Lorinda J. Taylor
@termitewriter.bsky.social
Retired librarian, writes SF/F about intelligent termites, first contacts, future history. Books at http://amzn.to/u9bYWa
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I was going to attempt a #SciFiSat post, but I just don't feel up to it. Sorry, I'm sleep-deprived, I think. Sigh. Managing full-time home-health aides is trying.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I was going to attempt a #SciFiSat post, but I just don't feel up to it. Sorry, I'm sleep-deprived, I think. Sigh. Managing full-time home-health aides is trying.
Hope you all have a gobbling good Thanksgiving!
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November 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Hope you all have a gobbling good Thanksgiving!
Yesterday I got a new recliner - one that lifts you up to your feet.The old one, which I loved, was too low and the aides had too hard a time transferring me to my feet. This works OK, but it's a big hulking black vinyl thing. I named it Dumbo - the Elephant in the room!
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November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Yesterday I got a new recliner - one that lifts you up to your feet.The old one, which I loved, was too low and the aides had too hard a time transferring me to my feet. This works OK, but it's a big hulking black vinyl thing. I named it Dumbo - the Elephant in the room!
As I watched that press conference of DT and Mamdani, I had to laugh. I think Mamdani has to have a significant amount of wizardry in him. He put a spell on DT.
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
As I watched that press conference of DT and Mamdani, I had to laugh. I think Mamdani has to have a significant amount of wizardry in him. He put a spell on DT.
Over on FB it seemed everybody I knew was suffering from some potentially fatal illness. I'm pretty miserable, but as far as I know my only fatal disease is being 85 years old. I can eat whatever I want, talk, argue, get mad, I'm just am not allowed to have any peace.
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Over on FB it seemed everybody I knew was suffering from some potentially fatal illness. I'm pretty miserable, but as far as I know my only fatal disease is being 85 years old. I can eat whatever I want, talk, argue, get mad, I'm just am not allowed to have any peace.
Hectic life continues, trying to cope with 24-hour home care administered by incompetent people, so I'll still be AWOL much of the time. 😠
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hectic life continues, trying to cope with 24-hour home care administered by incompetent people, so I'll still be AWOL much of the time. 😠
share your stories about unpleasant hospital/rehab experiences!
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
share your stories about unpleasant hospital/rehab experiences!
Turning out to be a very strange day. I need 24 hour home care because I'm not allowed to walk on my fractured ankle,& the current aide won't talk. As soon as she does something for me like fix my breakfast she disappears off into the living room and leaves me to sit & doze. 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Turning out to be a very strange day. I need 24 hour home care because I'm not allowed to walk on my fractured ankle,& the current aide won't talk. As soon as she does something for me like fix my breakfast she disappears off into the living room and leaves me to sit & doze. 1/2
#SciFiSat [1/5] That night he began dreaming again. He dreamed a nightmare version of the vision of the afterlife he had experienced immediately before quantum chaos birthed him into living chaos. He saw a number of large, blue rubber balls with women sitting on them… #vss365
October 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#SciFiFri Even as Robbie had dreaded, Sterling had kept a journal, and probably, to judge from the index entry, she had kept it in Spainish to add another layer of privacy. But whatever language she had used, she had likely confided all her inner thoughts, her passions and fears…
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#SciFiFri Even as Robbie had dreaded, Sterling had kept a journal, and probably, to judge from the index entry, she had kept it in Spainish to add another layer of privacy. But whatever language she had used, she had likely confided all her inner thoughts, her passions and fears…
#SciFiFri When a stony-faced Maj. Veering opened the door to Adm. Teeter’s inner office and stepped back, Robbie cd do nothing but enter the lair of his tormentor.
Teeter regarded him for a moment, then sat down behind his desk. “You’re a piece of garbage, you know that, Mister?”
Teeter regarded him for a moment, then sat down behind his desk. “You’re a piece of garbage, you know that, Mister?”
October 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#SciFiFri When a stony-faced Maj. Veering opened the door to Adm. Teeter’s inner office and stepped back, Robbie cd do nothing but enter the lair of his tormentor.
Teeter regarded him for a moment, then sat down behind his desk. “You’re a piece of garbage, you know that, Mister?”
Teeter regarded him for a moment, then sat down behind his desk. “You’re a piece of garbage, you know that, Mister?”
#SciFiFri That cell was where Robbin Nikalishin was to spend the next ten weeks of his life. Strange as it might seem, he came to rather like it. It was larger than the minuscule brig on the Solar Wind and the entry door was barred rather than being solid with a tiny window.
October 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#SciFiFri That cell was where Robbin Nikalishin was to spend the next ten weeks of his life. Strange as it might seem, he came to rather like it. It was larger than the minuscule brig on the Solar Wind and the entry door was barred rather than being solid with a tiny window.
#SciFiFri Then Crandall asked Robbie if he wished to enter his plea in person or if he preferred to waive that right, and Robbie waived it. … The date for the court-martial was tentatively set for 20 April 2766.
October 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#SciFiFri Then Crandall asked Robbie if he wished to enter his plea in person or if he preferred to waive that right, and Robbie waived it. … The date for the court-martial was tentatively set for 20 April 2766.
#SciFiFri Robbie took a deep breath, opened his mouth, then cleared his throat & finally said, “Sir, I wish to plead guilty to all charges as stated.”
“You wish to enter a plea of guilty to all charges.
Correct?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Very well, this court will accept the altered plea."
“You wish to enter a plea of guilty to all charges.
Correct?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Very well, this court will accept the altered plea."
October 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#SciFiFri Robbie took a deep breath, opened his mouth, then cleared his throat & finally said, “Sir, I wish to plead guilty to all charges as stated.”
“You wish to enter a plea of guilty to all charges.
Correct?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Very well, this court will accept the altered plea."
“You wish to enter a plea of guilty to all charges.
Correct?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Very well, this court will accept the altered plea."
[1/6] Da’sask’ni’a said, “Your twin is here, Ki’shto’ba. Can you feel it?”
Ki’shto’ba raised its head, turning, scenting. It stretched its antennae toward a spot above us on the slope or perhaps in the air, and it said matter-of-factly, “I feel it, Holy Da’sask’ni’a.”
#vss365
Ki’shto’ba raised its head, turning, scenting. It stretched its antennae toward a spot above us on the slope or perhaps in the air, and it said matter-of-factly, “I feel it, Holy Da’sask’ni’a.”
#vss365
October 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
[1/6] Da’sask’ni’a said, “Your twin is here, Ki’shto’ba. Can you feel it?”
Ki’shto’ba raised its head, turning, scenting. It stretched its antennae toward a spot above us on the slope or perhaps in the air, and it said matter-of-factly, “I feel it, Holy Da’sask’ni’a.”
#vss365
Ki’shto’ba raised its head, turning, scenting. It stretched its antennae toward a spot above us on the slope or perhaps in the air, and it said matter-of-factly, “I feel it, Holy Da’sask’ni’a.”
#vss365
[3/6] “A’zhu’lo, do not be concerned for Ki’shto’ba! I will always be here to take care of it!”
And Krai’zei said, “Holy Tei’kit’ko’a was wrong. It is not One and Eleven – it is Ki’shto’ba Huge-Head and the Twelve Companions that stand upon the shore.”
#vss365
And Krai’zei said, “Holy Tei’kit’ko’a was wrong. It is not One and Eleven – it is Ki’shto’ba Huge-Head and the Twelve Companions that stand upon the shore.”
#vss365
October 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
[3/6] “A’zhu’lo, do not be concerned for Ki’shto’ba! I will always be here to take care of it!”
And Krai’zei said, “Holy Tei’kit’ko’a was wrong. It is not One and Eleven – it is Ki’shto’ba Huge-Head and the Twelve Companions that stand upon the shore.”
#vss365
And Krai’zei said, “Holy Tei’kit’ko’a was wrong. It is not One and Eleven – it is Ki’shto’ba Huge-Head and the Twelve Companions that stand upon the shore.”
#vss365
[4/6] I can tell you, my setae were standing up so stiff that, if anyone had touched me, it would have pierced their chitin! Beside me, Bu’gan’zei was pulling on his antennae so that I thought they would break off, and he was mumbling, “A’zhu’lo … A’zhu’lo …
#vss365
#vss365
October 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
[4/6] I can tell you, my setae were standing up so stiff that, if anyone had touched me, it would have pierced their chitin! Beside me, Bu’gan’zei was pulling on his antennae so that I thought they would break off, and he was mumbling, “A’zhu’lo … A’zhu’lo …
#vss365
#vss365
[5/6] “I met it in Mik Na’wei’tei’zi … The twin is always reborn … ”
Then Za’dut gave a whoop and grabbed hold of Wei’tu. “Come on, old rock-cracker! We will show this Mother-Sea who rules the world!”
#vss365
Then Za’dut gave a whoop and grabbed hold of Wei’tu. “Come on, old rock-cracker! We will show this Mother-Sea who rules the world!”
#vss365
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
[5/6] “I met it in Mik Na’wei’tei’zi … The twin is always reborn … ”
Then Za’dut gave a whoop and grabbed hold of Wei’tu. “Come on, old rock-cracker! We will show this Mother-Sea who rules the world!”
#vss365
Then Za’dut gave a whoop and grabbed hold of Wei’tu. “Come on, old rock-cracker! We will show this Mother-Sea who rules the world!”
#vss365
[6/6] It threw off its pack and harness and plunged into the waves. After a moment’s hesitation, Wei’tu followed, and they leaped and splashed about exultantly, beating the golden-white foam into glittering spray.
#vss365
#vss365
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
[6/6] It threw off its pack and harness and plunged into the waves. After a moment’s hesitation, Wei’tu followed, and they leaped and splashed about exultantly, beating the golden-white foam into glittering spray.
#vss365
#vss365