Other Scarecrows

*waves madly*

Hi, people. Apologies for the long-ass wait and...this is not the last chapter.
*flails*

I'm just so irritated with myself and how fucking *slowly* i'm writing, anymore, that i was like 'screw it, this is a good place to break'. So I did. So here you go.

As always, thank you, DH - you are the ultimate beta. :)

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( you are the one I am lit for )

Part Eighteen

Thanks for all your patience, my lovely, lovely readers.

Hullo, flisties.

Just thought i'd give a wave. I don't post much, I know, unless I'm updating something, and I should probably do a wee bit *more* posting but.... I feel as though my day to day is not variable enough, nor interesting enough to make posts about. And I'm not much into random rumination....

But, here we go. :)

( TV i'm watching.... )

So - anybody watching these? :)

I'm also working on the last chapter of Yesternight, and on a Steve/Bucky AU fic, and on various other bits and bobs. And looking forward to being able to have my windows open all day and all night. And having health insurance for the first time in ever (plus dental!!).

So, dear flist people - how are you all?

A very blessed Season to all of you out there on my flist! Whatever you're celebrating - even if it's just the end of the work week - may you be happy in it!
*smooches and blessings and hugs and love for you all*


It's been a very weird December for where I live. Up into the seventies about 2/3rds of the time, and then some nights down below freezing, only to have it go up again! We also had rain, lightning, and thunder a few days ago. The animals - and the plants - don't know what the hell is going on. But at least my heating bill is small!

I hope to have the newest chapter of the Space AU out *soon* - like, in a few days. This will be very close to the last chapter - very possibly, the penultimate chapter of the story! Thanks, everyone, for sticking with me.

I leave you with our Xmas tree this morning (the black lump is Annalee-the-dog's head) and my very favorite Xmas carol. Hope you all have a lovely weekend!
*smishes*

( Yule Tree! )

To those of you who practice, and for everyone else - Happy Halloween!

It's grey, chilly and drizzling here - a typical Missouri Halloween, heh. I have more memories of trick or treating in my winter coat than anything else.

But it's still quite lovely, and I have spicy candles burning and some candy just in case, I've lit a votive to those who've passed on and left a small offering for the Fair folk and any wandering shades. So I'm all set for a quiet night.

I am, once again, watching 'Baby', and omg, it just keeps getting better. So many tiny details, so many wonderful moments, I just.... The boys just driving, eating, talking, *laughing*. They are in their element, they are, as Sam says, *home*, and it's so wonderful to see what the life of hunter - *their* life - was and is. It's sad, but also sweet, and ultimately it's what made and shaped them, and continues to inform them. And it is lovely.

I'm also listening to the song Young!John was playing (Someday Soon, sung by Judy Collins in 1969) and the lyrics are so *very perfect*. It's like they were written for Mary. No wonder she liked that song. Plus, you know - Judy Collins. What a honeyed voice! I'm going to share the lyrics below - they're lovely.

So, my flist - what are you doing tonight? What was your favorite thing about the episode? I think my favorite was the green cooler and its multiple uses. :) Also, Sam and Dean just being *brothers*, and Castiel (off screen) in Sam's room, binge-watching 'Orange is the New Black'. Enjoy the night! Be safe! Blessed be!!

( So blow, you old Blue Northern, Blow my love to me.... )

Hullo! And at last, eh? Hehe. As always, my apologies, but...it is what it is.
Beta'd by the lovely darkhavens, as always. And, again - thanks, everyone, for being so patient.

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( The fire of thine eyes.... )

Part fifteen.

Whooooooooo! I swear i'm not dragging this out on purpose. Thank you again, darkhavens for your always-excellent beta. I made a small edit in the previous chapter to fix a continuity error.

And so - here we go!
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( Shake hands, here's luck, good-bye. )

Part 14 here.

*waves*
And here we go! A second part (not linear chapters) to my first Marvel/Avengers/Winter Soldier fic, This Solitude Through Which We Go.

It's the little things, really, that seem to cause the biggest problems in Bucky's recovery....
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Thanks again, darkhavens for the beta!


( Rusted Hinge.... )

'Skeezix' is a character from the cartoon strip 'Gasoline Alley'.

Finally! Sincerest apologies, my dear readers. I kinda suck at this sometimes. Mostly, the delay has been me being a dork and not actually *concentrating* on writing like I need to be. A very miniscule part has been my poor beta, darkhavens having computer woes to end all computer woes.

But now we have more! And we're getting closer to the end! And and and....

I am so very grateful for all the readers out there who are sticking with it, and again - apologies for my dragging ass.

(OMG so nice outside, *so* nice outside, warm and breezy and a little thundery and everything is green and flowers and clover and redbud and birds all tweeting merrily and whoooo! :) )

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( My Self were seen.... )

Thanks again, everyone. :)

Chapter thirteen here.

Hullo, flisty people! Wow, it's spring. Yay!! We've had rain, and yo-yo weather (70's down to 20's up to 60's, all in one day!) and there's a bird's next built in the decorative lantern i have on the front porch.

Little spring peepers (frogs) chorus half the night, and the birds are going nuts in the trees, singing singing singing. I look forward to the first laying of the wren eggs in our wren house. They have nested and laid two sets every year since we moved here. It's awesome.

Warmer is awesome, since i'm actually motivated to move away from my space heater and do stuff, heh.

Anyway - writing goes. I'll have another bit of Space AU up some time tomorrow, and i've written more of the Avengers thing i posted a bit ago.... Rejuvenation! Let's hope my writing has a spring, too. :)

Anyway - next bit of the Obsession drabbles. I posted it over in the comm a couple days ago. The prompt was 'Bondage', and this isn't, um...traditional bondage, but more the hold Jason has over everyone, by his insane and dangerous actions. The rest, of course, are in tags.

Thanks and enjoy!



( The Power of One )

So! I did actually post more of that 'Obsession' Christian Kane/Jason Behr story, but I didn't post it here. So now i'll post both the 'old' bit and the new stuff.

Also - i have been reading so many *amazing* Steve/Bucky post Winter Soldier fics...DAMN. Makes me want to write *so much more* in that 'verse. I'm working on a second bit to my first one, so.... Soon, i hope? And working on Space AU, and yes, *still* on the charity auction fics, though those winners probably hate me by now.....
Sheesh.

My work has been horribly boring and tedious and the hours are stupid and i'm trying to find something else. Too bad i'm not an accountant, because they seem to be needed a lot. But wow, could not do that job.

Anyway - here's the bits of the 'Obsession' 'verse that are new. Of course, they're all over at slashthedrabble, as well as new drabbles in many fandoms ever week, so go check out the comm! :)

These two are for the prompts 'Alcohol' and 'Illegal'

Takes place immediately after Murder By Numbers.


( Whiskey Burn )

( Breaking the Law )

Hope everybody is well and keeping warm! We had ice and then snow and then melt and then more ice and snow. Ridiculous!