arwensong

I have been snagging, one, two...four, at a time, icons by the wonderfully gifted fire_sister lately. So, having been bitten by the Holmes and Watson bug (thank you very much gaedhal) I asked if she would consider making me an icon. She responded most graciously and generously. I was overwhelmed and I think you all will be too. Check out her work, which she whipped up in like, I don't know, faster certainly than I have written a story!
http://my-icon-lj.livejournal.com/83475.html She makes icons of all types that she posts on her icon LJ and shares generously so take a peek. You will love them!

Arwen, happily pondering plots with detectives when she SHOULD be finishing WIP, and she PROMISES to do both

Thanks for oasis6028 aka Thyme, who has done her usual wonderful job of posting and beta'ing, the final chapter of "Reunions and Rescues" has been posted. This is the first of the two stories requested by the generous germansoulmate in exchange for her generous donation to UNICEF for the help_haiti drive. My thanks to her for the chance to participate in this wonderful effort. Here is where you can find the link to the story:
http://www.mags-nificent.com/MSW/AU.htm

I hope to participate in the next round so if there is something you especially would like to see from me, let me know. The need in Haiti is greater than ever.

Arwen

totallyfrelled  tagged me to do this meme, which goes like this( Read more... )( Read more... )

The continuation of germansoulmate's help_haiti story, Reunions and Rescues, Part II is now up at Moonshadow Tribe, thanks to the awesome Thyme, aka, oasis1960 You can find the story link here http://www.mags-nificent.com/MSW/AU.htm

Haiti continues to suffer and donations are needed as much as ever. If you can spare it, please consider giving. Where facts are given in my story, such as about Doctors Without Borders, every effort has been made to be accurate. Firemen from California have traveled there to help, and France has sent hundreds of workers, along with supplies. But the aid workers are now running out of gas, medicine, bandages. The pier has to be repaired before the ships bringing aid, as well as hospital ships, can dock. It is now two weeks later than in the story and the hospitals in Florida, which has taken so many of the most critically injured, are at capacity. Other states need to step up to the plate. If you can do anything to get your state to help, please do. Children are dying for lack of basic care. We need to do more.



Arwen

...who can equate gay marriage with 911. How can they do that? If you aren't following the trial on Prop 8, you should be. We all should be. This is text from one of the ads that the pro-Prop 8 people bombarded the airwaves with:

“I think a helpful way to think about this is to compare it to 9/11 because a lot of us are asking: How does this directly affect us? Well I wasn’t directly affected by 9/11 and my guess is most of you weren’t either in the sense I didn’t know somebody who crashed the plane in the building. I didn’t know somebody who was in the building. But after 9/11 the world was a fundamentally different place and that has affected me. The change in the redefinition of marriage is the same type of thing.”

Well, let's consider that for a moment. In a much more realistic and fundamental way, this taking away of the civil rights of a part of the population, a part of the population that many Americans might think doesn't impact their lives, (but let's be real, we all have gay friends, gay relatives, gay teachers and doctors, and, yeah, lovers) does negatively impact every one of us. We're all affected by what they did in California, what they have done in Maine, and what they want to do across the whole country. It is ugly and it's wrong and if you aren't against them, then you're helping them.

You can find the transcripts of the trial at the American Foundation for Equal Rights
http://www.equalrightsfoundation.org/our-work/hearing-transcripts/

Arwen, not putting this under a L-cut because it's too important

Here's wishing all my friends in Australia a great Australia Day! Thank you for all the natural wonders you've shared with us from your land down under....

The first part of my first help_haiti story for germansoulmate has been posted at Moonshadow Tribe by the tireless and wonderful Thyme, aka
oasis1960 You can find it here http://www.mags-nificent.com/MSW/ArF/GS7.htm My thanks again to Beatrix for her generous pledge. Part II will be up soon. The title of the story is "Reunions and Rescues" and I thank Thyme for her quick beta work also.

Arwen

pclu2004  !!!

I hope you had a great day and have a wonderful year ahead, filled with health, happiness and dreams come true!

Hugs,

Arwen</span></span>,

I rarely find something positive to say about Republicans, but when one of them does something good, I think they deserve a shout-out. So, three cheers to...Cindy McCain! The blonde, stand by her man wife of John has taken a strong stand in favor of gay marriage, and even appears in ads opposing Prop 8.



So, good for her, having the guts to state her real views even where they go against her husband, McCain daughter Meghan has also posed with the duct tape for the no on H8 ads, and is appearing at rallies in support of gay marriage. So props to her too.



Now, if only we can get some of that duct tape for Palin....

Several writers at the Moonshadow Tribe are joining the effort at help_haiti
( more info here )

I received word in a text message tonight that the mother of our dear grneyedwoman Cindy, has been taken to the hospital. She asks that we pray for this dear lady, and I add to that wish that you please pray for Cindy and her family too. She's just moved into her new home in Iowa and it is a tough time to be far away.

Thanks,

Arwen

The news out of Haiti is beyond devastating. There is an effort going on in the fanfiction world to help, help_haiti and I think that is awesome. I am pretty sure my f-list is already giving whatever and wherever they can, but if a story by me would motivate more giving, I'd write it in a flash--to order.
Here are some worthy places to send money if you are not already aware of many. I am sending to Doctors without Borders myself. My BIL has worked with them and they are a great group.

https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=197&hbc=1&source=AZE1001D1001

https://secure.oxfamamerica.org/site/Donation2?df_id=3641&3641.donation=form1

https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/default.aspx?wid=23093

This is a tragedy that transcends borders, nationalities and politics--unless you're Pat Robertson. And I am thankful that I am not he.

Arwen

My heartfelt thanks to Thyme oasis6028 for doing a late night beta and posting on Wolf's Cub so that Chapter Eight is now up at Moonshadow Tribe. You can find all of the recent updates listed here:

http://www.mags-nificent.com/MSW/AU.htm

I hope you'll check it out as well as some of the other stories, and if you are so inclined, let the authors know what you think. It's been awhile since this story was updated, and I apologize for that but will try to get back to all my works in progress now that the holidays are over. As always, the stories that get the most feedback seem to inspire me the most. :)

Have a great week everyone!

Arwen

Put ♥ this ♥ on ♥ your ♥ LJ ♥ if ♥ you ♥ know ♥ someone ♥ who ♥ has ♥ or ♥ had ♥ cancer! ♥ All I wish for in 2010 is a CURE! ♥ I pray for the cure of cancer. ♥ 93% WON'T Copy and Paste this, will YOU 4 just one hour?
THIS IS FOR PATTY'S MOM WHO HAS JUST FINISHED 4 MONTHS OF CHEMO TREATMENTS FOR BREAST CANCER. SHE IS DEFINITELY A SURVIVOR

Hugs to Patty and her mom!

Arwen

As totallyfrelled and germansoulmate already discovered, and nicely commented at the MST page, I wrote two more stories for the Moonshadow Tribe's 2009 Holiday Gift Challenge. I dedicate them to three of my live journal friends, in the hope that the stories' at times heavyhanded message is forgiven, as they were well-intentioned. The stories are "Compromises" in my AU QaF world of "Better Friends" and "Light Two Candles" in the Gorgeous Carat fandom. They are dedicated to buzziecat chadmom and onebookwoman and also to the others on my f-list who are Jewish. I hope you like them.

Arwen, biting her fingernails, a very bad habit she should resolve to stop

PS Oh, a link might help. Here it is: http://www.mags-nificent.com/MSW/AU.htm

I like to check out Rod Mckuen's webpage, "A Safe Place to Land" each day. Today, his message largely focused on Joe Lieberman...and not in a, gee, I want to write a poem about this man kind of way. Here is a link, where Rod cites a New York Times article, but changes "man" to "jerk" and then changes that to "crook." I always did love his way with words. http://www.mckuen.com/flights/flight.htm Then, my mailbox included this video from Move On, the political action group. It'd be funny if it weren't so true. Sigh.