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Hay dos medios para refugiarse de la miseria de la vida: la música y los gatos.

Albert Schweitzer (via lajovenimantada)

Demasiada coincidencia

Blackout poetry at its finest.

Inspired @connorsquarter ‘s post

my gender is bees. thats it. just bees thats all there is to it

this brush is called claude m(onet) and i think it sort of does the job

twitter / ig / prints

It's so funny to me to check out the Voltron tags knowing so little about the show. I thought fans really liked it 😂😂😂 What the hell happened

paprika hendl

This is the recipe I’ve been using for years for Paprikash. (a.k.a. Paprikás Csirke / paprika hendl) In respose to the current hype, I figured I’d share it with you all. Makes 6 servings.

Ingredients

Oil, butter or lard – 2 tablespoons

Chicken thighs, deboned & skin-on – 2 ½ to 3 pounds

Onions, thinly sliced – 2 (or 3 if small)

Hungarian sweet paprika – ¼ cup

Korean chili flakes – 2 teaspoons

Pastry flour – 2 tablespoons

Poultry stock, unsalted – 1 ½ cups

Red bell peppers, diced – 2

Salt and pepper – to taste

Sour cream – 1 cup

Lemon juice (optional) – 1 tablespoon

Directions

Heat the oil over medium-high flame in a large cast iron skillet. Add the chicken skin-side down and brown until skin is crispy, about 7 minutes. Remove to a board, and cut into bite-size pieces.

Remove any excess oil leaving about 2 tablespoons and add the onions. Sauté the onions until wilted and beginning to brown. Stir in the paprika and flour and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.

Whisk in the stock in portions, breaking up any lumps. Add the browned chicken pieces, bell peppers. and the salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and tender.

Stir in the sour cream and lemon juice if using. Adjust seasoning and reheat over low flame. Serve hot with noodles or gnocchi.

Variations

Mushrooms can be added with the stock.

Kosher version: Instead of sour cream, use 50% more flour and 33% more lemon juice. For passover use potato starch instead of flour.

I keep thinking about the fact that

White diamond believed she was off color or imperfect because she was Blushing- showing emotions or feelings. The reason her controlees were completely white and had no facial expressions or lively movements was because she believed those were irregular and therefore Imperfect. She couldn’t comprehend that anything beyond what is exact and pristine is still perfect in its own way.

Blue and yellow were not perfect like her because to her, they had too many emotions or connections (yellow to blue, and blue to pink) that brought on their weakness.

She doesn’t even realize that it was possible for her to BE imperfect until Steven threw off her plans and actually was able to easily brush off her powers- she felt embarrassement and confusion, which was why she blushed. She recognized it as being off color, but Steven begins to show her that she needs to get out of her head, and feel, experience, see things for the way they are and the way they should make her feel.

Look at how proud yellow is of herself for making blue laugh- white is observing the interaction and actually begins to let herself feel happy and proud too. Maybe this happiness is a “perfection” as well.

Track Dracula Daily on Storygraph/Goodreads

if anyone wants to track dracula daily on storygraph or goodreads day-by-day, i’ve got you covered! i have all newsletter dates and the page progress under the readmore, ready to go

i love tracking my reading on storygraph - hopefully this helps anyone who wants to too!

(for the Standard Ebooks edition)

Edit: my ebook reader displays 493 pages, but the edition on Storygraph has 448, but if you multiply each date by 448/493, you should get the correct page number.

May

may 3: 6 pages

may 4: 8 pages

may 5: 26 pages

may 7: 33 pages

may 8: 40 pages

may 9: 42 pages

may 11: 44 pages

may 12: 50 pages

may 15: 52 pages

may 16: 57 pages

may 18: 58 pages

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may 24: 64 pages

may 25: 66 pages

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may 31: 68 pages

June

june 5: 69 pages

june 17: 70 pages

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june 24: 72 pages

june 25: 76 pages

june 29: 78 pages

june 30: 82 pages

July

july 1: 83 pages

july 8: 83 pages

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july 22: 88 pages

july 24: 92 pages

july 26: 93 pages

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july 29: 95 pages

july 30: 95 pages

August

august 1: 99 pages

august 2: 99 pages

august 3: 101 pages

august 4: 102 pages

august 6: 105 pages

august 8: 111 pages

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august 10: 116 pages

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august 24: 141 pages

august 25: 142 pages

august 30: 142 pages

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September

september 1: 143 pages

september 2: 146 pages

september 3: 148 pages

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september 11: 169 pages

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september 17: 180 pages

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september 24: 228 pages

september 25: 238 pages

september 26: 254 pages

september 27: 259 pages

september 28: 259 pages

september 29: 287 pages

september 30: 309 pages

October

october 1: 340 pages

october 2: 350 pages

october 3: 398 pages

october 4: 405 pages

october 5: 418 pages

october 6: 421 pages

october 11: 427 pages

october 15: 428 pages

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october 17: 429 pages

october 24: 430 pages

october 25: 432 pages

october 26: 432 pages

october 27: 432 pages

october 28: 440 pages

october 29: 444 pages

october 30: 458 pages

october 31: 459 pages

November

november 1: 462 pages

november 2: 464 pages

november 3: 464 pages

november 4: 468 pages

november 5: 476 pages

november 6: 483 pages

Last Update: 484 pages

Writing a Blind or Visually Impaired Character

A Multi-Step Guide Written by a Visually Impaired Writer and Blogger

I’m hoping this blog will over time develop its own following, and when it does people will inevitably see my bio and notice what I included: I’m visually impaired.

Yes, a visually impaired writer, and I’ve written with two blind characters before so I have some practice in the field.

So, inevitably, someone is going to ask how to write a blind character.

Or, at least, I hope you’ll ask someone who’s actually blind or visually impaired about writing a blind character before you get too involved with your new WIP.

I started writing this guide two hours ago and it’s gotten away from me. It make it a more manageable read, I’m going to separate it into X many parts, and each part will be linked.

Part One: Crafting the Blind Character

https://mimzy-writing-online.tumblr.com/post/185123396964/writing-a-blind-or-visually-impaired-character

Part Two: Writing the Blind Character, including narrative choice, visual description, verbal description, social interaction

https://mimzy-writing-online.tumblr.com/post/185125198184/writing-blind-or-visually-impaired-characters

Part Three: Tropes and Cliches to Avoid

https://mimzy-writing-online.tumblr.com/post/185124340794/writing-blind-and-visually-impaired-characters

Part Four: What Your Blind Character Needs to Survive and Not Die

[Not written yet, but this is the reserved spot for it]

Part Five: Small Aspects of being Blind You Never Thought Of

https://mimzy-writing-online.tumblr.com/post/185134862519/writing-a-blind-of-visually-impaired-character

Part Six: Should You Cure Your Character’s Blindness? (Short Answer: No)

https://mimzy-writing-online.tumblr.com/post/185125880559/writing-a-blind-or-visually-impaired-character

-New- Writing Blind Characters Falling in Love, an Advice Post:

https://mimzy-writing-online.tumblr.com/post/186276022234/writing-blind-characters-falling-in-love-an

-New- Writing Blind Jokes (Should You Do It?)

https://mimzy-writing-online.tumblr.com/post/187906205649/writing-a-blindvisually-impaired-character-blind

-New- A small essay addressing the frequently asked question on giving your blind character a superpower to help them “see.”

https://mimzy-writing-online.tumblr.com/post/187913512454/blind-characters-and-superpowers

-New- Mourning My Vision, it’s More than Depression. A small personal essay addressing the nuances of the mourning period you experience with a new disability. The mourning period is mentioned in other guides, but this is more detailed.

https://mimzy-writing-online.tumblr.com/post/188649694569/mourning-my-vision-its-more-than-depression

All parts will be tagged #blindcharacter in my blog, and I will add links to every post as I finish each part. Follow my blog for more writing advice.