A new YouTube video!

Hello, all! Pierce and I have put up another video. We mostly discuss some children's t.v. that Pierce recalls and some books that I would like to record and read purely for the entertainment of my friend, Kaidyn, Hope you have a beautiful day! It's a nice on in Atlanta! High of about 80 degrees. Enjoy it now! The heat is on the way...

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Any way, here's the video! Grab a cuppa!

Coffee & B.S. with Pierce & Sue 062920

I have not been on this page in ages! My son, Pierce, and I have started recording our coffee sessions for anyone's entertainment. Grab a cuppa and join us!

https://youtu.be/17j4mg46ZfQ

Inclusivity

  So, last summer after so many years of not playing Dungeons and Dragons, I am back at it. I run two games and  play in another. I play 5th Edition.
  I have a quandary.
  In the game I play, there is a Tiefling rogue, alignment Neutral. He has been with this group, in game, about 2 weeks. Last session, we found a lovely hoard of goods (coin, gems, paintings, magic items) and he offered to go in and check for traps. Three of the characters decided to insight him and found out he was lying and that he wanted to pocket some of the goods for himself. So, they attacked him to kill him.

1. Tiefling - In 5th edition Tieflings do not have an innate tendency towards evil, though many usually end up going down that path. Tieflings have a fierce independent streak and are inclined towards being chaotic. This Tiefling wants to start a community for Tieflings, since they have such a hard time getting along in the world.
2. Rogues might be ruthless criminals, sly tricksters, deadly assassins, or good hearted thieves who steal from the rich and give to the poor. Whichever way you decide to play one, you're guaranteed to have a number of tricks to help you achieve your goals. This rogue generally steals from the rich or bad. However, he is getting a bit frustrated after a few years of working to achieve this. The urge is strong to accomplish this goal.
3. Most of the players in our group, including the DM, do not like this player. He's new to the game. Too much TV and too many video games have falsely colored his view of what is acceptable in this real world and his social skills are as stunted as a malnourished child. Because of this, the DM squashes his attempts to do things and he allows the other players to meta-game this guy.
4. These few players decided to insight this guy, our trap-finding rogue, when he offered to check for traps on a very large pile of loot. Because they don't like him. Because they are meta-gaming about things that he has said to the DM. Because they thought he wasn't acting like a team player. To be fair, one of them was Chaotic Evil that day. But that's ok.

How is this one get better? As part of the D&D Community, I want to help this person be a better player and a better PERSON. What even does "inclusivity" mean if we don't include everyone?

So, I don't feel ready to become a food blog.  But, I started making jams and pickles about a couple of years ago.  And, I want to share my experiments.  And, I wonder about making a living from them.  So, Spring Break is nearly over.  I've made Candied Pineapple Jam,

Pickled Peppered Okra,

Peach and Mango Preserves,

Peach and Ginger Preserves,

Spiced Blueberry Jammin', Sweet Beer and Onion Jam,

Orange Shandy Jelly,

and Cola Jelly.

It's been fun! 

We went with the Pierce girls for a fall outing to N. Ga. to get some apples and have some fun.  We went tour favorite orchard.  Fun day!

Hillcrest Orchards 2012 - slide show

Keeping it real.

Speak things into the atmosphere and then trust God..."He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all we could ever think, ask, or imagine"

I have a friend who posts regularly on Facebook. She is someone I work with and tho we do not see each other outside of work, I consider her a very good friend. She is funny and blunt and moves in the realm of the fearless. I look for her posts because they always make me laugh or think or remind to remember God is always present in my life.

And this is something, amazingly, that I forget that last bit so easily. Get me to a nunnery, or a first century church. Life bogs me down. Right now, it's the HEAT. Oppressive in Georgia these daze. Then there's money. Where does it all go? And time. I'm off work for the summer so you'd think there would be plenty. But I look around my house and there's so much to do.

As I write these excuses, because that's what they are, I look at everything thing and say to myself, "Don't be such a lametard."

God is always present in my life. I just have to invite him to come along. And I forget that that is precisely what he wants. Just to be an active part of my life.

Come on then, Father. Let's hang out together.

working together...

So, I'm diggin' working with Christina. Rosa worked with us last Sunday, too. We had SO much fun! Tomorrow, I'll be with Christina in Decatur. Y'all stop by...

On the home front, I need to pick up my writing again. I was working on a story about an old lady with an alien dog... Where DID I put my notebook?