Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Losing the Food Lottery

My plan for today is to whip up a big batch of borscht using the beets I grew in our garden this summer. I assume everything will go according to plan and we'll enjoy a nice bowl of soup for lunch tomorrow. But not everyone is so lucky. These people lost the food lottery.

 

All rind and no juicy watermelon.


Now that's a seed!


A light and airy loaf

 

Where did that cheese go?

 

Now you see it, now you don't

 

SpongeBob? More like a minion.

 

This is no yolk.


By the way, Blogger wouldn't let me upload my pictures in the usual way. I had to drag and drop then from my folder. Bug of the day, I assume. 

Happy hump day!


Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine

From Hermione's Heart

Monday, September 15, 2025

Recap: Spanko Brunch 2.0 for September 14

Do you ever do cornertime?

Dan: We tried it a time or two, and it just doesn't work for me. I've been into meditation for a couple of decades, and as soon as I face the wall, I start going into a very blank space. If it's being used for punishment or to make me think about an imminent spanking, it fails for me.

CEM: Yes. Sometimes before, during "intermission", and obviously after. In addition to other aspects, I enjoy the view. :) 

Anon: I use it all the time. It's a good time for her to reflect, me to see where she needs more attention. 

Rosco: We do it once in a while, but Irene has never left me standing in the corner long.

But we do something else similar that works for us. After she spanks me, she ties me up and puts me down for a nap - usually blindfolded sometimes gagged. Oddly I do fall asleep with the hypnotic bliss of my hot bottom and her sharp scolding. Go figure. It’s been our usual pattern for 10 or so years now and works really nicely.

Irene will come back in 30 minutes or a hour, and wake me if necessary. Usually more discipline will ensue followed by more traditional sexual activities.

Norse Cavalier: When I give a punishment spanking, I always put the young lady in the corner afterwards - usually only for five minutes, though I never tell her that in advance, so she has no idea how long I've set the timer for. I use corner time because it helps her think about what she's done, and she also looks adorable standing there with a red bottom.

I also often use them for fun spankings, depending on what the spankee wants.

Roz: We have used corner time on occasion in the past. Sometimes on its own and other times combined with a spanking, usually before the spanking.

Luvinhub: When we were in a WLM, a few times she made me stand in the corner. I would say it was somewhat effective on my side of things. I don't know if she enjoyed it or if it accomplished what she wanted.

Prefectdt: Not a big fan of corner time myself, I try to avoid it unless it is in the motivational psyche of the other participant in the spanking. It is not too bad when combined with a pacing spanker, doing some strong berating. But being left alone and feeling abandoned spoils things, in my opinion.

Barrel: Never used corner time. I doubt it would work for us. After a session, we usually talk about what worked, what each other really liked and how to ensure we repeat it in the next session.
We have taken a break in the middle of an extended thrashing. Usually for me to catch my breath and her to take a sip of wine while she assesses my condition and color. Then she restarts.

A.J.: No. Absolutely no interest in it. On the receiving end I have never been in a corner; on the giving side never had someone in a corner.

I do have a spanking pen-pal whom I once asked to describe her favorite fantasy spanking - a reenactment of the spanking her angry mother gave her when she was 17: OTK, bare-bottom, HARD, with a hairbrush, followed by corner time with her bright red bottom on display.

ME: Really? You really want that?

Her (thinking..): I don't know. It really hurt. Maybe I should just leave it as a fantasy...?

Yeah; maybe that's a better idea.

I did offer her the services of a woman I knew would would give her what she wanted, with the caveat that you can stop it at any time if it gets to be too much!

She laughed and said no. Keep it a fantasy. (Chicken!)

Hermione: It's not for us either. I have no interest in being stuck in a corner before, during or after a spanking. Even the descriptions in stories turn me off.

        

Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine

From Hermione's Heart

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Spanko Brunch 2.0 #608

Welcome, one and all, to our weekly get together to discuss all things related to spanking. I'm a big fan of the Spanking Library, and something I have noticed in many stories, besides the inevitable spanking of course, is the inclusion of corner time. Sometimes it happens before a spanking, more often after, and even in between rounds of over the knee. 

Do your spankings ever include a period of corner time? If so, is this a regular occurrence? If not, is it something you would be interested in trying?

Please leave your reply as a comment, and I will publish a summary of our discussion once everyone has had an opportunity to respond.

Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine

From Hermione's Heart

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

What? No Spanking?

After seeing my post last week with a map of fetishes in the UK, our good friend Rosco wondered if there was a similar map for the US. He actually found one and left the link in a comment. In case you didn't follow it, here is the map of fetishes in the US,and a link to the full article here

There are  a few I've never heard of. But what is odd is, there is no state in which spanking is the most popular fetish. I wonder why. Maybe that explains a lot about that country. Just saying.



Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine

From Hermione's Heart

Monday, September 8, 2025

Recap: Spanko Brunch 2.0 for September 7

Do your spankings have a 'grand finale'?

Bonnie: Sometimes. Maybe. I never know until it happens. If there is a pattern, I have yet to discern it. If he has a plan, he doesn't share it in advance.

Randy says he likes to surprise me. My expression of surprise in this case is to loudly exclaim, "Ow!".

Wendel: We only use one implement during a spanking so there is no big finale.

Donn: Yes, for punishment thrashings with one of her rubber straps, my wife does have such a technique that she sometimes uses, but it can only be used if I am standing (bent over a chair for support), kneeling beside and bent over the edge of the bed, or I'm mounted on a spanking horse.

At the very end, when much of my butt has become much less sensitive (sometimes actually numb) due to the repeated strokes (from left of right sides), my wife will take up position directly behind me.

From that position, she can swing the strap "back and forth" in front of her, quite fast if she chooses, repeatedly striking the outer right-side of my right butt cheek on her "fore-swing," then the left-side of my left butt-cheek on her "back-swing." Striking areas that have NOT been desensitized from previous repeated strokes applied from either side. (Yes, she does sometimes gets a little too close and strikes the "fore-hip" along with the side of the butt-cheek.)

Yes, it makes a very intense a "grand finale" for a punishment thrashing. It's very hard to maintain control and position when she dials up the speed of strokes and shortens the cycles/intervals. I prefer to be restrained if I know in advance she plans to use this technique.
   

Mija: For a punishment, generally the end is a tawse or hairbrush. But those could be the start too. Other times a hand spanking ending can be pretty sweet. 

Roz: There is no finale, specific implement or signal as such. Sometimes the strokes may be in quicker and more forceful leading up to the end.

Prefectdt: It varies from one spanker to another. But, when possible, I often request to finish with a hard caning on my lower buttocks and upper thighs. The part that is sat upon, usually. Hopefully this will leave some welts that I will feel for some days after the spanking, every time that I sit down. If a caning is not possible, whatever is the most harsh thing available, to finish play. Just to test how much I can take that day, which can vary a lot from one play to another.

JJRose: It varies from one spanker to another. But, when possible, I often request to finish with a hard caning on my lower buttocks and upper thighs. The part that is sat upon, usually. Hopefully this will leave some welts, that I will feel for some days after the spanking, every time that I sit down. If a caning is not possible, whatever is the most harsh thing available, to finish play. Just to test how much I can take that day, which can vary a lot from one play to another.

Barrel: During a session, cane use is standard. She will continue until she has achieved the look, both color and texture, she wants. Invariably, there will be missed spots or an area that lacks the desired color. Regardless of the quantity, the cane is generally the remedy and last toy employed. If lacking in color, her go to is always the hair brush or rubber paddle.

A.J.: I was right, Hermione??? Dayam.

It was many years ago and I was with one of my fav spankers. (To repeat what I have said before - I'm a fun spanker/spankee. All the spankings I have participated in have been oriented toward a sexual, (ahem) "finale.")

But this day, at the close of my session with my fav spanker, I admitted to her that I had never been REALLY spanked - in the sense of a real spanking someone in authority (like ones often mentioned in literature) would dish out.

I told her that. Then asked..."Would you mind...?

Her: "No." (What? No?)
Told me she was a pro and knew I was done.

Me: Just a taste. To know. How about 100? Your hand, hard and fast.

And then I coined one of my favorite terms, "Like, pretend you are my angry girlfriend." (Thus, the origin of the term for the "angry girlfriend" spanking. On the flip side it's the "angry boyfriend."

Ahhh! Being a girl she knew what an "angry girlfriend" was!

Her: "OK. But how about only 50, at first?"

Deal!

I got 50. Took all of 17-seconds. And I was ALIVE and kicking (literally) for all 50 of them!!! Whew!

We talked, and after a while I said, let's go for it. Give me the final 50.

She did. Another 17-seconds and it was over. I was truly spanked. I found out what a real spanking was. I wound up furiously rubbing my tush in front of my spank-pal who was now - GRINNING EAR-TO-EAR! ('Told 'ja!' she didn't need to say.)

From then on, whenever I felt at the conclusion of some otk time, that I needed a bit more, I'd ask (Key word!) for the grande finale. And 50 the standard.

On the flip side when she is otk, she HAS TO ASK ME for her grande finale. if she wants it. No assumptions.

NB: The nice part? Unlike previous sessions, I could still feel the tingling in my tush when I went to bed late that night (By morning it was gone.) But most of all, I remembered my spanking friend! SHE made it a memorable time. I often think of her to this day.
    

Rosco: If Irene is using her (our) round-handled two-tailed strap, generally yes. I’ll have a sense she’s making the effort to take a full swing for 6 or 7 swats.

Most recently, however, she’s been favoring a wooden paddle - ever since I wrapped in in cloth tape (she has trouble gripping with her hands but is generally pretty athletic and strong). Taking a full swing with the paddle would be a bit much for either of who revel in intensity but not severity. So it’s harder to have a grand finale with that paddle.

I tend to think of the grand finale as what comes after - first her then me.

Hermione: To let me know the end has arrived, Ron spritzes my tush with water from a spray bottle he keeps handy.  

Loki_Darksong: One of the things I do at events was what I call an intro session. It is my sampler dish that is a brief taste of the basic spanking food groups. A hand spanking followed by a paddling followed by a strapping and for its finale and caning.

None of it heavy but just enough to perk an interest for future exploration from the person I am spanking. 

S: My spankings are funishment spankings, but as a finale I usually concentrate some heavy spanks to her sit spots and ask her if she is going to be a good girl. Sometimes I might also give her a couple of pinches. I also like to give her a couple of light spanks and say it is all over.

 

Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine

From Hermione's Heart

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Spanko Brunch 2.0 #607

At last week's brunch, our good friend A.J. remarked that no one had specifically responded to the second part of the two-question topic. He was right. Since I am not one to let a good question go to waste, I am reusing that question so that it might stand alone today. 

Does your spanking have a 'grand finale'? Does it include a specific implement? Details, please!

Please leave your reply as a comment, and I will publish a summary of our discussion once everyone has had an opportunity to respond.

Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine

From Hermione's Heart

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Love spanking? Here's where to go

An adult website Clips4Sale has revealed the most popular fetish in each UK city in a kinky new map. It seems that residents of Sheffield like spanking best. For how they obtained their information (it wasn't by peeping into windows) read the full article here.

I will keep that in mind if I ever get the chance to visit Britain.

Thank you, Boru, for finding this gem. 



Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine

From Hermione's Heart