#4 Month Calendar September October November December 2019

[gumnut-logic]

Hi! I’m getting into Thunderbirds fics and was thinking about writing some myself. I saw that you ran a challenge at one point and was wondering if there was any event calendar the fandom is using. Or are there any events at all? I wasn’t sure where to find any.

Hi and welcome to the Thunderfam! :D

There is no strict calendar, but a few events do recur at will.

At the moment we are in the middle of Fanart Appreciation Month, which has occurred in January the previous two years as well. The idea being to reblog lots of artworks to give our artists some recognition.

February has been Fab Five Feb in 2019 and 2020, but was missed last year. I haven't done the call out as to whether the Thunderfam want that one this year yet. It is usually a six week challenge with a focus on the five brothers plus another character which changes each year.

Some time in March/April there might be a Easter gift fic event.

Somewhere between April and August there is sometimes a random challenge event. There was nothing last year, but in previous years there has been Sensory Sunday , Earth & Sky Week and an Olympics challenge.

We also celebrate each of the Tracy boys' birthdays - Gordon 14 Feb, Alan 12 March, Scott 4 July (?), Virgil 15 August (always a big one for me :D ) and John in October. Other cast members also get birthday celebrations at various times of the year.

September and October are usually taken up by external challenges like Sicktember and Whumptober.

We did have a Thunderfam November event - Fluffember - but last year an external event was picked up so Fluffember didn't run, but it did run 2019, 2020 and 2021.

December is left to Tag Team Secret Santa.

There have also been random other events over the past few years and I have no doubt there were others before I joined the fandom in 2018. Due to the sudden rise of Covid in 2020 we started International Rescue & Relief, a fluff prompt challenge which is technically still going, but I haven't mentioned it for ages.

Plus there are always writing prompts or question lists flying around that get picked up by whoever wants to play.

Thunderfam, if I have forgotten anything, please chime in. It is late here and my brain is usually pretty unreliable.

Anyways, welcome, thank you for asking. I hope you have fun in thunderfam :D

Nutty

(so do you have a favourite Tracy brother? :D )

[alwaysmarilynmonroe]

Today is a very special day, it’s Marilyn’s Birthday! Can you believe that if she were still alive,  Marilyn would have been turning 94 years old today – just two months younger than the Queen herself! With each year I always try and write a special post about this amazing woman, who has helped me so much and achieved more than anyone could have imagined in her 36 years. Therefore, I decided to write 94 facts about the Birthday Girl – some you may know, some you may not, all in the hope that genuine things will be learnt and the real Marilyn will be more understood and appreciated.

Gladys and baby Norma Jeane spend some quality time together on the beach in 1929.

Little Norma Jeane, aged seven, in 1933.

Norma Jeane photographed by David Conover whilst working at the Radio Plane Munitions Factory in either the Fall of 1944 or Spring of 1945.

Norma Jeane by Andre de Dienes in late 1945.

Marilyn by Richard Miller in 1946.

Marilyn on Tobey Beach by Andre de Dienes on July 23rd 1949.

Marilyn by Ed Clark in Griffith Park in August 1950.

Marilyn attends a Party in Ray Anthony’s home, organized by 20th Century Fox on August 3rd 1952.

Marilyn filming The Seven Year Itch on location in New York City by Sam Shaw on September 13th 1954.

Marilyn by Milton Greene on January 28th 1955.

Marilyn by Cecil Beaton on February 22nd 1956. This was her favourite photo of herself.

Marilyn attending the Premiere of The Prince In The Showgirl at the Radio City Music Hall on June 13th 1957.

Marilyn by Carl Perutz on June 16th 1958.

Marilyn by Philippe Halsman for LIFE Magazine in October 1959.

Marilyn attends a Benefit for The Actors Studio at the Roseland Dance City on March 13th 1961.

Marilyn on Santa Monica Beach for Cosmopolitan Magazine by George Barris on July 1st 1962.

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1.  Stood at a height of 5’5½”

2.  Born in the charity ward of the Los Angeles County Hospital at 9:30 AM on June 1st 1926.

3.  Married three times;

– Jim Dougherty: (June 19th 1942 – September 13th 1946) – Joe Dimaggio: (January 14th 1954 – 31st October 1955) (Temporary divorce granted on October 27th 1954) – Arthur Miller: (June 29th 1956 – January 20th 1961).

4. Suffered two confirmed miscarriages; an ectopic pregnancy on August 1st 1957 and miscarriage in December 16th 1958.

5. Suffered with endometriosis very badly, so much so that she had a clause in her contract which stated she would be unable to work whilst menstruating.

6. Starred in 30 films – her last being uncompleted.

7. Favourite of her own performances was as Angela Phinlay in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

8. Winner of three Golden Globes; two for World Film Favourite – Female in 1954 and 1962 and one for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for her performance as Sugar Kane in Some Like It Hot (1959) in 1960.

9. Her idol was the first Platinum Blonde Bombshell, Jean Harlow.

10. Amassed a collection of over 400 books in her library, ranging from Russian Literature to Psychology.

11. Favourite perfume was Chanel No.5

12. Had two half siblings; Robert “Jackie” Baker (1918 – 1933) and Bernice Miracle (1919) – the former she would never have the chance to meet and Bernice was not informed about Marilyn until she was 19 years old.

13. Former Actor and 20th Century Fox Studio Executive, Ben Lyon created the name Marilyn Monroe in December 1946 – Marilyn after fellow Actress, Marilyn Miller and Monroe after Marilyn’s mother’s maiden name. Ironically enough, Ben starred with Jean Harlow, in her breakout movie, Hell’s Angels (1930).

14. Legally changed her name to Marilyn Monroe ten years later, on February 23rd 1956.

15. Attended The Actors Studio.

16. Third woman to start her own Film Production Company – the first being Lois Weber in 1917 and the second being Mary Pickford in 1919.

17. First had her hair bleached in January 1946 at the Frank & Joseph Salon by Beautician Sylvia Barnhart, originally intended for a Shampoo Advert.

18. Contrary to popular belief, she was technically a natural blonde, not a redhead or brunette. She was born with platinum hair and was very fair until just before her teen years. Her sister described her with having dark blonde hair upon their first meeting in 1944.

19. Another myth debunked – she had blue eyes, not brown.

20. Was one of the few women in the 1950s to use weights when exercising.

21. Wore jeans before it was considered acceptable for women.

22. Her famous mole was real – albeit skin coloured, so she emphasized it using a brown eye pencil.

23. Was a Step-Mother in two of her three marriages to three children – Joe Dimaggio Jr. and Bobby and Jane Miller.

24. Found out she landed the lead role in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) on her 26th Birthday.

25. Another huge myth dispelled – only actually met President Kennedy four times from 1961 – 1962. Three of them were at public events, with the last being her performance at Madison Square Garden. One of them was at Bing Crosby’s Palm Spring house with various people, so at most (which again, is very unlikely) they had a one night stand – nothing more and nothing less.

26. Was the first Playboy Cover Girl, although she did not actually pose for them, nor give permission for them to be used. Hugh Hefner bought the photograph from a Chicago Calendar Company for $500 and the two never met.

27. Speaking of Playboy, the photo was taken by Photographer Tom Kelley on May 27th 1951 and Marilyn made a total of $50 for the photo shoot. The most famous photo then went on to cause a national sensation after being sold to the Calendar Baumgarth Company and became known as, “Golden Dreams“.

28. In 1955 it was estimated that over four million copies of the Calendar had been sold.

29. Favourite singers were Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. 

30. Attended the Academy Awards Ceremony only once on March 29th 1951 and presented the award for “Best Sound Recording” to Thomas Moulton for All About Eve (1951) which she also starred in.

31. Performed ten shows over four days to over 100,000 soldiers and marines in Korea in February 1954 – she actually ended up catching pneumonia because it was so cold.

32. Was one of the few Stars who had Director Approval in their Contracts. Some of the names included were, John Huston, Elia Kazan, Alfred Hitchcock, George Stevens, William Wyler, Joshua Logan and Sir Carol Reed.

33. Was pregnant during the filming of Some Like It Hot (1959) – filming finished on November 7th 1958 and she miscarried the following month on December 16th.

34. Featured on the cover of LIFE Magazine seven times during her lifetime;

– April 7th 1952 – May 25th 1953 – July 8th 1957 (International Edition) – April 20th 1959 – November 9th 1959 – August 15th 1960 – June 22nd 1962

35. Favourite bevarage was Dom Perignon 1953 Champagne.

36. By the time of her death, her films had grossed over $200 million, when adjusted for inflation that is the equivalent of $2 billion in 2019.

37. Designer, William Travilla dressed Marilyn for seven of her films, two (*) of them received Oscar Nominations in, “Best Costume/Design, Color“;

– Monkey Business (1952) – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) – How To Marry A Millionaire (1953) * – River Of No Return (1954) – There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954) * – The Seven Year Itch (1955) – Bus Stop (1956)

38. Spent 21 months of her childhood at the Los Angeles Orphanage, from September 13th 1935 until June 7th 1937.

39. Was one of the first Stars to speak out about child abuse, with her story appearing in movie magazines as early as 1954.

40. Fostered by her grandmother’s neighbours, Ida and Albert Bolender, for the first seven years of her life.

41. Lived in England for four months, during the period of filming for The Prince and The Showgirl (1957) from July 14th 1956 – November 20th 1956.

42. Her Production Company, Marilyn Monroe Productions produced only one film, The Prince and The Showgirl (1957) based on Terrance Rattigan’s play, The Sleeping Prince.

43. Was photographed by Earl Theisen in October 1952 wearing a potato sack dress after being criticized by the press for her outfit choice at The Henrietta Awards in January 1952. A journalist wrote that Marilyn was “insignificant and vulgar“and “even in a potato bag, it would have been more elegant.“

44. Was a huge supporter of LGBT+ rights, saying the following quote about fellow actor and friend, Montgomery Clift to journalist W.J. Weatherby in 1960,

“I was remembering Monty Clift. People who aren’t fit to open the door for him sneer at his homosexuality. What do they know about it? Labels–people love putting labels on each other. Then they feel safe. People tried to make me into a lesbian. I laughed. No sex is wrong if there’s love in it.”

45. Her measurements were listed as the following by her Dressmakers; 35-22-35 and 36-24-24 by The Blue Book  Modelling Agency. For the majority of her life she weighed between 117-120 pounds, with her weight fluctuating around 15 pounds, during and after her pregnancies (1957-1960), although her waist never ventured past 28.5 inches and her dress size today would be a UK Size 6-8 and a US Size 2-4 as she was a vintage Size 12.

46. Her famous white halter dress from The Seven Year Itch (1955) sold for $4.6 million ($5.6 million including auction fees) on June 18th 2011, which was owned by Debbie Reynolds. The “Happy Birthday Mr. President Dress” originally held the record for the most expensive dress, when it was sold on October 27th 1999 for $1.26 million. It then went on to be resold for $4.8 million on November 17th 2016, thus regaining it’s original achievement.

47. Was discovered by Photographer, David Conover, whilst working in The Radio Plane Munitions Factory in the Fall of 1944 or Spring of 1945, depending on sources.

48. Now known as the, “Me Too” movement, Marilyn was one of the first Stars to speak out on the, “Hollywood Wolves” in a 1953 article for Motion Picture Magazine entitled, “Wolves I Have Known”. The most famous incident being with the Head of Columbia Studios, Harry Cohn, who requested Marilyn join him on his yacht for a weekend away in Catalina Island. Marilyn asked if his wife would be joining them, which, as you can imagine – did not go down well and her contract was not renewed with the Studio. Marilyn made only one film with Columbia during her six month contract, this being Ladies Of The Chorus (1948) which was shot in just ten days!

49. Loved animals dearly and adopted a variety of pets over the years. These included a basset hound called Hugo and parakeets, Clyde, Bobo and Butch with Husband Arthur Miller.  A number of cats including a persian breed called Mitsou in 1955 and Sugar Finney in 1959. Her most famous pet was gifted to her in March or April of 1961 by friend, Frank Sinatra, a little white maltese named Maf. His full name was Mafia Honey, as a humorous reference to Sinatra’s alleged connections to the Mob. After Marilyn’s death, Maf went to live with Frank Sinatra’s secretary, Gloria Lovell.

50. The book she was reading at the time of her death was Harper Lee’s, To Kill A Mocking Bird.

51. One of the movies she starred in was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and won, this being All About Eve (1950) at The 23rd Academy Awards on March 29th 1951. It ended up being nominated for 14 Oscars, a record at the time and has only been matched by Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016).

52. Her first magazine cover was photographed by Andre de Dienes in December 1945 for Family Circle, released on April 26th 1946.

53. Joined The William Morris Agency on December 7th 1948.

54. Was right handed, not left as often believed.

55. Third Husband Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay for Marilyn’s last completed film, The Misfits (1961) which was originally written as a short story for Esquire Magazine in 1957. After the tragic ectopic pregnancy Marilyn endured in August of 1957, friend and Photographer, Sam Shaw suggested to Miller he alter his short story specifically for her. Ironically the making of this film culminated in their divorce and Marilyn stating,

“He could have written me anything and he comes up with this. If that’s what he thinks of me then I’m not for him and he’s not for me.” 56. Was Author, Truman Capote’s original choice for the role of Holly Golightly in Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961) however, she was advised to turn it down by her Acting Coach, Paula Strasberg, who did not think the role of a prostitute would be good for her image. Writer George Axelrod, who wrote the Screenplay for Bus Stop (1956) and the play, The Seven Year Itch, ironically ended up being the Screenwriter for this movie.

Capote said this regarding Marilyn,

“I had seen her in a film and thought she would be perfect for the part. Holly had to have something touching about her . . . unfinished. Marilyn had that.”

57. Second Husband Joe Dimaggio had The Parisian Florists deliver red roses on Marilyn’s grave twice a week, for twenty years, from August 1962 until September 1982. Marilyn had told him how William Powell used to do this for Jean Harlow after her death and he reportedly vowed to do the same after their Wedding Ceremony. After the 20 years he then donated to a children’s charity, as he thought it would be a nice way to honour her memory. They also created the flower arrangements for her casket at her funeral.

58. The following five Directors directed Marilyn in more than one movie;

– John Huston; The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and The Misfits (1961) – Richard Sale;  A Ticket To Tomahawk (1950) and Let’s Make It Legal (1951) – Howard Hawks; Monkey Business (1952) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) – Billy Wilder; The Seven Year Itch (1955) and Some Like It Hot (1959) – George Cukor; Let’s Make Love (1960) and Something’s Got To Give (1962)

59. Was an illegitimate child, which unfortunately was attached with a lot of stigma in the 1920s. Her mother, Gladys, listed her then husband Edward Mortenson on the Birth Certificate, although it is commonly accepted that her real father was Charles Stanley Gifford, as Gladys left Edward on May 26th 1925. Gladys had an affair with him, which ended when she announced her pregnancy and he never acknowledged or met Marilyn, although she tried multiple times over the years to speak with him. 

60. Stayed in a number of foster homes during her childhood,

– George and Emma Atkinson; February 1934 – September 1934 – Enid and Sam Knebelcamp; Fall of 1934 – Harvey and Elsie Giffen; January 1935 – March 1935 – Grace and “Doc” Goddard; April 1935 – September 1935 and June 1937 – November 1937 and end of 1940 – February 1942 – Ida Martin; November 1937 – August 1938 – “Aunt Ana” Lower; August 1938  – End of 1940 and February 1942 

61. Had her hand and footprints immortalized in cement at Graumans Chinese Theatre on June 26th 1953, with Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) co-star, Jane Russell. Marilyn would place a rhinestone in the dot of the letter “i” as a reference to her character, “Lorelei Lee” but it was sadly stolen. This was an incredibly special moment for her, as she often talked about placing her hands and feet in the many prints there, when she spent her weekends at the Theatre as a child, especially in 1933 and 1934.

“When I was younger, I used to go to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and try to fit my foot in the prints in the cement there. And I’d say “Oh, oh, my foots too big. I guess that’s out.” I did have a funny feeling later when I finally put my foot down into that wet cement, I sure knew what it really meant to me, anything’s possible, almost.”

62. The famous gold lamé dress worn in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and designed by William Travilla, was deemed too risqué by the censors. Unfortunately for fans, this meant that the musical number, “Down Boy” was cut from the film and we only glimpse a few seconds of the dress from behind, on screen.

63. Due to the censors, the original, “Diamond’s Are A Girl’s Best Friend” costume was changed to the now iconic pink dress with black bow. Originally it was to be a diamond encrusted two piece, which was extremely daring for the then Motion Picture Hays Code.

64. Loved Erno Lazlo Skin Cream, Vaseline and Nivea Moisturizer.

65. Had she completed Something’s Got To Give (1962), Marilyn would have been the first Star in a major Motion Picture to appear nude on film. As she passed before it was completed the achievement went to fellow Blonde Bombshell, Jayne Mansfield in, Promises! Promises (1963).

66. Met Queen Elizabeth II in England at the Empire Theater in Leicester Square whilst attending the Premiere of, “The Battle Of The River Plate“ on October 29th 1956.

67. The Misfits (1961) was both Marilyn and Clark Gable’s last completed films. Clark died 12 days after filming finished, on November 16th 1960. The film was released on Clark’s would be 60th Birthday, February 1st 1961 and Marilyn passed 18 months later.

68. As Marilyn died before the completion of Something’s Got To Give (1962) it ended up being remade with Doris Day and James Garner, entitled, Move Over Darling! (1963). The film was originally intended to be a remake of, My Favourite Wife (1940) which starred Cary Grant.

69. Signed a recording contract with RCA Records on September 1st 1953. One of her songs from River of No Return (1954) entitled, “File My Claim” sold 75,000 copies in its first three weeks of release.

70. Was admitted to the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic on February 10th 1961 by her then Psychiatrist, Marianne Kris. Originally thought to be for rest and rehabilitation, following her divorce from Arthur Miller and the strain of filming The Misfits. However, Marilyn was placed on the security ring and held against her will. Thankfully, she was able to contact ex Husband, Joe Dimaggio, who stated he would, “Take the hospital apart brick by brick” if she was not released and after three days of emotional trauma, she left.

71. Visited the following Countries;

– Canada – (July – August 1953) – Japan (February 1954) – Korea (Feburary 1954) – England (July – November 1956) – Jamaica (January 1957) – Mexico (February 1962)

72. Purchased her only home, 12305 Fifth Helena Drive on February 8th 1962, where she would tragically pass just under 6 months later.

73. The home had the following tile located on the front paving entrance saying, “cursum perficio” meaning, “my journey ends here.” The title is still there to this day.

74. Her final interview was published in LIFE Magazine on August 3rd 1962 and was written by Richard Meryman.

75. Aside from her millions of fans, had a staunch group of supporters affectionately known as, “The Monroe Six” who followed Marilyn around New York during her time there. Their nickname for Marilyn was, “Mazzie” and they became so acquainted that Marilyn actually once invited them for a picnic at her home.

76. First married at just sixteen years old, this was to avoid returning to the Orphanage she had spent almost two years in as a child.

77. Supported numerous charity events, most famously riding a pink elephant in Madison Square Garden, to support the Arthritis and Rheumatic Affections Association on March 30th 1955.

78. Left 25% of her Estate to her then Psychiatrist, Marianne Kris and 75% to mentor and friend, Lee Strasberg. For reference, her Will was last updated on January 1961 – a month before she entered the Payne Whitney Hospital on the advice of Marianne Kris.

79. At the time of it’s release, The Misfits (1961) turned out to be the most expensive black and white movie ever made, costing a budget of $4 million dollars.

80. The Premiere of The Seven Year Itch was held on her 29th Birthday, on June 1st 1955, she attended with ex Husband, Joe Dimaggio.

81. Laid to rest at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery on August 8th 1962 at 1:00 PM, with friend and mentor Lee Strasberg delivering the Eulogy. 

82. Although so often associated with diamonds, actually wasn’t that fond of jewellery stating, “People always ask me if I believe diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Frankly, I don’t.” 

83. Spent her 36th Birthday filming Something’s Got To Give (1962) and then attending a Charity Event for muscular dystrophy at the Chavez Ravin Dodger Stadium, which also happened to be her last public appearance.

84. Whilst recovering in hospital from an appendectomy in April 1952, Marilyn asked long time Makeup Artist and friend, Allan “Whitey” Snyder to do her makeup, should she pass before him. She gave him a gold money clip with the inscription, “Whitey Dear, while I’m still warm, Marilyn” and he did fulfill this promise to her.

85. Converted to Judaism for third husband, Arthur Miller on July 1st 1956.

86. Despite appearing in 30 films, she only actually dies in one, that being her breakout movie, Niagara (1953) where her character Rose Loomis, is strangled by her Husband George, played by Joseph Cotten.

87. Moved to New York City in 1955 and attended The Actors Studio, after breaking her Film Contract with 20th Century Fox. This was for a number of reasons, mainly years of low pay, unsatisfactory scripts and lack of creative control. A new contract would finally be reinstated on December 31st.

88. Repurchased a white Baby Grand Piano that her mother, Gladys, owned during their time living together in 1933. After Marilyn passed it would then be sold at the Christies Auction of her Estate in 1999 to none other than, Mariah Carey for $632,500.

89. Wore long hair pieces in River of No Return (1954) and a medium length wig in The Misfits (1961). The first I can only assume was due to the time period and setting of a Western and the second was due to the bleach damage her hair had suffered. After the filming in 1960, she wore the wig a couple of times in public events and then reverted back to her normal hair.

90. Like all students, it was tradition to perform in front of each other in The Actors Studio and on February 17th 1955, Marilyn acted out a scene from “Anna Christie” with Maureen Stapleton. Although it was an unwritten rule that students were not meant to applaud one another, an eruption of cheers and clapping happened after Marilyn had finished.

“Everybody who saw that says that it was not only the best work Marilyn ever did, it was some of the best work ever seen at Studio, and certainly the best interpretation of Anna Christie anybody ever saw. She achieved real greatness in that scene.”

– Actor Ellen Burstyn, on recalling Marilyn’s performance.

91. Used the pseudonym, “Zelda Zonk“, when trying to remain incognito.

92. Marilyn’s mother, Gladys Baker, suffered from Paranoid Schizophrenia and after various stays in institutions, was declared insane on January 15th 1935, when Marilyn was just 8 years old. After 10 years she was released and managed to retain various cleaning jobs and had developed an intense interest in Christian Science. However, by 1951 she was back in various institutions and would stay in the Rockhaven Sanitarium until 1967. Even after death, Marilyn continued to cover her mother’s care payments and Gladys would go on to outlive her for 22 years.

93. Favourite photograph of herself was taken by Cecil Beaton on February 22nd 1956.

94. Last professional photos were taken by Bert Stern, famously known as “The Last Sitting” for Vogue Magazine on June 23rd, July 10th and 12th 1962. Allan Grant took the LIFE Magazine interview pictures in her home, on July 4th and 9th 1962. Whilst George Barris took his photos for Cosmopolitan Magazine, the previous weekend on the 29th and 30th of June, until July 1st 1962. ______________________________________________________________________________

To those of you who took the time to read through all 3000+ words, thank you! It truly means more to me than you know and I really hope it’s shed some light on the truly special person Marilyn was and made you hold a good thought for her on her big day.

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Happy 94th Birthday Marilyn! Today is a very special day, it's Marilyn's Birthday! Can you believe that if she were still alive,  Marilyn would have been turning 94 years old today - just two months younger than the Queen herself!

[thez1337]

Happy Star Wars Month!

Happy Star Wars Month! Compiled here is a chronology of what the Kylux fandom has been through so far. This is by no means complete, and is specifically tailored for events in the USA, so it’s being provided as an open source document to share and distribute because each fan’s experience is different. We should all be so proud of our accomplishments, from art to fics to comics to toys and so much more!

I want to thank everybody who helped compile this list; it was truly a group effort. The link is below, though I’ve included the entire list under the cut.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B9nAz3lDbXfBVYjZi3OtpHhXnjrIAyAc63Qly1BJvTo/edit?usp=sharing

2015

Domhnall Gleeson spoils the name of Starkiller Base - July 10, 2015

Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie and Adam Driver are interviewed for Star Wars E7 at San Diego Comic Con - July 11, 2015

Snickers comes out with wrappers that have sayings such as "hot mess" and "whiny" - September 22, 2015

The Force Awakens Trailer released - October 19, 2015

First Explicit Kylux Fic posted on AO3 titled "broken wishbones under your bed" by wolfhalls - November 27, 2015

The Force Awakens Red Carpet Premiere - December 14, 2015

Domhnall Gleeson goes on The Late Show with James Corden - December 16, 2015

The Force Awakens - December 18, 2015

General Hux TFA 2015 Collection Action figure released - 2015

2016

Kiss a Ginger Day - January 12, 2016

Star Wars Undercover Boss - Starkiller Base – SNL, aka when we meet Matt the Radar Technician - January 17, 2016

First #Huxlive tweet - February 5, 2016

Millicent mentioned by Lucasfilms Creative Executive Pablo Hidalgo in tweets - February 6, 2016

"Friction" by Imagine Dragons becomes the national Kylux Anthem because of a video made by Studio Sagittarius - February 21, 2016

Kylux Bingo Card, 1st fan edition released - February 19, 2016

This Is Madness Tournament where Hux got 40% against Boba Fett's 60% - March 2016

The term "Blue milkshake" is entered in to the fandom vocabulary because of a fic on AO3 with that title by Ilyn - April 23, 2016

Kylux Exchange May 2016 - May 2016

General Armitage Hux Day (Domhnall's Birthday) - May 12, 2016

General Hux is entered in to Urban Dictionary as "A ginger-headed individual with daddy issues set on ruling the entire galaxy with his fan club, alongside his terrifying baby-faced boyfriend who goes by the name of Kylo Ren" - May 31, 2016

National Donut Day - June 1, 2016 

First Kylux Positivity Week - June 8, 2016

My Journey From Marine to Actor, Adam Driver's Ted Talk - June 21, 2016

"I Fucken Hate Kylux" is first uttered on Anon to several Kyluxers - June 2016

Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens game released with an Aerobics Hux clad in yellow who also eats pink ice cream - June 28 2016

The first anti-Kylux post by waluigitheanti on Tumblr - July 5, 2016

Armitage Day, the day Armitage’s first name is revealed through leaks and/or previews - July 9, 2016

Chuck Wendig's Life Debt: Aftermath trilogy comes out with Armitage’s official first name - July 11, 2016

Lucasfilms Creative Executive Pablo Hidalgo mentions that Kylo and Hux have been working together for around the past 5 years - August 6, 2016

Kylux 33 Days of Guro - August 2016

AO3 Ship Stats 2016 Overall Top 100 list where Kylux made it to #7 - August 4, 2016

Kylux Big Bang 2016 - September 2016

Pablo Hidalgo tweets that there was no reason why Hux had not seen Kylo’s face before – September 22, 2016

General Hux is given a second entry in to Urban Dictionary as "The act of cumming on your partner's face while you yell 'DEATH TO THE RESISTANCE' (while rolling the R) and pretending your cum is a giant laser beam and your partners face is a star system home to billions of lives who will soon be extinguished. Bonus points if you are choking them and they are crying for totally unrelated reasons." - September 24, 2016

Huxloween 2016 - October 1, 2016

Kylux Holiday Cards Exchange - November 22, 2016

Children Wake Up Series by Hollycomb had, and possible still does have, the most hits, kudos, and comments in the Kylux tag on AO3 - 12/31/2016

General Hux First Order Black Series 6" #13 2016 Action figure - 2016

 2017

Star Wars Kylo Ren and General Hux Cat Mice Toy - Early 2017

Kylux Bingo Card, 2nd fan edition created - January 3rd, 2017

Kiss a Ginger Day - January 12, 2017 

Kylux Eggstravaganza - May 1, 2017

"Darth Tantrum And His Evil Space Ginger" is first coined in an AO3 fic titled “The Art of Being Torn Apart” by Cynical Pudding and DailyAl - May 2, 2017

General Armitage Hux Day (Domhnall's Birthday) - May 12, 2017

Vanity Fair publishes "See the Cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi on Four Exclusive Covers," one of which has Captain Phasma, Kylo Ren, and General Hux - May 23, 2017

National Donut Day - June 1, 2017 

AO3 Ship Stats 2017 Overall Top 100 list where Kylux made it to #37 - August 3, 2017

Adam Driver interviewed on Today - August 20, 2017

Kylux Big Bang 2017 - September 2017

Hux's pleated black robe and ice-blue sofa are mentioned in the Phasma Novel by Delilah S. Dawson - September 1, 2017

Domhnall Gleeson shows up to the premiere of Mother! with a mustache – September 6, 2017

Domhnall Gleeson gives interview to Hollywood XYZ and shows up without mustache - September 17, 2017

Huxloween 2017 - October 1, 2017

The Last Jedi Trailer released - October 9, 2017

Screen Rat Adam Driver Interview - December 6, 2017

The Last Jedi Red Carpet Premiere - December 9, 2017

Secret Santa Interview where Domhnall said he would give Ren a grenade, and Adam said he would give Hux socks every year - December 11, 2017

Adam Driver goes on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and is surprised by the red soles of the shoes they made him wear - December 14, 2017

The Last Jedi - December 15, 2017

The Last Jedi Visual Dictionary released with a picture of Kylo Ren's bedroom - December 15, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Domhnall Gleeson "General Hux" Behind the Scenes Official Movie Interview, aka a tastefully disheveled Hux talks with reporter in a casual setting - December 17, 2017

Compliment Battle with the Cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Funny Moments with Daisy Ridley & Domhnall Gleeson - December 19, 2017

General Hux With Mouse Droid TLJ Collection Action figure 2016 - 2017

 2018

Kiss a Ginger Day - January 12, 2018

Delilah S. Dawson, author of the Phasma novel, came out as a Kylucc - January 26, 2018

Domhnall goes on the late show with James Corden to talk about Peter Rabbit - February 6, 2018

Domhnall Gleeson of 'The Last Jedi' Pitches General Hux Spin Off Ideas, After Hours, MTV - February 6, 2018

Peter Rabbit comes out, confirming Armitage Hux's eyes as "sea foam green with a hint of battleship grey" - February 9, 2018

Domhnall's brother tells him about Kylux - February 10, 2018

Rian Johnson mentions claims by reports that anybody who likes Hux is actually a Russian Huxbot, in Anthony Wonke’s 90-minute documentary titled “The Director and the Jedi” - March 13 2018

Garry Whitta, artist of TLJ comic jokes about virgin Hux, and later Delilah S. Dawson tweeted about him not taking his gloves off while having sex - March 20, 2018

Star Wars The Last Jedi Outtakes + Bloopers Released with one single sneak peak of Hux - March 28, 2018

Kelly Marie Tran comes out as a Kylucc - March 29, 2018

General Armitage Hux Day (Domhnall's Birthday) - May 12, 2018

Kylux Prompt Bingo - May 22, 2018

National Donut Day - June 1, 20 18

First Kylux Summer Fest - June 29, 2018

Star Wars Episode IX Cast Announced - July 27, 2018

Kylux Big Bang 2018 - September 2018

Domhnall Gleeson interview: on Star Wars and playing Dr. Faraday in his new film, the Little Stranger photographed by Jonathan Dean with lighting that made it look like one could cut their fingers on how sharp Domhnall's cheekbones appear - September 16, 2018 

First post about Kylux Niche Kinks November - September 21, 2018

Kylux Secret Santa Fic Exchange 2018 - September 23 2018

Adam Driver's second time hosting SNL - September 28, 2018

Star War: The Last Jedi Graphic Novel Adaptation - September 25, 2018

Kylux Book club - October 1, 2018

Huxloween 2018 – October 2018

Kylux Holiday Cards Exchange - November 12, 2018

Kylux Titleception 2018 - December 1, 2018

Kylux Content Creator Document created on Google Docs - December 3, 2018

RIP Tumblr - December 17, 2018

Official Announcement of one year time skip between TLJ and TROS - December 22, 2018

 2019

Kiss a Ginger Day - January 12, 2019

Kylux Fluff Fest - January 22, 19

Kylux Calendar Project - January 24, 2019

Kylux Romance Week - February 10, 19

Kylux Titleception 2019 - February 15, 2019

Kylux Tarot Card Project - February 23, 2019

General Hux Appreciation Day - March 17, 2019

Star Wars Age of Resistance # 1 Hux comic announcement – April 2, 2019

The Rise of Skywalker teaser trailer released - April 12, 2019

Star Wars Age of Resistance # 1 Hux comic First Look at cover - April 13, 2019

#JFDKYLUX on Twitter - May 1, 2019

Kyluxception Kylux Adjacents Month 2019 - May 1, 2019

General Armitage Hux Day (Domhnall's Birthday) - May 12, 2019

Star Wars Instagram states "sending many birthday wishes (and hugs) to General Hux himself, Domhnall Gleeson!" with a saddened Hux looking down - May 12, 2019

Vanity Fair posts "Star Wars: The Knights of Ren Make Their Long Awaited Return" story and KOR photo - May 22, 2019

Vanity Fair posts "Star Wars: Richard E. Grant’s Villainous Character, Revealed" story and a photo of General Hux with General Pryde, whose name and the irony of it was not lost on the fandom - May 22, 2019

National Donut Day - June 1, 2019

Kylux Omegaverse Week - June 9, 2019

Kylux Daddy Fest 2019 - June 10, 2019

Kylux Summer Fest 2019 - July 1, 2019

Star War Instagram posts photo of Domhnall Gleeson posing as General Hux on the platform of Star Killer Base from The Force Awakens with Gwendoline Christie unhelmeted in the background as Captain Phasma - July 7, 2019

AO3 Ship Stats 2019 Overall Top 100 list where Kylux made it to #28 – July 24,2019

Kylux Adjacent Calendar/Schedule Planner Project Memorial Book for 2020 - July 31, 2019

Domhnall Gleeson goes on the Late Show With James Corden and talks about singing Happy Birthday as General Hux - August 6, 2019

Automattic buys Tumblr for $3 million - August 12, 2019

Hugo Award to AO3 and all fic writers - August 19, 2019

Star Wars Age of Resistance # 1 Hux comic spoiler released - August 22, 2019

The Rise of Skywalker D23 Special Look trailer - August 26, 2019

Star Wars Age of Resistance # 1 Hux comic comes out - August 28, 2019

Kylux Big Bang 2019 - September 1, 2019

Huxloween 2019 - October 1, 2019

AQUARIUS Star Wars Episode 9 The Rise of Skywalker Playing Cards with Hux included - November 20, 2019

Hux Topps trading card from the 2019 Star Wars Masterwork set - November 20, 2019

New Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker Posters with one tiny glimpse of Hux - November 21, 2019

Kylux Holiday Card Exchange - December 2, 2019

Adam Driver, “Dark Star Rising” interview in Rolling Stone Magazine - December 2, 2019

The Rise of Skywalker red carpet premiere - 

The Rise of Skywalker - December 19, 2019

What else is missing? Feel free to add your own!

When the video was released that Kylo walked in to the millennium falcon in TFA.

Domhnall mentions that he's "terribly irish in real life" in a Peter rabbit interview where he's wearing a navy blue button up

Kylux Day - Maybe June 6, 2016?

[barberwitch]

Witch Tip Wednesday 2.6.19

The Calendar of 2019

So my bitchin witches, you’re starting to wake up from the haze of the never ending january and are looking to the rest of the year struggling to stay on track? Well, do I have a post for you! Also...sorry I didn’t do this in January, that was the plan, but then...life!

Includes: Moon Phases, Mercury retrograde (no Venus or Mars retrogrades this year), and more. Also, full moons and new moons that land on Friday’s are debuted due to specific rituals that require that.

Please note, that the dates and times are based in North America PST, so some math and actual date tracking may still be needed for those who aren’t based here in the US. Holidays from the Wheel of the Year are added, though not listed for the Solstices and Equinoxes.

February

🌑New Moon: 4th @ 104:pm

🌓First Quarter: 12th @ 2:26 PM

🌕Full Moon: 19th @ 7:53AM (Super Moon)

🌗Last Quarter: 26th @ 3:29AM

March

🔄♓️Mercury Retrograde 5th - 28th (Pisces)

🌑New Moon: 6th @ 8:05AM

🌓First Quarter: 14th @ 3:27AM

🌕Full Moon: 20th @ 6:42PM 

🌷Spring Equinox: 20th

🌗Last Quarter: 27th @ 9:09PM

April

🌑New Moon: 5th @ 1:50 AM (Friday)

🌓First Quarter: 12th @ 12:05PM

🌕Full Moon: 19th @ 4:12AM (Friday)

🌗Last Quarter: 26th @ 3:18PM

👹Walpurgisnacht:30th

May

🔥Beltane: 1st

🌑New Moon: 4th @ 3:45PM

🌓First Quarter: 11th @ 6:12PM

🌕Full Moon: 18th @ 2:11PM (Blue Moon - 3rd Full Moon in single season)

🌗Last Quarter: 26th @ 9:33AM

June

🌑New Moon: 3rd @ 3:01AM

🌓First Quarter: 9th @ 10:59PM

🌕Full Moon: 17th @ 1:30AM

🌞Summer Solstice: 21st

🌗Last Quarter: 25th @ 2:46AM

July

🔄♋️♌️Mercury Retrograde: 7th to 31st (Cancer into Leo)

🌑New Moon: 2nd @ 12:16PM

🌓First Quarter: 9th @ 10:59PM

🌕Full Moon: 16th @ 2:38PM

🌗Last Quarter: 24th @ 6:18PM

🌚New Moon: 31st @ 8:11PM (Black Moon - 2nd New Moon in 1 month)

August

🌾Lammas/Lughnas: 1st

🌓First Quarter: 7th @ 10:30AM

🌕Full Moon: 15th @ 5:29AM

🌗Last Quarter: 23rd @ 7:56AM

🌑New Moon: 30th@ 3:37AM (Super New Moon - Friday)

September

🌓First Quarter: 5th @ 8:10PM

🌕Full Moon: 13th @ 9:32PM (Micro Full Moon - Friday)

🌗Last Quarter: 21st @ 7:40PM

🍁Autumnal Equinox: 23rd

🌑New Moon: 28th @ 11:26AM (Super New Moon)

October

🌓First Quarter: 5th @ 9:47 AM

🌕Full Moon: 13th @ 2:07PM

🌗Last Quarter: 21st @ 5:39AM

🌑New Moon: 27th @ 8:38PM

🎃Halloween/Samhain: 31st

🔄♍️Mercury Retrograde: 31st to Nov. 20th (Scorpio)

November

🔄♍️Mercury Retrograde: Cntd.- Nov 20th (Scorpio)

💀Dia De Muertos: Nov 1st ( - 2nd)

👻All Souls Day: Nov 2nd

🌓First Quarter: 4th @ 2:23AM

🌕Full Moon: 12th @ 5:34AM

🌗Last Quarter: 19th @ 1:10pm

🌑New Moon: 26th @ 7:05AM

December

🌓First Quarter: 3rd @ 10:58 PM

🔔Krampusnacht: 5th

🌕Full Moon: 11th @ 9:12PM

🎊Saturnalia: 17th

🌗Last Quarter: 18th @ 8:57PM

🌜Winter Solstice: 21st

🕎Hanukkah: 22nd @ 4:47pm

🌑New Moon: 25th @ 9:13PM (🎄Christmas)

January 2020

🌓First Quarter: 2nd @ 8:45PM

👑Dia De Magos: 6th

🌕Full Moon: 10th @ 11:21AM (Friday)

🌗Last Quarter: 17th @ 4:58AM

🌑New Moon: 24th @ 1:42PM (Friday)

🦋Cheers, Barberwitch

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2019 is over and seeing 2020 on my calendar is strange. I had planned to go to bed early and get a lot of things done today, but instead I’ve found myself just wanting to spend my day resting.

My mindset this year was, it’s my last year in Korea so if there’s something I want to do, do it.

January

In January I was teaching my final camp (a cooking camp) for my country school and saying goodbye to friends who were going home.

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February

In February I was desperate to make up for 2018. I wanted to go back to the states and try to have a time that didn’t…emotionally scar me and the results were…better? I got to spend my 27th birthday with my family. I got to play with my baby cousins and eat delicious cake (I’ve missed American cake) and I got to visit LA for the first time and see friends and it was both too short and at times too long. My phone, which I dropped at Monkey Mountain during the previous summer in Japan, also finally died from water damage. And I awkwardly ran into Target to get a prepaid phone to survive on for the rest of my trip and when they asked if I wanted insurance I laughed and said “No, I’m leaving the country.” And then belatedly realized how creepy that sounded, like I was on the run and I’ve never sped walked out of a Target so fast and so embarrassed, which I’m sure didn’t help.

Before I moved out of Gapyeong I  also made sure I did everything I wanted, which meant taking myself to see le Petite France before I moved. And I did and then I moved to Gunpo. A friend helped me find someone to help me move which was essentially a guy with a truck.  It was a long journey with lots of traffic and I was worried about being late to meet my new coteacher, but it turned out it was all fine because my room wasn’t ready yet. My driver even fell asleep while we stopped at rest stop so I could use the bathroom. One of the reasons I’m always glad I always have a book with me. It was not a fun move, I forgot my coat in the back of his truck since he took it from me and threw it in the backseat when I got in, and I was so stressed with getting everything out of the truck and into the hallway that it slipped my mind. I had to pay him to come and bring my coat back to me. And then I spent several hours sitting in the hallway waiting for my room to be ready.

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March

This brought on the spring of flowers. I’ve never spent so much of my spring immersed in flowers and I kind of loved it. I started my March off with adjusting to my new town and my new job. I got to meet other teachers in the area, I enjoyed life in a city which was insanely lovely in comparison to my old tiny town and the going away gifts my coworkers had given me from homemade candles to Gong Cha free drink coupons. I even met up with new friends I’d made. The adjustment to my new job was rough, there was so much to learn and there were so many more students and classes and coworkers than I had ever had in my 4 years at my old school.

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April

April found me on a bus to Jinhae to follow the Cherry Blossoms and back to Gunpo to enjoy the Royal Azalea festival. It also had maybe one of my busiest days, which was Nathalie’s birthday and Mika’s wedding party.  I also stayed at a jimjilbang for the first time.

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May

In May I was in Singapore surrounded by Orchids and heat, humidity, and rain. I also went to Goyang for one of the most beautiful and intense flower festivals I’ve ever seen. It was also when we threw my friend Esme her Alice in Wonderland themed tea party bridal party and when I went to a lot of festivals and took the start of my tea classes with Kew and Leaves.

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June

June brought Esme’s wedding and it was fun to help out and be part of the behind the scenes of a wedding in Korea. I also went to a popular Korean hair style chain where I got a cute short expensive hair cut that I loved but when I got home I realized they’d completely missed a chunk of my hair which greatly disillusioned me with the chain. And in an effort to deal with some stress I tried learning traditional Korean wrapping and making an embroidery project as well as taking some a matcha course. Which I needed because I was in pain, it was vague and eventually turned into chest pains as the months progressed.

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July

July brought my first camp at my new school which was very different from my old camps on almost every way and more stress. It also brought new waves of goodbyes of friends heading home. My chest pains got worse in July and of course I googled them which sent me into a panic so I went to several doctors and there’s a good chance it’s from stress, so that’s fun.

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 August

August found me in Japan again. This time my big trip with a plan of visiting Hokkaido and the hopes to finish everything I wanted to do in Japan. It was full of misadventures and very hot but it was also fun. I also finally made it to Seoul Comic Con. It also found me with ear infections and what probably was/is tendinitis.

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September

In September I returned to Taiwan to visit Taipei on my own. It was very hot and during a holiday that meant a lot of places were closed so I went out of my way for places that were closed. It also found me with visitors to show around and a rather scary fever where the doctors told me either I had a cold or my liver was failing and that was not fun to hear. It was just a cold.

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October

In October I decided to start Adventuring Bibliophile as a Instagram and I tried several ways to make it it’s own blog only to get very frustrated.  My school had it’s school festival and I went on an insane flight to get home for a wedding. I was in the states for a day. I’ve never cried so much during a wedding. But I also never ever want to do such an insane trip where I spend more time in the air then on the ground ever again, especially not on an airline that’s so cheap. My school also took us to see the musical Marie Antoinette and I hosted a Halloween Party.

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November

November found me wedding crashing an old coworkers wedding. (Not wedding crashing in Korean culture, but definitely in American culture) It was so weird to see my old coworkers and I didn’t get to chat with a lot of the ones I wanted to and just found myself awkwardly not sure what to do, having not expected showing up late or staying. Then I went to the silver grass festival which was not something to do on a poor air quality day since it requires a lot of hiking and not something I particularly enjoyed to do in my dress. I made kimchi, I celebrated Thanksgiving with friends and tried an escape room for the first time.

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December

In December I was pretty bummed. The air quality was bad, classes were ending and I didn’t get an opportunity to really say goodbye to my students and tell them that no one would be replacing me. My job is gone and I’m the last teacher to have this position. I got to tell one class and we had a mini party which was delightful and touching. I also learned that the teacher who replaced me at my old school have also found their contract without a chance for renewal due to similar budget cuts. My friends are mostly all moving or also leaving and I spent much of December sort of frozen in fear. Where do I send all my stuff? Who do I give it to? None of it can stay and I don’t know where to send it. It’s overwhelming. My school had ceramic teachers come and teach us how to make traditional ceramic pieces in Korean style. But I found the process stressful. I made a mug but despite liking how it turned out, a bit like a tree stump, they told me it required too much work to fix to show me how to do the Korean style bits. So a coworker rushed to help me make a plate in the hopes that I could do the Korean aspect with it, only to be told again that it would take too long to fix. In the end when I got back my mug they hadn’t done the the thing I requested and the mug looks nothing like what I gave them. I was not happy. The plate didn’t come back. I tried to watch my students graduate only to learn that the space was too small and cramped to actually watch the graduation and then I was whisked off into a meeting so I couldn’t say goodbye to any of them afterwards. My Christmas traditions didn’t happen and it made me feel so much worse. All I wanted was to be home. And I ended the year feeling nervous, winter in 2018 was a wreck with family emergencies and pain and every small thing makes me so much more twisted up about being away.

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I don’t feel like I had a busy 2019 but when I look at everything I did it really was busy. I get why my coworkers and even one friend told me you’re always so busy. But it’s my last year in Korea and I’m trying to do everything I want to. I also am also trying to be more social and get out more now that I have the opportunity. I didn’t try as hard after my mother died and so I tried really really hard this year to push forward and I don’t know whether I did it in a healing way or in a way that burnt me out by the time I reached the end of the year. I also spent a lot of time this year going to the hospital, usually only to find out it was due to stress. It seems I react to stress physically so I don’t always noticed how stressed I am, unless I’m unable to sleep. And I had a lot of difficulty throughout this year sleeping.

A Review of last years Resolutions

Last year I tried my hand at resolutions.

I wanted to cook and bake more. I did do some before I left and this winter, but my new place didn’t come with an oven or a rice cooker, so baking didn’t happen. I did cook more but I also got sick of the things I made for myself fairly quickly. But I do think overall my diet has been healthier than it was in the country side. But it helps that the grocery store has lots of different types of things and is open past 6pm.

I did catch up with my podcasts but then with my reoccurring ear infections I stopped listening for awhile in a try to figure out what was causing it, even though my headphones were suppose to be fine. So I’m behind again.

I moved. And well, I’m moving again. Fun.

I didn’t want to regret moving. And that’s a toss up. I love where I live now. I love living in the city and I like my coworkers and my students but I taught at my old school for 4 years. I miss my coworkers, I miss our lunches, I miss all the big open spaces and the quiet and the stars and I do occasionally regret leaving my kids because I get messages of “Teacher when are you coming back?” and it breaks my heart.

Travel to: Singapore √,  Hong Kong x, Taipei √ , Japan √  (Okinawa x), home for wedding √, home for funeral X

Finish all the physical books I have (working on it, but I did finish the books I listed)

Go out more √ , spend more time in nature √ , spend time with friends √ , call home once a week √ , yoga and mediate x, learn something new √

The end of a decade

It’s really weird to realize it’s 2020. I graduated high school in 2010. Which means the majority of my life alone has been within this last decade, my time as a young adult. I don’t think high school me or even kid me would have guessed what I did. But maybe I would’ve. I always knew I wanted to leave the states and travel. But I was a huge scardy cat. I think though I would’ve expected to have gone to Japan though rather then South Korea. I graduated high school, went to college, lived in Chicago, wrote a lot, was an RA, met some amazing people, explored the city, started a blog, became a tutor, studied abroad in Prague, spent a spring break in London, organized and  hosted a ridiculous amount of events, graduated college with a BFA and after studying from some really cool writers and artists, moved across the globe to RURAL South Korea, made new friends, taught elementary school kids, explored, traveled with friends, traveled on my own, visited 8 different countries, wrote A LOT.  While I don’t feel like I’m where I wanted to be, I still have to be proud of the things I have accomplished.

The Future

I’m not going to do resolutions this year. I’m going to go back to doing gentle goals. Because I know this new year is going to be rough and I need to be gentle with myself. I’m at a crossroads that every friend before me who has taken has spoken to me with warnings and a tinge of regret. Moving back home is difficult. My aunt did it and said she felt like she left part of her soul somewhere over the ocean. I don’t know what I’m going to do. But I know there are some things I Have to do. Some are difficult and others less so.

Finish sending gifts home. (So late on holiday gifts. December caught me like a deer in headlights and I’ve been feeling stuck)

Start giving things away or selling them. My school isn’t keeping my apartment so everything that is mine must go. That’s 5 years worth of my life on my own. 5 years worth of memories I have to go through and make drastic decisions on.

Whatever I want to keep must fit in my suitcases or be shipped home.

Eat as much of my food as possible.

Drink as much of my tea as possible. (As much as I love the idea of coming home with tea from all sorts of different countries it also means less space for things like clothes)

Finish all the books on my bookcase

Buy my ticket home.

Close up accounts, do paperwork.

Have mothers funeral

Deal with mother’s things

Family vacation?

Go through all my stuff that my aunt has been watching

Figure out my life

Okay so that last one isn’t some gentle thing. I honestly don’t have an answer for it. I have half baked plans, but none of them are long term. Which kind of stresses me out. And really that’s all stuff I have to do like a to-do list not really goals. Okay, let me try that again.

Rest

write more and edit

spend time with family and friends

travel when possible.

Current planned trips, later this month:

Paris, France

Okinawa, Japan

Go to more bookish places in Korea

eat delicious foods I’ve missed

enjoy a bath

enjoy a dryer

Cook, bake, exercise, spend time in nature and with animals

Not sure if that’s better but it feels better. I feel like there’s so much that has to get done that the thought of what I’m doing after is too difficult to fathom. So I’m doing my best putting one foot in front of the other at the moment.

How was your decade? What do you hope to do in this new one?

Happy New year! May your 2020 bring you wonderful things.

  Year in Review- 2019 2019 is over and seeing 2020 on my calendar is strange. I had planned to go to bed early and get a lot of things done today, but instead I've found myself just wanting to spend my day resting.

[cindylouwho-2]

RECENT NEWS, RESOURCES & STUDIES, early October 2019

Welcome to my latest summary of recent news, resources & studies including search, analytics, content marketing, social media & ecommerce! This covers articles I came across in the first part of October, although some may be older than that.

[I am out of town for nearly a week in late October, so don’t expect another update until the end of the month at the earliest.]

Just a reminder - you don’t need to read everything here! I try to organize the material by topic and provide a brief summary so that you can easily skip things you don’t need to read. 

I’ve tried to improve the layout for better readability, by bolding key words in each paragraph - do you find that helpful, or too hard on the eyes?  Leave a comment below, email me through my website, or send me a message on Twitter.

TOP NEWS & ARTICLES 

14 elements that will help your product pages get sales. Trust badges & reviews can really make a difference. Also, here’s a really simple explanation of how your descriptions should try to sell the product: “Bridge the gap between features and benefits: A feature is essentially a fact about your product or offer. The benefit mainly answers how a feature is useful for your customer. Tell them exactly “how” a particular feature is useful for them, and “why” they should make this purchase. Product descriptions that bridge the gap between features and benefits can lessen buyer’s guilt and ease the buying decision.” 

It’s time for holiday season forecasts! Halloween spending is expected to be steady. While some are predicting up to a 4-5% increase in US November-December retail spending this year, others are worried about consumer debt. There is still “a stubborn wealth gap in the United States that appears to be once again worsening and in fact is "the biggest it’s ever been." The Gini index, a standard economic measure of income inequality, for the U.S. in 2018 was "significantly higher" than 2017, after widening steadily for the last 50 years, according to a Sept. 26 report from the U.S. Census Bureau.” Note that online retailers are finding that the holiday season is less crucial than it used to be, since people shop online all year now. “...the holiday season accounted for almost 24% of all retailers’ sales in the late 1990s, but is closer to 21% today.” Finally, “A late Thanksgiving this year, falling on Nov. 28, means there are six fewer days between Thanksgiving and Christmas than in 2018. In fact, 2019 is the shortest possible holiday calendar scenario”.[emphasis added by me]

Kansas state tax collection on online sales is in question after the lack of a minimum on revenue or orders is criticized. The dictate kicked in October 1st, requiring any business selling anything in the state to register, which didn’t exempt small businesses as other states have done. This is important - if they manage to apply this tax to even the smallest businesses, and win any court challenges, other states are likely to follow suit. 

ETSY NEWS 

Etsy released a new stats page last week, which like most things they do these days, isn’t finished yet. You can read the announcement here, and a more detailed explanation here, including a discussion of the conversion rate numbers now provided. [I don’t find those very useful on Etsy, as I find I get a lot of visits that are not from buyers, such as people checking out my SEO.] Also note that there will be a Q & A thread this week in the forum, starting October 14th at 10 am EDT. 

When a listing is clicked from any search, there is now a link at the top saying “Back to search results” which only goes to page one of the search on Etsy, not the page you were on. It even does this when someone clicks on your item from a search of your shop. 

They made some recent improvements to the buyer app, including integrating shop names into the regular search. No need to tag with your exact shop name! (Mobile & desktop search also work the same way; the app was the last hold out.)

More holiday marketing tips continue to roll out, including this one on merchandising. It includes a list of holidays at the end (although Canadian Thanksgiving was just 5 days away on the date of publication, so that seems to have been a waste of space). Potentially more useful to some of us is the transcript of the podcast on shopper behaviour during the holidays. [includes links to the podcast if you would rather listen] “9% of our buyers do the bulk of their shopping in late December right before the holidays” and “On Etsy specifically, searches around the holidays spike for gifts in conjunction with a descriptor of the recipient. We see searches like “gifts for grandma,” “gifts for boyfriend,” and “unique gift for a friend” spike.” Finally, “In terms of uniqueness, 90% of Etsy buyers would rather give a unique or one-of-a-kind gift.” They also cover some specific research on holiday shopping patterns in the UK & Germany, compared to the US. 

There is a new help file on search called Beginner’s Guide to Etsy Search, and while it is up to date, I am not sure why it is needed, when they already have a page (they even link to it) called “How Etsy Search Works”, which isn’t as up to date. If they are planning on releasing new instructions, as they told me months ago, they are going about it really, really slowly. 

Etsy Ireland lost money last year, apparently due to the DaWanda deal. “Etsy, whose mission is to “keep commerce human”, faced a wave of criticism from users after designating its business in Ireland as an unlimited liability company in 2015 so that it didn’t have to publicly disclose financial information about the unit. The company has, however, published annual accounts for the subsidiary for both 2017 and last year.”

Meanwhile, free shipping & Etsy Ads have produced quite a stock boost for the main company. “KeyBanc’s comments were echoed by Canaccord Genuity, which earlier this week wrote that the company’s initiatives were driving “robust growth and improving profitability.” Analyst Maria Ripps called free shipping “an important step in bringing Etsy’s platform closer to par” with other e-commerce leaders like Amazon.com Not only will free shipping improve “consumer perception around the platform,” but she estimated that it could add upside of 3%-5% upside to 2020 estimates for both revenue and adjusted Ebitda. The company’s Etsy Ads initiative, she added, “should ultimately attract high affinity customers with strong repeat purchase behavior.”  Also, they noted that no major analysts no recommend selling the stock - most say “buy”, with a few saying “hold”. 

Etsy partnered with Blackrock Emergency Savings Initiative to help US sellers deal with the financial pressures of self-employment. 

SEO: GOOGLE & OTHER SEARCH ENGINES 

Google’s advice on how to get your category pages to rank well is worth reading: among other things, you shouldn’t keyword stuff. 

If you want your content to get the featured “0” position at the top of Google search, you should check out this article on featured snippets, or this Whiteboard Friday from Moz. [video & transcript]

More analysis of Google’s September core update shows that it may not have been as dramatic as the June update, but “your money, your life” (YMYL) sites still seem the most affected. SEMRush said the biggest winners were “DailyMail, eBackPage.com, lasd.org and marionschool.net. The biggest losers were TheFourMusic.com, Monks.org, BraidingClub.com, PascoLibraries.org and RoyalCaribbean.com.au.” Other case studies saw a lot of change in health and medical sites. 

Another study states that websites still get most of their traffic from organic search. 

If your own website isn’t ranking on Google, there are numerous fixable reasons, although some are more difficult than others. 

Google says that HTML sitemaps aren’t necessary to good SEO. 

If you are getting less organic traffic to your Patreon page recently, that could be because their SEO team accidentally de-indexed the entire site. It’s been fixed, but it could affect some pages for the next few weeks, if Google doesn’t recrawl you right away. 

YouTube is the 4th most visited website, so improving your YouTube SEO can provide a huge boost in traffic. 

CONTENT MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA (includes blogging & emails) 

Facebook’s experiment on hiding like counts has rolled out in Australia. (Articles looks at the sociological studies behind this)

Instagram launched an account posting tips for “creators”, which the author notes does not focus on making money off of that content. 

They have also expanded their Shopping part of the app, however, which is about making money. 

And IG has released a Snapchat challenger called Threads, a standalone app run by Facebook. Techcrunch did a more detailed review & analysis. Right now, it doesn’t have any ads & they say they have no plans to add them. 

Hubspot uses their own Snapchat account experience as a case study in how to make Snap work for business. (includes video & step-by-step instructions, if you are new to Snapchat.)

Twitter and Tweetdeck had a bad outage for several hours October 1-2, and it still isn't clear what happened. 

If you use Twitter for your business, you should also be using Twitter lists. (I use Tweetdeck to organize mine.)

Now that it is working again, here are the best-performing hashtags on Twitter over the past few years. 

ONLINE ADVERTISING (SEARCH ENGINES, SOCIAL MEDIA, & OTHERS) 

Hubspot’s comprehensive guide to Google Ads is completely up to date for all new developments, and covers search ads as well as ads across Google’s network. [video and text]

They also put out a Facebook ad checklist, with video, text & screenshots. 

And they also did a guide to YouTube advertising. [video and text]

Research and ad placement are key to getting better conversion from Facebook ads. 

Gen Z (younger than millennials) don’t yet have full purchase strength as a cohort, but they influence buying in their households after seeing ads on Snapchat. Since Gen Z shows the least brand loyalty of any generation, it's necessary to reach them in new ways.

Shopify now has an integration with Microsoft Ads, which include all Verizon properties (Yahoo, AOL). More than 116 million Americans use Bing searches each month in some way. 

LinkedIn has improved its ad tools, including audience forecasting. 

Quora has improved ad targeting; they say they have over 300 million monthly users. 

STATS, DATA, OTHER TRACKING 

Advanced tips for site search in Google Analytics can get more out of the data than you thought was there.  

Facebook will likely be paying out $40 million to settle a lawsuit for grossly overreporting video watching stats, including video ads. 

Google Search Console is now reporting a lot fewer links for websites than in the past; it’s not clear if this is a bug or not. 

The Console is now reporting on your videos.

Everything you need to know about Pinterest Analytics. 

ECOMMERCE NEWS, IDEAS, TRENDS 

If you use abandoned cart emails on your website, make sure they are optimized for conversions. 

Ecommerce fraud rates are definitely increasing. “... digital goods have seen such an increase in fraud because they often have a streamlined purchase process that requires less information than other items.”

Google launched its new Shopping pages, which is not the same as Google Shopping but is connected to it, and allows buyers to check out on Google rather than retailer websites. 

Amazon apparently surveyed Handmade sellers recently asking how they felt about Amazon Handmade.

Will Amazon face consequences in the US for its competitive activities? It’s looking more likely now. “Bloomberg reported in August that Amazon was dropping sellers' products in searches on its site if they priced a product cheaper on rival sites, behavior the news service noted could draw antitrust scrutiny.”

BUSINESS & CONSUMER STUDIES, STATS & REPORTS; SOCIOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY, CUSTOMER SERVICE 

We all have difficult customers occasionally - here are 9 tips on how to deal with them. 

While most web browsing happens on mobile, desktop users are still way more likely to buy. They also spend more than mobile buyers. 

Gen Z members plan on doing most of their holiday shopping in physical shops this year (just like baby boomers), but many will do research online first. Also, “Forty-two percent of shoppers said that low prices are the top motivator for making purchases and 31% said free shipping was also a shopping incentive.”

Offering fewer options can lead to more sales. (The article has great suggestions on different ways to use this info.)

MISCELLANEOUS 

Vimeo app Magisto is facing a class-action lawsuit over holding biometric data without the owners’ permission.

Haven’t heard much about the EU privacy law lately? It turns out that businesses that are GDPR-compliant are more successful than those that are not. The shocker is that only 28% of the companies surveyed were actually completely compliant, so this may be correlation and not causation. Also, the results were self-reported, so maybe not that accurate. 

Here’s a decent list of free website builders, but I strongly suggest doing your own research on any that sound good, as the writeup isn’t very detailed. (The Etsy forum is a very good place for some of this research, as you can ask very specific questions of people who probably have similar needs to yours.)

Chrome is going to block embedded content that isn’t from an https site, beginning in December. [if your website isn’t yet https, get on that right away - it is going to become more & more crucial for being seen.]

[dansnaturepictures]

My 10 Wildlife/Photography 2019 highlight blogs: Opening blog about another brilliant year of birds for me

People who have known me for a while may recall that in 2016, 2017 and 2018 I had sensational birding years by my standards and with what I achieved with the bank of species seen, fast starts to year lists and year list totals with each of these years overtaking everything else and being my highest ever year list they got better and better and 2018 seemed an impossible act to follow. Here I examine how well I did follow it, and tomorrow the post at around the same time is solely about experiences with some of my 28 favourite birds that I saw this year.

My 2019 followed 2018 perfectly, I have seen 195 species currently making it my second highest year list ever. Many of the species I have seen have been phenomenal again. The start definitely was what I will call fast again in that I saw a lot of birds in January, it was my second highest amount seen on New Year’s Day after 2016 where two woodpeckers Great Spotted and Green, two thrushes Redwing and Fieldfare and Siskin starred across a few locations. In the early days it was behind where 2017 and 2016 had been on those dates with how many birds I had seen, then all of a sudden when I had a week off it was the highest a year list of mine had ever been on on given dates. In mid-January when a year before my Scotland trip had happened in 2018 and all those year ticks 2018 was the highest on the given dates, but 2019 stayed closely behind it as the second highest my year list had been on on these dates which I was thrilled with. This continued in February and in March it even overtook where 2018 had been on certain dates. The same happened in April as I reached the milestone 150 birds a day earlier than I had in 2018, and it was neck in neck between the two going into May. In June and into July it even overtook what I had seen on 2018 on the dates, it fell behind again over the summer but pulled back level and began to overtake what my 2018 had been on on certain dates again in September and these two year lists were way ahead of every other year for me on those dates going into October too. Of course last year in this post I remarked how I was on amounts of birds seen in 2018 that I only reached two months later in 2017 and other years. So I just thought it was going to be more normal this year and I would notice how far 2018 was ahead. I have appreciated my high numbers of birds seen last year but also been right there with it on the dates this year which I am thrilled with. In November and into December now it has stayed neck in neck again but actually for a good while now I have been in a position where I have seen seen more birds on these days than I had a year ago. No matter what, to even stay as close to the exceptional year that was 2018 for me as it did with more modest places visited really and species ranges available was something I was so proud of.

The week off in January I had from work spent birdwatching was crucial to my start and whole year. It took me on my first of four trips away of the year so I was lucky with that, two nights in Gloucestershire so I could visit WWT Slimbridge on my birthday. On that magical day reserve specialities Bewick’s Swan (shown there in the 1st picture in this photoset), Common Crane, White-fronted and Barnacle Geese were star birds seen, alongside Peregrine Falcon, Water Rail (shown in the 2nd picture in this photoset that I took that day), Golden Plover and Ruff. When back from that week off I remember saying one morning at work I could tell you the highlight birds from that week but I would be here until lunch time. But so many amazing birds seen in home areas and on the way to our trip away that week included; Waxwing (as shown that day in the 3rd picture in this photoset at Totton the first major quality bird I saw this year and one of the biggest highlights in 2019), Jack Snipe, Red Kite, Bearded Tit, Marsh Harrier, Ring-necked Duck, Cattle Egret, Purple Sandpiper, Greenshank, Common Gull, Shag, Black-necked Grebe, Gannet, Guillemot, Fulmar, Great White Egret, Yellow-browed Warbler, Yellow-legged Gull and Goldeneye.

The theme of seeing top birds continued throughout the year, some of my other greatest birds I saw in 2019 included; Spotted Redshank, Eider Duck, Goosander, Barn Owl, Sanderling, Crossbill, Hawfinch, Bar-tailed Godwit, Scaup, Mediterranean Gull, Corn Bunting (shown in the 4th picture in this photoset at Martin Down in May), Red-legged Partridge, Lesser Yellowlegs, Bittern (shown at Blashford Lakes in the 5th picture I took in this photoset), Lesser Redpoll, Brambling, Hooded Crow, Little Owl, Spoonbill, Little Ringed Plover, Redstart, Glossy Ibis, Razorbill, Yellowhammer, Little Tern (shown at Lymington in the 6th  picture I took in this photoset), Common Sandpiper, Sand Martin, Dartford Warbler, Cuckoo, Sandwich Tern, Hobby, Sedge Warbler, Red-necked Phalarope, Lesser Whitethroat, Woodlark, Kittiwake, Puffin, Roseate Tern, Dipper, Spotted Flycatcher, Wood Sandpiper, Osprey, Black Tern, Whimbrel, Whinchat, Chough, Manx Shearwater, Common Scoter, Yellow Wagtail, Long-billed Dowitcher, Ring-necked Parakeet , Ring Ouzel, Garganey, Black Redstart, Long-tailed Duck, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Snow Bunting and three Short-eared Owls flying gloriously around us one of my standout moments this year on one of my standout birding days of 2019 with so much else seen at Portland Bill and isle that day. Twelve of the birds I saw this year I saw for only the second time in my life or it was only the second individual I’d seen of the species which really stood out as a unique point in my birding this year.

A big bird at Blashford Lakes in late April was the Bonaparte’s Gull and I was lucky enough to get a very distant view of it but watch it for quite a while. This was a fantastic species to see and made me so happy. It ended a longer wait compared to recent years as it was my first new bird of 2019. This took my life list to a bit of a milestone as it was bird 260 in my life.

My next life tick came in Northumberland in June with the Arctic Terns I saw on Coquet and Farne Islands, which l talk about more in my sixth of these posts about that holiday. During this week away we also dropped in on Druridge Pools and saw the very rare duck the Baikal Teal that was there my first ever, another beauty.

In July I saw a bird I hadn’t seen flying about in the wild before when I saw one of the White Storks on a day at Knepp. I got a beautiful view of this species and saw where they had attempted to nest so it felt very rewarding to see at this rewilding project at exciting times for these birds going forward now. Our timing was perfect in September when we had our holiday to Cornwall the first week and two of the first few Brown Boobies in the UK ever seen had turned up! On the second day of the holiday we went to Kynance Cove where one had been reported and saw it sitting on a rock. An honour to see this it was a mega and a Champions League standard bird for sure I was over the moon to see it. I talk about this more in my penultimate post of this thread on Christmas Eve about the Cornwall holiday.

The only way to follow the Brown Booby would be with another mega and that we did later in the month by seeing the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler that dropped into Farlington Marshes. It was a really beautiful bird to see and one that was so distinctive. I was lucky to get some really good views of it that day as it flew in and out of thick vegetation. This top bird sighting came at such a good point in my year that weekend too with so much else happening to make it one of my most memorable two days.

My next new bird came on 21st October as we finally managed to catch up with a Wryneck after so many times trying to see one. This was at Hill Head where we had a really good search for apparently two that had showed up. We and some other birdwatchers got some joy when we looked around the chalet area and were thrilled to spot one in someone’s garden. We enjoyed a glorious good few minutes with this beautiful and sensational species watching it fly west, giving some fantastic views in trees and on the ground. I took the 7th picture in this photoset of it. It was such a feel good twitch and really one of my main standout moments in my 2019 birdwatching a year that has been amazing for me. This was the fourth woodpecker species I’ve ever seen, my 266th bird in my life and a very important milestone 190th bird of 2019 for me which took it level with my 2017 as my joint second highest ever year list that day. I did go onto see more than 190 bird species this year of course.

Other bird pictures I took in 2019 I have included in this photoset are; Moorhen and chick along the river Itchen in June one of my favourite spring pictures this year, Pied Wagtail during winter’s Big Garden Birdwatch for the RSPB a standout moment I had a really good year for seeing a variety of garden birds generally and other wildlife around the garden and house like a Hedgehog, butterflies and moths and Avocet at Brownsea Island, Dorset in October. Going back to the garden birdwatch and I very much enjoyed doing a similar event yesterday Birdaware Solent’s Great Solent Birdwatch doing it at Weston Shore as I said in my post last night. These were just two of a whole host of citizen science surveys for various organisations I was proud to take part in this year for all wildlife. On another avian photography note in November I found out some of my bird photos from this year (Lesser Redpoll at Blashford Lakes, another Waxwing, Totton one and Blackbird out the back) I’d entered into the Blissful Birder calendar competition earlier in the year had made their ‘Birds of England’ calendar 2020. I was very proud of this. It was a real honour to see some of my pictures alongside some superb work which displays how proud we should be of English birds. It was fitting this happening as one of my earliest birdwatching memories was buying an RSPB calendar which led me to join their Wildlife Explorers with a link to it on the back a big early staging post in my interest after I had got the famous (for me) sticker book of birds which started my interest. So 10 years into me being into photography started by birds to get my own pictures on a commercial calendar felt amazing.

[skaylanphear]

S. Kay Lanphear’s Tentative Writing Schedule

(this is all subject to change)

December 21st of 2018

To Patreon/AO3/Tumblr/Twitter - Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 23

To Patreon/Tumblr/Twitter - Dragon Seer: Chapter 1 / Caution Tape (rewrite): Chapter 1

2019 Patreon Calendar

There will only be one tier and it will cost $1

Story update every Friday

Video upload last Tuesday of every month

January

4th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 24 - part 1

11th – Dragon Seer: Chapter 2

18th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 24 - part 2

25th – Caution Tape (rewrite): Chapter 2

29th – Video

February

1st – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 25 - part 1

8th – Dragon Seer: Chapter 3

15th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 25 - part 2

22nd – Caution Tape (rewrite): Chapter 3

26th – Video

March

1st – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 26 - part 1

8th – Dragon Seer: Chapter 4

15th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 26 - part 2

22nd – Caution Tape (rewrite): Chapter 4

26th – Video

April

5th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 27 - part 1

12th – Dragon Seer: Chapter 5

19th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 27 - part 2

26th – Caution Tape (rewrite): Chapter 5

30th – Video

May

3rd – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 28 - part 1

10th – Dragon Seer: Chapter 6

17th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 28 - part 2

24th – Caution Tape (rewrite): Chapter 6

28th – Video

June

7th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 29 - part 1

14th – Dragon Seer: Chapter 7

21st – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 29 - part 2

25th – Video

28th – Caution Tape (rewrite): Chapter 7

July

4th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 24 goes up on AO3

5th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 30 - part 1

12th – Dragon Seer: Chapter 8

19th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 30 - part 2

26th – Caution Tape (rewrite): Chapter 8

30th – Video

August

1st – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 25 goes up on AO3

2nd – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 31 - part 1

9th – Dragon Seer: Chapter 9

16th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 31 - part 2

23rd – Caution Tape (rewrite): Chapter 9

27th – Video

September

5th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 26 goes up on AO3

6th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 32 - part 1

13th – Dragon Seer: Chapter 10

20th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 32 - part 2

24th – Video

27th – Caution Tape (rewrite): Chapter 10

October

3rd – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 27 goes up on AO3

4th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 33 - part 1

11th – Dragon Seer: Chapter 11

18th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 33 - part 2

25th – Caution Tape (rewrite): Chapter 11

29th – Video

31st – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 28 goes up on AO3

November

1st – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 34 - part 1

8th – Dragon Seer: Chapter 12

15th – Serendipitous Fate: Chapter 34 - part 2

22nd – Caution Tape (rewrite): Chapter 12 (book 1 finale)

26th – Video

December

BREAK

As I said above, this is all tentative. It’s a lot to do, so some things might be removed, but this is what I’m shooting for in the next year. It will also be wholly dependent on how well my patreon does. If, after six months, this work is getting me nowhere financially, I may have to reconsider the entire concept. 

But anyway, I’m just posting this so y’all have some kind of idea as to what my plans are. If you have any thoughts or suggestions or anything, really, feel free to let me know. A lot of this is going to be very new to me, so I’m down to hear what other people think :D

[scifigeneration]

Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2019

by Jonti Horner and Tanya Hill

The 2018 Geminids meteor shower recorded over two very cold hours on the slope of Mount Lütispitz, Switzerland. Flickr/Lukas Schlagenhauf, CC BY-ND

The year gets off to a bang with the Quadrantids, the first of the annual big three meteor showers. Active while the Moon is new, it gives northern hemisphere observers a show to enjoy during the cold nights of winter. Sadly, the shower is not visible from southern skies.

The other two members of the big three — the Perseids and Geminids — are not so fortunate this year, with moonlight set to interfere and reduce their spectacle.

So, with that in mind, where and when should you observe to make the best of 2019’s meteoric offerings? Here we present the likely highlights for this year – the showers most likely to put on a good show.

We provide details of the full forecast activity period for each shower, and the forecast time of maximum. We also give sky charts, showing you where best to look, and give the theoretical peak rates that could be seen under ideal observing conditions – a number known as the Zenithal Hourly Rate, or ZHR.

It is important to note that the ZHR is the theoretical maximum number of meteors you would expect to see per hour for a given shower, unless it were to catch us by surprise with an unexpected outburst!

In reality, the rates you observe will be lower than the ZHR – but the clearer and darker your skies, and the higher the shower’s radiant in the sky, the closer you will come to this ideal value.

For any shower, to see the best rates, it is worth trying to find a good dark site (the darker the better) – far from streetlights and other illuminations. Once you’re outside, give your eyes plenty of time to adapt to the dark - half an hour should do the trick.

Showers that can only really be seen from one hemisphere or the other are denoted by either [N] or [S], while those that can be seen globally are marked as [N/S].

You can download this ics file and add to your calendar to stay informed on when the meteor showers are due.

Quadrantids [N]

Active: December 28 - January 12

Maximum: January 4, 2:20am UT = 2:20am GMT = 3:20am CET

ZHR: 120 (variable, can reach ~200)

Parent: It’s complicated (comet 96P/Macholz and asteroid 2003 EH1)

Despite being one of this year’s three most active annual showers, the Quadrantids are often overlooked and under-observed. This is probably the result of their peak falling during the depths of the northern hemisphere winter, when the weather is often less than ideal for meteor observations.

For most of the fortnight they are active, Quadrantid rates are very low (less than five per hour). The peak itself is very short and sharp, far more so than for the year’s other major showers. As a result, rates exceed a quarter of the maximum ZHR for a period of just eight hours, centred on the peak time.

The Quadrantid radiant lies in the northern constellation Boötes, relatively near the tail of Ursa Major, the Great Bear. The radiant is shown here at around midnight, local time, as it begins to climb higher in the northeastern sky. Museums Victoria/Stellarium, Author provided

The Quadrantid radiant lies in the northern constellation Boötes, the Herdsman, and is circumpolar (never sets) for observers poleward of 40 degrees north. As a result, observers in northern Europe and Canada can see Quadrantids at any time of night. The radiant is highest in the sky (and the rates are best) in the hours after midnight.

For this reason, this year’s peak (at 2:20am UT) is best suited for observers in northern Europe - and given that peak rates can exceed 100 per hour, it is certainly worth setting the alarm for, to get up in the cold early hours, and watch the spectacle unfold.

This false-color composite image shows a combination of Quadrantid and non-Quadrantid meteors streaking through the skies over NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, in the US, on the night of January 3-4, 2012. NASA/MSFC/Meteoroid Environments Office/Danielle Moser and Bill Cooke, CC BY-NC

Alpha Centaurids [S]

Active: January 31 - February 20

Maximum: February 8, 1:00pm UT = February 8, 9pm (WA) = February 8, 11pm (QLD) = February 9, 12am (NSW/ACT/Vic/Tas)

ZHR: Variable; typically 6, but can exceed 25

Parent: Unknown

The Alpha Centaurids are a minor meteor shower, producing typical rates of just a few meteors per hour. But they are famed as a source of spectacular fireballs for southern hemisphere observers and so are worth keeping an eye out for in southern summer skies.

Alpha Centaurids are fast meteors, and are often bright. As with most showers that are only visible from the southern hemisphere, they remain poorly studied. Though typically yielding low rates, several outbursts have occurred where rates reached or exceeded 25 per hour.

The shower’s radiant lies close to the bright star Alpha Centauri – the closest naked-eye star to the Solar System and the third brightest star in the night sky.

The Alpha Centaurids are well placed for the southern hemisphere. This view from Brisbane around the time of maximum activity. Museums Victoria/Stellarium

Alpha Centauri is just 30 degrees from the south celestial pole. As a result, the radiant essentially never sets for observers across Australia. The best rates will be seen from late evening onward, as the radiant rises higher into the southern sky.

This year, the peak of the Alpha Centaurids coincides with the New Moon, making it an ideal time to check out this minor but fascinating shower.

Eta Aquariids [S preferred]

Active: April 19 - May 28

Maximum: May 6, 2pm UT = May 6, 10pm (WA) = May 7, 12am (QLD/NSW/ACT/Vic/Tas)

ZHR = 40+

Parent: Comet 1P/Halley

The Eta Aquariids are possibly the year’s most overlooked treat, particularly for observers in the southern hemisphere. The first of two annual showers produced by comet 1P/Halley, the Eta Aquariids produce excellent rates for a whole week around their peak.

The radiant rises in the early hours of the morning, after the forecast maximum time, and best rates are seen just as the sky starts to brighten with the light of dawn. It can be well worth rising early to observe them, as rates can climb as high as 40 to 50 meteors per hour before the brightening sky truncates the display.

Look for the Eta Aquariids before sunrise and catch Venus and Mercury too. Museums Victoria/Stellarium

Eta Aquariid meteors are fast and often bright, and the shower regularly rewards those who are willing to rise early. Spectacular Earth-grazing meteors that tear from one side of the sky to the other can be seen shortly after the radiant rises above the horizon.

This year conditions are ideal to observe the shower, with New Moon falling on May 4, just two days before the forecast maximum. As a result, the whole week around the peak will be suitable for morning observing sessions, giving observers plenty of opportunity to see the fall of tiny fragments of the most famous of comets.

Southern Delta Aquariids, Piscis Austrinids and Alpha Capricornids [N/S; S favoured]

Active: Early-July to Mid-August

Maximum: July 28 - 30

Combined ZHR: 35

Parent: Comet 96P/Macholz (Southern Delta Aquariids); Unknown (Piscis Austrinids); Comet 169P/NEAT (Alpha Capricornids)

In most years, the approach of August is heralded by keen meteor observers as the build up to the Perseids – the second of the year’s big three showers. This year, moonlight will interfere, spoiling them for most observers.

But this cloud comes with a silver lining. A fortnight or so before the peak of the Perseids, three relatively minor showers come together to provide an excellent mid-winter show for southern hemisphere observers. This year, the Moon is perfectly placed to allow their observation.

These three showers – the Southern Delta Aquariids, Alpha Capricornids and Pisces Austrinids – favour observers in the southern hemisphere, though they can also be observed from northern latitudes.

Regardless of your location, the best rates for these showers are seen in the hours after midnight. Reasonable rates begin to be visible for southern hemisphere observers as early as 10pm local time.

The radiants of the Southern Delta Aquariids, Alpha Capricornids and Piscis Austrinids ride high in the southern hemisphere sky around local midnight. Museums Victoria/Stellarium

For northern hemisphere observers, the radiants of the same three showers sit low to the horizon around local midnight. Museums Victoria/Stellarium

The Southern Delta Aquariids are the most active of the three, producing up to 25 fast, bright meteors per hour at their peak, which spans the five days centred on July 30.

The Alpha Capricornids, by contrast, produce lower rates typically contributing just five meteors per hour. But where the Southern Delta Aquariids are fast, the Alpha Capricornids are very slow meteors and are often spectacular.

Like the Alpha Centaurids, in February, they have a reputation for producing large numbers of spectacular fireballs. This tendency to produce meteors that are both very bright and also slow moving makes them an excellent target for astrophotographers, as well as naked-eye observers.

An Alpha Capricornid meteor captured among the star trails in 2013. Flickr/Jeff Sullivan, CC BY-NC-ND

Taurids [N/S]

Active: September 10 - December 10

Maxima: October 10 (Southern Taurids); November 13 (Northern Taurids)

ZHR: 5 + 5

Parent: Comet 2P/Encke

The Taurids are probably the most fascinating of all the annual meteor showers. Though they only deliver relatively low rates (approximately five per hour from each of the two streams, north and south), they do so over an incredibly long period – three full months of activity.

In other words, the Earth spends a quarter of a year passing through the Taurid stream. In fact, we cross the stream again in June, when the meteors from the shower are lost due to it being exclusively visible in daylight.

So a third of our planet’s orbit is spent ploughing through a broad stream of debris, known as the Taurid stream. In total, the Taurid stream deposits more mass of meteoric material to our planet’s atmosphere than all of the other annual meteor showers combined.

So vast is the Taurid stream that there is speculation that it originated with the cataclysmic disintegration of a super-sized comet, thousands or tens of thousands of years in the past, and that the current shower is a relic of that ancient event.

The two Taurid radiants, as seen from northern Europe before dawn [Paris 6:30am, October 10] Museums Victoria/Stellarium

The November maximum will be hindered by the Moon, this view as seen from Melbourne during the early hours of November 13. Museums Victoria/Stellarium

Taurid meteors are slow, and are often spectacularly bright. Like the Alpha Capricornids, they have a reputation for producing regular fireballs, making them another good target for the budding astrophotographer.

Rather than having a single, sharp peak, Taurid activity stays at, or close to, peak rates for the best part of a month, between the maxima of the northern and southern streams, meaning that it is always possible to find some time when moonlight does not interfere to observe the shower.

Geminids [N/S]

Active: December 4 - December 17

Maximum: December 14, 6:40pm UT = December 15, 4:40am (QLD) = December 15, 5:40am (NSW/ACT/Vic/Tas)

ZHR: 140+

Parent: Asteroid 3200 Phaethon

Another of the big three annual meteor showers, the Geminids are probably the best, with peak rates in recent years exceeding 140 meteors per hour.

A composite image of the Geminids shower from the vantage point of Johnson Space Center, US. NASA/Lauren Harnett, CC BY-NC

The Geminids are visible from both hemispheres – although the radiant rises markedly earlier for northern observers. Even in the south of Australia, the radiant rises well before midnight, giving all observers the rest of the night to enjoy the spectacle.

The Moon interferes with the Geminids, which radiate close to the bright star Castor. This view is from Perth in the hours before sunrise. Museums Victoria/Stellarium

Moonlight will seriously interfere with the peak of the shower this year, washing out the fainter meteors, with the result that observed rates will be lower than the ZHR might otherwise suggest.

But the shower regularly produces abundant bright meteors, and yields such high rates that it is still well worth checking out, even through the glare of the full Moon.

Ursids [N]

Active: December 17 - December 26

Maximum: December 23, 3:00am UT

ZHR: 10+

Parent: Comet 8P/Tuttle

The final shower of the year – the Ursids – is a treat for northern hemisphere observers alone. Much like the shower that started our journey through the year, the Quadrantids, the Ursids remain poorly observed, often lost to the bleak midwinter weather that plagues many northern latitudes.

But if skies are clear the Ursids are visible throughout the night, as their radiant lies just 12 degrees from the north celestial pole. As such, they make a tempting target for observers to check out in the evening, even if the radiant is at its highest in the early hours of the morning.

Most years, the Ursids are a relatively minor shower, with peak rates rarely exceeding ten meteors per hour. They have thrown up a few surprises over the past century, with occasional outbursts of moderately-fast meteors yielding rates up to, and in excess of, a hundred meteors per hour.

The Ursid radiant, in the constellation Ursa Minor, is circumpolar for almost the entire northern hemisphere, as it lies just 12 degrees from the north celestial pole. It is shown here as it would be seen at 11pm from near Tokyo, Japan. Museums Victoria/Stellarium

While no such outburst is predicted for 2019, the Ursids have proven to be a shower with a surprise or two left to show and so may just prove to be an exciting way to end the meteoric year.

About The Authors:

Jonti Horner is a  Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Southern Queensland and Tanya Hill is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy) at Museums Victoria

This article is republished from our content partners at The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. 

If you have a good photo of any of this year’s meteor showers that you’d like to share with The Conversation’s readers then please send it to readerspic@theconversation.edu.au. Please include your full name and the location the photo (or any composite) was taken.

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IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAGAN CALENDAR FOR 2019

January 3, 4. Quadrantids Meteor Shower ☄ 6. New Moon - 01:29 (1:29 am) ○ 6. Partial Solar Eclipse 01:42 (1:42 am) - Seen in North East Asia and North Pacific ☀ 6. Venus at Greatest Western Elongation - the planet Venus reaches its highest point above the horizon in the morning sky ♀ 9. Remembrance for Raud the Strong (Heathen martyr) - the Ásatrú’s Days of Remembrance 14. Þorrablót - Icelandic festival honoring Thor and the ancient Icelandic Winter Spirit of Thorri 20. Celtic Tree Month of Birch Moon ends 20. Aquarius ♒ 21. Full Moon - Cold Moon 05:17 (5:17 am) ● 21. Total Lunar Eclipse 05:13 (5:13 am) - Seen in the Pacific, Americas, Europe and Africa ◐ 21. Supermoon 22. Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter - the two bright planets will be visible in the early morning sky  ♀ ♃ 24. Festival of Sementivae 30. Begins Roman celebration of Februalia 31. Dísablót/Disting - Swedish tradition held in honour of the female deities from Norse Mythology February 2. Imbolc/ Candlemas 2. Lammas/Lughnasadh (Southern Hemisphere) 2. Groundhog’s Day 2. Ends Roman celebration of Februalia 4. New Moon - 21:04 (9:04 pm) ○ 9. Remembrance for Eyvindr Kinnrifione (Heathen martyr) - the Ásatrú’s Days of Remembrance 14. Feast of Váli, son of the god Odin and the giantess Rindr 14. Roman ancient festival of Lupercalia 17. Celtic Tree Month of Rowan Moon ends 18. Celtic Tree Month of Ash Moon begins 19. Full Moon - Quickening Moon 15:53 (3:53 pm) ● 19. Supermoon 19. Pisces ♓ 27. Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation - the planet Mercury reaches its highest point above the horizon in the evening sky ☿

March 1. Matronalia, the Festival of Women 6. New Moon - 16:05 (4:05 pm) ○ 9. Remembrance for Oliver the Martyr (Heathen martyr) - the Ásatrú’s Days of Remembrance 16. Mercury Retrograde ☿ 17. St. Patrick's Day 17. Celtic Tree Month of Ash Moon ends 18. Celtic Tree Month of Alder Moon begins 20. Spring Equinox/Ostara - 21:58 (9:58 pm) ❀ 20. Total Solar Eclipse (caused by Supermoon) 09:45 (9:45 am) - Seen totally in Greenland and Iceland. Seen partially in Europe, Northern Africa, the Middle East and Northwestern Asia (more information about this eclipse here) ☀ 20. Mabon (Southern Hemisphere) 21. Full Moon - Storm Moon 01:43 (1:43 am) ● 21. Supermoon 21. Aries ♈ 26. Post-Mercury Retrograde ☿ 28. Remembrance for Ragnar Lothbrok (Viking hero and ruler) - the Ásatrú’s Days of Remembrance April 4. Total Lunar Eclipse 12:01 (12:01 pm) - Seen in Asia, Australia, Pacific Ocean, Americas ◐ 5. New Moon - 09:52 (9:52 am) ○ 9. Remembrance for Haakon Sigurdsson (Heathen martyr) - the Ásatrú’s Days of Remembrance 11. Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation - the planet Mercury reaches its highest point above the horizon in the morning sky ☿ 14. Celtic Tree Month of Alder Moon ends 15. Celtic Tree Month of Willow Moon begins 15. Sigrblót - first day of Summer in the Old Icelandic calendar - celebration in honor to the god Odin  19. Full Moon - Wind Moon 12:12 (12:12 pm) ● 20. Taurus ♉ 22. Earth Day 🜨 22. Yggdrasil Day 22, 23. Lyrids Meteor Shower ☄ 28. Begins Roman Celebration of Floralia for the Goddess Flora 30. Hexennacht - Germanic Witches celebrations honoring the arrival of Spring 30. Valborg - Swedish celebrations honoring the arrival of Spring May 1. Beltane 1. Samhain - The Witches' New Year (Southern Hemisphere) 1. May Day 3. Ends Roman Celebration of Floralia for the Goddess Flora 4. New Moon - 23:47 (11:47 pm) ○ 6, 7. Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower ☄ 9. Day of  Remembrance for Gu��röðr of Guðbrandsdál (Heathen martyr) - celebrated by the Ásatrú community 12. Celtic Tree Month of Willow Moon ends 13. Celtic Tree Month of Hawthorn Moon begins 18. Full Moon - Flower Moon 22:11 (10:11 pm) ● 18. Blue Moon 20. Friggablót - celebration in honor to the goddess Frigga 21. Gemini ♊ June 3. New Moon - 11:02 (11:02 am) ○ 7. Begins Roman Celebration of Vestalia for the Goddess Vesta 9. Celtic Tree Month of Hawthorn Moon ends 9. Day of Remembrance for Sigurd (Viking hero) - celebrated by the Ásatrú community 10. Celtic Tree Month of Oak Moon begins 10. Jupiter at Opposition - the giant planet will be at its closest approach to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the Sun ♃ 15. Ends Roman Celebration of Vestalia for the Goddess Vesta 17. Full Moon - Strong Sun Moon 09:31 (9:31 am) ● 21. Midsummer 21. Summer Solstice/Litha - 15:54 (3:54 pm) ☼ 21. Yule/Winter Solstice (Southern Hemisphere) 21. Day of the Green Man in Northern Europe 21. Cancer ♋ 23. Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation -the planet Mercury reaches its highest point above the horizon in the evening sky ☿ July 2. New Moon - 20:17 (8:17 pm) ○ 2. Total Solar Eclipse 19:24 (7:24 pm) - Seen in South Pacific and South America ☀ 7. Celtic Tree Month of Oak Moon ends 8. Celtic Tree Month of Holly Moon begins 9. Saturn at Opposition - the ringed planet will be at its closest approach to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the Sun ♄ 9. Mercury Retrograde ☿ 9. Day of  Remembrance for Unnr the Deep-Minded (Viking chieftain) - celebrated by the Ásatrú community 16. Full Moon - Blessing Moon 22:39 (10:39 pm) ● 16. Partial Lunar Eclipse 21:31 (9:31 pm) - Seen in South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia ◐ 23. Leo ♌ 28, 29. Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower ☄ 30. Post-Mercury Retrograde ☿ August 1. Lammas/Lughnasadh 1. Imbolc (Southern Hemisphere) 1. New Moon 04:12 (4:12 am) ○ 4. Celtic Tree Month of Holly Moon ends 5. Celtic Tree Month of Hazel Moon begins 9. Day of Remembrance for Radbod, King of the Frisians (Viking hero) - celebrated by the Ásatrú community 9. Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation - the planet Mercury reaches its highest point above the horizon in the morning sky ☿ 12, 13. Perseids Meteor Shower ☄ 13. Roman Festival of the Goddess Pomona 15. Full Moon - Corn Moon 13:31 (1:31 pm) ● 23. Roman Festival of Vulcanalia for the God Vulcan 23. Virgo ♍ 30. New Moon 11:38 (11:38 am) ○ September 1. Celtic Tree Month of Hazel Moon ends 2. Celtic Tree Month of Vine Moon begins 9. Neptune at Opposition - the blue giant planet will be at its closest approach to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the Sun ♆ 9. Day of Remembrance for Herman the Cheruscan (Viking hero) - celebrated by the Ásatrú community 13. Solar Eclipse 06:55 (6:55 am) - Seen partially in South Africa, Southern India and Antarctica ☀ 13. Friday the 13th ⛤ 14. Full Moon - Harvest Moon 05:35 (5:35 am) ● 21. International Day of Peace ☮ 23. Fall Equinox/Mabon - 07:50 (7:50 am) ☂ 23. Haustablót - Germanic Fall Equinox 23. Ostara (Southern Hemisphere) 23. Libra ♎ 28. New Moon - 19:27 (7:27 pm) ○ 28. Total Lunar Eclipse 02:48 (2:48 am) - Seen in Eastern Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa, Western Asia ◐ 29. Celtic Tree Month of Vine Moon ends 30. Celtic Tree Month of Ivy Moon begins October 3. Roman Festival of the God Bacchus 8. Draconids Meteor Shower ☄ 9. Day of Remembrance for Leif Ericson (Viking hero who allegedly discovered North America 500 years before Columbus) - celebrated by the Ásatrú community 13. Full Moon - Blood Moon 22:10 (10:10 pm) ● 14. Vetrablót - first day of Winter in the Old Icelandic calendar - celebration in honor to the goddess Freya 20. Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation - the planet Mercury reaches its highest point above the horizon in the evening sky ☿ 21, 22. Orionids Meteor Shower 23. Scorpio ♏ 27. Celtic Tree Month of Ivy Moon ends 27. Uranus at Opposition - the blue-green planet will be at its closest approach to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the Sun ♅ 28. Celtic Tree Month of Reed Moon begins 28. New Moon - 03:40 (3:40 am) ○ 28. Day of Remembrance for Erik the Red (Viking explorer and the founder of the first settlement in Greenland) - celebrated by the Ásatrú community 31. Samhain - The Witches' New Year ☽O☾ 31. Beltane (Southern Hemisphere) 31. Halloween † 31. Celtic Feast of the Dead † 31. Begins Day of the Dead Celebrations † 31. Vetrnætr - Norse Winter festival November 1. All Hallow's day † 1. Day of Banshees in Ireland 1. The Rite of Hel in Scandinavian countries 1. Mercury Retrograde ☿ 2. Ends Day of the Dead Celebrations 5, 6. Taurids Meteor Shower ☄ 9. Day of Remembrance for Sigrid the Haughty (Viking hero, Queen of Sweden) - celebrated by the Ásatrú community 11. Feast of the Einherjar - Norse celebration in honor of those who died and now occupy the halls of Valhalla 11. Rare Transit of Mercury Across the Sun - the planet Mercury will move directly between the Earth and the Sun - Seen in South America and Central America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (Transit Visibility Map and Information) ☿ ☀ 12. Full Moon - Blood Moon 13:37 (1:37 pm) ● 17, 18. Leonids Meteor Shower 18. Post-Mercury Retrograde ☿ 22. Sagittarius ♐ 24. Celtic Tree Month of Reed Moon ends 24. Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter - the two bright planets will be visible in the evening sky ♀ ♃ 25. Celtic Tree Month of Elder Moon begins 26. New Moon - 15:07 (3:07 pm) ○ 26. Thanksgiving Day (USA) 27. Day of Parvati-Devi, the Triple Goddess who divided herself into Sarasvati, Lakshmi, and Kali, or the Three Mothers 27. Weyland the Smith's Day - celebration in honor of a great Viking blacksmith - celebrated by the Ásatrú community 28. Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation - the planet Mercury reaches its highest point above the horizon in the morning sky ☿ 30. Festival of Hecate Trivia for Hecate, the Dark Goddess of Magic and Sorcery December 5. Krampusnacht - the Krampus’ Night 9. Day of Remembrance for Egill Skallagrímsson (Viking hero) - celebrated by the Ásatrú community 12. Full Moon - Long Nights Moon 05:14 (5:14 am) ● 13, 14. Geminids Meteor Shower ☄ 17. Begins Saturnalia 21. Celtic Festival of the Stars 21, 22. Ursids Meteor Shower ☄ 21. Beginning of Yuletide celebrations 22. Winter Solstice/Yule - 04:19 (4:19 am) ❆ 22. Litha/Summer Solstice (Southern Hemisphere) 22. Capricorn ♑ 22. Celtic Tree Month of Elder Moon ends 24. Celtic Tree Month of Birch Moon begins 24. Night of Mothors in Germany 25. Feast of Frau Hole, the Germanic Goddess of the woods and plants 26. Annular Solar Eclipse 05:18 (5:18 am) - Seen in Asia and Australia (NASA Map and Eclipse Information; NASA Interactive Google Map) ☀ 26. New Moon - 05:05 (5:15 am) ○ 27. Birth of Freya 31. Day of the Norns in Scandinavia 31. Day of the Faery of the Van in Wales 31. Hogmanay in Scotland; ward off evil spirits by wearing costumes, such as hides and horns 31. The Twelfth Night - Last Night of Yuletide celebrations  This is only a summarized list of the most important events of the Pagan calendar. To know more about other Pagan events throughout the year do a search of your own or visit the following websites:

Pagan/Wiccan calendar - about.com Time Meddler - Icelandic calendar NASA Eclipse The Sky The Old Farmer’s Almanac Sacred Chaotic Geometry | Please, don’t remove credits. Thank you!

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Word challenges (and theme weeks) under the cut:

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December 2024

Dec 23: value, electricity, yarn (theme: winter)

Dec 20: record, throat, three

Dec 18: outrageous, camera, applaud

Dec 16: fuzzy, stupid, mountain

Dec 13: vigor, powerful, premium

Dec 11: painstaking, paper, knock

Dec 9: floor, roof, box

Dec 6: plane, follow, wrestle

Dec 4: rock, royal, class

Dec 2: shy, lazy, sleep

November 2024

Nov 29: bait, improve, damp (theme: apocalypse)

Nov 27: wire, inquire, tame (theme: apocalypse)

Nov 25: force, twig, one (theme: apocalypse)

Nov 22: doctor, bump, living

Nov 20: attractive, wrong, uninterested

Nov 18: doubt, verse, multiply

Nov 15: green, reach, scatter

Nov 13: month, tricky, live

Nov 11: squeeze, material, terrific

Nov 8: actor, baseball, transport

Nov 6: copper, stretch, copy

Nov 4: marvelous, duck, gun

Nov 1: drab, partner, suppose

October 2024

Oct 30: unlock, man, hollow

Oct 28: shelter, flood, fright

Oct 25: pot, powder, hum (theme: halloween)

Oct 23: carve, deep, street (theme: halloween)

Oct 21: unique, thread, excite (theme: halloween)

Oct 18: kick, rhyme, sick

Oct 16: analyze, upset, direction  

Oct 14: dysfunctional, nasty, rose

Oct 11: scandal, poor, silk

Oct 9: jelly, bent, cent

Oct 7: noxious, finger, concern

Oct 4: degree, cemetery, acrid

Oct 2: crack, short, stage

September 2024

Sep 30: voracious, loud, milk

Sep 27: weather, wealth, delightful (theme: yearning)

Sep 25: hug, distinct, flock (theme: yearning)

Sep 23: argue, obtain, parched (theme: yearning)

Sep 20: rigid, destroy, last

Sep 18: teach, deadpan, vegetable

Sep 16: pretend, upbeat, evasive

Sep 13: fade, darkness, flee

Sep 11: big, title, sweet

Sep 9: pop, stew, visit

Sep 6: near, book, juice

Sep 4: camp, sea, rinse

Sep 2: tug, boundary, prevent

August 2024

Aug 30: romantic, abandon, tooth (theme: jealousy)

Aug 28: roast, humor, famous (theme: jealousy)

Aug 26: deliver, house, fuel (theme: jealousy)

Aug 23: wonderful, precede, level

Aug 21: charming, ajar, examine

Aug 19: sedate, fortune, filth

Aug 16: boring, reward, drag

Aug 14: ambitious, wool, spell

Aug 12: stereotype, beautiful, behavior

Aug 9: grow, rhythm, alcohol

Aug 7: encourage, allure, detail

Aug 5: circle, introduce, balance

Aug 2: ear, club, beam

July 2024

Jul 31: pat, step, bulb

Jul 29: sword, wield, shiver

Jul 26: hurry, unfortunate, peace (theme: innocence)

Jul 24: automatic, daily, smile (theme: innocence)

Jul 22: tap, nerve, nose (theme: innocence)

Jul 19: help, interrupt, calm

Jul 17: yellow, describe, bubble

Jul 15: blade, song, dream

Jul 12: miniature, pluck, wood

Jul 10: prepare, decorate, sing

Jul 8: rude, agonize, want

Jul 5: skirt, chance, hospital

Jul 3: wave, large, destruction

Jul 1: advice, heal, exist

June 2024

Jun 28: color, rambunctious, cheer (theme: pride)

Jun 26: laugh, nervous, prance (theme: pride)

Jun 24: obsolete, clever, quaint (theme: pride)

Jun 21: need, serve, willing

Jun 19: good, lie, tendency

Jun 17: child, dinosaur, game

Jun 14: grateful, tie, work

Jun 12: time, army, hurt

Jun 10: hammer, protest, scream

Jun 7: dress, wry, hall

Jun 5: hand, pointless, scarecrow

Jun 3: smooth, expert, goofy

May 2024

May 31: sheep, ray, mend (theme: danger)

May 29: typical, temporary, spectacular (theme: danger)

May 27: even, accident, train (theme: danger)

May 24: face, righteous, create

May 22: crabby, liquid, bone

May 20: wail, lean, head

May 17: hilarious, damp, curtain

May 15: throat, pack, ignorant

May 13: cave, warm, earn

May 10: weak, rain, twig

May 8: business, puny, mint

May 6: illegal, shoe, front

May 3: clumsy, hair, honey

May 1: shape, pear, change

April 2024

Apr 29: wide, tire, air

Apr 26: proud, icicle, fast (theme: emotion)

Apr 24: feel, right, month (theme: emotion)

Apr 22: not, neat, next (theme: emotion)

Apr 19: trail, competent, pet

Apr 17: brick, mourn, slope

Apr 15: rest, low, interest

Apr 12: lush, wakeful, lethal

Apr 10: desk, earthquake, science

Apr 8: fabulous, pale, meddle

Apr 5: frail, crown, uncle

Apr 3: bridge, warn, airplane

Apr 1: tricky, side, point

March 2024

Mar 29: delight, quick, over (theme: consent)

Mar 27: idea, giddy, try (theme: consent)

Mar 25: thrill, hum, zipper (theme: consent)

Mar 22: sign, lavish, home

Mar 20: skin, delay, pan

Mar 18: vague, ski, notice

Mar 15: sponge, organ, bush

Mar 13: new, powder, broad

Mar 11: knife, difficult, begin

Mar 8: disturb, snake, reply

Mar 6: hesitant, suit, permit

Mar 4: crook, market, bright

Mar 1: stir, stone, ill

February 2024

Feb 28: fair, mug, hop

Feb 26: commit, morning, protect

Feb 23: eye, deserve, letter (theme: despair)

Feb 21: man, hideous, coo (theme: despair)

Feb 19: kind, heart, tender (theme: despair)

Feb 16: adaptable, hell, cat

Feb 14: bake, bloody, base

Feb 12: crush, confess, pipe

Feb 9: surprise, open, mix

Feb 7: receive, rifle, accept

Feb 5: joke, depressed, skate

Feb 2: royal, scarf, shrug

January 2024

Jan 31: scent, obscene, contain

Jan 29: sad, milk, kiss

Jan 26: bite, size, know (theme: gentleness)

Jan 24: aloof, cake, loaf (theme: gentleness)

Jan 22: white, listen, upset (theme: gentleness)

Jan 19: year, calculate, hush

Jan 17: free, rhythm, frog

Jan 15: duck, attack, mammoth

Jan 12: substance, cheat, inquire

Jan 10: channel, mad, diligent

Jan 8: toy, deafening, normal

Jan 5: wash, paste, complete

Jan 3: spirit, lake, nice

Jan 1: pancake, detail, badge

December 2023

Dec 29: vacation, miss, round (theme: winter)

Dec 27: wary, curious, squeal (theme: winter)

Dec 25: child, holiday, event (theme: winter)

Dec 22: prickly, annoy, live

Dec 20: disgust, rice, example

Dec 18: like, loud, tickle

Dec 15: scorch, value, embarrass

Dec 13: mine, invite, mighty

Dec 11: title, lovely, stupid

Dec 8: salty, popcorn, become

Dec 6: spiky, hook, friend

Dec 4: depend, vibrant, flame

Dec 1: active, slow, phone

November 2023

Nov 29: sea, false, history

Nov 27: cut, green, paint

Nov 24: vengeful, brave, cap (theme: unity)

Nov 22: amuse, tall, queen (theme: unity)

Nov 20: heavy, half, worry (theme: unity)

Nov 17: brother, church, birth

Nov 15: cheese, dock, dog

Nov 13: sneaky, peck, pink

Nov 10: poke, puncture, hat

Nov 8: scarce, soft, berserk

Nov 6: punish, concern, grin

Nov 3: sincere, fragile, belong

Nov 1: bang, saw, wrist

October 2023

Oct 30: decay, bird, zoo

Oct 27: grumpy, huge, lush (theme: halloween)

Oct 25: jump, brain, gaudy (theme: halloween)

Oct 23: magic, elate, wish (theme: halloween)

Oct 20: unnatural, seem, different

Oct 18: wall, blade, bruise

Oct 16: alarm, behave, benefit

Oct 13: danger, drip, dagger

Oct 11: same, appear, cave

Oct 9: down, inject, glisten

Oct 6: town, month, quaint

Oct 4: steep, charge, tower

Oct 2: middle, abandon, heap

September 2023

Sep 29: stove, hypnotic, imagine (theme: order)

Sep 27: slippery, thunder, rich (theme: order)

Sep 25: attempt, beautiful, jealous (theme: order)

Sep 22: nonchalant, crown, glossy

Sep 20: one, snore, six

Sep 18: attach, fit, trail

Sep 15: motion, red, identify

Sep 13: damage, nose, boundary

Sep 11: flash, iron, self

Sep 8: mark, uptight, peaceful

Sep 6: polish, square, overjoyed

Sep 4: sweater, canvas, linen

Sep 1: dashing, bizarre, ultra

August 2023

Aug 30: report, use, shade

Aug 28: delight, mere, arrogant

Aug 25: flood, way, school (theme: youth)

Aug 23: cat, elfin, obtain (theme: youth)

Aug 21: agonizing, funny, sticks (theme: youth)

Aug 18: more, tidy, thoughtful

Aug 16: lame, creepy, hole

Aug 14: impossible, young, aspiring

Aug 11: black, demonic, strong

Aug 9: calm, part, stale

Aug 7: pale, new, intend

Aug 4: achieve, better, burn

Aug 2: romantic, thread, flow

July 2023

Jul 31: mean, rainstorm, white

Jul 28: respect, quiver, normal (theme: journey)

Jul 26: weak, pleasant, cycle (theme: journey)

Jul 24: bone, callous, think (theme: journey)

Jul 21: discover, travel, bed

Jul 19: approve, direction, veil

Jul 17: sleet, stir, lick

Jul 14: describe, coat, nod

Jul 12: late, festive, wide

Jul 10: incredible, club, loss

Jul 7: liquid, vessel, brief

Jul 5: electric, fire, plastic

Jul 3: mature, idiotic, verse

June 2023

Jun 30: tick, secret, channel (theme: pride)

Jun 28: wander, release, stamp (theme: pride)

Jun 26: trick, lean, separate (theme: pride)

Jun 23: circle, happen, irate

Jun 21: basketball, texture, taste

Jun 19: snail, acceptable, fragrant

Jun 16: relieve, borrow, notebook

Jun 14: spell, awake, nauseating

Jun 12: ancient, degree, three

Jun 9: found, far, level

Jun 7: vicious, end, crime

Jun 5: avoid, excite, mushy

Jun 2: land, learn, vast

May 2023

May 31: pin, continue, rose

May 29: kind, carry, rescue

May 26: letter, furtive, follow (theme: vengeance)

May 24: jaded, voice, car (theme: vengeance)

May 22: wheel, cherry, correct (theme: vengeance)

May 19: page, thumb, knee

May 17: pie, chase, dysfunctional

May 15: wet, handsome, stop

May 12: want, empty, fear

May 10: watch, snob, bump

May 8: zip, free, action

May 5: branch, friend, stake

May 3: drunk, adorable, stay

May 1: lighten, bashful, birthday

April 2023

Apr 28: love, arrange, ten (theme: quest)

Apr 26: push, step, shaky (theme: quest)

Apr 24: high, river, witty (theme: quest)

Apr 21: admit, alive, past

Apr 19: bird, attack, stage

Apr 17: cheap, burly, soup

Apr 14: argument, boil, hell

Apr 12: clutter, mellow, ocean

Apr 10: throat, pause, second

Apr 7: idea, baseball, scare

Apr 5: breathe, stretch, guitar

Apr 3: ill, walk, warm

March 2023

Mar 31: bitter, adamant, drain (theme: consent)

Mar 29: inform, stone, demon (theme: consent)

Mar 27: simple, fragile, whisper (theme: consent)

Mar 24: proud, horse, sneaky

Mar 22: neck, connect, unable

Mar 20: size, meek, wooden

Mar 17: interesting, clever, plate

Mar 15: contain, zebra, authority

Mar 13: decorate, nonstop, shave

Mar 10: thought, grab, wonder

Mar 8: noise, fantastic, scream

Mar 6: dust, crow, recognize

Mar 3: gain, tendency, drink

Mar 1: group, abrasive, bit

February 2023

Feb 27: irritating, scent, inconclusive

Feb 24: hate, fine, run (theme: escape)

Feb 22: try, anger, fast (theme: escape)

Feb 20: room, nerve, tap (theme: escape)

Feb 17: nose, conscious, alluring

Feb 15: detail, finicky, unpack

Feb 13: nasty, toothbrush, hypnotic

Feb 10: dark, book, border

Feb 8: over, observe, confident

Feb 6: bow, time, button

Feb 3: leather, prepare, cloth

Feb 1: hurry, receive, wild

January 2023

Jan 30: poison, camp, fanatical

Jan 27: burn, bored, suggest (theme: nature)

Jan 25: soft, mark, march (theme: nature)

Jan 23: icky, sniff, helpful (theme: nature)

Jan 20: lamp, need, hammer

Jan 18: scrape, paint, square

Jan 16: juggle, general, lucky

Jan 13: spiffy, hair, influence

Jan 11: intend, wary, discover

Jan 9: disgust, label, even

Jan 6: ear, train, pocket

Jan 4: shelter, six, ugly

Jan 2: cross, box, prefer

December 2022

Dec 30: useful, yarn, hole (theme: winter)

Dec 28: wise, oil, peace (theme: winter)

Dec 26: exuberant, warn, nice (theme: winter)

Dec 23: plant change delicate

Dec 21: serious, talk, pleasant

Dec 19: annoy, snore, remove

Dec 16: drop, brake, tin

Dec 14: child, command, bustle

Dec 12: nation, overflow, rabbit

Dec 9: sky, range, abstract

Dec 7: floor, damage, pants

Dec 5: kettle, bolt, glue

Dec 2: absorb, cruel, hang

November 2022

Nov 30: explode, earth, fool

Nov 28: steadfast, mind, flag

Nov 25: wobble, stick, glamour (theme: honesty)

Nov 23: part, matter, spot (theme: honesty)

Nov 21: possess, devil, arrogant (theme: honesty)

Nov 18: spark, different, limit

Nov 16: swift, army, copy

Nov 14: parcel, black, oranges

Nov 11: wish, solid, subdue

Nov 9: trot, sound, dare

Nov 7: mindless, airport, crime

Nov 4: open, war, afternoon

Nov 2: object, excite, chop

October 2022

Oct 31: cobweb, bat, evil

Oct 28: space, dress, moon (theme: halloween)

Oct 26: unfasten, bait, bump (theme: halloween)

Oct 24: whole, home, pie (theme: halloween)

Oct 21: comfortable, achieve, heartbreak

Oct 19: detect, painstaking, tiny

Oct 17: scold, careless, fly

Oct 14: behavior, typical, decision

Oct 12: fill, hiss, copper

Oct 10: treatment, delirious, apologize

Oct 7: concern, plain, jumble

Oct 5: hydrant, weight, zipper

Oct 3: hesitant, fall, curve

September 2022

Sep 30: winter, thrill, sparkle (theme: power)

Sep 28: stripe, borrow, tasty (theme: power)

Sep 26: current, condition, injure (theme: power)

Sep 23: sip, trust, proud

Sep 21: fade, impolite, nod

Sep 19: shape, misery, pen

Sep 16: greet, numerous, guard

Sep 14: defective, drag, scarf

Sep 12: false, innocent, escape

Sep 9: wipe, puzzle, competent

Sep 7: roll, important, harbor

Sep 5: laugh, shock, tire

Sep 2: collect, learn, pull

August 2022

Aug 31: harm, rampant, thankful

Aug 29: five, shade, peep

Aug 26: coat, magic, sophisticated (theme: bravery)

Aug 24: fang, nonstop, scary (theme: bravery)

Aug 22: dead, desert, endure (theme: bravery)

Aug 19: lovely, rude, naive

Aug 17: crate, statue, flame

Aug 15: root, ant, quiver

Aug 12: silly, itch, adorable

Aug 10: swanky, color, boat

Aug 8: shrug, wood, bottle

Aug 5: bright, heavy, truck

Aug 3: relax, middle, sleep

Aug 1: song, mom, stove

July 2022

Jul 29: curl, tremble, safe (theme: parents)

Jul 27: magenta, silk, baby (theme: parents)

Jul 25: zoom, plastic, car (theme: parents)

Jul 22: enormous, quirk, riddle

Jul 20: cook, tooth, need

Jul 18: carve, juvenile, stranger

Jul 15: bee, dull, quick

Jul 13: house, sand, grubby

Jul 11: ring, mellow, heavy

Jul 8: depend, amuse, giddy

Jul 6: judge, program, husky

Jul 4: twig, radiate, support

Jul 1: relation, read, visit

June 2022

Jun 29: willing, crook, three

Jun 27: snake, squeal, hop

Jun 24: shame, thing, present (theme: pride)

Jun 22: confess, soft, fit (theme: pride)

Jun 20: lyric, practice, harmony (theme: pride)

Jun 17: room, cheap, brother

Jun 15: skinny, meal, cat

Jun 13: admit, trouble, harass

Jun 10: air, wealth, replace

Jun 8: year, sign, super

Jun 6: tart, honey, full

Jun 3: expensive, bathe, curtain

Jun 1: spray, jaded, wacky

May 2022

May 30: vacation, story, grin

May 27: watch, hose, accept (theme: growth)

May 25: dysfunctional, letter, continue (theme: growth)

May 23: delight, expand, health (theme: growth)

May 20: dark, bashful, ethereal

May 18: rhyme, majestic, ahead

May 16: spy, disarm, simple

May 13: ragged, special, meat

May 11: scrape, consist, price

May 9: tearful, touch, print

May 6: door, avoid, phobia

May 4: airplane, wound, yell

May 2: sneeze, breeze, freeze

April 2022

Apr 29: group, smart, unite (theme: belief)

Apr 27: type, library, brain (theme: belief)

Apr 25: buzz, conscious, hospital (theme: belief)

Apr 22: duck, puny, hall

Apr 20: beam, rot, clear

Apr 18: wait, gaze, end

Apr 15: annoy, fret, note

Apr 13: remember, dinosaur, hollow

Apr 11: lock, ajar, light

Apr 8: sofa, two, draw

Apr 6: engine, access, encourage

Apr 4: mountain, veil, bizarre

Apr 1: frighten, haircut, helpful

March 2022

Mar 30: check, pizza, decay

Mar 28: sweet, uneven, black

Mar 25: fragile, verse, roast (theme: consent)

Mar 23: caption, eye, lace (theme: consent)

Mar 21: mate, chill, makeshift (theme: consent)

Mar 18: electric, cable, firefighter

Mar 16: preserve, guard, off

Mar 14: unusual, bird, necessary

Mar 11: snatch, jump, ocean

Mar 9: advise, stone, surprise

Mar 7: zipper, responsible, spectacular

Mar 4: eminent, addicted, hate

Mar 2: precede, happen, expect

February 2022

Feb 28: flashy, vanish, marvelous

Feb 25: dazzle, admire, flippant (theme: change)

Feb 23: approve, secret, pale (theme: change)

Feb 21: stale, smoke, fang (theme: change)

Feb 18: clap, five, scare

Feb 16: argue, crack, leg

Feb 14: station, badge, chew

Feb 11: aspire, blush, pickle

Feb 9: hook, crow, treat

Feb 7: taste, distance, push

Feb 4: destruct, chicken, alarm

Feb 2: innocent, capable, wag

January 2022

Jan 31: window, live, attractive

Jan 28: aggressive, beat, bear (theme: stranded)

Jan 26: barbarian, mom, thrill (theme: stranded)

Jan 24: direction, windy, command (theme: stranded)

Jan 21: fish, godly, subdue

Jan 19: ban, crown, grain

Jan 17: arch, utopian, birth

Jan 14: clip, enter, sedate

Jan 12: thread, wine, car

Jan 10: immense, telephone, endure

Jan 7: next, dislike, need

Jan 5: keen, rabbit, cake

Jan 3: vein, cruel, squeak

December 2021

Dec 31: amused, stage, wood (theme: winter)

Dec 29: mellow, cute, gruesome (theme: winter)

Dec 27: parallel, solid, cross (theme: winter)

Dec 24: son, death, yummy

Dec 22: use, sand, drain

Dec 20: parched, poised, screech

Dec 17: wiggle, memory, apathetic

Dec 15: quiver, wary, peaceful

Dec 13: busy, stocking, disagree

Dec 10: train, notebook, flat

Dec 8: juvenile, return, learn

Dec 6: dapper, moon, sea

Dec 3: scribble, fortune, punish

Dec 1: action, brash, discreet

November 2021

Nov 29: abide, smooth, fear

Nov 26: symptom, cold, believe (theme: cozy)

Nov 24: shift, slip, beautiful (theme: cozy)

Nov 22: overjoyed, grotesque, colossal (theme: cozy)

Nov 19: clutter, space, begin

Nov 17: impolite, cook, compete

Nov 15: sparkle, limit, make

Nov 12: close, plant, border

Nov 10: energetic, coach, dash

Nov 8: store, lyric, jail

Nov 5: appear, frantic, pet

Nov 3: weight, careful, fancy

Nov 1: chief, time, grumpy

October 2021

Oct 29: river, party, dangerous (theme: halloween)

Oct 27: little, angry, furniture (theme: halloween)

Oct 25: baby, shake, snail (theme: halloween)

Oct 22: bruise, pointless, envy

Oct 20: bake, pencil, zealous

Oct 18: absent, regret, select

Oct 15: useful, earth, room

Oct 13: deliver, umbrella, comb

Oct 11: game, untidy, clammy

Oct 8: thank, structure, dinosaur

Oct 6: wound, wait, stick

Oct 4: provide, basin, bath

Oct 1: breathe, devilish, trip

September 2021

Sep 29: arm, load, behave

Sep 27: invite, mundane, brief

Sep 24: sweater, horrendous, crush (theme: softness)

Sep 22: delight, shiver, grateful (theme: softness)

Sep 20: pack, excite, large (theme: softness)

Sep 17: future, straight, rapid

Sep 15: healthy, thaw, harsh

Sep 13: distinct, worry, appliance

Sep 10: color, middle, act

Sep 8: seem, joyous, obsolete

Sep 6: anxious, extra, cellar

Sep 3: free, small, fold

Sep 1: deep, drunk, nod

August 2021

Aug 30: hollow, ten, dire

Aug 27: tree, light, therapeutic (theme: summer)

Aug 25: great, elastic, friend (theme: summer)

Aug 23: circle, grade, lunch (theme: summer)

Aug 20: sound, curve, sky

Aug 18: stove, fire, bedroom

Aug 16: voyage, previous, complex

Aug 13: nervous, cloth, gaze

Aug 11: dog, town, enchant

Aug 9: soup, over, neighbor

Aug 6: men, object, hose

Aug 4: carriage, bewildered, uttermost

Aug 2: teeny, horn, outrage

July 2021

Jul 30: read, creature, scare (theme: sleep)

Jul 28: bed, common, pretty (theme: sleep)

Jul 26: many, reach, whisper (theme: sleep)

Jul 23: bang, miniature, pie

Jul 21: book, carpenter, dinner

Jul 19: rude, legal, badge

Jul 16: report, scent, hurry

Jul 14: reject, rest, sleep

Jul 12: last, cuddly, green

Jul 9: slim, collar, embarrass

Jul 7: detect, foolish, second

Jul 5: breakable, obtain, useless

Jul 2: kneel, smile, sign

June 2021

Jun 30: bloody, blow, defeat

Jun 28: tall, mourn, gift

Jun 25: same, challenge, year (theme: pride)

Jun 23: belief, bat, faithful (theme: pride)

Jun 21: material, flap, tricky (theme: pride)

Jun 18: stage, gigantic, egg

Jun 16: haircut, crown, play

Jun 14: tow, brake, ground

Jun 11: demonic, delicious, thrill

Jun 9: save, purr, stranger

Jun 7: stomach, wreck, belong

Jun 4: motionless, night, listen

Jun 2: word, willing, curious

May 2021

May 31: dizzy, nosy, curly

May 28: high, plane, balance (theme: ambition)

May 26: rinse, boil, deserted (theme: ambition)

May 26: nap, interfere, amok (theme: ambition)

May 21: holiday, educate, daughter

May 19: wobble, mitten, stiff

May 17: pathetic, unused, irritate

May 14: view, huge, mean

May 12: child, woman, memory

May 10: unlock, pan, swim

May 7: wave, store, wool

May 5: doubt, long, term

May 3: shut, five, thin

April 2021

Apr 30: glue, squeak, jittery (theme: fear)

Apr 28: price, admit, telling (theme: fear)

Apr 26: normal, knife, giant (theme: fear)

Apr 23: groovy, rock, youthful

Apr 21: tug, canvas, care

Apr 19: hug, cake, blush

Apr 16: unknown, somber, mark

Apr 14: plastic, dusty, adamant

Apr 12: flesh, bridge, red

Apr 9: aboard, boring, wheel

Apr 7: mend, improve, skate

Apr 5: flower, bitter, show

Apr 2: sneeze, fierce, pass

March 2021

Mar 31: raspy, angry, enormous

Mar 29: room, desk, copy

Mar 26: manage, mine, hand (theme: consent)

Mar 24: quilt, abuse, subdue (theme: consent)

Mar 22: drive, type, wary (theme: consent)

Mar 19: expert, peel, complete

Mar 17: clumsy, team, entertain

Mar 15: near, regular, careful

Mar 12: science, tired, annoyed

Mar 10: coward, storm, march

Mar 8: cup, beautiful, stone

Mar 5: third, cloudy, bucket

Mar 3: cat, hilarious, irate

Mar 1: stew, thing, slow

February 2021

Feb 26: hope, page, dirty (theme: creativity)

Feb 24: vase, rob, wretched (theme: creativity)

Feb 22: art, flow, tree (theme: creativity)

Feb 19: festive, arrive, ambitious

Feb 17: include, control, magic

Feb 15: rifle, wing, bashful

Feb 12: suggest, label, jeans

Feb 10: compete, panic, over

Feb 8: minor, super, confident

Feb 5: peaceful, fairy, dark

Feb 3: magnificent, exciting, fact

Feb 1: painful, boundary, wash

January 2021

Jan 29: yarn, icicle, knee (theme: travel)

Jan 27: agree, well, off (theme: travel)

Jan 25: quick, rainstorm, talk (theme: travel)

Jan 22: scream, grandfather, wrong

Jan 20: cover, mixed, root

Jan 18: yellow, suppose, ring

Jan 15: sad, helpless, scarce

Jan 13: weak, clammy, scissors

Jan 11: week, reward, crate

Jan 8: tiny, mountain, shade

Jan 6: murder, rabbit, card

Jan 4: shiny, worry, avoid

Jan 1: callous, communicate, board

December 2020

Dec 30: mailbox, chase, letters

Dec 28: drawer, gather, death

Dec 25: wire, star, solid (theme: winter)

Dec 23: border, blink, awful (theme: winter)

Dec 21: pinch, town, jolly (theme: winter)

Dec 18: spicy, realize, repeat

Dec 16: healthy, taste, crime

Dec 14: water, fragile, obedient

Dec 11: trap, powder, tedious

Dec 9: spiteful, little, bee

Dec 7: gun, offend, adorable

Dec 4: birthday, hard, fluffy

Dec 2: jail, church, attraction

November 2020

Nov 30: cold, boil, damage

Nov 27: donkey, disaster, tomato (theme: thankfulness)

Nov 25: precious, play, smile (theme: thankfulness)

Nov 23: tense, child, tender (theme: thankfulness)

Nov 20: shape, frighten, large

Nov 18: quizzical, secretary, bump

Nov 16: wander, painstaking, growth

Nov 13: reign, party, beneficial

Nov 11: punish, snot, bare

Nov 9: compare, expensive, vegetable

Nov 6: bush, front, fetch

Nov 4: surprise, possessive, call

Nov 2: wood, slap, wet

October 2020

Oct 30: spider, wax, steam (theme: halloween)

Oct 28: tub, like, blood (theme: halloween)

Oct 26: dare, trust, spooky (theme: halloween)

Oct 23: animal, hospital, special

Oct 21: rapid, twist, drown

Oct 19: stage, cheer, fill

Oct 16: fold, melt, victorious

Oct 14: arrest, scarf, confused

Oct 12: post, hang, curve

Oct 9: polite, needy, mind

Oct 7: wobble, wail, shake

Oct 5: forget, condemned, receive

Oct 2: blush, odd, visitor

September 2020

Sep 30: flame, embarrass, tent

Sep 28: leather, sidewalk, hesitant

Sep 25: person, hideous, miss (theme: revenge)

Sep 23: sand, wiggle, alive (theme: revenge)

Sep 21: nifty, best, scent (theme: revenge)

Sep 18: trot, light, wonder

Sep 16: fearful, careful, stocking

Sep 14: scandalous, attack, phone

Sep 11: eager, wonderful, roll

Sep 9: level, store, defective

Sep 7: collect, colorful, pink

Sep 4: argument, exchange, concern

Sep 2: imperfect, succeed, repair

August 2020

Aug 31: measly, empty, flimsy

Aug 28: buzz, impulse, bow (theme: peace)

Aug 26: shy, admire, laugh (theme: peace)

Aug 24: grateful, friendly, warm (theme: peace)

Aug 21: tearful, honorable, kneel

Aug 19: quaint, gate, chicken

Aug 17: admit, slave, parched

Aug 14: ethereal, key, song

Aug 12: guess, parcel, fresh

Aug 10: charming, happen, flaky

Aug 7: lump, stick, remember

Aug 5: swift, crash, courageous

Aug 3: scale, steep, mighty

July 2020

Jul 31: women, crooked, fire (theme: tradition)

Jul 29: married, replace, decision (theme: tradition)

Jul 27: sulk, pie, pan (theme: tradition)

Jul 24: drum, connection, north

Jul 22: road, foamy, agreeable

Jul 20: festive, quirky, return

Jul 17: somber, coat, dock

Jul 15: deadpan, contain, unsuitable

Jul 13: horrible, high, cry

Jul 10: seashore, harmony, faded

Jul 8: finger, abusive, robot

Jul 6: save, touch, snake

Jul 3: scarce, found, whisper

Jul 1: deafening, grin, quiet

June 2020

Jun 29: tug, tin, quill

Jun 26: parade, park, arch (theme: pride)

Jun 24: accountant, artist, kidnap (theme: pride)

Jun 22: cheat, plot, establish (theme: pride)

Jun 19: vacuum, earth, extraterrestrial

Jun 17: quarter, owner, stock

Jun 15: slice, greet, dine

Jun 12: glass, floor, betray

Jun 10: strike, club, communication

Jun 8: host, date, cancel

Jun 5: chain, problem, strap

Jun 3: ordinary, classroom, haunt

Jun 1: witch, sunshine, trial

May 2020

May 29: budge, summer, eyebrow (theme: strangers)

May 27: attic, cruel, listen (theme: strangers)

May 25: flower, fairy, gown (theme: strangers)

May 22: captivate, vision, home

May 20: pattern, fox, splurge

May 18: elaborate, retreat, rain

May 15: wrestle, possible, hard

May 13: area, useful, decay

May 11: blank, bedroom, silver

May 8: yelp, yip, yeti

May 6: pen, pot, pet

May 4: storm, star, ship

May 1: hero, harmful, heart

April 2020

Apr 29: angel, sailor, dinner

Apr 27: grandmother, wisecrack, button

Apr 24: detective, chaos, unaware (theme: isolation)

Apr 22: flu, treat, release (theme: isolation)

Apr 20: prisoner, ask, late (theme: isolation)

Apr 17: soul, fee, past

Apr 15: clinic, needle, sheet

Apr 13: name, tear, swallow

Apr 10: recover, tournament, lover

Apr 8: quit, routine, sensation

Apr 6: fog, brilliance, exotic

Apr 3: desire, publish, coma

Apr 1: dress, grand, object

March 2020

Mar 30: calendar, troop, feel

Mar 27: comfort, embrace, pace (theme: consent)

Mar 25: stroll, corner, palace (theme: consent)

Mar 23: reflection, permission, incredible (theme: consent)

Mar 20: fever, alarm, harvest

Mar 18: body, helmet, material

Mar 16: plant, part, grimace

Mar 13: cabin, axe, drown

Mar 11: feed, race, mistreat

Mar 9: humor, freeze, combine

Mar 6: account, good, vague

Mar 4: confession, burst, fantasy

Mar 2: appearance, thanks, rob

February 2020

Feb 28: urgency, unfortunate, half (theme: survival)

Feb 26: battlefield, enjoy, sword (theme: survival)

Feb 24: color, leader, mature (theme: survival)

Feb 21: row, need, place

Feb 19: flat, deadly, stream

Feb 17: bathtub, heaven, disaster

Feb 14: stumble, aspect, love

Feb 12: house, mirror, stir

Feb 10: distance, firefighter, shadow

Feb 7: case, sign, book

Feb 5: fur, slump, lost

Feb 3: familiar, hope, pony

January 2020

Jan 31: approach, pat, dangerous (theme: supernatural)

Jan 29: damn, observation, dragon (theme: supernatural)

Jan 27: path, blood, speed (theme: supernatural)

Jan 24: thick, hunt, problem

Jan 22: veil, horn, real

Jan 20: swarm, curve, warn

Jan 17: arrow, raw, rest

Jan 15: disappointment, effort, scramble

Jan 13: syndrome, yearn, language

Jan 10: conflict, charity, turn

Jan 8: level, regret, quest

Jan 6: fall, see, moon

Jan 3: scene, mother, season

Jan 1: spit, lemon, winner

December 2019

Dec 30: begin, choice, sun

Dec 27: help, chocolate, hand (theme: winter)

Dec 25: wing, light, horror (theme: winter)

Dec 23: branch, berry, string (theme: winter)

Dec 20: youth, block, reproduce

Dec 18: bow, air, visible

Dec 16: ex, mar, shower

Dec 13: camp, crystal, lake

Dec 11: cane, jury, wrong

Dec 9: abnormal, rock, gap

Dec 6: history, shot, maid

Dec 4: disclose, shame, portrait

Dec 2: shop, presentation, notebook

November 2019

Nov 29: walk, demand, core (theme: heroism)

Nov 27: fist, tooth, lesson (theme: herosim)

Nov 25: brown, perfect, roof (theme: heroism)

Nov 22: pigeon, staircase, difference

Nov 20: column, explode, wound

Nov 18: respectable, remark, jealous

Nov 15: enhance, crew, embark

Nov 13: penny, bucket, infinite

Nov 11: set, adoption, spare

Nov 8: load, quality, fruit

Nov 6: romantic, tease, say

Nov 4: poem, baseball, report

Nov 1: bolt, venture, elaborate

October 2019

Oct 30: eternal, push, seek

Oct 28: chain, cage, gold

Oct 25: beast, enchant, moonlight (theme: halloween)

Oct 23: boot, troll, thread (theme: halloween)

Oct 21: wedding, carriage, behead (theme: halloween)

Oct 18: detect, dignity, shortage

Oct 16: tumble, top, throne

Oct 14: sweater, locate, soft

Oct 11: origin, speculate, soup

Oct 9: deep, pudding, nonsense

Oct 7: blue, carpet, declaration

Oct 4: hypnotize, owner, kitchen

Oct 2: ally, surround, glance

September 2019

Sep 30: can, steak, mine

Sep 27: bless, main, chance (theme: children)

Sep 25: flag, emotion, novel (theme: children)

Sep 23: flour, wash, beard (theme: children)

Sep 20: kid, broken, design

Sep 18: wriggle, favor, passive

Sep 16: society, truck, attack

Sep 13: herd, alcohol, medicine

Sep 11: grind, decline, tight

Sep 9: meat, supply, inn

Sep 6: chew, pepper, nut

Sep 4: law, forbid, denial

Sep 2: motivation, transaction, exception

August 2019

Aug 30: paint, poison, purpose (theme: war)

Aug 28: escape, neighborhood, range (theme: war)

Aug 26: grief, sustain, soldier (theme: war)

Aug 23: issue, image, last

Aug 21: city, survival, restaurant

Aug 19: peace, nature, temporary

Aug 16: peak, predator, plain

Aug 14: dawn, stay, mud

Aug 12: mosaic, hike, show

Aug 9: asylum, aunt, inhabitant

Aug 7: vein, spell, chorus

Aug 5: talented, burst, part

Aug 2: metal, fill, ash

July 2019

Jul 31: answer, cake, agenda

Jul 29: arrange, line, include

Jul 26: suffering, fault, rank (theme: dreams)

Jul 24: smart, wear, white (theme: dreams)

Jul 22: hold, snuggle, warm (theme: dreams)

Jul 19: engagement, expectation, establish

Jul 17: ensure, land, view

Jul 15: crowd, beg, frighten

Jul 12: baby, desert, garbage

Jul 10: protect, half, reason

Jul 8: fitness, hell, fan

Jul 5: captivate, absorb, ton

Jul 3: cope, battle, rub

Jul 1: circulation, brain, hour

June 2019

Jun 28: guest, collect, enemy (theme: pride)

Jun 26: wild, upset, talk (theme: pride)

Jun 24: launch, still, open (theme: pride)

Jun 21: tissue, sit, clothes

Jun 19: onion, video, cater

Jun 17: noise, slow, need

Jun 14: day, exercise, small

Jun 12: prey, pool, mind

Jun 10: complain, charity, translate

Jun 7: pastel, state, version

Jun 5: drink, power, delay

Jun 3: bond, catch, animal

May 2019

May 31: swing, change, self (theme: death)

May 29: jacket, bench, celebration (theme: death)

May 27: stem, anniversary, darling (theme: death)

May 24: lover, double, out

May 22: name, past, cash

May 20: domestic, tidy, trouble

May 17: deal, tick, feather

May 15: quest, hall, nest

May 13: act, freckle, swallow

May 10: slice, rage, rainbow

May 8: cut, sail, record

May 6: leave, quit, lay

May 3: rebel, force, space

May 1: jaw, leaf, sunshine

April 2019

Apr 29: tired, recover, restrain

Apr 26: positive, sense, show (theme: kindness)

Apr 24: pride, neck, help (theme: kindness)

Apr 22: praise, fate, roll (theme: kindness)

Apr 19: barrier, glimpse, reserve

Apr 17: room, security, elbow

Apr 15: drift, wonder, horizon

Apr 12: tense, gear, coffee

Apr 10: sheep, summer, difficult

Apr 8: partner, work, brink

Apr 5: sign, basket, water

Apr 3: rest, weak, movie

Apr 1: sort, kind, class

March 2019

Mar 29: ball, helpless, moment (theme: consent)

Mar 27: other, whimper, forest (theme: consent)

Mar 25: relax, twist, kill (theme: consent)

Mar 22: slippery, flash, dribble

Mar 20: scream, cell, infect

Mar 18: move, introduce, black

Mar 15: study, squash, try

Mar 13: bathtub, place, matter

Mar 11: candle, horror, faithful

Mar 8: driver, journal, bear

Mar 6: romantic, alive, first

Mar 4: stick, spin, frozen

Mar 1: share, truth, house

February 2019

Feb 27: break, down, pause

Feb 25: cart, reach, rib

Feb 22: wrist, slump, polish (theme: fire)

Feb 20: post, palm, clash (theme: fire)

Feb 18: safe, get, slap (theme: fire)

Feb 15: angst, roommate, slash

Feb 13: harm, feign, thigh

Feb 11: dirty, sword, heal

Feb 8: right, beam, feel

Feb 6: fog, gun, deserve

Feb 4: threaten, brave, swap

Feb 1: doubt, choose, gain

January 2019

Jan 30: cupboard, fall, slam

Jan 28: lead, silver, tap

Jan 25: minute, proposal, flush (theme: food)

Jan 23: confusion, plead, shout (theme: food)

Jan 21: save, green, panic (theme: food)

Jan 18: loose, shelter, trace

Jan 16: draw, pluck, red

Jan 14: bend, scratch, pure

Jan 11: claim, drag, disaster

Jan 9: edge, normal, shame

Jan 7: tempt, bloody, credit

Jan 4: coal, large, thin

Jan 2: voice, camera, pretty

December 2018

Dec 31: medium, comfortable, fantasy

Dec 28: hurl, weapon, pull (theme: winter)

Dec 26: dish, knock, back (theme: winter)

Dec 24: cup, deliver, hope (theme: winter)

Dec 21: ankle, leg, appear

Dec 19: needle, tree, topple

Dec 16: deck, grave, flow

Dec 14: choke, miserable, cafe

Dec 12: staff, follow, anxiety

Dec 10: dance, crime, firefighter

Dec 7: iron, shadow, urgency

Dec 5: golden, oak, stumble

Dec 3: earthquake, budge, root

November 2018

Nov 30: aware, satisfied, offend (theme: competence)

Nov 28: vampire, west, sausage (theme: competence)

Nov 26: loss, pillow, wrap (theme: competence)

Nov 23: wing, hand, definite

Nov 21: lazy, spread, wave

Nov 19: agree, snow, way

Nov 16: jam, suitcase, rough

Nov 14: gesture, tie, step

Nov 12: sharp, throat, bruise

Nov 9: cage, comfort, glare

Nov 7: stuff, hostile, fuss

Nov 5: soul, dressing, see

Nov 2: fang, species, bat

October 2018

Oct 31: carve, candy, cemetery

Oct 29: love, heart, husband

Oct 26: loud, guess, bread (theme: halloween)

Oct 24: standard, color, private (theme: halloween)

Oct 22: hero, say, freeze (theme: halloween)

Oct 19: nap, flower, swim

Oct 17: eye, moon, beat

Oct 15: trust, sweet, wake

Oct 12: map, ditch, thunder

Oct 10: due, fade, password

Oct 8: pole, jungle, warrant

Oct 5: knit, tender, kiss

Oct 3: print, anger, middle

Oct 1: snail, deer, dash

September 2018

Sep 28: snarl, fast, overwhelm (theme: choices)

Sep 26: term, crash, hurt (theme: choices)

Sep 24: owl, tell, bury (theme: choices)

Sep 21: bow, good, honest

Sep 19: tactic, revenge, witch

Sep 17: inappropriate, countryside, cattle

Sep 14: cotton, bee, hay

Sep 12: fur, arm, tape

Sep 10: Monday, murder, redo

Sep 07: mark, sniff, forget

Sep 05: mole, quiet, whisper

Sep 03: kit, free, prince

August 2018

Aug 31: sugar, alley, heat (theme: loyalty)

Aug 29: defend, wound, fit (theme: loyalty)

Aug 27: patient, crouch, dark (theme: loyalty)

Aug 24: clinic, guitar, pyramid

Aug 22: brag, handy, dinner

Aug 20: spite, spend, Sunday

Aug 17: proud, leader, retain

Aug 15: pack, polite, keep

Aug 13: door, well, strong

Aug 10: unicorn, belly, moment

Aug 8: guilt, mislead, horrible

Aug 6: halt, disaster, height

Aug 3: hook, credibility, pumpkin

Aug 1: bottle, massage, snuggle

July 2018

Jul 30: pain, cucumber, snatch

Jul 27: fox, river, bird (theme: pride)

Jul 25: method, fold, answer (theme: pride)

Jul 23: jewel, stroll, necklace (theme: pride)

Jul 20: waist, treat, admire

Jul 18: finger, glasses, apple

Jul 16: monster, take, date

Jul 13: lake, ground, walk

Jul 11: straight, letter, breakfast

Jul 9: snack, smile, marriage

Jul 6: discuss, wait, fade

Jul 4: admire, landscape, pleasant

Jul 2: ward, thank, log

June 2018

Jun 29: oppose, dragon, transition (theme: magic)

Jun 27: withdraw, touch, hover (theme: magic)

Jun 25: beard, linger, rain (theme: magic)

Jun 22: sunrise, convulsion, coma

Jun 20: clean, winter, bark

Jun 18: agony, harmful, presence

Jun 15: pressure, giant, depend

Jun 13: package, brand, hunter

Jun 11: bacon, breeze, salt

Jun 8: shake, new, tent

Jun 6: sip, fresh, eat

Jun 4: haircut, concentration, awful

Jun 1: rabbit, chase, yearn

May 2018

May 30: explain, trouble, dog

May 28: transparent, area, smell

May 25: rifle, punch, acid (theme: anger)

May 23: scrap, whole, hard (theme: anger)

May 21: perform, wing, arrow (theme: anger)

May 18: understand, neighbor, park

May 16: terrify, mistreat, lost

May 14: sun, writer, practical

May 11: approval, snuggle, continuous

May 9: emotion, roar, damage

May 7: hostage, killer, failure

May 4: stomach, frown, midnight

May 2: treaty, imagine, angel

April 2018

Apr 30: twitch, spill, chop

Apr 27: skate, greeting, voucher (theme: family)

Apr 25: reveal, replace, feeling (theme: family)

Apr 23: wolf, conversation, grateful (theme: family)

Apr 20: royalty, warm, voice

Apr 18: update, goat, office

Apr 16: fool, hilarious, master

Apr 13: snap, beach, waste

Apr 11: cry, overlook, care

Apr 9: cheap, block, allow

Apr 6: genuine, floor, grip

Apr 4: wrong, pleasure, dictionary

Apr 2: extreme, kitchen, night

March 2018

Mar 30: lazy, possible, pillow (theme: consent)

Mar 28: struggle, accompany, relieve (theme: consent)

Mar 26: body, pleasant, fun (theme: consent)

Mar 23: shy, tease, funny

Mar 21: head, fragrant, cabin

Mar 19: sale, gesture, tempt

Mar 16: evening, amuse, realize

Mar 14: soak, poor, ring

Mar 12: flood, defend, stunning

Mar 9: want, surgeon, sister

Mar 7: differ, deteriorate, duck

Mar 5: groan, weigh, cable

Mar 2: fine, aquarium, chin

February 2018

Feb 28: rear, dump, pleasant

Feb 26: die, adventure, scrape

Feb 23: collar, indication, acceptance

Feb 21: embrace, mouse, branch

Feb 19: fence, scramble, velvet

Feb 16: climb, praise, sigh

Feb 14: whisper, sap, heart

Feb 12: lick, visible, bleed

Feb 9: shoulder, hang, bake

Feb 7: brave, gift, friendly

Feb 5: birthday, cheese, bless

Feb 2: bitter, throw, literature

January 2018

Jan 31: galaxy, wolf, struggle

Jan 29: horse, frame, book

[verdiprati]

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES BY DAME SARAH CONNOLLY

[NOTE: this post is now out of date. Check the schedule tag on my blog for the most recent version of this list.]

After the jump: an unofficial schedule of Dame Sarah Connolly’s future performances. Those of you in Britain may catch a performance in London, Cardiff, Leeds, Oxford, Gloucester, Bath, or Chipping Campden. Those on the Continent may see her in Berlin, Madrid, Paris, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Geneva, Zeist, or Baden-Baden. And finally, those of us in North America have a recital in Philadelphia to look forward to! Don’t live near one of these places? Take in a concert from afar: I am adding online broadcast and livestream details as they become available.

This is not an authoritative list. These are the upcoming performances by Dame Sarah Connolly that I have been able to learn about from Dame Sarah’s agent's website (Askonas Holt), Operabase, Bachtrack, Dame Sarah's Twitter, and generally ferreting around the web.

I sometimes list concerts that are not yet officially confirmed; you should of course check official sources before making plans and be aware that cast changes and cancellations can happen at any time.

I have added links to venue, ticketing, and broadcast information where available. Tips on new information are always welcome! Please contact me via email (verdiprati [at] selveamene [dot] com), Tumblr messaging, or ask box (plain prose only in the ask box; anything with links or an email address will get eaten by Tumblr filters) with corrections or additions.

[Masterclass] Public masterclass at Wigmore Hall, London, September 19, 2018. Part of Dame Sarah’s residency at the Wigmore. 

Wagner, Das Rheingold and Die Walküre (Fricka in both) at the Royal Opera, London, September 24 through October 28, 2018. A revival of Keith Warner’s Ring Cycle, with Antonio Pappano conducting. For cast and date details, see the ROH web pages linked above. The October 28 performance will be livecast to cinemas; the October 18 performance, also marked “Filming,” is presumably a dry run for the camera crews and/or a chance to gather additional footage for promos and perhaps an eventual DVD release (we can hope). Rheingold dates: September 24; October 2, 16, and 26. Walküre dates: September 26; October 4, 18, and 28.

[New! Broadcast] There will be an audio-only broadcast of Das Rheingold by BBC Radio 3 on Saturday, October 27—conveniently timed to prime listeners for the livecast of Die Walküre the following day. If you can’t listen at the time of broadcast, though, you should be able to find the Rheingold audio archived on the BBC website for a month following.

[Cinema livecast] As mentioned above, the October 28 performance of Die Walküre is scheduled for livecast to cinemas. You can use this page to search for a screening near you. Oddly, no screenings are being shown in the US at the time of this writing, but I know of at least one deferred screening in New York, at Symphony Space on November 25.

[New! Broadcast] There will be an audio-only broadcast of Die Walküre by BBC Radio 3 on Saturday, November 3. As with all BBC Radio 3 programming, I would expect it to stay online for a month after broadcast. It seems like a fair guess that the other two Ring operas will be broadcast on subsequent Saturdays; check the Radio 3 website when the time gets closer, if you are interested.

Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde at the Royal Festival Hall, London, September 29, 2018. With Stuart Skelton and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. In a concert with Mitsiko Uchida playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27.

Appearance at “Opera For All” anniversary show at the English National Opera, London, October 10, 2018. The exact program has not (to my knowledge) been announced, but a blog post from ENO says “The performance will feature moments from operas that have played an important part in ENO’s history, including Britten’s Peter Grimes, Handel’s Alcina, Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe Verdi’s Rigoletto and Wagner’s Ring Cycle.” Dame Sarah has sung roles in Alcina, Iolanthe, and the Ring Cycle, but I believe Alcina is the only one she has performed at ENO, and my hunch is that she will offer one or two of the Handel arias she has sung to such acclaim at ENO over the years.

Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde at the Philharmonie Berlin, October 14, 2018. With Torsten Kerl Robert Dean Smith and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.

[Broadcast] The concert is scheduled for live broadcast on Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

Recital of English song at the Oxford Lieder Festival, October 22, 2018. With Eugene Asti. Songs in English by numerous British composers including Rebecca Clarke, Muriel Herbert, and Sally Beamish. There is a good deal of overlap with the selections on Dame Sarah’s recent album “Come to Me in My Dreams.”

Concert with Tenebrae at Wigmore Hall, London, October 24, 2018. Part of Dame Sarah’s yearlong residency at the Wigmore. The mostly English repertoire centers on a new piece by Judith Bingham setting poetry by Ivor Gurney. The choir throws in some Schoenberg at the end.

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (Dido) in concert at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, November 3, 2018. With the Early Opera Company conducted by Christian Curnyn, in a concert also featuring John Blow’s Venus and Adonis (which does not include Dame Sarah in the cast). Dame Sarah’s co-stars are Jonathan McGovern, Lucy Crowe, Dame Felicity Palmer Avery Amereau, and Rowan Pierce.

[New! Broadcast] Thank you to the astute reader who pointed out that, as mentioned on the Early Opera Company’s website (and less explicitly on the Concertgebouw site), this concert will be broadcast live on NPO Radio 4 as part of the NTR Saturday Matinee series. Recordings from the series seem to be kept available online for quite a while, so you should have ample chance to hear the concert even if you cannot tune in at the hour of live broadcast.

Tippett, A Child of our Time at the Paris Philharmonie, November 7 and 8, 2018. With Michelle Bradley, Mark Padmore, John Relyea, and the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Thomas Adès in a concert also featuring symphonic works by Berlioz and Adès.

[New! Broadcast] The Orchestre de Paris website says, “Concert du 7 novembre enregistré et diffusé sur France Musique en différé et disponible à la réécoute sur le site internet de France Musique en streaming pour une période de 3 ans.” I never took French but read that to mean that we can expect a deferred broadcast of the November 7 concert, available for replay for three years. I have not been able to find a date of broadcast yet but I will keep an eye out for it. 

Recital at the Bath Mozartfest, Guildhall, Bath, November 13, 2018. With Joseph Middleton. Repertoire to include “Deh, per questo istante solo” from La Clemenza di Tito as well as songs by Schubert, Ravel, Debussy, Gurney, and Ireland. UPDATE: Dame Sarah withdrew from the concert and was replaced by Louise Alder.

"L’invitation au voyage,” song recital at Wigmore Hall, London, November 16, 2018. With James Newby and Joseph Middleton. The repertoire is Ravel-centric but not all by Ravel himself. Part of Dame Sarah’s residency at the Wigmore and also part of a Ravel song series being presented by the venue over the course of the year.

Beethoven, Missa Solemnis at deSingel, Antwerp, November 21, 2018. Part of a tour by Le Concert Olympique and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor. With Malin Hartelius, Steve Davislim, and Hanno Müller-Brachmann; conducted by Jan Caeyers.

[New! Deferred broadcast] Recital at the Schubertíada Vilabertran. With Malcolm Martineau and Jonathan Brown. Works by Brahms, Mahler, Gurney, Richard Rodney Bennett, and Frank Bridge. Recorded at the live performance on August 18, 2018; scheduled for broadcast [PDF] on Catalunya Música November 23, 2018. 

Beethoven, Missa Solemnis at the Philharmonie Berlin, November 23, 2018. Part of a tour by Le Concert Olympique and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Tickets appear to be on sale here. With Malin Hartelius, Steve Davislim, and Hanno Müller-Brachmann; conducted by Jan Caeyers.

Beethoven, Missa Solemnis at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, December 1, 2018. Part of a tour by Le Concert Olympique and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor. With Malin Hartelius, Steve Davislim, and Hanno Müller-Brachmann; conducted by Jan Caeyers.

Appearance at the Glyndebourne Tour: Golden Anniversary Celebration at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, December 4, 2018. Sir Thomas Allen and Sir John Tomlinson are also appearing at the concert, and the Glyndebourne website says “More performers will be announced in the coming weeks.” The program has not been announced yet but I will be surprised if Dame Sarah does not reprise an aria or two from Giulio Cesare. This event does not yet appear on the Southbank Centre’s calendar, and I don’t see a way to purchase tickets online, but they apparently are available by phoning the Glyndebourne box office.

Wagner, Das Rheingold (Fricka) at the Teatro Real, Madrid, January 17 through February 1, 2019. In a production by Robert Carsen; conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado. Co-stars include Greer Grimsley (Wotan) and Sophie Bevan (Freia) among others.

Berlioz, L’Enfance du Christ with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, February 15, 2019. Sir Andrew Davis conducts; the other vocal soloists in the all-Brit, all-excellent lineup are Andrew Staples, Roderick Williams, and Matthew Brook.

Recital with Julius Drake at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, March 5, 2019. Works by R. Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, A. Mahler, and Zemlinsky.

Recital with Julius Drake at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, March 7, 2019. I don’t see the repertoire mentioned on the theater’s website as of this writing, but presumably it will be similar to the works presented in Amsterdam and Philadelphia in the duo’s other recitals this month.

Recital with Julius Drake at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid, March 11, 2019. Works by Brahms, Wolf, Roussel, Debussy, and Zemlinsky.

[New details!] Recital with Julius Drake at Wigmore Hall, London, March 15, 2019. Contrary to my earlier guess, Connolly and Drake are not repeating material from their recitals in Amsterdam and Madrid, but rather are preparing a completely different program for the Wigmore. It is described by Dame Sarah’s agency, Askonas Holt, thus: “On 15 March 2019, Sarah offers Dominick Argento’s cycle from Virginia Woolf’s posthumously published A Writer’s Diary, which won the composer the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, and Schumann’s moving late settings of texts attributed to Mary Stuart. She is partnered by pianist Julius Drake and actor Emily Berrington, who will intersperse the songs with reading from Woolf’s diaries and also from Schiller’s ‘Mary Stuart’, in a new translation made especially for the event.” Dame Sarah adds on Twitter, “There will be more songs in the second half.”

Recital with Julius Drake at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, March 22, 2019. Sponsored by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Repertoire includes works by Brahms, Wolf, Roussel, Debussy, and Zemlinksy.

[New!] Berlioz, Les nuits d’été at the Chipping Campden Music Festival, May 21, 2019. In a program with orchestral works by Fauré and Mendelssohn. Thomas Hull conducts the Academy Orchestra. As of this writing, the 2019 program has not yet been published on the Festival’s website, but the season brochure is available upon request, and that is how I obtained these concert details.

[Details TBA] Appearance at the Internationaal LiedFestival Zeist (Netherlands), late May, 2019. The festival dates are May 17-26. Programming details have not yet been released as of this writing, but Dame Sarah is mentioned as one of the performing artists.

Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius with the Hallé and three choruses at Victoria Hall, Leeds, June 1, 2019. Barry Banks and David Soar are the other vocal soloists; Simon Wright conducts.

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn (extracts) and Janáček, Glagolitic Mass at the Maison de la Radio, Paris, June 20, 2019. With the Orchestre National de France and the Choeur de Radio France, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. The other soloists for the Glagolitic Mass are Simona Šaturová, Mati Turi, and Christof Fischesser.

[Broadcast] This concert will be broadcast live on France Musique.

Recital with Malcolm Martineau at Wigmore Hall, London, July 23, 2019. Part of Dame Sarah’s yearlong residency at the Wigmore. Repertoire TBA. Listed in the season preview brochure [PDF].

Berlioz, La damnation de Faust (in concert, presumably) at the Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester, July 27, 2019. With Peter Hoare, Christopher Purves, and David Ireland. Tickets go on sale to the general public on April 24.

Bob Chilcott, A Christmas Oratorio (premiere) at the Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester, August 1, 2019. With Nick Pritchard and Neal Davies. Note that this is an afternoon concert, not the main evening concert for August 1. (Multi-mezzo fans may want to stick around to hear Anna Stéphany do Les nuites d’été in the evening.) Tickets go on sale to the general public on April 24. 

[Unconfirmed / details TBA] Handel, Agrippina at the Dutch National Opera. In June 2018, opera critic Hugh Canning tweeted the news that the Royal Opera is planning to offer Barrie Kosky’s new production of Agrippina with Joyce DiDonato in the title role during the ’19/’20 season; in a reply that has now been deleted, Dame Sarah mentioned that she and Alice Coote would do the same production in Amsterdam and Munich. (If you are a member of the Sarah Connolly fan group on Facebook, you can scroll back in time to June and see a screenshot there.) Subsequent discussion revealed that Coote would get the Munich gig (in July 2019), so Connolly must be the Amsterdam Agrippina. The DNO has already announced its ’18-’19 season and Agrippina isn’t in it, so presumably we’re looking towards ’19-’20 or beyond.

[Unconfirmed / details TBA] Brett Dean, Hamlet (Gertrude) somewhere in the United States. Allan Clayton, who starred in the title role of Brett Dean’s Hamlet at Glyndebourne in 2017, mentioned in a recent interview with the Telegraph that he would be reprising the role at an unspecified date and venue in the US. When prompted on Twitter, Dame Sarah indicated that she would be participating in the revival, too (“I shall be misunderstanding my confused boy again”). Hat tip to Christopher Lowrey, who sang Guildenstern in the original production at Glyndebourne, whose tweet praising Allan Clayton brought the Telegraph interview to my attention. (No indication whether Lowrey will also be cast in the American revival.)

[Details TBA] A future appearance at the Opéra national de Paris is mentioned in the current bio that can be downloaded from Dame Sarah’s page on the Askonas Holt website (click “Publicity Pack”). I cannot find her name mentioned anywhere in the 2018-2019 season, so I suppose we must wait until at least the fall of 2019 if not later.

Previous versions of this list can be found under the schedule tag on this blog. This list published September 10, 2018. Edited September 15 to add the live broadcast of Dido from the Concertgebouw and to update the program details for the ENO concert. Edited September 18 to fill in details of Dame Sarah’s recital with Julius Drake at the Wigmore Hall in March. Edited October 16 to add the Chipping Campden concert and the Rheingold radio broadcast. Edited October 18 to update the cast list for the Concertgebouw concert with the Early Opera Company. Edited October 25 to add the radio broadcast of the ROH Die Walküre. Edited November 8 to add the radio broadcasts of A Child of Our Time and the Vilabertran recital. Edited November 19 to reflect (very belatedly) Dame Sarah’s withdrawal from the Bath Mozartfest recital. I may continue to edit this list as I receive new information.

[dragonflycap]

4 Trade Ideas for Occidental Petroleum: Bonus Idea

Occidental Petroleum, $OXY, went through two shallow pullbacks over the past 8 months. The second one led to a Cup and Handle pattern, and it is close to triggering. That would give a target to 46.75. The RSI is strong in the bullish zone with the MACD level after a cross down. The Bollinger Bands® are squeezing in, often a precursor to a move. 

There is resistance at 34.25 then back to 2019 at 37.50 and 41.80 before 47. Support lower comes at 32.80 and 31.50 then 30.40 and 28. Short interest is moderate at 3.3%. The stock pays a dividend with an annual yield of 0.12% and has traded ex-dividend since September 9. The company is expected to report earnings next on November 4th. The November 5 expiry options chain shows an expected move of $2.85 by expiry or 8.4%. It has highest open interest at the 30 put and at the 34 call followed closely by the 35 and 32 call. 

In the November monthly expiry open interest is high from the 35 down to the 20 put strikes, biggest at the 25 and 31. On the call side it is bigger from 31 to 35, biggest at 35. December options show much more open interest on the call side and biggest at the 30 and then 35 and 40 strikes. The January options have biggest open interest at the 25 put and the 30 and 40 calls.

Occidental Petroleum, Ticker: $OXY

Trade Idea 1: Buy the stock on a move over 34.25 with a stop at 32.80.

Trade Idea 2: Buy the stock on a move over 34.25 and add a November 5 Expiry 33/30 Put Spread (80 cents) while selling the November 37 Calls (83 cents).

Trade Idea 3: Buy the November 5 Expiry/December 36 Call Calendar ($1.15) will selling the November 5 Expiry 30 Put (25 cents).

Trade Idea 4: Buy the January 30/35/40 Call Spread Risk Reversal (free).

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After reviewing over 1,000 charts, I have found some good setups for the week. These were selected and should be viewed in the context of the broad Market Macro picture reviewed Friday which with one week left in October, saw equity markets with continued strength.

Elsewhere look for Gold to continue its short term consolidation while Crude Oil continues in an uptrend. The US Dollar Index to pullback in the short term uptrend while US Treasuries consolidate in the downtrend. The Shanghai Composite looks to continue to mark time in a broad range while Emerging Markets pullback in a long term uptrend.

The Volatility Index looks to remain very low making the path easier for equity markets to the upside. The charts of the SPY and QQQ continue to look strong, especially on the longer timeframe. On the shorter timeframe the QQQ looks in for a pause. The IWM remains stuck in broad consolidation but with some positive progress at the top of the recent range. Use this information as you prepare for the coming week and trad’em well.

[khalilhumam]

How the US military is prioritizing great power competition

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How the US military is prioritizing great power competition

By Michael E. O'Hanlon, Adam Twardowski Nearly three years into the implementation of the January 2018 National Defense Strategy, developed under Secretary Jim Mattis but still prominently emphasized by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, how much impact is the renewed focus on great-power competition actually having on U.S. military priorities? One telling way to answer this question is to examine the deployment of Department of Navy assets—particularly, aircraft carrier battle groups, as well as amphibious ready groups and their associated “Marine Expeditionary Units”—to the broader Persian Gulf region.  It is that Central Command region, of course, that has consumed so many American military resources and so much policymaking bandwidth for at least two decades. President Barack Obama tried to “rebalance” away from it, and more towards the Asia-Pacific region, in his presidency, and then refocused on Europe as well starting with Russia’s seizure of Crimea in 2014. President Donald Trump took the logic a step further with his National Security Strategy, and its clear emphasis on China and Russia. Mattis and Esper have followed suit with their Pentagon document. But does a National Defense Strategy really tell us much about resource allocation in the U.S. Department of Defense? After all, with sixty treaty allies or close security partners around the world, the United States has many responsibilities in many theaters. Moreover, the Middle East tends to suck back even those most determined to break free of its strategic embraces. If we look at naval deployments, then the answer to this question would seem to be yes—to a degree. There hasn’t been a radical change, but there does appear to be a modest reduction in overall U.S. naval commitments to the region. We have examined deployments of carrier battle groups and amphibious ready groups on a month-by-month basis since mid-2017 using the U.S. Naval Institute’s remarkable “fleet tracker” database. Two main deviations are evident from the historical norm—by which the United States usually had one of each type of modern-day armada present in the broader region, ranging to the Gulf of Aden and northwestern Indian Ocean region. First, starting in the spring of 2018 and lasting through the calendar year, the United States did not deploy an aircraft carrier battle group—centered on the large-deck state-of-the-art behemoths that hold some seventy-five planes each—to the region. This was not entirely unprecedented, but it was rare and was depicted as a direct result of the National Defense Strategy. Instead, the carrier that would have gone to the Gulf under previous paradigms went to the Baltic Sea region instead—consistent with Secretary Mattis’s injunction that the American armed forces should be “strategically predictable but operationally unpredictable.” Alas, by early 2019, tensions with Iran were growing, and the United States no longer felt it could make do without a carrier in or near Persian Gulf waters. Carriers were sometimes present, sometimes not in the winter and spring of that year, but by June have again consistently maintained a presence in the region—and that has remained the case until this day.  Ironically, it was General Frank McKenzie, taking over the reins at CENTCOM after helping write the National Defense Strategy, who requested and received the carrier presence. But such is life when theory and high-level strategy collide with the realities of maintaining stability in a tense and still-important (if somewhat less crucial than before) broader Middle East region. Perhaps partly to compensate, starting in the fall of 2019, the United States no longer maintained a consistent afloat Marine Corps capability in the broader region. It did send an amphibious group to CENTCOM in the spring of 2020, soon after the killing of Qassim Suleimani, but that only lasted a few months and has not yet been succeeded by any new deployment of Marines.  These amphibious groups have only about one-third the airpower of a large-deck carrier and come with some two thousand Marine Corps infantry.  They are a potent force for certain kinds of missions that may involve small fights on land, and/or on ships or oil rigs or other assets in the broader Persian Gulf region. For these reasons, it would not be surprising if an amphibious group arrived in the CENTCOM region again soon. On balance, though, give two cheers to the Defense Department—given the practical requirements of undergirding global commitments and alliances, a net reduction of some 20 to 30 percent in major surface naval deployments to a key strategic region does add up to a meaningful shift in resources in response to a new national defense strategy.

Date Amphibious Groups Carrier Groups September 14, 2020 1 August 10, 2020 1 July 6, 2020 1 June 1, 2020 1 1 May 4, 2020 1 1 April 6, 2020 1 1 March 2, 2020 1 1 February 3, 2020 1 1 January 6, 2020 1 December 2, 2019 1 November 4, 2019 1 October 7, 2019 1 September 3, 2019 1 August 5, 2019 1 1 July 1, 2019 1 1 June 3, 2019 1 1 May 6, 2019 1 April 1, 2019 1 1 March 4, 2019 1 February 4, 2019 1 January 14, 2019 1 December 3, 2018 1 1 November 5, 2018 1 October 1, 2018 1 September 4, 2018 1 August 6, 2018 – – July 2, 2018 1 June 11, 2018 1 May 7, 2018 1 April 2, 2018 1 March 12, 2018 1 February 5, 2018 1 January 2, 2018 1 December 5, 2017 1 1 November 6, 2017 1 October 3, 2017 1 1 September 5, 2017 2 1 August 7, 2017 1 1 July 10, 2017 1 1