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Thank you kindly to oldtoadwoman and dine for the postcards in June. Dine's was from her home-state of Oregon and toad's was from her Arizona vacation. Also thank you kindly to elayna for the letter in June wishing me a Happy Pen Pal Day and also having some nice things to say about my fandom fave Benton Fraser.

TYK to elayna and james for May fenmail!

I <3 how elayna works in something about my primary and forever fandom -- due South -- when she writes to me.

The mail from james was stunningly relevant without james even realizing that it was (for lo and behold, the fen hive-mind is a magical thing). The card from james had a watercolor drawing of a pair of geese and four goslings...and arrived at my work-address just a few days after we had rescued four goslings who were stuck up on the roof of my workplace after we saw their parents leaving the babies alone up there and not returning for them by the next day.

Thank you kindly to the wonderful kass for sharing the link to this Purim Spiel! "Heated Rabbi-ry" vid on Instagram. לאַפינג אויס הויך

There Are Content Warnings For This Fic! Content warnings for mental illness, bear-trap injury, bad parenting!

Also note: ends on a cliff-hanger.

Written for the Valentine Edition of the Firewhiskey Fic Challenge, a 48-hour period during which fanworks creators drink "adult beverages" or "do the 420" and create their fanworks "under the influence" with no editing allowed. Participants then view all the fanworks and vote on them in the categories of Most Coherent Entry, Least Coherent Entry, Funniest Entry, Favorite Entry, Best Use of Prompt, and Best Smut. I was awarded Most Coherent Entry (and not for just the first time: I do have a high tolerance level).

This was also written for the SNFU Fanworks Challenge (12SNFU) for writing fic where the title of the fic is taken from the title of one of the songs by Canadian punk rock band SNFU.

This was also written for the 2026 Edition of Be The First. That challenge is to write a fic for a fandom that had not yet been represented in AO3.

Title: I’m Real Scared (or: What Can Happen If a Psychopath Rescues You During a Manitoba Blizzard)
Fandoms: Cold Comfort; Canadian Six Degrees
Characters: Stephen Miller, Floyd Lucas, Dolores Lucas
Length: 551 words
Summary: What can happen if a psychopath rescues you during a Manitoba blizzard.

Fic on AO3.

May 25th is celebrated annually as Towel Day to honor the memory of Douglas Adams by carrying a towel in reference to his The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy where it says "A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have."

May 25th is also the annual Wear the Lilac Day to honor the memory of Terry Pratchett by wearing a lilac in reference to his Discworld where characters wear a sprig of lilac to commemorate the fallen revolutionaries of "The Glorious Revolution" in Ankh-Morpork.

GNU Terry Pratchett. GNU Douglas Adams.

It's time to celebrate the annual due South fandom holiday!

I just learned that spikedluv's mother died three weeks after spikedluv died. Gawd, this fucking era.

Via a post from goss: tragic, shocking news about minoanmiss AKA Rubynye on AO3.

My icon says "sad" but this is way beyond that. I am utterly shocked and crushed. minoanmiss and I met once at a con and I hoped to meet up again...and now never will. We communicated regularly on DW and often sent each other postal mail...and now never will again.

May her memory be a blessing...and an inspiration.

spikedluv. Seemingly fine one day and gone soon thereafter. I can't even.

Link to obituary.

Thank you kindly to the following fen who sent me postal mail in January: a letter from oldtoadwoman, a handmade needlepoint card from smallhobbit, and handmade "the god of feathers" art from mific. I am blessed to be the recipient of these lovely words and crafts and arts. <3