“It was warm and wet, but it is cold now that you’ve stopped.”

This is from the Garashir PWP

Both you and @unicorn-and-bluebells asked me this one!

Sad thing is idk if there is one?? I guess Mackinaw Island fudge? Fudge is a huge deal on the island and in the U.P. in general. There are a lot of shops that sell it around the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, which is the last place I went and got some on a trip up north a couple years ago. I live in the L.P. so I don’t have access to it, which is a shame. I lived in the U.P in high school tho.

Apart from fudge, idk there’s green stuff? It’s like cottage cheese and lime jello and crushed pineapple? Sometimes there’s mini marshmallows in it? And whipped cream? Listen, I know it sounds awful, but it is delicious.

Is jello cake a regional thing? You bake like a sheet cake and then stab in with a fork all along the top and pour jello solution on it. I think you put it in the fridge to set? Idk it’s moist and it tastes like whatever jello flavor you use. I haven’t had jello cake in ages. You put whipped cream on it instead of frosting.

Both jello cake and green stuff (tho sometimes the stuff is orange or red or pink) are both staples of church potlucks.

Okay, so I have a few points to make here

1) Cardassia is beautiful

2) Yes, I know what goes on there! The government is brutal and oppressive. But the people are not all like that. They have a beautiful planet and culture.

3) Do you know what I try to stay away from? Judging an entire people based on the actions of those in power. Especially a people as oppressed as the majority of Cardassians. Check your own Federation privilege, anon, before you start casting judgement.

4) One day the Cardassian people will throw off their fascist government, and I will celebrate with them on that day. Cardassia is not the Central Command or the Obsidian Order. Cardassia is her people.

50: ever used a bow and arrow?

Once at a Ren Faire 😭😭 I really want to learn to shoot a proper longbow tho.

57: do you believe in ghosts?

Okay so! Yes! But then again No? I don’t think every person who reports a ghost is lying. I think some of them are lying and some are confused and some have seen something. I think there are more things on heaven and earth than we can quite explain but I also think science will *eventually* explain. But! Does our life energy continue?? Fucking maybe? Can we be conscious? MAYBE? Would I believe someone who told me they saw a ghost? Ehhhhhhhhhh maybe???

“Will you eat protein pellets? Mila refused to eat anything but live tarko grubs, but you cannot afford to be so selective.”

(Please note “Mila” here refers to the pet regnar Elim kept at Bamarren, not Mila Garak who, no matter how bad of a cook she is, would never eat tarko grubs)

Wip A: “An appalling way to transport an animal,” Garak mutters to himself while entering specifications into the replicator. 

Wip B: The endless storm surge of words crashes against a seawall in Julian’s mind. He nearly sobs at the thought of losing his ability to practice medicine.

Wip C: They kiss the back of each finger, and run their thumbs over scars they’ll never know the cause of. Turning it over, they kiss callouses from gardening, from sewing, scars from mourning that slash across the palm.

It’s a wood duck (Aix sponsa). They are native to North America where I live. They are beautiful! The males are highly colored, as with most birds, but the females are lovely as well imo. My favorite fact about wood ducks is that they nest and roost in trees!! They will build nests in old woodpecker holes and so forth. The young are precocial, which means they are able to see and walk and so forth right after hatching. But of course they are up in a tree! So they have to jump down. The parents fly out and call from the ground the encourage the ducklings, and the ducklings literally just jump. They are very light and fluffy tho and generally are falling onto soft leaves on the forest floor, so they don’t get hurt. And then they walk to the pond and commence being ducks.

Here are some photos taken from the Wikipedia article (linked below):

Feel free! I am also working on a version, but I imagine our versions will be different enough. And the more fic the better! (Also do not let me writing a version put you off bc the chances that I’ll actually finish and post it are slim)

Edit to add: I would love to read it if/when you publish it!

(Why do you follow me meme: Incomprehensible, I can’t escape)

Well I can’t take the gag off if you insist on yelling for help, now can I? I am glad you’re starting to accept you’ll be here for a while.

Things that Make Me Happy

(in no particular order)

Morning coffee

Connecting with my son

Chats with friends

Days off

Birds

Pets in cars in the drive-thru (mostly dogs)

My Spotify playlists

Kelas Parmak+Elim Garak+Julian Bashir

A crisp breeze

Warm sunshine

The way the light gets in the late afternoon

Rain

Ice cream

A good story

Accomplishing something

A clean house

When plans go…as planned

When the writing really flows!

Comments, tags, and replies

Talking about my interests (mostly Star Trek)

Listening to people talk

Cooking shows

Nature documentaries

History documentaries

Sunsets

When ppl call me Tiryn. When people use my pronouns.

Christmas lights

Feeling seen, understood, and validated

A really good peach