Author, Botanist, Historian, Gamer
[ Etrian Odyssey 3 is one of my favorite childhood games and, to some degree, influences how I write books, short stories, and the like. I will be listing my YouTube and Rumble links to those series here. I hope to go through the game and talk about how we can take media that authors…
[ Planting Tea While Growing Freedom ] Now those outside the land of red, white, and blue might wonder why tea for the Fourth? Join me for planting as we get into history. Sources below. Intro Hello everyone. I am J. J. Bartel, Author, botanist, historian, and gamer, trying to release content every Friday….
[ Transforming a plant into a Han Kengai ローズマリー !!! ] Its time to transform a plant into a Han Kengai Rose-mar-ie Hello everyone, I am J. J. Bartel, Author, Botanist, Historian, and Gamer, and I want a bonsai. This is a rosemary plant, Salvia rosmarinus. It is around two years old, housed in…
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If you are new, welcome, and for subscribers, welcome back. I am J. J. Bartel, Author, Botanist, Historian, and Gamer. Take note of the Author and Botanist. While I enjoy writing casual fiction and nonfiction, I also would like to write academic nonfiction, the kind of material one finds in journal articles. The thrill…
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[ I Spent Five Years Writing a Book, and I Need Your Help! ] Do you know the agony of a project that takes two to five years to complete? The change in middle school in the USA is a three-year problem. Completing high school is a four-year slog. Undergrad degrees are usually four years,…
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[How the Juniper Changes] [Botany] [Conifer] [Bush] [Short Story] You think you understand something when you’re a kid, but things change. Well, I’m still a kid. I’m still Fyodor Gennady of the Petya Asteroid. I still don’t really know what an asteroid is. I still don’t know why every farmer seems to have Gennady as…
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[Of Juniper Berries and Looking Back to Go Forward] [Botany] [Conifer] [Bush] And with that dice roll, we are taking on Plants, specifically conifer bushes. I immediately thought of juniper berry bush. When I was still in college, not all that long ago, I did a presentation on the value of Juniper berries. I…
[Hunting Brothers] [History] [Pre-History] [Biogeography] Two brown-haired guys, clothed in animal hides, and eating jerky, kept a watchful eye on a nearby rabbit den. The smaller one whispered, “Shall we die in hills or mountains?” “We are not running away Limmu.” He whispered back. “The caves are getting crowded, Min. Our parents want the family…
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[Why We Disagree About Prehistory] [History] [Pre-History] [Biogeography] [Article] Biogeography, why we can’t seem to agree on history. – And With those numbers I rolled, I’m doing history this week—specifically prehistory. Prehistory is traditionally understood as a time before writing and is one of the most controversial times of historical debate. Stick with me…
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[Superhero, Isekai, 2 Sides of the Same Coin] [Fantasy] [Superhero] [Fun-Sized Fridays] Welcome to Fun-sized Friday, where we have a fun-sized story on Friday. This week the dice roll is: (Intro Vid, then Images) Six for fantasy, and three for Superhero and Isekai. For those new, Hello, I am J. J. Bartel, Author, Botanist, Historian,…
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