NotWise

@notwise.bsky.social

I'm a semi-retired geologist and planning consultant with too many hobbies, including writing stories for Literotica. My interests tend to wander from obsession to obsession.

It looks like there are other #Amaryllis keepers out there! I'm putting mine away for a rest right now. I'll bring them out on Christmas day. I have six varieties in eight pots, but some repotting is called for.

Two Cybisters (Bogota and Emerald), Nagano, and Amigo going dormant.From last February, Sweet Star (left), Amigo (top) and Apple Blossom (right).Early March. Sweet Star (bottom) and the second flowering of Bogota (top), and Stardust (middle).

Are there any Amaryllis keepers here? 🌱 I'm putting mine away, to be brought out at Christmas. I started 25 years ago with an Apple Blossom I still have. This is two Cybisters (Emerald and Bogata), Nagano, and Amigo.

Five potted Amaryllis ready for dormancy, and a curious cat watching.

It feels like mid-summer again. #Gardening. The melons are from the second crop of a Charentais-type melon. There are nine more on the vine that already produced seven. For the last day of summer I brought in two melons, 27 New Mexico chiles, a pound of jalapenos and four tomatoes.

Charentais-type melon and ripe jalapenos on a cutting board.

Schools Theaters Concerts Malls Churches Synagogues Mosques Parks Nightclubs Offices Festivals Stores Military Bases Bars Post Offices Yoga Studios Super Bowl parades Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.

I've never earned a personal LitE troll. Maybe I'm not that good. I have to share generic trolls with other writers. One thing I do know: If you're going to expose your thoughts in any public space, you need to be ready for the wide variety of responses that you're going to get.

I'm finding a lovers' argument hard to write, but it's the story's climax. Their confrontation is set up, and I know how it has to work out, but there be dragons in between. I've resorted to synopsizing the emotional core and walking them into it like a trap they can't escape.

It's always the same. If my writing grinds to a halt and I walk away, the next thing I have to do to get restarted is delete the last few paragraphs. I lost my path. I'm lucky if it's just the last few paragraphs.