy6a32u0xyc5fqcp4cp4sxduy43" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>I am your √(-1) friend</span> (<span class="italic">npub17tp…uy43</span>)</a></span> <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1cf6frevdmcta5cdpx9ymteky53um8rutcmykqsppgrfkch5s4z2qdwc80r" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Just call me Ash</span> (<span class="italic">npub1cf6…c80r</span>)</a></span> 2024-12-04T20:25:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstggd0sv6jxerxkzgeu4fsxzq69am56l3wdhhr29zx0vzv5dr66rczyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2zc0e2w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst3u7f0d6y9nd8sls7j0rqwrcepcunw6r702ucun9x90a9xpvsttcfartc3'>nevent1q…rtc3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The seasonal thing is interesting. It may explain why I only &#34;won&#34; NaNoWriMo once - and I recall struggling all month to keep crafting more words and not fix the ones I&#39;d already written. November is simply not my drafting season - at least, not here in the northern hemisphere. 2024-11-22T18:18:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdpr0u9d0l7jl209sah8gnlzlvmaysgzpqxzlpfe8aufu8tc5n5eqzyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp22dusw9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgxeudfz7t4x5vgk48dg7pp0daycv5nrcsatnsmjd07gj5wm39thgj2dwdy'>nevent1q…dwdy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I used to focus on the novel or other long project and not allow myself the freedom to consider anything else. Lately, I&#39;ve written a number of short fiction pieces s well as a bunch of just-for-fun drabbles on a discord writing group, and at the same time I think I&#39;m making *better* progress on the novel. I suspect that my creativity is just not something that adapts itself well to priorities and deadlines. 2024-11-22T15:13:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvjx05xxax4qrqddmkktd9w3exuxc22jsxrjq99q0tsw8w9l8thrqzyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp2gjndu7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxg02ufd922zte8fgdeh5800f4w0k3az83j6zl27tzecv262tjwlgwh2sa0'>nevent1q…2sa0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Absolutely. I&#39;ve learned not to fight my writing urges; if I try to tell myself I &#34;must finish this before considering that,&#34; I&#39;ll never work on either project. <br/><br/>My novel progress has faltered of late, and I&#39;m sure it&#39;s because of my reaction to the US election. I found I needed to first write a short story that helped push a lot of anger out of me and onto the page. Many characters died.<br/><br/>Finally, just in the last couple of days, I was able to move back into the novel. 2024-11-22T13:50:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy3qpse8xud0anlx32r9h9mcjh60tqd9scw4jly26lrst0rtkrn9szyqjwtp24d50kvyd20w65adzm9htul5qlsyd9rnx6c5tg59yj4wwp28wjtl3 #PennedPossibilities 467<br/>Out of every single one of your characters, who would be one who to believe in ghosts?<br/><br/>Rational, highly-scientific-method Haley, of course. Nana&#39;s always been there for her, and hasn&#39;t allowed her own death to come between them. It just takes a while for Haley to realize that.<br/><br/>She&#39;s keenly interested in how the dead seem able to reach across the veil and affect some people but not others, and suspects a neurological key. 2024-10-14T10:33:22Z