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goals_on_dw is a community for people who like goals and goal setting. A key focus is New Year's resolutions, that being among the most popular contexts for such activities. Although the most common time is January 1, "new year" can also refer to other calendars or cultures, whatever works for you. Alternatively, just pick a time that works for you and go for it. You can introduce yourself or make new friends here.

We talk about different goal systems, pros and cons of resolutions, arts and crafts for tracking goals, human psychology, and more. You can share your resolutions or other goals. There are weekly check-in posts in January, and monthly ones in the rest of the year, for folks to talk about their accomplishments. December-January is the most active period, and it starts ramping up in November as lots of people begin thinking about their goals for the next year.

2026 Free Printable Calendars, Planners, and More is the guide post for this years goal-setting activities. For more details on relevant topics, see "Things You Can Talk About Here."

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newcomers is a community for people who are just getting started on Dreamwidth, in the tradition of

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Here are the notes for "An Expression That Crosses Boundaries."

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This poem is spillover from the March 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from

fuzzyred,

chanter1944, and Doug Edwards. It also fills the "Writing" square in my 3-1-26 card for the National Crafting Month Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with

fuzzyred. It belongs to the Shiv and Rutledge threads of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.

This Week's Question: What do you wish you could get right first time, every time?

If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

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Today is cloudy, cool, and wet. It's been storming all morning. We sure need the rain.

I fed the birds.

EDIT 4/27/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

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Today is cloudy, cool, and wet. It's been storming all morning. We sure need the rain.

I fed the birds.

EDIT 4/27/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

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This poem is spillover from the February 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from Laura G. It also fills the "Taking It Slow" square in my 2-1-26 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with

fuzzyred. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "The Bones of Chihuly" but is listed after "To Repair the Damage of the Lumberman."

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A drabble I wrote for

greetingsfrommaars during Snowflake Challenge 2025.

Title: to build and to endure.
Fandom: Black Sails.
Character/Pairing: Max.
Rating/Warnings: T, none.
Summary: For the prompt: "Black Sails + Invincible."
Word count: 100.

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Max was a builder. A web of lies, a house of cards, a castle of sand. Everyone starts somewhere, from hay to twigs to brick, chasing after the safety of locked doors and solid stone.

Hiding within a fortress will make you feel invincible, and invincibility is an illusion, a delusion; if the wind blows the wrong way, it comes tumbling down.

Yet it can be a shared delusion. True power needs a sturdy base, but if it gets taken away, you can stand upright for long enough to brave the rain by reputation alone.

And that, Max could craft.

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This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It was inspired by a prompt from

zianuray. It has been sponsored by a pool with

fuzzyred. This poem belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

"The Graffiti of the Rich"

[Wednesday, November 5, 2014]

For months, Shiv had been
enjoying the ever-changing display
of graffiti along a retaining wall
between Blues Moon and
Buster Hump's Gym.

It was a perfect place
to get a good feel for
the neighborhood
and its current artists.

Then one day, Shiv
arrived to find that
someone had covered
the wall with grey paint.

Fuming, he glared at
the nearby billboards.

Funny how nobody ever
covered up those eyesores.

That got him thinking about
some stuff that Dr. G had said
about cultures, graffiti, and
what counted as artwork.

Smirking, he pulled out
a black paint pen and
scribbled his rebuttal.

With grey paint we silence
some voices in society.
Advertising is fine -- it is,
after all, the graffiti of the rich.

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This year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about reading as a way of becoming an expert in a given subject. Read Part 1: Introduction to Becoming an Expert, Part 2: Architecture.

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth Part 3: Dance

Dance is a performing art about moving the body, usually but not always to music. It exists in many styles. Every ethnic group or other cultural identity tends to have their own dances. Here on Dreamwidth, check out

beautifulmechanical and

first_nations_freaks.

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth April 25-May 15

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These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Poem: "Our Homemade Safety Nets"
Birdfeeding
Friending Meme
Today's Adventures
Philosophical Questions: Different
You Don't Have to Stay
Science
Birdfeeding
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 4-24-26: Metal
Vocabulary: Scabrous
History
History
History
Community Thursdays
Earth Day
Poem: "When You Learn to Read"
Wildlife
Birdfeeding
Hard Things

Poem: "Walnut Park" has 41 comments. Early Humans has 22 comments. Philosophical Questions: Pregnancy has 66 comments. Safety has 77 comments.

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is running April 25-May 15. People aim to make a new post each day, or participate in various activities to celebrate the platform.

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Introduction to Becoming an Expert
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Architecture

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth April 25-May 15

"No Faster or Firmer Friendships" belongs to Polychrome Heroics and needs $45 to be complete. Josué makes friends with Maria-Vera.

The weather has been mild here. We got some rain the other day. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a male cardinal, and a fox squirrel. Red-winged blackbirds have been singing overhead. I heard a bluejay screaming but didn't see it. Currently blooming: violets, tulips, anemone, Solomon's seal, pansies, violas, sweet alyssum, bleeding heart, chokecherries, alliums, lilies of the valley, marigolds, honeysuckle, raspberies, snapdragons, lantana, million bells, blue lobelia, petunias, portulaca, nemesia, wild chives, star of Bethlehem. Flower buds: peonies. Green fruit: mulberries.

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Today is Audubon Day. Here are some ideas about gardening for birds.

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These are the Notes for "Our Homemade Safety Nets."

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This poem came out of the March 17, 2026 Bonus Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from

dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "Thread" square in my 3-1-26 card for the National Crafting Month Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by

fuzzyred. It belongs to the Mercedes thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Thanks to a donation from

fuzzyred, there are 50 new verses in "No Faster or Firmer Friendships." Josué and Maria-Vera begin reading The Last Calabash together, a story about family loss and recovery.

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3weeks4dreamwidth is celebrating Dreamwidth's anniversary!
Come join in for fun, memes, activities, and more ♥

Here's a meme from this post over at

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Put your ~~mp3 player/phone/~~streaming collection on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results.

I'm not a huge fan of memes, or poetry, but I do want to post more during 3W4D and I do occasionally indulge in found poetry, so here goes. Here's the first 20 songs with lyrics from my 'Liked music' playlist on YouTube Music.
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