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Configuring the JDBC Connector (Optional)
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- About JDBC Configuration
- JDBC Driver JAR Registration
- JDBC Server Configuration
- JDBC Named Query Configuration
- Overriding the JDBC Server Configuration
- Example Configuration Procedure
- Configuring Hive Access
You can use PXF to access an external SQL database including MySQL, ORACLE, PostgreSQL, Hive, and Apache Ignite. This topic describes how to configure the PXF JDBC Connector to access these external data sources.
If you do not plan to use the PXF JDBC Connector, then you do not need to perform this procedure.
About JDBC Configuration
To access data in an external SQL database with the PXF JDBC Connector, you must:
- Register a compatible JDBC driver JAR file
- Specify the JDBC driver class name, database URL, and client credentials
In previous releases of Greenplum Database, you may have specified the JDBC driver class name, database URL, and client credentials via options in the
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE command. PXF now supports file-based server configuration for the JDBC Connector. This configuration, described below, allows you to specify these options and credentials in a file.
Note: PXF external tables that you previously created that directly specified the JDBC connection options will continue to work. If you want to move these tables to use JDBC file-based server configuration, you must create a server configuration, drop the external tables, and then recreate the tables specifying an appropriate
SERVER=<server_name> clause.
JDBC Driver JAR Registration
The PXF JDBC Connector is installed with the
postgresql-9.1-901-1.jdbc4.jar JAR file. If you require a different JDBC driver, ensure that you install the JDBC driver JAR file for the external SQL database in the
$PXF_CONF/lib directory on each segment host. Be sure to install JDBC driver JAR files that are compatible with your JRE version. See Registering PXF JAR Dependencies for additional information.
JDBC Server Configuration
When you configure the PXF JDBC Connector, you add at least one named PXF server configuration for the connector as described in Configuring PXF Servers. You can also configure one or more statically-defined queries to run against the remote SQL database.
PXF provides a template configuration file for the JDBC Connector. This server template configuration file, located in
$PXF_CONF/templates/jdbc-site.xml, identifies properties that you can configure to establish a connection to the external SQL database. The template also includes optional properties that you can set before executing query or insert commands in the external database session.
The required properties in the
jdbc-site.xml server template file follow:
|Class name of the JDBC driver.
|The JDBC driver Java class name; for example
|The URL that the JDBC driver uses to connect to the database.
|The database connection URL (database-specific); for example
|The database user name.
|The user name for connecting to the database.
|The password for
|The password for connecting to the database.
Connection-Level Properties
To set additional JDBC connection-level properties, add
jdbc.connection.property.<CPROP_NAME> properties to
jdbc-site.xml. PXF passes these properties to the JDBC driver when it establishes the connection to the external SQL database (
<CPROP_NAME> with the connection property name and specify its value:
|The name of a property (<CPROP_NAME>) to pass to the JDBC driver when PXF establishes the connection to the external SQL database.
|The value of the <CPROP_NAME> property.
Example: To set the
createDatabaseIfNotExist connection property on a JDBC connection to a PostgreSQL database, include the following property block in
Ensure that the JDBC driver for the external SQL database supports any connection-level property that you specify.
Connection Transaction Isolation Property
The SQL standard defines four transaction isolation levels. The level that you specify for a given connection to an external SQL database determines how and when the changes made by one transaction executed on the connection are visible to another.
The PXF JDBC Connector exposes an optional server configuration property named
jdbc.connection.transactionIsolation that enables you to specify the transaction isolation level. PXF sets the level (
setTransactionIsolation()) just after establishing the connection to the external SQL database.
The JDBC Connector supports the following
jdbc.connection.transactionIsolation property values:
|SQL Level
|PXF Property Value
|Read uncommitted
|Read committed
|Repeatable Read
For example, to set the transaction isolation level to Read uncommitted, add the following property block to the
jdbc-site.xml file:
Different SQL databases support different transaction isolation levels. Ensure that the external database supports the level that you specify.
Statement-Level Properties
The PXF JDBC Connector executes a query or insert command on an external SQL database table in a statement. The Connector exposes properties that enable you to configure certain aspects of the statement before the command is executed in the external database. The Connector supports the following statement-level properties:
|The number of rows to write to the external database table in a batch.
|The number of rows. The default write batch size is 100.
|The number of rows to fetch/buffer when reading from the external database table.
|The number of rows. The default read fetch size is 1000.
|The amount of time (in seconds) the JDBC driver waits for a statement to execute. This timeout applies to statements created for both read and write operations.
|The timeout duration in seconds. The default wait time is unlimited.
PXF uses the default value for any statement-level property that you do not explicitly configure.
Example: To set the read fetch size to 5000, add the following property block to
Ensure that the JDBC driver for the external SQL database supports any statement-level property that you specify.
Session-Level Properties
To set session-level properties, add the
jdbc.session.property.<SPROP_NAME> property to
jdbc-site.xml. PXF will
SET these properties in the external database before executing a query.
<SPROP_NAME> with the session property name and specify its value:
|The name of a session property (<SPROP_NAME>) to set before query execution.
|The value of the <SPROP_NAME> property.
Note: The PXF JDBC Connector passes both the session property name and property value to the external SQL database exactly as specified in the
jdbc-site.xml server configuration file. To limit the potential threat of SQL injection, the Connector rejects any property name or value that contains the
\b, or
\0 characters.
The PXF JDBC Connector handles the session property
SET syntax for all supported external SQL databases.
Example: To set the
search_path parameter before running a query in a PostgreSQL database, add the following property block to
Ensure that the JDBC driver for the external SQL database supports any property that you specify.
About JDBC User Impersonation
The PXF JDBC Connector uses the
jdbc.user setting or information in the
jdbc.url to determine the identity of the user to connect to the external data store. When PXF JDBC user impersonation is disabled (the default), the behavior of the JDBC Connector is further dependent upon the external data store. For example, if you are using the JDBC Connector to access Hive, the Connector uses the settings of certain Hive authentication and impersonation properties to determine the user. You may be required to provide a
jdbc.user setting, or add properties to the
jdbc.url setting in the server
jdbc-site.xml file.
When you enable PXF JDBC user impersonation, the PXF JDBC Connector accesses the external data store on behalf of a Greenplum Database end user. The Connector uses the name of the Greenplum Database user that accesses the PXF external table to try to connect to the external data store.
pxf.impersonation.jdbc property governs JDBC user impersonation. JDBC user impersonation is disabled by default. To enable JDBC user impersonation for a server configuration, set the property to true:
When you enable JDBC user impersonation for a PXF server, PXF overrides the value of a
jdbc.user property setting defined in either
jdbc-site.xml or
<greenplum_user_name>-user.xml, or specified in the external table DDL, with the Greenplum Database user name. For user impersonation to work effectively when the external data store requires passwords to authenticate connecting users, you must specify the
jdbc.password setting for each user that can be impersonated in that user's
<greenplum_user_name>-user.xml property override file. Refer to Configuring a PXF User for more information about per-server, per-Greenplum-user configuration.
JDBC Named Query Configuration
A PXF named query is a static query that you configure, and that PXF runs in the remote SQL database.
To configure and use a PXF JDBC named query:
- You define the query in a text file.
- You provide the query name to Greenplum Database users.
- The Greenplum Database user references the query in a Greenplum Database external table definition.
PXF runs the query each time the user invokes a
SELECT command on the Greenplum Database external table.
Defining a Named Query
You create a named query by adding the query statement to a text file that has the following naming format:
<query_name>.sql. You can define one or more named queries for a JDBC server configuration. Each query must reside in a separate text file.
You must place a query text file in the PXF JDBC server configuration directory from which it will be accessed. If you want to make the query available to more than one JDBC server configuration, you must copy the query text file to the configuration directory for each JDBC server.
The query text file must contain a single query that you want to run in the remote SQL database. You must contruct the query in accordance with the syntax supported by the database.
For example, if a MySQL database has a
customers table and an
orders table, you could include the following SQL statement in a query text file:
SELECT c.name, c.city, sum(o.amount) AS total, o.month
FROM customers c JOIN orders o ON c.id = o.customer_id
WHERE c.state = 'CO'
GROUP BY c.name, c.city, o.month
Do not provide the ending semicolon (
;) for the SQL statement.
Query Naming
The Greenplum Database user references a named query by specifying the query file name without the extension. For example, if you define a query in a file named
report.sql, the name of that query is
Named queries are associated with a specific JDBC server configuration. You will provide the available query names to the Greenplum Database users that you allow to create external tables using the server configuration.
Referencing a Named Query
The Greenplum Database user specifies
query:<query_name> rather than the name of a remote SQL database table when they create the external table. For example, if the query is defined in the file
$PXF_CONF/servers/mydb/report.sql, the
LOCATION clause would include the following components:
LOCATION ('pxf://query:report?PROFILE=JDBC&SERVER=mydb ...')
Refer to About Using Named Queries for information about using PXF JDBC named queries.
Overriding the JDBC Server Configuration
You can override the JDBC server configuration by directly specifying certain JDBC properties via custom options in the
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE command
LOCATION clause. Refer to Overriding the JDBC Server Configuration via DDL for additional information.
Example Configuration Procedure
Ensure that you have initialized PXF before you configure a JDBC Connector server.
In this procedure, you name and add a PXF JDBC server configuration for a PostgreSQL database and synchronize the server configuration(s) to the Greenplum Database cluster.
Log in to your Greenplum Database master node:
$ ssh gpadmin@<gpmaster>
Choose a name for the JDBC server. You will provide the name to Greenplum users that you choose to allow to reference tables in the external SQL database as the configured user.
Note: The server name
defaultis reserved.
Create the
$PXF_HOME/servers/<server_name>directory. For example, use the following command to create a JDBC server configuration named
gpadmin@gpmaster$ mkdir $PXF_CONF/servers/pg_user1_testdb
Copy the PXF JDBC server template file to the server configuration directory. For example:
gpadmin@gpmaster$ cp $PXF_CONF/templates/jdbc-site.xml $PXF_CONF/servers/pg_user1_testdb/
Open the template server configuration file in the editor of your choice, and provide appropriate property values for your environment. For example, if you are configuring access to a PostgreSQL database named
testdbon a PostgreSQL instance running on the host named
pgserverhostfor the user named
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <configuration> <property> <name>jdbc.driver</name> <value>org.postgresql.Driver</value> </property> <property> <name>jdbc.url</name> <value>jdbc:postgresql://pgserverhost:5432/testdb</value> </property> <property> <name>jdbc.user</name> <value>user1</value> </property> <property> <name>jdbc.password</name> <value>changeme</value> </property> </configuration>
Save your changes and exit the editor.
Use the
pxf cluster synccommand to copy the new server configuration to the Greenplum Database cluster. For example:
gpadmin@gpmaster$ $GPHOME/pxf/bin/pxf cluster sync
Configuring Hive Access
You can use the PXF JDBC Connector to retrieve data from Hive. You can also use a JDBC named query to submit a custom SQL query to Hive and retrieve the results using the JDBC Connector.
This topic describes how to configure the PXF JDBC Connector to access Hive. When you configure Hive access with JDBC, you must take into account the Hive user impersonation setting, as well as whether or not the Hadoop cluster is secured with Kerberos.
JDBC Server Configuration
The PXF JDBC Connector is installed with the JAR files required to access Hive via JDBC,
hive-jdbc-<version>.jar and
hive-service-<version>.jar, and automatically registers these JARs.
When you configure a PXF JDBC server for Hive access, you must specify the JDBC driver class name, database URL, and client credentials just as you would when configuring a client connection to an SQL database.
To access Hive via JDBC, you must specify the following properties and values in the
jdbc-site.xml server configuration file:
The value of the HiveServer2 authentication (
hive.server2.authentication) and impersonation (
hive.server2.enable.doAs) properties, and whether or not the Hive service is utilizing Kerberos authentication, will inform the setting of other JDBC server configuration properties. These properties are defined in the
hive-site.xml configuration file in the Hadoop cluster. You will need to obtain the values of these properties.
The following table enumerates the Hive2 authentication and impersonation combinations supported by the PXF JDBC Connector. It identifies the possible Hive user identities and the JDBC server configuration required for each.
Table heading key:
- authentication -> Hive hive.server2.authentication Setting
- enable.doAs -> Hive hive.server2.enable.doAs Setting
- User Identity -> Identity that HiveServer2 will use to access data
- Configuration Required -> PXF JDBC Connector or Hive configuration required for User Identity
|User Identity
|Configuration Required
|No authentication
|Must set
jdbc.connection.property.auth =
NONE, or not specified
|User name that you provide
NONE, or not specified
|Greenplum user name
pxf.impersonation.jdbc =
NONE, or not specified
|Name of the user who started Hive, typically
|Identity provided in the PXF Kerberos principal, typically
|User name that you provide
hive.server2.proxy.user in
|Greenplum user name
pxf.impersonation.jdbc =
|Identity provided in the PXF Kerberos principal, typically
Note: There are additional configuration steps required when Hive utilizes Kerberos authentication.
Example Configuration Procedure
Perform the following procedure to configure a PXF JDBC server for Hive:
Log in to your Greenplum Database master node:
$ ssh gpadmin@<gpmaster>
Choose a name for the JDBC server.
Create the
$PXF_HOME/servers/<server_name>directory. For example, use the following command to create a JDBC server configuration named
gpadmin@gpmaster$ mkdir $PXF_CONF/servers/hivejdbc1
Copy the PXF JDBC server template file to the server configuration directory. For example:
gpadmin@gpmaster$ cp $PXF_CONF/templates/jdbc-site.xml $PXF_CONF/servers/hivejdbc1/
Open the
jdbc-site.xmlfile in the editor of your choice and set the
jdbc.urlproperties. Be sure to specify your Hive host, port, and database name:
<property> <name>jdbc.driver</name> <value>org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver</value> </property> <property> <name>jdbc.url</name> <value>jdbc:hive2://<hiveserver2_host>:<hiveserver2_port>/<database></value> </property>
Obtain the
hive-site.xmlfile from your Hadoop cluster and examine the file.
If the
hive.server2.authenticationproperty in
hive-site.xmlis set to
NOSASL, HiveServer2 performs no authentication. Add the following connection-level property to
<property> <name>jdbc.connection.property.auth</name> <value>noSasl</value> </property>
Alternatively, you may choose to add
;auth=noSaslto the
If the
hive.server2.authenticationproperty in
hive-site.xmlis set to
NONE, or the property is not specified, you must set the
jdbc.userproperty. The value to which you set the
jdbc.userproperty is dependent upon the
hive.server2.enable.doAsimpersonation setting in
hive.server2.enable.doAsis set to
TRUE(the default), Hive runs Hadoop operations on behalf of the user connecting to Hive. Choose/perform one of the following options:
jdbc.userto specify the user that has read permission on all Hive data accessed by Greenplum Database. For example, to connect to Hive and run all requests as user
<property> <name>jdbc.user</name> <value>gpadmin</value> </property>
Or, turn on JDBC-level user impersonation so that PXF automatically uses the Greenplum Database user name to connect to Hive:
<property> <name>pxf.impersonation.jdbc</name> <value>true</value> </property>
If you enable JDBC impersonation in this manner, you must not specify a
jdbc.usernor include the setting in the
If required, create a PXF user configuration file to manage the password setting.
hive.server2.enable.doAsis set to
FALSE, Hive runs Hadoop operations as the user who started the HiveServer2 process, usually the user
hive. PXF ignores the
jdbc.usersetting in this circumstance.
If the
hive.server2.authenticationproperty in
hive-site.xmlis set to
- Ensure that you have enabled Kerberos authentication for PXF as described in Configuring PXF for Secure HDFS.
- Ensure that you have configured the Hadoop cluster as the
defaultPXF server.
Ensure that the
$PXF_CONF/servers/default/core-site.xmlfile includes the following setting:
<property> <name>hadoop.security.authentication</name> <value>kerberos</value> </property>
Add the
saslQopproperty to
jdbc.url, and set it to match the
hive.server2.thrift.sasl.qopproperty setting in
hive-site.xml. For example, if the
hive-site.xmlfile includes the following property settting:
<property> <name>hive.server2.thrift.sasl.qop</name> <value>auth-conf</value> </property>
You would add
;saslQop=auth-confto the
Add the HiverServer2
principalname to the
jdbc.url. For example:
hive.server2.enable.doAsis set to
TRUE(the default), Hive runs Hadoop operations on behalf of the user connecting to Hive. Choose/perform one of the following options:
Do not specify any additional properties. In this case, PXF initiates all Hadoop access with the identity provided in the PXF Kerberos principal (usually
Or, set the
hive.server2.proxy.userproperty in the
jdbc.urlto specify the user that has read permission on all Hive data. For example, to connect to Hive and run all requests as the user named
integrationuse the following
Or, enable PXF JDBC impersonation in the
jdbc-site.xmlfile so that PXF automatically uses the Greenplum Database user name to connect to Hive. For example:
<property> <name>pxf.impersonation.jdbc</name> <value>true</value> </property>
If you enable JDBC impersonation, you must not explicitly specify a
hive.server2.proxy.userin the
If required, create a PXF user configuration file to manage the password setting.
hive.server2.enable.doAsis set to
FALSE, Hive runs Hadoop operations with the identity provided by the PXF Kerberos principal (usually
Save your changes and exit the editor.
Use the
pxf cluster synccommand to copy the new server configuration to the Greenplum Database cluster. For example:
gpadmin@gpmaster$ $GPHOME/pxf/bin/pxf cluster sync


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Jones and Xavier Silas made back-to-back 3-pointers late in the fourth quarter to give Minnesota an 81-80 lead. Jones scored four of Minnesota's final six points, including a floater with 21 seconds remaining that gave the Timberwolves a four-point lead.
The win puts the Timberwolves in the quarterfinals of the Las Vegas summer-league tournament. Minnesota was the 24th and lowest-ranked seed heading into the single-elimination tournament.
Coty Clarke, a forward out of Arkansas, scored 15 points and added seven rebounds for the Timberwolves while Silas scored 12. Levi Randolph led Memphis with 26 points, Andrew Harrison scored 16 and Randy Culpepper added 10.
Starting five: Jones, Silas, Scott Suggs, Devin Thomas and Adreian Payne started for the Timberwolves.
Draft-pick report: Fifth-overall pick Kris Dunn sat out for a second straight game because of a concussion he sustained Sunday. He's scored 48 points in two summer-league games. . . . Jones, the 24th-overall pick in 2015, scored 26 points on 9-of-15 shooting, making 7 of 9 free-throw attempts and distributing 10 assists in nearly 36 minutes.
Stat corner: Minnesota shot 49.2 percent (32-65) from the field, 50 percent (7-14) from the 3-point line and 66.7 percent (18-27) from the free-throw line. . . . The Grizzlies shot just 29.2 percent (7-24) from 3 and 42.4 percent (28-66) overall. . . . Minnesota led after each quarter and outrebounded Memphis 34-31.
Next: The Wolves return to action at 3 p.m. on Saturday against either the top-seeded Raptors or 16th-seeded Warriors.


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We Celebrated The Holiday Season in SoHo
It's that time of the year again: time to run around for holiday gifts and fight to keep the stress levels in check. Luckily that lines up perfectly with our annual pop-up: Thrillist Holiday Hideaway. This year's event took place on December 7-9 at Artists & Fleas SoHo, where 40+ vendors and merchants showcased their crafts -- making your last-minute shopping even easier. (You're so welcome.) We served up holiday-themed cocktails and bites, plus hosted live demos and chats. Here's a look at everything that went down:
It wouldn't be a Thrillist event without the bites and drinks. Here's what we snacked on.
Bell's Coffee & Design
Grandaisy Bakery
Sweet Generation
Ceci-Cela Patisserie
City Cakes
The Laser Sandwich
Tito's Handmade Vodka
Sam Adams poured a few of their favorite beers for us, including the Sam '76 and their New England IPA. They even introduced us to the members of their Brewing The American Dream, a program dedicated to supporting thousands of entrepreneurs and small business owners across the country. We tasted dishes from NYC-based entrepreneurs including Egunsi Foods, Jessie's Nutty Cups, Swig & Swallow, Chictreatz, and Harlem Chocolate Factory.
No good with scissors and ribbon? Sam Adams set up an awesome gift-wrapping station for our purchases.
Our friends at Fossil showed off some of their awesome Gen 4 Smartwatches (that make perfect holiday gifts) -- and some of our guests even took them home that day.
It wouldn't be the holidays without presents. One lucky guest got to take home a special prize from Fossil to cap off their Hideaway.
To get you ready for all the parties you'll be hosting, Fossil hosted a mixology demo by Ward III.
Bulldog Skincare for Men wanted to make sure our guests were groomed for all the parties coming up, so with the help of Barber's Blueprint, they provided free beard trims, product samplings, and giveaways.
Shopping in SoHo in December is bound to mess up anyone's 'do, so Stylisted was there to glam up our guests.
Guests got the chance to support our friends at Housing Works with a Holiday Donation.
We took four new Thrillist shows offline and hosted live sessions with each of the hosts to get an inside look at each. Make sure to check out our new series Really, Dough?, InstaChef, The Daily Hit, and the upcoming Somm to Go.
Want to see even more? Check out some of our favorite moments from Holiday Hideaway at Artists & Fleas.


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text: When you are in one of the world's oldest rainforest, there is no dearth of sights to see and sounds to hear. The tall trees are the lifelines along which the stories of these forests unfold. This lifeline is home to 3 different worlds – The foliage world with its abundant mushrooms and 10ft dipterocarp roots; the mammals world which is home to orangutans and other intriguing species that are endemic to Borneo; and up top is the canopy that lives among the clouds. Here are some sights from these worlds.


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It's time to discuss another big topic: FONTS.
Confused about which ones to use? Unsure about what "embedded font" means? read on!
—Feel free to add and discuss what fonts are your favorite, and which work best for you.
USE SIMPLE FONTS FOR EBOOK FORMATTING in SMASHWORDS:
I'm speaking from my own experience using Smashwords.com to create my ebook for Bleeding Heart: The downside for ebooks is that you can't do as much with fonts. No fun experimenting with unique styles and adding your own "flavor" to your creation, which can be a let down . But that's just the way ebooks work: they are designed so that the buyer can change the fonts, size and etc. according to their own reading preferences. But for a poetry book it can be complicated, as you cannot give each of your poems a cool and "special" look. To a degree you can, but it cannot compare to the styles of the printed version!
Basically, for ebooks, you want to use simple fonts that don't have all the flare and curls or jagged features, if you want your book to look nice on every hand-held reading device: Times new roman, Book Antiqua, Corbel, Calibri, Garamond, Arial, to name a few. Fonts that are also not overly big or overly small, or "fancy".
–I am basing this off of my experience using Smashwords.com to create my ebook. They have a free guide you can download on their website which explains the full process of creating and formatting an ebook according to their standards: The Smashwords Guide
I must have wasted a good hour trying to figure out where in the world the Fonts Folder was on my computer. While searching online, I kept reading: "check the fonts folder to see if the fonts you're using are embedded", but none would explain how to find that folder. Finally, at long last, I came to this web page which mentioned and showed me how to reach that folder: control panel, then fonts folder For those who did not know either, I hope this has been of help!
If you are, or plan to, use italics and/or bolds in your document, CHECK CONTROL PANEL, FONTS FOLDER and make sure each specific font you are using has italics, bold, and bold italics listed. If you're not using italics/bolds then don't worry about it. But if you are, then make sure they are listed in the fonts folder or they will not be embedded.
For example, Bell MT has: "Bell MT Bold", "Bell MT Italic", but NOT "Bell MT Bold Italic".
This means I cannot use bold and italic combined—it will not be embedded—but I can still use them separately because they are listed.
TO FIND THE PERFECT FONT FOR YOU, test around with pdf files. This has been giving me a good idea of what to expect and how the final printed product will look. Some fonts will look great on Word, but then you change it to PDF and you're like "What just happened?!" Letters will be smashed together and look weird, and even too small. I still recommend that you order a proof of your paperback book to look over, after perfecting your PDF.
I have been experimenting with a variety of fonts for the printed version of my poetry book "Bleeding Heart". Each poem has a unique feel and needs its own style, so I have been trying a wide variety of Word's fonts. It is interesting—and frustrating—to see which ones work and which ones fail.
Here is a list of some fonts I have finally decided to use for the print ready poems PDF file; some of them I had to increase the size, for easier readability, but these italics and bolds are embedded:
- Garamond
- Calibri
- High Tower Text
- Bell MT
- Segoe UI
- Perpetua
- Century Gothic
- Corbel
For the "titles" and poems which had no need for italic or bold settings, I used various other fonts. But I had to doubly make sure there were no hidden italicized words before I clicked SAVE AS and under the SAVE AS TYPE tab chose: PDF, saving the document as a pdf file (using Word 2010).
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Are there any foods more Russian than shchi (cabbage soup) or kasha (porridge)? Not according to Russian folk wisdom.
"Щи да каша – пиша наша." Shchi da kasha – pisha nasha. Cabbage soup and porridge are our food.
Both of these foods not only have an illustrious history in Slavic lands, but are also staples of the Russian diet today. The saying might be using "our food" to refer to Russian cuisine, but Russians surely don't object to sharing these warming foods with everyone. Indulge in a Russian soup or kasha this chilly autumn!
This week, we bring you:
Pervoye bludo may literally translate as "first course," but when a Russian says it they don't mean a salad or snack. Pervoye can only be one thing: soup. Soup is the mandatory starter of Russian meals; find it in every stolovaya (cafeteria), at daily lunch in kindergarten, and on the stove of any Russian household that claims to value their health. Don't forget your dollop of smetana (sour cream) – or mayo if you must – without which no Russian soup can be properly enjoyed!
The most Russian of all Russian soups is made with cabbage, pickled or fresh. Onion is also mandatory, as is water; all other ingredients are optional. It was invented as soon as cabbages themselves first appeared in Russia, around the eleventh century. Shchi is so fundamental to Russian cuisine that the word is probably derived from the ancient Russian words for "food" and "eat." Want to eat it? Try our recipe (and read how Russian writer Turgenev succinctly explains the difference between peasants and aristocrats through shchi).
Borshch is very similar to shchi, down to the frightening consonant cluster shch that really just approximates the single Russian letter щ. Borshch is basically shchi with beets in it; the word might mean "red shchi" (unless it was named after a weed). Indeed, this bright red soup has come to symbolize Russian cuisine to foreigners, even though it is actually didn't appear until the fifteenth century, long after shchi, and is by all rights Ukrainian. That doesn't stop you from giving our Moscow version a try, though.
These two soups are grouped together because they both date to around the fifteenth century and are characteristically salty (you can tell from the presence of the word for salt, sol, in the names). Rassolnik is made from pickles and pickle juice, whereas solyanka derives it salt and sour more broadly, not only from pickles but also kvas (a fermented wheat soda) and olives. While they can be made with any meat, or vegetarian, modern day versions most typically include thin slices of sausage. Bonus: rassolnik is a great hangover remedy, and solyanka used to be, almost literally, a community melting pot.
In modern Russia, ukha is unequivocally fish soup. However, it was originally a soup made not only from fish, but also meat or chicken, and only became exclusively pescetarian by the eighteenth century. In fact, the word ukha might have come from ukho, meaning ear; the broth gets its flavor from boiling all parts of the animal, including its head. You might not find many ears in fish soup, for obvious reasons, but if offered some homemade ukha, watch out for floating eyeballs – or make it at home and fish them out yourself.
Russians like mushrooms, and they like soup, so it is no surprise that as soon as they started gathering mushrooms from the forest, they started putting them in soups. Mushroom soup is the star of the show in fasting periods before Christmas and Easter, during which believers eat only vegan food. Check out not one, but two mushroom soup recipes from the Russian Life archives.
Chicken noodle: While no one is claiming chicken noodle soup is traditionally Russian, it is now one of the most common soups on stove tops and in restaurants today. Yes, they still add sour cream to it, and that's the only real requirement of a Russian soup anyway, right?
We would be remiss in our duties if we did not add okroshka to a list of Russian soups, but it is at the end of the list because you might want to hold off making it until next summer. This cold soup is traditionally made from small pieces of meat or fish and vegetables, with a broth of kvas, a fermented wheat soda. During the Soviet era, sausage substituted for pieces of meat, and kefir, a fermented dairy product, was sometimes added instead of kvas. Lenin even used the soup as a symbol of eclecticism: a bunch small pieces of different things brought together. If you don't like following recipes, okroshka is a great way to unite your random leftovers.
Coming soon: Part 2: Seven Kasha's To Live By...
Mushroom Soup
A Soup By Any Other Name
Anti-Hangover Soup
Souper Cool
Shchi soup: a not so invisible hand in history
The Soup of the Russian Nobility
A Soup for Real Men
Hogweed instead of Birches
A Soup for the New Year
The Soup of Life
Going Green in St. Petersburg
This Takes the Cake!
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Allelopathic potential of essential oil of Nepeta rtanjansis
Authors:Nestorović Živković, Jasmina
Dmitrović, Slavica
Jovanović, Vladimir
Živković, Suzana
Božić, Dragana
Aničić, Neda
Mišić, Danijela
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We studied the allelopathic potential of Nepeta rtanjensis Diklic and Milojevic essential oil and pure alpha- and beta-pinene on seed germination of 4-crops (Lepidium sativum L., Lactuca sativa L. cv. 'May Queen', Lotus corniculatus L. cv. Bokor and Brassica napus L. cv. napus) and 3-weed species (Stellaria media (L.) Vill., Rumex crispus L. and Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. ecotype Columbia). Nepetalactones are dominant compounds in essential oil of N. rtanjensis (88%), while alpha- and beta-pinene were present in low concentrations (3% and 0.4%, respectively). We found the species-specific and dose-dependent effects of essential oils and pure compounds on seed germination of test species. Among tested crops, L. sativa proved to be the most sensitive, while B. napus was most tolerant to both essential oil and pure monoterpenoids. S. media weed was the most susceptible, while R. crispus was most tolerant. Due to its high allelopathic potential, of nepetalactones, N. rtanjensis essential oil could be developed as promising natural bioherbicide to control weeds.
Keywords:Arabidopsis thaliana; Birdfoot trefoil; Brassica napus; Chickweed; Crops; Curlydock; Eessential oil; Gardencress; Lettuce; Lactuca sativa; Lepidium sativum; Lotus corniculatus; Oilseed rape; Aonoterpenoids; Nepetalactone; a-pinene; ß- pinene; Rumex crispus; Seeds germination; Stellaria media; Weeds
- Physiological, chemical and molecular analysis of the diversity of selected rare and endangered plant species and application of biotechnology for ex situ conservation and production of biologically active compounds (RS-173024)
- Studies on plant pathogens, arthropods, weeds, and pesticides with a view to developing the methods of biorational plant protection and safe food production (RS-31043)
In: Allelopathy Journal (2016), 37(2): 207-219


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Patients' Perceptions Towards the Participation of Medical Students in their Care
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© Pets4lifelou Via Facebook Louisville vet donates her day to helping homeless pets. By Shay McAlister , WHAS-TV Louisville L...
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By Shay McAlister, WHAS-TV Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
Hundreds in our community face homelessness every day and often they aren't alone, living on the streets with their pets. But there is one group of volunteers working to ensure they get the care they desperately need.
A local vet and her tech took on the selfless service at the Gratitude House last week. The Gratitude House is one of the only homeless shelters where people can stay with their pets.
"I've had her about two years and she's never seen a vet since I've had her," resident Ernest Vincent said. Vincent is a homeless veteran.
[post_ads]"Straight out of high school, I joined the army to see the world," he said.
He earned the title of drill sergeant after only a few years in the army and was tasked with teaching the army's newest soldiers how to survive at war.
Decades later, he says life has landed him here- living in a shelter, leaning on his dog Sophie.
"She takes care of me, I take care of her," Vincent said.
Vincent struggles with PTSD, but Sophie helps him through it. It's the power of pets--a power this vet knows all too well.
Dr. Laura Lee Rubsch said, "I think it gives them a purpose, gives them a reason, gives them something to care for, besides themselves. Because I think everyone needs a purpose outside of themselves."
Karen Maulkner, who lives at the Gratitude House, says her cats are her most valuable possession.
She wants them to be healthy and she wants them to be happy. She admits, without this help, she can only do so much.
"I'm real grateful for that because if it wasn't for that they wouldn't be able to get much care," she said.
The vet and her tech work in a partnership with Pets4Life mobile clinic. They use medication donated by other local vets and drug reps.
It's a volunteer project with a powerful purpose.
Rubsch said, "It's nice to know you can make a difference- even if for just a few people."
Those few people find it hard to say thank you and say the words just don't do it justice.
"I appreciate the hell out of them I really do," Vincent said.
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The center was visited by a group of locals who generously provided the children and adults with a lovely lunch that was enjoyed very much by everybody. A team of doctors and nurses headed by Dr. Charn Phanyaboon from Mith-Mitree Medical Center also visited the center to offer their help. The visit was under the initiative of Mr….


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We are proud to announce the launch of Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Wales, which aims to raise awareness of conservation and game management across the country.
The launch took place at the 2017 Royal Welsh Show where new chairman Nick Williams stressed the need to lift the profile of the trust in Wales. "I am passionate about what the Trust stands for," he said.
A Cardiganshire boy whose father was in farming, Nick got involved in shooting when he was in the steel business in Cardiff and understands its vital link with conservation.
"Being appointed Chairman gives me an opportunity to drive up membership in Wales and help promote the activity of the trust who have done so much research and put in place advice and policy across the UK."
Talking at the CLA pavilion at the Royal Welsh show this week, Director for GWCT Wales Sue Evans commented: "The work that GWCT's 60 scientists carry out developing conservation on farms is a fantastic resource. With much of the evidence already there, we now need to focus on adopting these principles on farms and promoting them to government. A lot of work has been done and we have so much to help farming, and influence conservation policy in the future. As the whole landscape of the countryside is about to change post Brexit, GWCT Wales has come into Wales with a fully committed team at a much needed time. We need to be led by the science."
CEO of GWCT Teresa Dent thanked CLA Wales for their generosity in hosting the event and their joint involvement in the Nature Fund back in 2013 with FWAG Cymru which demonstrated that there was strong appetite amongst moorland owners, tenants and graziers to get land back into active management in both mid and north Wales to help recover threatened bird species.
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Black out window shades kind of remind me of support (panty)hose that stewardess' wear. Heavy duty and not so pretty. Well, simple solutions are always the best don't you think?
Here's virtual business at its best: Joanna Goddard of A Cup of Jo blog fame needed help with her baby nursery. She collaborated with interior designer Jenny Komenda of Little Green Notebook and they came up with the cutest darn baby nursery ever. In addition to hand painting the black out blind with soft clouds herself, Jenny even sewed the curtains for BABY Toby's room.Now that's some interior designer. Way to go Jenny!! See more of Jenny's design ideas right here.
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Ellie Helton Memorial 5K and Fun Run
Join the Department of Neurosurgery and the UNC Stroke team to support the Helton family and the Brain Aneurysm Foundation.
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On July 14, 2014, Ellie Helton finished her first day of high school and fell ill. After being rushed to WakeMed Raleigh, and then UNC Children's Hospital, Ellie eventually succumbed to complications brought on by a ruptured brain aneurysm. To honor her memory, the family initiated the Ellie Helton Memorial 5K and Fun Run with all proceeds from the race going to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation.
The Department of Neurosurgery and the Stroke team have participated in this event since its inception and we would love to have others from UNC come out and support the family and the cause. The Brain Aneurysm Foundation recently awarded Deanna Sasaki-Adams, MD a $40,000 research grant so your donations may directly benefit UNC in the future.
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Saltburn-By-The-Sea cottages
Our Saltburn-By-The-Sea cottages are great for enjoying this lovely seaside town with a wonderful beach. The town has a fascinating history which includes being a base for smugglers and as a popular Victorian resort. Many of the Victorian features have been preserved, including the pier, the water balanced cliffside tram (the oldest working tram of this kind) which takes you from the town down the 120 feet to the pier and the Italian gardens. Other attractions include a light railway, play park and there are some delightful little shops in the town centre which include antiques, second hand books and a range of local crafts. Today Saltburn-By-The-Sea is popular with couples and families alike, as well as many surfers who flock to this wonderful beach for the great waves. There is a surf school where you can take lessons and hire equipment.
Located on the Cleveland Heritage Coast and on the Cleveland Way National Trail, there are wonderful walks along the clifftops. Inland lies the North York Moors National Park where you can explore traditional moorland villages and market towns in this, the largest expanse of heather moorland in England. There is a regular bus service which provides transport to Whitby and Middlesbrough, taking in all the lovely coastal villages in between. Our cottages in Saltburn-By-The-Sea are also close to some other lovely little seaside villages on the Yorkshire Coast like Staithes, Runswick Bay and Skinningrove.


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I live and write BDSM. Age 18+. Scarleteen is great for under 18.
While the inspiration picture was lovely (click the picture to go see it and the other people taking part this week), I'm feeling thoughtful and semi-serious today. The end of June, my Master Daddy and I adopted a dog. While she was supposed to be his dog, she imprinted on me and I took over her training, including making her into my service dog.
Well she's made having sex, BDSM, or even masturbating difficult. Heck, just getting into the bed and getting some covers is a challenge LOL. So as I try to continue to make progress in healing from my nervous breakdown (Feburary 2018), trying to keep my sensual life going is even trickier. My dog (Honey) is a 15-month-old puppy and has total "teen brain."
You would think with me being a writer that I'd have plenty in my brain to masturbate to, but often enough, I struggle with the energy level of a new mother and I wish I could hold my Kindle and one-handed read, but not with a curious dog :D.
A few of the stories I've written while my masturbating, I meant to share on this hop, but didn't manage to get around to it. I keep managing menage situations. I do hope that something I read on someone else's blog today helps me with new stories, and a bit of energy to masturbate once I get some covers away from Honey.
The boys' coming
As my Autistic mind often does, as I considered the inspiration picture away from my computer, I saw the image in the air before me. But then The Queen, a character from my "Vala's Story"-verse and part of my virtual family, demanded my attention.
Audrey stepped back from the St. Andrew's Cross on which she'd bound Onyx. "That's lovely." She gently tugged on the hoops piercing his nipples.
Onyx bellow with pain and pleasure, his neck muscles standing out prominently in his struggle. The moment she stopped pulling, he let out a loud exhale.
"What should I do with you?" Audrey taunted, pressing the bulge of er cock under her silky dress against his naked cock.
"Enjoy me, my Lady," Onyx whimpered.
"I haven't begun to do much to make you whimper, boy." She pressed soft kisses along his jaw.
His hips pumped, his ass hitting the black leather-covered wood loudly.
"Iven, come here," Audrey purred.
The short man ran across The Queen's main playroom. His skin glowed a medium bronze from his work outside on the grounds.
"Stand in front of Onyx, about 3 feet away." Audrey considered the sensation toys she'd collected. She moved the table and herself to Onyx's side so he could see Iven. "You like his cock, don't you?"
"Yes, my Lady." Onyx strained against the heavy leather cuffs holding him.
"Iven, stroke your cock until I say stop." As he reached down to obey, she grabbed a small Wartenberg wheel. Onyx's lips parted when she touched the middle of his chest with cold metal. With slight pressure, she rolled the pinwheel up and down Onyx's chest and belly three times.
Iven wrapped his hand around his cock, but then backed off to just two fingers.
Onyx groaned, his lips catching in an open circle when Audrey pressed one pointed tip against a nipple. "My Lady."
"Yes, the one who controls you." Using her long pinkie nail, she scratched his other nipple.
Onyx shot up the mere inches the cuffs would allow. His back arched. His cock jumped in the air with the extra pain and pleasure tantalizing his chest.
Iven brought his hand up to his mouth. His gaze connecting with Onyx, he thoroughly licked his palm. "Our Lady didn't say I shouldn't have an orgasm with her permission as my goal."
Dropping to flat foot, Onyx then looked to Audrey.
"Should I let him come and not you?" Audrey taunted.
"As it pleases you, my Lady." Onyx shrieked at her rolling the wheel over his cock, one tip going into his cumhole. "How wet you are! You didn't even need to lick your hand as Iven did." She moved the Wartenberg wheel between his thighs. She knelt at his feet.
"May I please touch my balls too, my Lady?" Iven rasped.
Audrey brought the wheel's spokes up to Onyx's genitals. "Yes, good boy." A drop of pre-cum shown on er hand. She pressed her thumb against his frenulum. "I think I'd like this pierced too, but probably by a professional piercer. What do you think?"
"Yes, please, my Lady," Onyx cried.
"I'll have to ask you again not during play." Audrey laughed. "Iven, would you like to see Onyx pierced again?"
"Oh yes, my Lady, especially if I can hold his hand," Iven said, his word punctuated with pants.
Audrey replaced the simple Wartenberg wheel she'd been using with a double barrel pinwheel. She drug it up Onyx's shaft, drawing another tortured shriek.
"Don't come without permission."
"What do I need to do for permission, my Lady? Iven asked with his words taking on a sweet, higher pitch.
Audrey dropped the pinwheel and then rushed through undoing Onyx's cuffs. "Fuck your cum into his face," she replied without looking. She reached up and pushed down on Onyx's shoulder. He sank to his knees and she continued, "and when you taste his cum, you may spill your seed on the floor."
Iven cupped Onyx's head as he slid his cock into the hot, wet hole. His toes curled into the carpet beneath his feet.
Onyx's throat moved.
"My good boys," Audrey murmured as Iven grasped Onyx's head with both hands.
"Yes, yes!" Iven threw back his head.
Onyx grasped Iven's naked ass. His hips went rigid just before his cum shot into a small pool on the scarlet carpet. He swallowed and shot another stream of cum.
"My good boys." Audrey pulled Onyx and Iven against her legs. "Let's go enjoy the hot tub."
"But you, my Lady," Iven protested.
"I'll enjoy your attentions later."
Two Orgasms
Sitting in church, I hadn't looked at the inspiration picture nor could I think of where I'm at in any WIPs for a publisher. So this happened...
I was half-listening to an audiobook about chakras last night. Something about not finishing projects caught my attention. Have you ever not finished masturbating? What is "finished" anyway? I think on goals. At least one orgasm, right? But what type of orgasm? I come at these thoughts sideways, just like Master Daddy said of my email to him. No mind, I asked to talk later. Do I want him to take control of my orgasms again? I don't think so.
The other night, I finished my BBR, that routine that had me doing dishes, cleaning the sink, taking out my contacts, and thinking on clothes for tomorrow. I slipped into bed, well on top of the bedding. Fante lay turned off as I grabbed my little massager and the 3rd Sleeping Beauty book [Anne Rice]. Tonight I want Beauty dominating the young Prince who'd come to ask her hand in marriage. I've never felt it natural or more than a little enjoyable to switch, as Beauty experiences. But images of penetration and the vibration soon bring me to a strong, quick clitorophallic orgasm. Cleaned up things, turned off the overhead light before sliding under the sheet, comforter, and red heavy blanket. My fingers slip between Fante's Velcros and I start her playing. "I'm a cuddle elephant. I can be your snuggle buddy," she and I say together.
I feel a pulse of wanting to stroke my clit to another orgasm, but that seems like a lot of work. I feel my beloved Audrey cuddle against me, the larger spoon to my smaller spoon. The pleasure and release spread through every fiber of my being.
I am grateful for my Audrey, my beloved. I am grateful for my Master Daddy.
When is it queer?
I'm still trying to finish a piece I started for Masturbation Monday a few weeks ago. It's not that it's Camp Nano or Nanowrimo; I'm struggling to write. A meme going around had me thinking- about gay people taking off all the rainbow/Pride stuff on the way to their car to keep from being jumped. I'm struggling to write because I feel unsafe within my own home. Nothing like domestic violence, but I'm constantly interrupted no matter what I'm trying to do. Writing has become a thing I do best outside the house; today's writing beside this was at church and I managed 537 between longhand and typing it up.
All this leads me to thinking- how does one even masturbate when you're feeling unsafe? All jokes about teen experimentation aside, I struggle with this. I don't know; I'm thinking after I finish this that I'll close the bedroom door, grab a book and some lube, and rub off a few. Sure, I got to come a bunch with my Master, when he used his fingers on me before fucking my cunt, but we don't have a rule where I can't masturbate and come without his permission.
I'm thinking again on polyamory. I've been a schmuck to my girlfriend; it's been way too long since I've done anything with her. There are so many different ways that mutual masturbation can work out. But when I read through post after post of seemingly cisgender, heterosexual man and woman doing something, I wonder where my queer self belongs. But you know, I'm writing in 1st person, present tense; how much does my queerness really bleed through the pages.
Neo-phallus stimulation
First I'm going to share with you all something I tweeted: "#AmWriting #transgender #TransMan #MasturbationMonday Sigh, I keep finding any reason I can to not finish this piece. @KaylaLords can you recommend I should be done so you can read it next week? LOL"
Working with Pekka, my transgender man who has had some gender confirming surgeries, I struggled to figure out the point of this scene. Inspired by JerBear's picture in week 236, I finally pushed through to what I found was a good ending late on Monday the 15th. Too much life happening, too much stress. But this is good. I even want to share it with my therapist.
Pekka rubbed the cocoa butter over the still healing area of his thigh where the surgeon had taken the skin graft for his phalloplasty. No more stitches, just tender skin.
He squeezed more lotion over his thigh. Some trickled between his legs. His palm slipped over his scrotum, that part of his body he worked to feel a part of him. His skin against skin felt good. He worked the pump within, made to feel as testicles.
"My Lady wanted me to grow used to this on my own," he reminded himself aloud. After a few tentative pumps, he grew more comfortable. Once his neo-phallus stood erect, he squeezed more lotion onto his hand. He palmed his cock. Sucking in a breath, he focused on the sensations from his palm and phallus.
"This is me. All of me, even the surgical creations are still me." His other hand moved to his chest, finger slipping over his nipples one at a time. He looked out his window in a small area between his scarlet drapes. He left off caressing his nipples to touch the puckered skin from his top surgery.
"I have become more me, but what does that mean?" He coughed. "I feel as I want to, inside and outside." He cleared his mind before he continued his exploratory caresses. The sandalwood incense wafted over him. He left off touching his chest to wrap that hand around the base of his cock. With soft, even breaths, he relaxed into pleasant sensations. He groaned as a clitoral-like orgasm burst within him. "No limits, my Lady says." His hand traveled up to the tip of his neo-phallus, his lips pulling upward into a smile at his cock lacking the slicing that would have made him look circumcised, unlike his beautiful domme. He grasped the base of his cock with both hands. His mouth caught in a wide circle as his hands suddenly felt slick. "Yes," he whispered as the health of his Skene's glands made themselves knows. He paused with his hand clutching the round tip of his penis. "This won't be like a single cis-penis orgasm."
A gust of warm air from the heater vent sent his drapes fluttering.
He grabbed for the warming lotion beside what he'd started with. Slicking his hand, he started rubbing his shaft faster. The friction made his hips thrust into the air. He grasped his inner thigh. "Can't grab my testicles. Could break the pump." His toes pushed down into his bed and he fell flat a moment later. He let go of his inner thigh and grabbed the base of his cock again. He worked his hand in circles around it as he stroked again with the other. Crying out, he jerked against the bed and pounded his foot against the wall. His eyelids fluttered as the pleasure released throughout him. "Do I keep going?" He stilled with his hands on his cock. "This neo-phallus isn't just for penetrating others. I can feel pleasure on my own."
The door opened and Lady Audrey leaned against the doorjamb. "Enjoying yourself, my boy?"
"It's amazing, my Lady. I'm so grateful you ordered me to try this." Pekka stopped stroking his cock.
"Do you not want me to watch?"
"Um... I don't know, my Lady." He frowned. "It's not like I can ejaculate, even if I'm managing some natural lubricant."
"Lover, I'm bisexual. You think the only thing I enjoy seeing is a cock spewing cum?" She grinned as she moved to the foot of his bed. "I heard you kick the wall, during one orgasm, I guess."
Pekka nodded and began to stroke his penis again. Moments later, he stopped again.
"Can I cuddle you?"
"Yes, please, my Lady. I think I'm done for now, unless you wanna order more."
Lady Audrey lay down beside Pekka. "No order, my dear boy. I love you."
"I love you, my Lady." He rested his head on her chest and released the air from his neo-phallus. "Thank you, my Lady."
Masculine Vagina
This was written for the Week 233 inspiration picture (shared by Cara Thereon), but some particularly difficult days meant that I didn't get this written in time. It seemed short when I finished it and I wasn't very sure I wanted that after my unplanned flash fictions; however, this is on a theme I've been thinking about- my therapist in working with transgender people suggests that people think of things such as "masculine vagina" or "feminine penis." Since I'm a transmasculine person who doesn't want either metoidioplasty or phalloplasty (two "bottom surgery" options for transmasculine people), I've been thinking much on the "masculine vagina."
Update: I was way too amused to set up this post after missing the #MasturbationMonday I meant it for- on a day I already had a session with my therapist set up.
I stop beside a very naked Sanura, her legs up against an empty section of wall. I drop to the carpet and roll myself into the same position, although my feet come nowhere near hers.
"Good day, Joey," she says.
"Good day, Sanura." I adjust my chest binder so it's not bunched up underneath my pecs. "Are you meditating in silence?"
"Not particularly."
I rest my right hand on my naked hip and support my head with the left. I glance at Sanura out of the corner of my eye; I love her new twist-out with its sporadic, almost-blond ends. I'm not the same gender as her anymore, even with the similarities in our bodies.
Sanura spreads her legs, her right foot touching my left. Her left hands slides down to her vulva.
I want to watch, I wait with my eyes now closed. On my mind's screen, my fingers dance along with hers among her slightly trimmed pubic hair. Her fingertips advance to her labia majora and my mouth goes dry. I press my right hand against me, my fingers curling in to touch my stomach.
"You can ask Shaman's guidance on not fearing telling him the truth," Sanura murmurs.
I squeeze my vaginal muscles in response. On their release, I slide my middle finger into my masculine vagina.
"There are many ways to inhabit gender."
I swallow. "Yes. We're not entirely different gendered, are we?"
"No. The constructs of sex and gender are too complex to say that."
My first glance is at the ceiling, but it only takes me a moment to turn my head enough to look at her.
Her nipples are more rigid now. Her pubic hair shines with increased arousal fluid. Her toenails glow with holographic purple polish.
I slide a second finger into my vagina and move them in circles of creation. Master Daddy's voice impresses itself into my active thoughts, "Joelle juice."
She laughs at the echoes. "Joey juice has a wonderful taste."
My eyelids flutter as I wallow in the rhythmic pulses of the orgasm that begin in my vagina.
"I so adore mixing genitals and gendered understanding of them outside the norm." She purrs a long moan. "Do you find a lovely metaphor between my Lady, your girlfriend's feminine penis and your fingers moving in your masculine vagina?"
"Hm, I think, yes." I smile up at Audrey when she stops in the hall near our heads. "Ahh," I gasp as my toes curl against the wall. "Love you, my Lady."
Sanura giggles. "Love you too, my Lady."
"Love you both." Audrey caresses my temple with the side of her foot. "But what's with you giving me a title?"
"It just seemed like the thing to do." I kiss Sanura's forehead before rolling onto my side away from her. "Thanks for the interlude, sweet Sanura."
"You're welcome," she says before rolling the other way.
I suggest a quicky
This morning (Sunday), I visited a church I used to be a member at; I had the moment to talk about chest binding and paternalistic male plastic surgeons. That to say that the inspiration picture wasn't intriguing to me. Instead, I wanted to share something that happened recently...
"Quickie before gaming, Master?" I lift my shirt enough to show off my wiggling, naked butt.
"Really? When I'm this close to leaving?" Master laughs.
"You can use me like a fucktoy, Master." I turn around and he pushes me onto the bed.
He drops his jeans to the floor and steps out of them. He grabs my calves and throws my legs up on his shoulders.
In this moment, I remember my chest binder beneath his shirt- he still wants me.
He thrusts into my cunt.
I am more woman than man right now.
His thrusts are fast.
I squeeze and release my cunt muscles around his cock. I take a fluttering breath as his pubic hair pushes against my masculine vulva. The shuddering breaths become grunts as I feel the spirals of pleasurable climax in my clit and cunt. "Ca-ca-ca-" I stutter.
"Come, slut." Master slaps my cheeks lightly, pushing my orgasm higher.
My gaze shoots back and forth over Master's face.
His eyes squeeze shut.
"Fill me! Please!" I cry out, my lungs to tight to scream.
He grunts and stills before rolling onto the bed beside me. "I hate to fuck and run-"
"But guys are waiting to play Guild Ball. Love you, Master."
"Love you, brat." Master pushes to the edge of the bed to grab his underwear and jeans.
I grin at my cum-filled cunt.
Joanna and Michel
What does a smut writer do when he's missing all inspiration and motivation? I don't wanna list what I tried. The inspiration picture was interesting, but then my thought was to consider Kayla's comment and then I couldn't manage anything but "How many times I can I deal with a cock?" Then a reader commented that she found this article about muffing interesting and I couldn't say when I wrote about muffing before so I sat to write. Audrey told me to write about someone other than her.
Joanna pressed her face against the cool, inner wall of her apartment. "What a day," she muttered. A knock at her door startled her. "Just a moment," she called out before scurrying to her door. She took a quick look through the peephole.
"I know you're there," Michel cooed.
Grinning, she opened the thick wooden door to let him in.
"Love." Michel gave her two quick air kisses, his lips just barely touching her soft skin. He pushed the door closed. "My love."
"Such a sweet." Joanna wandered ainto her bedroom, Michel trailing after her. "A guy at work was offering me a new job."
"Oh?" He sat on her bed near the pillows.
She slipped out of her red pumps and pulled her nylons off. She reached under her tight lemon yellow dress. "At a sex toy shop."
"You'd be great! Think of all the teaching you could do!"
"Or I'd just be more frustrated than I already am." She pouted and crashed onto her bed.
He placed his hands on the hem of her dress. "You don't have to be frustrated right now."
"Help with your fingers and tongue."
"My pleasure." He eased her g-string down to her knees. As she pushed, he eased her testicles out of the inguinal canals.
She groaned as he slipped the tips of his index fingers over her skin. "Oh, yes."
His fingers pressed into the smallest of indents before he eased them further into her pockets. "I'm so glad you taught me how to finger you." He looked up at her next groan. Wrapping his mouth around her cock, he lifted his gaze to her fingers pinching her nipples. He pressed his fingers deeper into her, both hands moving with short thrusts. He wiggled his hips, his own cock hard in his leather pants.
"Coming, coming," she muttered with her head rocking back and fort against her pillow.
He hummed and sucked hard on her cock.
"So good, but no jizz yet."
He kept up his fingering and sucking. He moved his chin against her shaved scrotum. His fingers still fucking her, he pulled his mouth off her cock. "So what's your pleasure?"
"I wanna finish this orgasm."
He sucked on her more, his tongue working on circumcised head. He moved in his fingers in circles in her canals, the rest of his hands gripping her hips as she started to buck against him. He breathed in as her body spread out with her release.
"One hand, grab my balls," she grunted.
He eased his left finger out of her canal and squeezed her balls in one hand.
Her feet pressed into the bed and her cum shot into his mouth.
His cock throbbed against his pants in response to her pleasure and he smiled around her cock as he worked to swallow her cum. He lifted his mouth slowly, swallowing as he went. He kissed the tip of her cock. "Thanks, love. Feeling less frustrated?"
"Yeah, for a bit. You come up here."
Baxter's Diapering
The inspiration picture from Little Switch Bitch made me think of ageplay. Don't ask LOL.
Baxter sat on his Mommy's bed far enough from the edge that his legs hung off without touching the floor. He clutched Bunny Bear to his chest as Mommy got ready to go out.
"Now I got a babysitter for you from the ageplay club so you'll be able to stay my adorable baby boy," Mommy said.
"Yay," Baxter murmured.
"That's my boy." Mommy pressed a soft kiss to Baxter's forehead, leaving the sticky feeling of her scarlet lipstick on his skin. She quickly wiped it off with her licked thumb. "Come here, my boy." She picked him up before he could fall off the bed and tucked him on her hip. "I'll get you set up in your playpen."
"Love you, Mommy." He pressed his face against her neck.
"Love you too." She continued into their living room and set him on his soft sleep mat inside his play area. "Do you have a wet diaper?"
"No, Mommy." Baxter swallowed.
"Your babysitter will be able to change it if you make a wet one while she's here."
The doorbell announced, "Mommy is busy. Count to five before pushing the bell again."
"Yay!" Baxter clapped his hands together. He rolled onto his side on his mat and then closed his eyes. Feminine voices floated through the air to him, some Mommy and then another woman.
From beside his playpen, Mommy said, "Baxter says he doesn't have a wet diapie. If he feels the need to stretch his legs, you can let him out of his playpen awhile, but he knows that he isn't supposed to leave the living room without an adult."
"Do you have a set punishment if he breaks that rule?" the woman asked, encouraging Baxter to open his eyes.
"Of course." Mommy smiled at Baxter. "Ten spanks with a hand on his diapered bottom." She leaned over to pat his head. "Baxter, this is Ms. Pod, your babysitter. Behave and stay in role with her until I get home."
"Yes, Mommy." Baxter stuck his thumb in his mouth and waited on the adults.
The front door opened and closed.
Baxter looked around for his blankie and caught the purple edge to pull it to him.
"Do you need anything, you tired-looking little guy?" Ms. Pod asked.
"Milky, please?" Baxter asked.
"I'll be right back," Ms. Pod sang out.
Baxter scooted until he rested against his sit-up pillow, silk-screened with his favorite cartoon characters. He listened for the sounds of bottle warming from the kitchen. He reached lazily for the sound board beside him. As he jabbed the honking button, he filled his diaper. He giggled as he moved through the row of buttons.
Ms. Pod glided over the carpet some time later. "Are you ready for milky?"
He made a small sob. "Ms. Pod, I wet my diaper."
"Can you crawl to your changing table, baby?"
"Yes'm," Baxter murmured.
Ms. Pod pulled open the gate on his playpen.
Baxter shot through the opened gate, but slowed down to a more reasonable crawl after a few feet. When he reached the junction of the kitchen and the rest of the house, he turned toward the kitchen.
"Stop!" Ms. Pod barked.
Baxter fell back on his shins.
"There is no changing table in the kitchen. Why'd you turn that way?"
"See if you realized?" Baxter answered truthfully.
"You were trying to go somewhere without me?"
His face hot, Baxter nodded.
Ms. Pod undid the snaps of his onesie. She held up the top flap while with her other hand, she started with the spanks.
"Oh! Your hand's harder than Mommy's," he cried out. He locked his elbows so he didn't pull away from his punishments.
"And now your milk is getting cold because you decided to test me." She increased the force of the last few spanks.
He squeezed his eyes shut against the pain.
"Continue on to your changing table," Ms. Pod ordered.
As always, it was tricky to crawl with a freshly punished butt. The hallway seemed twice as long, even though he quickly reached the nursery.
"Would you like me to lift you up to the table, little boy?"
"Please, but I stand first to help," Baxter shouted.
"Oh my, that wasn't an inside voice."
"Sorry, Ms. Pod." Baxter unsteadily reached his feet and held out his arms to Ms. Pod.
Ms. Pod grasped Baxter's small hips and lifted him to the dark green changing pad. "Lay back, good boy." She paused beside the table. "Now I see that you're wearing a disposable diaper, but your Mommy paid me extra so I would bring one of the reusable diapers I make."
"Yay! Thank you, Ms. Pod."
She ripped the sides of the diaper and whisked it away from him. With a moist towelette, she wiped his penis, thighs, and bottom. "Roll onto your stomach."
Once he was in position, he smelled the Vitamin D ointment and then bit his lip. He let out a hiss as her fingers spread the ointment over his skin. He carefully turned back over when she touched his hip.
"Ahhh!" he cried as his bottom pushed down on the plastic.
"Now, now, that was a spanking over your diaper. Your skin was hardly pink," Ms. Pod shushed him. She rubbed ointment over his inner thighs and then sprinkled a gentle layer of powder over his penis. She moved to his feet and leaned over to pick something up. "These go up over your feetzy." She started to pull the cloth diapers up his legs.
"Oh! Thanks, Ms. Pod! I likey my new diaper." Baxter clapped his hands together as the dinosaurs came better into his view. He lifted his hips to help her pull the cloth comfy-ness into place.
"And we'll try the return trip without you being a bad boy. I'll reheat your milky once you're safely in your playpen."
"Thanks, Ms. Pod."
While I loved Kilted Wookie's photo, I wanted to use the 2-week inspiration picture to write a different sort of 2-parter. I often think of the limits in terms of words to express love; we don't have the same specificity as Greek, for instance. So I want to interact with a new character in a way that crosses between 2 WIPs.
Audrey sits in a couch she conjured into my mind. "Since you're impatient..."
"I'm not doing what you're hinting at." I kiss Audrey's cheek.
Audrey plants a quick kiss on my lips. "Blaze, you have some time to join us?"
"Sure. I just put Wally to bed." Blaze lifted their hand to make a loose braid in their hair. "So the only physical thing you know about me is my long, blue curls, Joey?"
I lick my lips. "Well, I'm not far into your book yet, and one thing you need to know about me is that I prefer to encounter my characters rather than making too many designs for their being beforehand. As well, you don't seem to be reflecting on your body much; I hope that doesn't reflect my limited understanding of asexuality."
Audrey pats my hand. "Blaze, do you mind if I cuddle Joey?"
Blaze shakes their head and Audrey spreads her legs so I can sit there, relaxing back into her warmth.
"How much does a body mean? I'm serious. When relationship, when interaction isn't of a sexual, body-joining nature, what does a body's configuration mean?" I study Blaze. My mind and hope repeatedly jump to Audrey's create a Caregiver and wait for them to come to you as I did. "In describing your body, do I risk designing you to my whims?"
Audrey wraps her arms around my middle and gives me a gentle squeeze. "Am I always exactly who you want me to be?"
"Okay. I get your point, love." I wrap my hands over hers. "But it does seem now like I'm jumping to the impatience you accused me of."
"How about we reframe this as me being a matchmaker?"
Blaze laughs. "A matchmaker extraordinaire you are." They lean forward to touch the couch beside my knee.
I cough. "I don't want re-parented, but parented differently."
Blaze's hazel eyes glow for a moment when I manage to meet them. "I think I have an idea of your meaning."
"You might touch my knee... Per." I feel my throat move with my nervous swallowing. Long, thin fingers touch the skin on my naked knee. "Uh, shouldn't I put clothes on if I'm supposed to be, like, 12?"
"There's teens at nudist recreation thing. How about I get you a blanket?" After my nod, Blaze grasps my Batman blanket and eases it down over me. "There you are." They sat back down in their chair. "Consider please, was your anxiety as you think a pre-teen would act or think back to your own difficult time then?"
"Both. Like, you aren't my Per, really. We've just started to get to know each other."
"But did you feel this level of distrust when you were chronologically this age?" Audrey brushes my hair back from my face.
"No, it was to start building though."
"Might I sit on the couch beside you both?" Blaze eases themself back against their chair.
"Yes, please." I giggle. "I always wrinkle my nose when I see people say that online about guys and kinky stuff they like."
"But I think in this case that it was a cute response." Blaze sits on the far end and turns to face us; I turn on Audrey's lap, my legs dangling over hers. "So I can see all the My Little Pony and Jelly Belly stuff, WW2. And all your books. Did I get most of your special interests?"
"Yes. Uh." I look around for a stuffie. I don't care if I'm supposed to be too old for stuffies! "Audrey, where's Audrey dolly?"
"You mean this doll?" Blaze points at where Audrey dolly has appeared on the couch beside their hip. "She's very pretty, maybe just like her namesake?"
"Such a flatterer." Audrey tugs on the neck of her shirt as I hold out my hand for Audrey dolly. "Joey doesn't like his dolly to be cleaned."
"He, him are your pronouns?"
"Yes." I swallow. "Per."
Blaze smiles with gentle upward curves at each edge of their mouth. "This isn't some D/s play where you have to force a title before you feel comfortable with it, with me." Our hands touch as Audrey dolly moves from their hand to mine. "My pronouns are they, them. Do you understand the concept of gender identity?"
"Yup. Like I'm a transgender demiboy. I was assigned female at birth, but I don't feel female most of the time. Like someone recently talked about a feminine penis, I see myself as having a masculine vulva and vagina. Although I don't feel the need to give either of those parts a different name, like some trans men and non-binary people."
"Although we are working on pecs for your chest." Audrey traces her finger over my collarbone.
"Pecs is such a wonderful term. It was one of the first terms that helped me with my own gender pondering. Would you like to hear what identity term feels right to me?"
I nod eagerly.
"Non-binary and genderfluid."
I feel my face stretch as I can't control my smile. "Those were words I used for myself as I was trying to things out."
"Yes, figuring out oneself is good."
I tilt my head back to look at Audrey's face. I scrunch up my forehead, hoping she understands my expression.
"Wanna move closer or invite them to?" Audrey kisses my forehead.
"Move. Us, move."
UPDATE to add link to the second part of this.