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I may not be getting regular writing time lately, but sometimes words just have to spill out.

I Am Too Much

Water
is not to be
blamed when you insist on
drinking from a cup that is far
too small.

-- LK Nesse

LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I needed something to help me push through pain and somehow relax last night, so I drew this whole thing with one long line. Started in the bottom left corner and finished in the top right.

White square filled with a very long, intricate squiggly purple line. It took hours to draw.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I let that take me into neurographic drawing tonight. This isn't the time to end up yelling, "Why can't I just draw a TREE?!"

An abstract neurographic drawing. Black lines on a white background.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I made sure I took one more picture of the baby fig tree before leaves fall and they go through their first winter.

A baby Chicago Hardy fig tree growing in a large red pot. The tree is a little under three feet tall and has a broad spread of large green leaves.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The oldest leaves on my dwarf lotus plant are turning brown, but new green leaves are still opening every few days. If the plant survives us moving, we'll go through our first winter together. If it doesn't... well, I learned a lot this year and will start again next year.

Dwarf lotus plant in a pot with 6 inch diameter. Lots of leaves! Some of the older leaves are turning brown, but most are a vibrant green.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

To end Star Trek Day, I would like to thank Denise Crosby for giving me reasons to think maybe tomboys can be sexy, and maybe there are reasons that I think that every time Tasha Yar shows up...

Tasha Yar from "Star Trek: The Next Generation".

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Post a meme that you haven't been able to use yet. This comes up sometimes in conversation because of my dyscalculia, so I've been waiting to use it!

A painting of a woman gazing sadly - or maybe with exhaustion - into the distance. The caption reads, "I think the universe knew that I would be too powerful if I could do math."

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Roll for Divination! - a guide to divination using polyhedral gaming dice. (TTRPG dice) Payhip: payhip.com/b/3Yc1z Itchio: lknesse.itch.io/roll-for-div... Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/s/28efdb0a58 Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59MSH52

Cover for "Roll for Divination!" by LK Nesse

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Forest Tales - a collection of six short stories of life in an enchanted forest, told by a variety of inhabitants. Payhip: payhip.com/b/UVy31 Itchio: lknesse.itch.io/forest-tales Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/s/152f4ee44b Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59GDJ8Z

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Little Things - 42 cinquain poems, including poems that explain the formats and syllable count. Also, poems about things like lake monsters and learning to juggle. Payhip: payhip.com/b/De5mN Itchio: lknesse.itch.io/little-things Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/s/7c2cdefd2e Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59F13SJ

Cover for "Little Things: 42 cinquain poems" by LK Nesse

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Art Grimoire - a solo art journal rpg. You create a sorcerer's grimoire using d6 and d20 dice, a deck of playing cards, and your choice of art supplies. Payhip: payhip.com/b/4uzae Itchio: lknesse.itch.io/art-grimoire Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/s/9642f7b5ed

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I'm thankful the hexagons have been my big knitting project. They're perfect for this time of chaos. They don't take long, so I can still do one when I have very little time, and my hands know what to do even when my brain feels fried.

A pile of maybe 30 or 40 hexagons knitted from sock yarn. A variety of colors, though there is a lot of green.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I saved this a couple of years ago. We need it today.

Tim Curry as his character from Rocky Horror Picture Show, then as the character Darkness from the movie Legend. Caption reads, "If you don't love me at my mommy, you don't deserve me at my daddy".

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Sometimes I take a little break to just sit with the lotus plants and breathe for a few minutes. I offer you a chance to do the same.

Top-down view of 11 leaves of dwarf lotus growing in a medium size pot on a desk. Natural light comes in through a nearby window.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

These succulents have come to me at different times and have been living in different pots. Preparing for moving includes trying to reduce how much space various things need for the trip, so I arranged them together in one planter.

An arrangement of six different types of succulent plants together in one planter.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Wild animals in my yard has been a thing this year. Deer, turtle, and now a family of turkeys coming through in the afternoons. I'm glad I get to see them before we leave.

An adult female turkey. There are a few teenage turkeys that aren't easy to see in the shade behind her.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

BIG thanks to everyone who has ever posted tutorials of tuning a kalimba on the Internet! I knew a few notes needed tuning, but the hammer scared me. I wouldn't have tried without the tutorials. Everything is in tune again now!

A 17 note kalimba made of wood and blue resin so that the resin looks like water. There is a plastic figure of a humpback whale immersed in the water. A small skinny metal hammer is next to the kalimba.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Please don't be mad at me. I only want the best for her.

Eclipse

There's a
solar eclipse
coming in two more days.
Maybe this time you catch the ball,
Laika.

-- LK Nesse

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I'm not doing the weekly tarot reading this week, but I do have some plant pictures to share! My bonsai lantana and my lotus plants.

Close up of a cluster of little lantana flowers blooming. The flowers of the outer ring are red, then shift to rings of orange and yellow as you move to the center.

A bonsai lantana in a six inch clay pot. Some flower clusters are starting to bloom yellow flowers. Other clusters haven't opened yet, but are starting to show yellow and red color as they get closer to blooming.

Top-down view of a pot filled with water. There are lotus vines weaving up through the water, five dwarf lotus leaves - each around 2 or 3 inches wide - and 3 vines going off in different directions that haven't opened the leaves at their tips yet.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My bonsai lantana was too young to bloom last year, so I've been watching closely and squealed with joy today! Welcome, itty bitty flower!

Bonsai lantana in a six inch clay pot. There are many developing clusters for flowers, but only one has started opening. It's a cluster of orange and yellow nubs with on tiny open flower.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Growth has slowed down for my baby fig tree, but those beautiful green leaves bring me joy in all this heat!

Very young fig tree - less than a year old - growing in a large red pot. The tree is a little less than 3 feet tall and is putting out an umbrella of bright green leaves. Most of the leaves are about the size of an adult human hand palm.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Shai-Hulud doesn't stay out of the sand for long, so I've learned to take pictures when I catch him like this.

An orange and brown splotched Kenyan sand boa resting on top of the sand in his tank for a short time. A trail of sand that he pulled with him rests along his back.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If y'all are willing to wait for answers, I'd love to give them! (Not checking in so often, what with all the Preparing to Move going on.) 1 like = 1 answer

List of writing questions

One like,
One answer!
A Writer Ask Game!
By Theodore Snapdragon

1. What's your favorite part of writing?
2. What's the scariest thing you've ever written?
3. Do you usually write happy, sad, or other kinds of endings?
4. Who is your favorite author?
5. What's your favorite type of scene to write?
6. What's your favorite type of symbolism?
7.What's your least favorite part of writing?
8. Where do your ideas come from?
9. What're your favorite themes?
10. What's the most wholesome thing you've written?
11. Have you ever had writer's block?
12. Do you have a favorite character?
13. What drives you to write?
14. What's your favorite part of your current WIP?
15. Do you have a favorite of your writing projects?
16. Do you enjoy editing?
17. What's the saddest thing you've ever written?
18. Do you like long or short form writing better?
19. What's the hardest thing to write?
20. What song(s) inspire you to write?
21. Do you have a specific type of reader in mind when you write?
22. Is your prose more purple or beige?
23. Do you have any monsterous characters, metaphorically or literally?
24. What're your favorite books?
25. Do you usually write with specific themes in mind, or find them during writing?
26. Does being a writer impact how you see the world?
27. What's the weirdest thing you've ever written? The shortest?
28. Would you say you love writing?
29. Is there a specific author you want to be like?
30. What's the most annoying task in writing?
31. What's your biggest grammar pet peeve?
32. Which of your characters do you find yourself thinking of the most?
33. Do you have other passions besides writing?
34. What's the most romantic thing you've ever written?
35. How do you establish setting in your writing?
36. Do you enjoy writing dialogue?
37. How much time do you spend inventing background lore for your writing?
38. What's the longest thing you've ever written?
39. Do you have a favorite genre to write in?

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Oh yeah, the bonsai lantana will definitely have flowers soon!

Close up of a little group of buds that will soon bloom in the center of a group of dark green leaves of a bonsai lantana plant.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Took a break from sorting and packing to sit with plants a while. Still using the "let the lotuses do what they do and learn from them" approach with this pot.

A top-down view of a pot filled with water, mud in the bottom, and lotus stems from three seeds growing all over the place. The water is so clear that stems that haven't broken the surface of the water yet and roots that haven't dug their way into the mud can be seen.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm one of the two clumsiest people I've ever known. The only reason I'm not The Clumsiest is because I'm tied with the other person for the top spot. Doing this took a lot of focus and patience. It'll get easier with practice.Today,I needed something rewarding to put that focus into for a while.

Hand of an adult white person, curled into a loose fist pointing up, with a clear acrylic ball a little smaller than a billiard ball balanced on the knuckles.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Remember when I said I'll just let the lotus seeds do what they do and I'll learn from them? Look who popped up!

A view from the top down of a pot of water with mud at the bottom. The water is clear, and there's a reflection on the surface of a hand holding a phone. There are three green lotus sprouts in the water, stretching their way up from the mud.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I think this is the best one I've made so far!

Almost perfectly spherical dry, tightly compacted, somewhat shiny mudball. Bigger than a golf ball. Smaller than a billiard ball. Swirls and flecks of darker and lighter brown mix in the ball.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I decided not to give up yet on shaping and smoothing. This will be the last dorodango I make before we move. It'll be different dirt next time.

Very round, tightly compacted ball of mud. Bigger than a golf ball, a little smaller than a billiard ball. Mostly smooth, but with a layer of fine soil on the surface that is a little loose and grainy.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The shape isn't absolutely perfect, but it's as close as I can get. I'm thankful for a little rest time today to spend on starting the polishing.

An almost perfectly spherical ball of tightly compacted mud that has been smoothed and is starting to be polished. The ball is a tiny bit smaller than a billiard ball.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Finished knitting the bag for my new cards!

Knitted drawstring bag - variegated orange, white, red, yellow, and teal yarn - laying next to The Fool card from the official Dune Bene Gesserit Tarot Deck. The other cards are in the bag.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Knitting a new bag for my new cards.

Box for official Dune Bene Gesserit Tarot Deck with a start of knitwork laying on top of it. It will be a bag for the cards, knitted from variegated orange, red, white, and teal sock yarn.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I have my cards! I promise to show everyone my Litany Against Fear reading done with the Dune cards!

Box for the official Dune Bene Gesserit Tarot Deck and Guide with the guidebook laying next to the box.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Here are the three I've made before. None as as smooth and shiny as I'm working toward, but each has been a worthy experience.

A small wicker basket with three dry mudballs in it. One of the balls is about the size of a golfball, and the other two are slightly smaller than a tennis ball. Each is very round, mostly smooth, and the smallest ball is a little shiny.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A texture issue with my dorodango became a shape issue, and I've been slowly working to rebuild a big area. Breaking it down and starting over would be faster and easier, but "faat and easy" isn't the reason I do it.

Very round, but not smooth, tightly compacted mudball.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I wore a rainbow every day this month! Even the day that I had the horrible headache. That's why I was also wearing sunglasses indoors. I thought about why I was wearing a rainbow each day as I did my headwrap.

A white person wearing eyeglasses and a rainbow headwrap. The rainbow scarf of the headwrap is tied with a tail to the right side, with a jeweled sunflower brooch as decoration.

Same white person, but they're wearing sunglasses instead of eyeglasses. Rainbow headwrap done with a rainbow scarf with an ornate pattern woven into it

White person wearing eyeglasses and a rainbow headwrap that is done with a rainbow scarf that has a rainbow pattern woven into it. A jeweled rainbow fish brooch is added for decoration.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

When I said "all month" I meant all month!

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It doesn't look much different today, but this is a slow process. It is a little rounder and smoother. I've tried various glass and metal objects for working the surface, but the thing that works best for me at this stage is the opening of a plastic pill bottle.

An almost perfectly spherical mudball with a dull, kind of grainy surface.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It's been a while since I last made a dorodango, and that's something that helps give me thinking space when I'm working things out for a story. I use a slower method for making them. There will be mudball updates.

A very round and tightly compacted ball of mud, around three our four inches in diameter. It's resting on top of a glass bottle in natural light coming through a window.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I don't know what's going wrong with my lotus plant. I wondered if I moved it into the pot too early, and that got me thinking about how I don't usually start plants in just water because roots grow so delicately that way and can have trouble adjusting to soil. So I'm dropping a new seed in.

A dwarf lotus plant in a pot that has grown four stems, lost two leaves, has two dying leaves, and isn't showing new growth. There's also a lotus seed dropped into the water.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I've been letting the bonsai lantana grow a little bigger this year. I may need to move it to a larger pot next year.

Lantana plant in a six inch pot. The plant is only about six to eight inches tall, but has a broad spread of brightly green leaves.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

That time I couldn't sleep and started writing Olympian texts as poetry. Yes, I know not all of the Hellenic deities are counted as Olympians. But "Olympic Texts" could have been misunderstood as being about the sporting event.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Another week of being my own Pride parade!

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Got my Loop Switch 2 earplugs! These work better for me than the original Loops I've had for a few years. It's possible than having more control over how much sound is filtered out could reduce how frequently my PNES seizures happen. They at least help my body relax.

A white person's ear. Three small hoop earrings. Arm of eyeglasses. Hair covered by a rainbow scarf. There is an earplug in the ear that shows a black circle sitting neatled in the opening of the ear.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

My thoughts on the "autistic people will never write a poem" bs.

I don't write poems.

I just
repeat what the
water tells me. I keep
secrets the rocks whisper. Laugh at
bird jokes.

Listen
when the night air
carries a song from the
stars. Thank the grasshoppers for their
greetings.
Let my hands read the stories the
soil has held for so long.
Try to pass them
to you.

But no,
definitely
no poems have ever
been written by me. Why would you
think that?

-- LK Nesse

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I'm terrible at estimating things. It's part of my dyscalculia. I measure things when it's important, I swear! I've been telling everyone the wrong height for the baby fig tree. The spread of leaves is getting wide, but the height is more like one foot than "somewhere between two and three feet".

Baby fig tree about a foot tall with a wide spread of big green leaves, growing in a large red pot.

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LK Nesse @weirdfizz.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I'm keeping this going all month, but there's going to be a lot of repetition. I only have so many rainbow scarves!

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