It's a mixed blessing that today's theme from ConWorkShop is Things you would not want to recieve for your birthday. I was stuck for inspiration since I already have words for many disagreeable things, but then I noticed what I took for a typo in the theme. In the spelling of Human, most rules are… Continue reading Lexember 14 (2025)
Author: prettydragoon
Prettydragoon lives in a middling sort of city on Earth and writes about other planets, none of which she has actually visited.
Lexember 13 (2025)
As counterpoint to yesterday, today's ConWorkShop theme is Midsummer words. On the Eastern Seaboard of Ruñosañe, the largest continent on Rireinu, where Haru, the capital, is located, tave or Wet Season falls around Summer Solstice, so the middle of the year is the season of rains. Obviously I then had to coin the word for… Continue reading Lexember 13 (2025)
Lexember 12 (2025)
It seems that ConWorkShop have jumped the gun slightly, since today's theme is Midwinter words. Winter Solstice is New Year's Day on Rireinu, and that means housecleaning, so as to have an auspicious beginning for the new year. As the sun sets on New Year's Eve, the people gather around a community bonfire and everyone… Continue reading Lexember 12 (2025)
Lexember 11 (2025)
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. But what if your culture doesn't do T-shirts? Or any clothes, really. How then do you show off where you have been (or what you have done)? Why, just buy one of those enamel or plastic pins from that souvenir vendor over there and stick it on your… Continue reading Lexember 11 (2025)
Lexember 10 (2025)
What is to be done? Today's ConWorkShop theme is themeless. So now I've got my work cut out for me, desperately trying to thwitch themelessly on to a substitute theme. But necessity is the birthmother of invention, as the saying goes. When I wrote what I thought was a simple and straightforward sample sentence, I… Continue reading Lexember 10 (2025)
Lexember 9 (2025)
Today we can really enjoy ourselves because the day's theme from ConWorkShop is It's all fun and games! Juggling is a visually impressive art form that can liven up any celebration. Especially if the juggling act involves objects that have the potential to cause major damage to the juggler, such as running chainsaws, burning torches,… Continue reading Lexember 9 (2025)
Lexember 8 (2025)
I don't know, sisters. What do ConWorkShop mean with having Doubt, uncertainty, and hesitation for today's theme? Is there something sinister lurking behind this, or is just simple trepidation before a new week with all its opportunities? One should of course always feel trepidation before trepanation, because trepanation you need like a hole in the… Continue reading Lexember 8 (2025)
Lexember 7 (2025)
Today, one should hope to go above and beyond, for today's theme from ConWorkShop is Words that contain /o/ in your native language. Not only words; also other objects of rotund litteration ought to arouse notice. Enough for now: I'm rapidly running out of words that not only contain the letter O but also can… Continue reading Lexember 7 (2025)
Lexember 6 (2025)
No problem, mon! Today's theme from ConWorkShop is Things found in Jamaica. As Jamaica is a modern nation and a tropical island, this theme hardly limits your options. Many obvious things already have names in Rireinutire. Many concepts also are so intimately linked to culture and history that it would make little sense to coin… Continue reading Lexember 6 (2025)
Lexember 5 (2025)
It's rock, rock, rock; rock around the clock! Because today's theme from ConWorkShop is Verbs and nouns that can make you fall asleep. Actually rocking to sleep would be rusuta and rocking to loud music would be toreta. While the issue of rock (pata) vs. roll (paraño) featured in the tragedy of Kullervo (an old… Continue reading Lexember 5 (2025)
Flowering Fields 