: 📚 This week and last’s library selections: Radium Girls (comic version) Seen and Unseen Age …
: Do you have a draft blog post you want a second opinion on? I’m offering to do a developmental …
: Darn it, we did a big grocery shop yesterday then the storm knocked our power out 😾 (along with most …
: 😑 ate a (rinsed) raw carrot with lunch, an hour later got an email they’re being recalled 🤦♀️ …
: ICYMI, the NY Times tech guild is on strike and asking people to not visit NYT Games or Cooking …
: 📚 Today’s library run: CCCP Underground by Frank Herfort - this caught my eye from a staff …
: Requested too many books from the library again 📚😅 I was telling my buddy he needs to read Maus but …
: Technical IndieWeb backfeed mystery Technical mystery: some social comments are landing on my main site (TracyDurnell.com) through …
: My printer ran out of toner so I had to make a run to the library sooner than usual, but at least …
: 📚 Library grab bag because I forgot to re-pause some holds 😄 Sohla’s cookbook! Start Here The …
: Baked sourdough buttermilk cobbler. Doubled the topping and used a 9x13” pan. For the filling …
: 📚 Library haul! Advocate Washington’s Gay General Aquicorn Cove The Garden Against Time …
: I ordered the frame for this Frank Gonzales print in December, but finally put it together today! 😅🦾 …
: Baked cream scones using sourdough today and they turned out lovely! The vanilla is quite potent, I …
: Best wakeup call ever! My husband woke me to show me the fat raccoon eating our figs, and in the …
: I baked with sourdough starter for the first time and it came out terrible 😿 I made a double batch …
: More graphic novels in this week’s library haul! 📚 I’ve been enjoying them as light …
: I got overexcited buying fruit so I had a pound of plums to eat – so I made this plum crumb …
: 📚 Heavy on the comics and art books this library run! Decolonizing Design How to Be Ace The Story …
: Tried a new cornmeal cobbler recipe – not sold on the texture. Should have used a pie pan to …
: Today’s library haul 📚🌈 Emergent Properties - grabbed off the quick reads Road to Ruin Earls …
: My goatsbeard is getting so big! 😍 The bees are all about it 🐝 A second goatsbeard I planted in an …
: First bobcat sighting in my wildlife garden!!! 😃🐆🏡 We watched it sit in the backyard for five …
: Soaking up the sun on a chill Sunday 🥰
: Some micro.bloggers might be interested in this conversation tomorrow Saturday May 18! Social Norms …
: Tried a new strawberry shortcake recipe. Tasted good but didn’t rise much. A few theories why: …
: I stumbled across my old iPod in a box yesterday and charged her on up. Discovered my Bluetooth …
: Had fun browsing for books with friends at the library today! 📚 Went in to pick up Doppelganger, …
: A couple neat bonsai I saw yesterday. The second one’s a wisteria, probably days from the …
: I was thinking about doing some planting, but with drought in the forecast I guess I should hold off …
: A good day! Taxes and chores balanced out by several hours of fun design work, solid hangout time …
: Probably I should trim these lower branches for access since even I have to duck under them, but …
: 📚 Today’s library haul: Goblin Girl by Moa Romanova Strikethrough by Silas Munro Dumb by …
: I blazed through my last library haul so today’s is bigger 😎 A couple cookbooks, some art …
: French toast with berries for breakfast! 🍓🫐 My cat came over as I was finishing and casually took a …
: First day post-surgery (2 weeks ago today) trying to do some real work - taxes - and I fizzled after …
: I’m pretty low mental energy right now so I requested a bunch of comics and art books from the …
: Finally had some energy today after surprise gallbladder removal on Monday – but burned myself …
: We think the coyotes might be denning in our back 40 again! Heard some cute yipping yesterday 😄 Also …
: I made the most of a morning blown by a doctor’s appointment by stopping for a waterfront walk …
: I recently blogged about why leaning on LLMs to do the work of reading and researching for us is a …
: Today’s library haul was pleasingly slender, making this a more realistic venture than many 😂 …
: Twenty years ago today, I put on a vintage nightgown and shot a gothic self-portrait in a tree …
: To make myself feel better, I ordered lead test swabs and tested our vintage dinnerware. The tests …
: Baked Smitten Kitchen’s pumpkin bread. Used 1.5c AP flour and 1/2c whole wheat. Cut sugar to 1 …
: Maaaan, just found out vintage ceramics can leach lead from the glaze, especially if you wash them …
: Second go at this thick-toppinged coffee cake. Subbed ginger for allspice. Added 1/4tsp fine salt to …
: Brunch day! Potato salmon hash with poached eggs and sourdough toast. Now I’m ready to lounge …
: Baked chocolate chip cookies. I like very little chocolate, so I used 6oz total (2.5oz 70% bar and …
: Two of these bumbles on my tall Oregon grape this afternoon! Does it seem early for bees? 🤔 Glad to …
: I’ve had a RescueTime subscription for years but I’m not getting much out of it these …
: Pumpkin muffins with cream cheese filling and streusel. The topping was hard to apply – mine …
: I had a lot of ripe pears so I cooked this dessert twice this week 😂 Simmer 3 diced pears in 2T …
: Baked these buttermilk biscuits again tonight and actually followed the instructions this time 😉 Put …
: Troubleshooting night at my house: CSS for me, Excel for the husband 🦾 I’m not big on puzzles …
: I finally joined in the fun and posted my default apps too 😄 @robb@social.lol
: Tested out the refinished cast iron with cornbread – no sticking! I did use a generous coating …
: I’ve been jonesing for vanilla cake with chocolate frosting, so I made the buttermilk cake and …
: It was cold out so I thought it’d be a good day to refinish a flaking cast iron skillet. I got …
: Got a lot done at IndieWeb Create Day today but my brain needs some extra fuel to make up for all …
: We have salmon on Thanksgiving to honor Pacific Northwest heritage. I live on the traditional land …
: I got a whole bag of (Fuyu) persimmons so I’m playing with ways to eat them! First up: French …
: She cannot resist the ladder.
: Good news: my husband’s finally home from India 🥰 Bad news: he has cold-like symptoms 😞 Good …
: Apparently I was so excited about this book about dust I preordered it twice 🤦♀️😂 (I read the email …
: Borrowed Greenfeast: autumn, winter from the library and looks like I’ll be buying a copy …
: Watched this bud jump from the fence onto our fig tree, pluck a fig with its mouth, and scamper down …
: Got my COVID booster and flu shot! 🙌 💉 Our car is in the shop so we walked over in the rain 😐🌧️ A …
: Dang it, I just noticed my couple All-Clad pans are losing finish at the lips – apparently …
: My folks and I met up in Bremerton today, out on the Puget Sound. Between a big naval shipyard and …
: Today is my 20th anniversary of blogging! 😀 Here’s my first blog as it looked in 2007 – …
: Today’s library haul has more “intense” books than I prefer to get at once – …
: We got out of town to the forest yesterday! A new-to-me trail with lots of cool old growth stumps …
: Brunch with a couple Middle Eastern inspired recipes from the cookbook New Feast, and leftover …
: Meanwhile, my cat is fishing in the recycle bin 🤦♀️
: Finally got around to setting up the Instant Pot I bought early in the pandemic 😅 Cooked lentils for …
: Baked lemon blueberry “bread” (cake) for the second time. Recipe is vegan but I made it …
: I have a handful of Bluesky invites if anyone happens to be looking for one, apropos of recent …
: Made blueberry pancake cobbler from the latest Smitten Kitchen cookbook. I doubled it and added 50% …
: This morning we went to a u-pick blueberry farm with heirloom varietals, despite a bit of rain …
: We’ve been running the new heat pump basically 24/7 for the past month and crossing our …
: Dent May’s album Late Checkout is perfect weekend morning listening 😄🎶
: Oh the irony – someone fed my article about deindexing my website from Google over AI training …
: I realize I am a no fun grouch but can we maybe celebrate without blowing shit up? Neighbors set off …
: Tidepooling today! We headed to West Seattle, which I think of as far away (but without traffic took …
: Met my husband 17 years ago today 🥰 Very glad for the coincidence that we both happened to be …
: Baked nectarine-peach-blueberry cobbler. Only had 6 peaches and nectarines, so I halved the filling …
: This month I’ve been digging the album Foolishman by The Correspondents. When it came out in …
: My nutritionist suggested I explore the concept of “adult lunchables” to make lunch more …
: I’m digging this purple and green mix in the garden 💜💚
: I hit 200,000 scrobbles on last.fm today! 😃🙌 I love music 🎶 My top listened track since 2007 is …
: Truly terrible brownies from The Kitchn: sugar didn’t properly dissolve and pieces without …
: Baked Smitten Kitchen’s dreamy cream scones for dessert. Added an extra 1/4c of cream. Made 11 …
: We’ve gotten used to hearing the nearby coyote den howling every time a siren goes past, but …
: I use DuckDuckGo’s beta app tracking blocker on my phone – looking through the past …
: Stopped by our favorite taco truck to discover it gone 😱 We ordered burritos from the replacement …
: Just went grocery shopping for the first time since the pandemic 😷🛒 Not an errand I have missed 😂 I …
: Me this morning: There’s so much to do around the house, how did I ever work full-time? …
: Did it do anything in the oven? 🤔😂 Well, this recipe was a dud 🤷♀️ Happens sometimes. Muesli …
: My camas is blooming! Thanks November Tracy 💪 I’m hoping it naturalizes and spreads.
: Another from the Snacking Cakes cookbook: spiced pineapple upside down cake. The pineapple topping …
: Light dinner so we needed dessert! Powdered donut cake from the cookbook Snacking Cakes 🍩 This was a …
: Shoutout to this vintage sifter! I, er, don’t recall washing it till today, and joked how many …
: Second go at these cream scones. Made half batch with vanilla bean paste, subtle but tasty. Went …
: Tried a new buttermilk cornbread recipe along with chili. I’d make it again. I only had 1-1/4c …
: Baked Smitten Kitchen’s zucchini bread for dessert. Deb says wait overnight before eating …
: Tried a new recipe for tangy chickpeas from Smitten Kitchen. I loosely 1.5’d it and looks like …
: I used to hang dry my clothes all the time but fell out of the habit. Trying it again to save …
: 📖 Panel from “What It Is” by Lynda Barry: There is another part of my mind which seems to not know …
: 📖 Panel from “What It Is” by Lynda Barry: > There is another part of my mind which …
: I realized my Kindle Unlimited subscription was ending tonight and decided to gamble on reading the …
: Yesterday we headed up to Deception Pass for a walk along the bluffs 😍 So good to get out of the …
: This is a pretty bullshit way to talk about protests, Feedly 😒 We like free speech, remember? This …
: So I was looking at self employment taxes today and followed a daisy chain of at least 3 forms to …
: Bummer, my husband got laid off from Microsoft today 🙁 We’ve got savings so we’ll be …
: Brunch day! Been too long 😍 I ate too much, so time to lounge on the couch 😂
: Woke at 6 this morning to howling and yipping coyotes in the greenbelt behind our house. They hushed …
: I was craving an evening snack but wanted to eat it before 10pm and thought: scones! 🤓 Whipped up a …
: Tried a new buttermilk biscuit recipe today, pretty tasty and puffed up nicely. I skipped the pepper …
: Having fun thinking about albums lately, so I put together a webpage with some favorite albums 💽🎶
: I’ve been remiss in pruning my Japanese maple so I watched a bunch of YouTube videos to remind …
: My Instagram account got suspended – I’m guessing they didn’t like me pulling …
: I LOVED Odell’s How to Do Nothing so I am super excited for Saving Time! 📕 I’ve been …
: Post a great album with no explanation. Tag others to do the same. Sure, I’ll play 😄 Wild …
: Tried a new buttermilk biscuit recipe today. Made 10 biscuits. Baked at 450 for 16-17ish minutes for …
: I need to snack more, and just remembered this all-snack cookbook Raw Energy that’s been …
: Operation Get A New Cat Tree was a success! It only took three stores to find a good one 😂 Our cat …
: Super psyched to cancel my gas service today! We replaced our old gas furnace and water heater with …
: Sigh, friend sent me a neat-looking anti-corporate literary magazine and I’m 96% sure the …
: Banana bread kind of day! I don’t expect this loaf to last past lunch tomorrow 😂
: ✍️ I scribbled myself a two sentence note on Friday, then when I went to put it online it grew into …
: 🍪 Cranberry chocolate chip blondies – I subbed semi-sweet for white chocolate and cut the …
: 📖 Reading What Works by Tara McMullin, about rethinking a goal-oriented life and escaping the need …
: EDIT: they found her! Yay!!! 🐶 Dunno if I know anyone here in SF – my parents’ dog ran …
: Dinner fiasco: made the worst quiche crust I’ve ever made, and it wasn’t done till 8:30 …
: Mmm, pumpkin muffins! I think I’ve made these before. Very moist. Made 17 muffins. Baked …
: Started off the new year with brunch 😍 Prepped all the veg last night so I’d have no excuse 😂 …
: I changed things up for this year’s reading review, and looked at different stats. A new one …
: ✍ Question for fiction writers: do you outline in the same tense that you write in? My friend and I …
: 📚 My 20 favorite books I read in 2022 – including 9 SFF and romance novels, 5 graphic novels, …
: Huevos rancheros for breakfast - tasty enough but not worth the 45 minutes it took me to make. …
: A chilly but beautiful Winter Solstice morning!
: We are getting lots of snow days this year! Tonight’s winter storm advisory predicts …
: I’ve had it with Tidal. For a music player, its ability to play music breaks way too often. …
: I’ve been making myself a birthday playlist nearly every year since 2002. This week I posted …
: 📚 Failed to consider how big and heavy this haul would be when I requested so many art books – …
: Grr, just realized Tidal’s connection to last.fm broke in early October, so it didn’t …
: Rounded out National Novel Writing Month at 44k words, which I am very happy with. Just a few scenes …
: Made potato leek soup for dinner, a tasty winter pantry dish. Didn’t have yukon gold so I used …
: Got a lovely sunny stroll at a wildlife area on the lake - and spotted a bald eagle! (🦅 not pictured …
: First time making a lime pie, turned out well. Zested and juiced 3 limes (oops bought a whole bag …
: Tried a new buttermilk coffee cake recipe - fine, not too sweet. Tripled the berries, folded in …
: Next Sunday, 11/27, IndieWebCamp is hosting a pop-up online discussion on making the IndieWeb more …
: Alas, Twitter has reached the point where it’s no longer even macabre fun to watch it …
: I’ve collected a list of small online shops from my social media follows, and thought others …
: I don’t have time or energy to explore a new social platform right now, so I turned on …
: Micro.blog is a much better place to actually talk to people, and for my mental health, but I have …
: At last night’s Homebrew Website Club, we lamented never finishing our blog drafts. Today I …
: Finally planted my bulbs today! I went light this year: three packs of camas, three huge allium …
: Our power was out for 16 hours yesterday so we had to toss most of our fridge 😢 But it’s …
: So this was very brown 😂 Veggie sausage, mushrooms, cabbage 🤷♀️, rutabega 👎, and biscuits. Biscuits …
: You know how they tell you not to start running by running a 5k every day? NaNoWriMo is kinda like …
: First day of NaNoWriMo! This will be my 11th time playing 😃 Feeling excited and apprehensive to …
: 📚 Library haul! Tried to get a lot of stuff that will have pictures. Accidentally had a mini Russian …
: Halloween setup 🎃 We skipped giving out candy the last two years but this year we’re doing the …
: This morning we dashed down to Kubota Garden before the rain and enjoyed some beautiful fall color! …
: This week I randomly decided I want to be more ambidextrous, so I’ve switched my mouse to my …
: So happy it finally feels like fall! Rain, colorful leaves, bedtime tea, down vests and SCARVES! 🥰
: AQI around or over 300 at my house right now. Got air filters going in my main rooms but still have …
: Spent the day out in public for the first time since March 2020, and my brain is fried. I’m …
: At least the climate apocalypse is pretty. AQI 181🔥 😷
: Thinking about how cool my little hometown library was. They gave me carte blanche to write graphic …
: I’ve reached my limit on the pandemic hair: it’s gotten so long I just accidentally …
: Coconut lime cake from Snacking Cakes. 🥥 The lime was pretty subtle, I could only taste it in the …
: Baked a pie with my u-pick apples 🥧 Typed up my go-to apple crumb pie recipe so I can stop …
: Backyard finally installed! Should have just done this ten years ago instead of all my failed DIY …
: Big library haul today because my branch is closing for a month for repairs! Goal was lighthearted …
: Spent 6 hours driving to and from Eastern WA today for a memorial. Tired now! Happily it was a …
: Have spent six hours writing a blog post today…and it’s not done! Send help! 😂
: Went apple picking with friends this morning! The honeycrisps were all picked out so we got cosmic …
: Celebrated the equinox with an apple crisp 🍏 Added 1/16tsp cloves with the apples, and zest from …
: Got our boosters! 💉 They weren’t ready when we arrived so we popped across the street to check …
: My backyard is finally getting installed! Started on the design with Yardzen last October, signed …
: One of the reasons I try to do brunch a lot is Ingrid Fetell Lee’s writing on joy. “Over …
: One of the reasons I try to do brunch a lot is Ingrid Fetell Lee’s writing on joy. Over time …
: Today’s library haul 📚 Hey, I got a rainbow! 🌈 Psyched for Dr. Janega’s graphic medieval …
: Happy Labor Day! Thanks to the Labor movement, past and present, for fighting to protect workers ✊ …
: Making bad choices, eating brownies at 10:30 😎 Only had 1oz unsweetened chocolate so I used 2oz …
: Borrowed Snacking Cakes from the library and ordered a copy as soon as I finished flipping through 😂 …
: Cheesecake bars, but with a Cornflake crust because I forgot to buy graham crackers 😂 A little odd …
: Turned yesterday’s leftovers into Brunch #2, with the addition of a piece of french toast and …
: Brunch! Tried out Impossible Sausage. Very meaty, a little uncanny valley for both me, a …
: Lovely day for a walk by the river.
: Lemon blueberry bread - vegan recipe but I made it with dairy 🤷♀️ Decided to do today’s …
: Mmm, strawberry shortcake! 🍓 Baked half and froze half, curious to see how well they’ll bake …
: Got grapes for the first time in a couple years, forgot how refreshing and delicious grapes can be! …
: Still life with basil Also I need to refinish my damn cast iron again 🤦♀️
: It’s weird being on a medication that suppresses appetite – I’ll be fine, fine, …
: 📚 Rest of my library requests came in, mostly comics and social justice. Seeing this together, …
: Tried a new coffeecake recipe which promised - and delivered - more topping than cake 😂 Subbed …
: Adapting to the jobless life Somehow I’m already in my third week since quitting work! Part of me still can’t believe …
: Upside down orange cake from Erin Alderson’s Easy Vegetarian Kitchen cookbook, which I like …
: Lemon poppy seed cake 🍰 Alas, not as delicious as I dreamed. I originally wanted to make an easy …
: I don’t recall my mom ever making a casserole when I was a kid, so I kinda forget …
: 📚 Today’s library haul is a bit random. Reading a lot of heavy stuff so tried to balance that …
: Trying to cook dinner more often now I don’t have an income 😂 Stuffed portobello mushrooms and …
: Brunch! Strawberries finally went below $7 a package 😳 so I made my fav strawberry biscuits 🥰 …
: Date night with husband after a week of quarantining apart at home! Made pizza from pre-made …
: First unemployed weekday! Trying to treat this week as vacation before diving into the job hunt/ …
: Reading The Wake Up 📚 30% in and liking it a lot - but feel white supremacy is an incomplete …
: A brunch kind of day 😊 Potatoes quick roasted in the toaster oven with eggs, leeks and spinach.
: Felt like making cornbread, which meant I needed to make chili to go with. Pulling out ingredients …
: In Seattle it seems we go from sweats to shorts weather in about three days 😂 Summer is here! 🌞🫠
: I recommend reading On Tyranny to wrap your head around how we can resist and endure. Build …
: Put in my two weeks’ notice today after 7+ years! Not sure what comes next but time for a …
: Ten years ago today, I posted my first article on my blog Cascadia Inspired! Since then I’ve …
: Peach cobbler! Added zest to the biscuit dough, went shy on the sugar in the filling.
: Apple blackberry crumble with lemon curd greek yogurt 😋 Cut sugar in filling to 1/4c shy. Added 1/8t …
: First batch of strawberry biscuits for the year! Also made home fries for the first time in quite a …
: Rhodie is finally starting to bloom! Love watching the bees go to town.
: First night of vacation, and what do I do? Write a 2000 word blog post 😂 Americans interested in …
: Officially ON VACATION for the next 17 days! 🙌 Starting it off with a walk around the block in the …
: So, turns out I’m pretty upset about Roe vs Wade. Woke up at 3 this morning and couldn’t …
: Looking for comp titles Been reading lots of Kindle Unlimited books to try to find comp authors for my sci-fi romance book - …
: Front yard looking lush! May is probably its best time of year. My purple contorted filbert is …
: Do other people have a really hard time uploading pictures? It fails almost every time at least once …
: Ugh, these Finola tulips are too pretty 😍🌷
: My camas is blooming! 💜 Feels a little early but I think this is common camas versus great camas …
: Need something to distract from…everything, so I am biting the bullet on an idea I’ve …
: Spotted a trillium in the woods today! I usually miss the flower so always a treat to catch. 🤍
: “Chocolate snacking bread” is very chocolatey, as advertised 👍 (perhaps a tad bitter …
: My usual breakfast lately, with the addition of asparagus 😍 My husband doesn’t like it so I …
: Skimming through this beautiful book as a design object this morning 😍 “WA: the essence of …
: Lol, the $50 bulb bed 😂 Didn’t have the spoons to prep any soil last fall so I shoved …
: I may have gotten a little excited with the library requests 😅 But most are art books and comics so …
: I’m usually a decent baker but having a lot of flubs lately. Made these biscuits. Despite …
: Bad idea at 11pm 😋🤷♀️ (10 min prep listed = 40 for me?) Alton Brown’s flourless peanut butter …
: Nice visit to the beach in North Seattle yesterday. Grabbed pupusas from an El Salvadorean …
: Tried a new scone recipe today. Think I made the dough too wet 🤷♀️ Chocolate chip hazelnut for half …
: Small victories 😂💪 Finally removed the itchy tag from a dress I bought in 2015. Getting out the seam …
: 🎵 Winding down the evening with tea and jazz. Put on Chelsea Bridge by Ben Webster & Gerry …
: Haven’t done a big brunch in a while! Smitten Kitchen blueberry crumb cake, eggs, veggie …
: 📚 Started reading Acquired Tastes: Stories about the Origins of Modern Food I doubt I’ll make …
: Finished reading Odd Apples, a photography book by William Mullan. 🍏🍎 Very much enjoyed! Heirloom …
: Made slow cooker pinto beans and Mexican rice for dinner! I have not had much success with the slow …
: Adulting badge for the day: getting husband’s old IRA rolled over into the 401k for his new …
: Yes!!! The WA legislature passed a bill to do away with “community councils” - one less …
: Currently reading Pastoral Song by James Rebanks 📚 Really enjoyed The Shepherd’s Life so …
: Starting Good Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook by Christopher Noxon 📚 I really like …
: 📚 Library haul! First pickup of the year. Psyched that my library just installed lockers for hold …
: New glasses day! Haha I ordered these in early December and they told me things were taking forever …
: Two years ago today we flew down to LA for an awesome vacation - hit the beach and the Getty Villa. …
: Lay in bed too late to bake, so I made pain perdu for brunch 🍳 I only like french toast made with …
: Ordered myself a stack of favorite albums on CD to listen to in the car 🎵 My husband says I’m …
: Been thinking about my listening habits and music library lately and was curious how many CDs I have …
: Maple pecan scones and eggs with leeks and chevre. Scones were a bit dry even with the glaze, I may …
: Spent the past two days transferring playlists from Spotify to Tidal 🎵 then went to cancel Spotify …
: My friend surprised me with a just because present, a print that harmonizes nicely with the art on …
: Greek yogurt apple streusel muffins today. Pretty good for a muffin with whole wheat flour. Batter …
: Blackberry coffee cake 🍳 Replaced topping with the one from Smitten Kitchen’s blueberry crumb …
: I’m facilitating a conversation about the intersection of offline and virtual life in a couple …
: New Year’s brunch! Roasted potatoes, strawberry biscuits, salad and a fried egg 😋🍳 Finally got …
: Brunch! Croissant with scrambled eggs, roasted fingerling potatoes, salad and veggie sausage. 🍳 Had …
: 📚 Really excited to read Out of Office! Before the pandemic I hated working from home but I’m …
: Had fried eggs, roasted potatoes, salad and strawberry biscuits from the freezer for breakfast. Not …
: Got inspired by some recent posts about fountain pens to figure out what my hand-me-down vintage …
: Today I finally finished my novel rewrite! I’ve been working on it on and off for several …
: Made biscuits from The Food Lab today and am mad at how well they turned out because I had to …
: Just got my booster! 💪 Went for the mix and match, we’ll see how I feel with Moderna 🤞 I …
: Two fun new inspiration books in the mail this week! 📦📚 The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John …
: Excited to see Buy Nothing has an app now! It was the only thing on Facebook I regretted leaving …
: Attempted to make soft boiled eggs for the first time with instructions from The Food Lab… I …
: Yesterday’s brunch: sour cream coffee cake with pears. I didn’t have enough pecans so I …
: Been on the library wait list for this beast for months! Weighs like ten pounds. Not sure how to …
: Who else is doing NaNoWriMo this year? 📝 This will be my 11th time (with plenty of Rebel projects) - …
: Beautiful fall color at Kubota Garden today! I’ve read some about the family’s history …
: My rainbow wall 🌈 I saw the piece on the left online immediately went to the artist’s website and …
: Made an apple crisp to celebrate fall! I love fall flavors 😋
: Survived our mini backpacking trip! We had a perfect sunny afternoon, and woke up to a spattering of …
: Tomorrow’s mini adventure: teaching two gals how to backpack. Late in the season but forecast …
: Pumpkin patch with some friends this morning! Nice foggy ambience when we got there but it burned …
: Omelet, salad and (oops overbaked) strawberry biscuits from the freezer for Sunday brunch today. Had …
: Releasing myself from the burden of these recipes I’ve clipped over the last fifteen years and …
: Homegrown potatoes(!), fried egg and strawberry biscuit for Saturday brunch 🍳
: Gasp, I just realized it’s time to order bulbs! 🌷 The annual question of do I want to… …
: After getting off screens 2 hours before bed, I’ve been revisiting albums I loved in high …
: My latest brilliant idea (that I probably saw somewhere and have forgotten) is actually turning out …
: I did a smell comparison between my old vanilla and a new bottle I just bought and 😳 there is a HUGE …
: Labor Day breakfast: cream scones with strawberries and homemade creme fraiche (didn’t taste …
: We headed out to Port Townsend for a one night getaway. Surprisingly quick to get there. Caught …
: More comics and books on paper to help me follow through on getting off screens at 10pm 📚
: Did a lunch date in Ballard yesterday, with a stop at the locks and Golden Gardens. Saw an osprey …
: Hired a landscape company to deal with my blackberry jungle and now it’s like scorched earth …
: Sourdough french toast, potatoes and a salad for brunch today. 🍳
: Haha, made banana bread this morning but didn’t follow my usual mise en place and forgot the …
: Started vacation with dutch apple pancakes (suggested by @Miraz) 🍏 Baked in a small cast iron and …
: At last! Vacation! Eleven whole days off 😍 I’ve been needing a break, last time off was …
: HR is approving my WFH request through October! Positive reinforcement that I should ask for what I …
: Mmm, got enough peaches and nectarines to make this fresh raw tart. Hadn’t made it in a few …
: Ugh, this week I’ve been trying not to use screens two hours before bed, including my Kindle, …
: 🤔 This past week I took no-alarm naps on Saturday, Monday and today, all 1 hour and 7 minutes 😂⏱️
: Did an awesome local date afternoon with DH - went to a new-to-us waterfront park for a dinner …
: Pleased with how my latest “sense memory” turned out, about a dayhike through the flower …
: I cooked dinner for the first time in a few months today: boxed mac and cheese with sauteed veggies. …
: Haven’t done brunch in a while! Used my u-pick blueberries in my fav Smitten Kitchen coffee …
: U-pick blueberries today! A heritage berry farm with bushes planted in the 40s - we picked Rubel, …
: Granting myself a Major Adulting Badge this week! Submitted a request to keep working from home. …
: WordPress users: how do you feel about the block editor these days? I use it on one site and classic …
: Today’s brunch: blueberry muffins and potatoes. Subbed buttermilk for yogurt, added nutmeg and …
: Library haul 📚 Five graphic novels and a nonfiction. Admit I feel a bit misled by the title Gorgeous …
: Spent a sunny afternoon at Padilla Bay. 8000 acres of eelgrass!
: Came back to this blueberry crumb cake for a third time. Realized I’ve been putting in half …
: Wanted something different for breakfast, made these strawberry cornmeal griddle cakes. Nice and …
: Sea holly is looking its best right now! Bees and other bugs are loving it too. 🌱 🐝
: Today’s library haul! Four comics, a cookbook and a photography art book 🥰📚
: Oops, wore a new face sunscreen without testing it yesterday and my skin turned bright red ☹️ …
: Led a meditation for my coworkers at lunch today for the first time! I think it worked out all …
: Took a drive out to Eastern Washington today and hiked up this river a bit. Cool old growth forest, …
: Second library comics haul post-vax! A couple I’ve been looking forward to (They Called Us …
: Baked a poppyseed bundt cake tonight. New recipe - I would say too sweet. Usually I make it a rum …
: I’m practicing paying better attention to my actual preferences – what my body’s …
: Wandered through a lovely rhododendron garden today. Surprisingly few rhodies in bloom compared to …
: Went to a great exhibit at the Pacific Bonsai Museum about how Japanese internment during WWII …
: I’ve been doing a fun newsletter this spring, picking an outdoor memory to share three photos …
: First library haul in a year! Been waiting till I was vaxxed. So excited for comics 📚 I prefer them …
: Fully vaxxed today! 🙌 Easing in with a non-mealtime hangout with a couple friends this afternoon - …
: Saturday brunch: strawberry biscuits redux, fake home fries from leftover sweet potato fries, and …
: Neighbor described my yard as a jungle, he’s not wrong… 😂 Maybe this will be the year …
: Took too long of a walk earlier and can’t summon the energy to bake, so I’m satisfying …
: Made black bean burgers for dinner. Flavor on these was good, but kinda goopy texture. The problem I …
: www.niemanlab.org/2021/05/i… At my old job, I brought in baked treats all the time, organized …
: Sunday brunch: tortilla baked eggs and homemade granola parfait. 🍳 Baked eggs were tasty! Might have …
: Second crop from my mushroom kit! First crop was accidental - I wasn’t ready to start it yet …
: Saturday brunch: my favorite strawberry biscuits, eggs with smoked salmon, and avocado. Usually add …
: Second shot 💪 The 25 people in the waiting room are the most I’ve been around in a year!
: 📚 Devoured half of How Stella Learned to Talk yesterday. I don’t even have a dog but …
: Been joining in with the Indie Web lately, and am noodling on a mascot. Two ideas have come to the …
: Healthy-ish dessert: flourless granola cookies. Used all peanut butter, subbed half a banana for the …
: Learning to not covet my neighbor’s plants 😂 Appreciating the brief spring flowers of …
: Saturday brunch: mushroom leek quiche and roasted potatoes and golden beets. Keeping frozen crusts …
: Stopped at an honor system roadside stand and got a tomato plant on my way home from my walk! 🍅 …
: I feel like I’ve given it a fair chance, but the new Spotify desktop interface sucks. Who …
: Today’s brunch: challah french toast, breakfast potatoes and golden beets, avo and a fried egg …
: Your periodic reminder to back up your files! Realized I was missing a whole vacation’s photos …
: Took a longer walk than usual and enjoyed some neighborhood flowers 🌸🥰
: Celebration sushi for our first shots! Thought I could be patient but someone linked me a …
: Happy accident: chose a matching palette of coffee table books to have out right now 🖤📚 But also, I …
: Thanks to whatever gardener pruned this tree into a pleasing shape 20 years ago 🌸 Love to go by on …
: Pumpkin streusel muffins with cream cheese glaze for brunch today ♥️ On the sweeter side with the …
: I realized recently how much I’ve accepted physical discomfort as part of professional life. …
: Made a moroccan inspired stew last night - fine and healthy but not worth an hour and a half of work …
: Hunting bumblebees through the window 🐝🐈
: Native Pacific Northwest plants 💚🌱 I accidentally disturbed a hummingbird on the currant! Lots of …
: Tasty creamy mushroom pasta. Added red pepper flakes and a dash of balsamic vinegar. Subbed …
: Sword fern submerged in sorrel and strawberry 🌱
: Sword fern submerged by sorrel and strawberry 🌱
: Baked buttermilk cornbread with a new recipe, nothing special. I did 2T instead of 1/4c honey and it …
: Lightning, thunder and hailstorm here! Really close, less than one second between flash and boom for …
: Saturday brunch: fried eggs and potatoes, parsnips and carrots plus a (store bought) cinnamon roll …
: Spaced out on St Patrick’s Day but finally got around to making soda bread tonight 😂 Subbed in …
: Caught the evening light after work 🙌 Thanks Daylight Saving Time! Can we keep you? 🤞 C’mon …
: All the red flowering currant we planted in the Back 40 are starting to bloom! Our neighborhood …
: Last Day of My Insomnia Program Finished my fourth (and final) week of insomnia treatment (CBT-I). A whole month of 5 hours of sleep …
: Playing Masks tonight for the first time, being a Batman knockoff with evil parents. I’ve only …
: Forced myself to go outside and throw some seeds in the garden. Got some pretty pink lettuces it …
: Fluffy buttermilk pancakes for the first day of Spring!🍳 Blueberries for the first batch too 🥰
: Pulled out the watercolors to play with while hanging out on video chat. I was scared of adding in a …
: I should make crisp more often! So much easier than pie or even crumble. Good recipe, not too sweet, …
: Wasn’t up for making a pie for pi day but a crisp will do instead 😉 Used some mystery apples …
: Somehow it’s been a month since I started my art project email newsletter! Sent my 4th weekly …
: Euphorbia is the best plant. I love it all year. 📷
: Planted onion starts from a friend and strawberry plugs. Only found spots for 11 of the 25 …
: Saturday Brunch Blueberry crumb cake with spicy potatoes and fried eggs. Recipe had me mix the sugar and lemon zest …
: Started reading Discovering Dahlias by Erin Benzakein 📚 I pre-ordered and they included dahlia …
: I met up with a friend for the first time since last March. Besides one quick doorstep chat, the …
: Haha, I’ve been putting it off setting up SSL on my websites for like a year because it was …
: Sunday Brunch Made my first breakfast casserole, a mashup of two recipes 6 eggs, 2/3c milk, shoulda skipped the …
: Crocuses! 💛 I love seeing all my bulbs come up as winter fades 🌱
: Saturday Brunch Baked cinnamon streusel oatmeal muffins and made yukon gold hash 🍳 Dense but still moist. Streusel …
: Decided to walk around the block for the first time in weeks. Immediately started hailing, so I took …