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12-5-19, 1:10pm
There's a point of diminishing returns if you have 30-year-old hair and a face like the crypt keeper.
I don't mind looking as old as my hair. :D
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12-3-19, 2:37pm
Yes, Chef--a Memoir, by Marcus Samuelsson.
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12-3-19, 12:40pm
As a child I loved nature, reading, art, fashion (via dolls). I still love all those things plus technology. Simplemind summed it up nicely.
My...
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12-1-19, 6:02pm
Personally, I'd like to see ICE disbanded and charges brought against those who had no trouble following increasingly cruel orders and, without an...
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12-1-19, 5:15pm
Considering they replaced saltillo tile in the kitchen (!), they're doubly cursed in my view. There are so many flooring options now, most of them...
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12-1-19, 4:24pm
Or a morgue...
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12-1-19, 4:23pm
I've certainly seen white kitchens done well, and--in general--I like painted cabinetry.
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12-1-19, 3:10pm
Some flipper bought and remuddled my SO's condo. I hate every single thing she did to it from the mint green walls to the ugly stripey faux wood...
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12-1-19, 10:53am
I just ran across this one this morning, from one of my favorite cookbook authors:
https://twosleevers.com/instant-pot-halva-recipe/
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11-30-19, 3:09pm
My pioneer diarist/ancestor died, probably of cholera, en route to Oregon. (Making a case for antibiotics.) She was buried near the Barlow Road.
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11-30-19, 10:33am
I worked Christmas and Thanksgiving for years, and breathed a hearty sigh of relief when I finally had enough seniority to avoid doing so. I don't...
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11-30-19, 10:23am
Yeah, that was my take on it too. No birth control would probably rule out my raucous life as a lady of the evening. I suppose I could have been a...
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11-29-19, 3:57pm
If I'd been around back then (and I suspect I was), I would have been burned as a witch--or narrowly escaped that fate.
I would have been...
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11-29-19, 3:37pm
I would have worked at the brothel, and depended on the kindness of strangers. :devil:
Aside from quiltmaking, I doubt I have one pioneer skill....
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11-29-19, 10:47am
I love turkey soup...
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11-27-19, 12:50pm
I'm convinced that lifestyle and diet changes are much more powerful than pharmaceuticals in combating disease. But that's no surprise...:idea:
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11-27-19, 9:56am
I've voted for third party candidates often--Shirley Chisholm, John Anderson. Family members voted for Jesse Jackson, Ross Perot...The current stakes...
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11-26-19, 3:12pm
Malcolm Nance has a background in intelligence and counter-terrorism with expertise in Russia and the Middle East. He's written three books on the...
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11-26-19, 11:36am
Good point.
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11-26-19, 10:40am
I think you have to be very specific, and repeat the message often. And it probably still won't land.
Do you suspect your husband will support you,...
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11-26-19, 10:30am
I read cookbooks, and have lots (both print and ebooks)--I just don't use them. Maybe if I bake something, which happens rarely.
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11-25-19, 7:22pm
That was pretty much my mother's assessment.
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11-25-19, 6:47pm
They're just now coming out with a new edition of J of C, written by the granddaughter (?) of the original author.
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11-25-19, 6:02pm
How to skin a squirrel, eh? Gotta love these old-timey cookbooks! (My mother, who never in her life used a cookbook, to my knowledge, got The Joy of...
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11-25-19, 5:45pm
And that's only counting the ones he tells in public.
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11-25-19, 5:43pm
And I had one who was the governor of a small state. He was pleasant enough.
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11-25-19, 5:42pm
Bacon is another of those substances that makes everything better, that's for sure.
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11-25-19, 5:40pm
There are mobile home parks in California where units cost millions (?). I know this 'cuz I saw it on the teevee.
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11-25-19, 5:37pm
I had a drunken, racist, sexist uncle; fortunately he's long dead.
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11-25-19, 4:46pm
I used to make liver loaf for my cat, though I never tasted it.\
Thanks for the link!
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11-25-19, 4:44pm
I'm sorry, Catherine, that you're caught up in this. Some people are just feckless.
I have no good ideas.
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11-25-19, 4:40pm
Author Lierre Keith was attacked at a talk she was giving on her book The Vegetarian Myth by angry vegans wielding a cream pie laced with capsicum,...
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11-25-19, 3:51pm
And now, Trump's threatening to sic Conan, the hero dog, on any journalist who dares to open their mouth.
I suppose that passes for humor among...
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11-25-19, 3:43pm
And they're all still trying to sell the false narrative.
Why, exactly, would Ukraine be trying to sabotage its ally, the United States? I'd like...
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11-25-19, 3:40pm
I'm only barely conscious of Mr.Rogers. Always thought of him, in passing, as kind of smarmy, but I can tell Tom Hanks will do him justice.
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11-25-19, 3:35pm
We're officially in thrall to Russia, and have been for a long time. Fiona Hill, speaking truth to power, should probably avoid the polonium tea.
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11-25-19, 3:31pm
I skimmed the article. and didn't much like its snarky tone (And I'm probably not the target audience for their message, having just spent a few...
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11-25-19, 12:41pm
What is this Clinton corruption you speak of? She's always just seemed like a hard-working, middle of the road Democrat to me--not exciting, but...
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11-25-19, 12:19pm
I have eaten liver--my long-lived father was a fan--and I think you're right--lots of onions fix anything. Also, I can make a chicken liver pate',...
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11-25-19, 12:11pm
I always say my love of eggs and cheese served me well when I followed a vegetarian diet. I'm planning on stocking up on cheese (gouda!) and eggs...
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11-25-19, 11:34am
I feel lucky to have lived my whole life in an area where people don't feel compelled to ask about one's spiritual beliefs, or to proselytize about...
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11-25-19, 11:27am
This came across my twitter feed this morning:
And the following article expands on it:
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11-25-19, 10:01am
Former ethics chief Walter Shaub tweeted out a long list of Trump's offenses--not just lies--a couple of days...
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11-25-19, 9:51am
I think he's supposed to bring about the End Times. It does kind of feel like it some days...:0!
Or God has a cruel sense of humor.
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11-24-19, 8:53pm
That's a good point, and correlates to Dean Ornish's life style plan--smoking cessation, stress relief, an exercise program, social outlets, etc. (He...
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11-24-19, 8:50pm
That seems like good advice. I see a lot of commentary to that effect on FB; lots of digestive issues. I've pursued practically every dietary plan...
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11-24-19, 8:22pm
Aye, there's the rub.
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11-24-19, 8:05pm
The anti-saturated fat battleship is turning slowly, probably due to the profitability of industrial seed oils.
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11-24-19, 7:07pm
Ancel Keys kicked it off with his Seven Countries "study," where he eliminated the countries that didn't fit his narrative, and we've lived with the ...
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11-24-19, 6:06pm
Ancel Keys was the guy who started it all--touting low-fat foods and becoming a media darling (while dooming millions to inflammation and obesity)....
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11-24-19, 6:02pm
I would differ--carnivorous diets, like those eaten by the Inuit and Masai and modern people emulating them, avoid plant-based foods entirely....
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11-24-19, 5:13pm
Bill Clinton wasn't a carnivore--he apparently was an omnivorous devotee of the Standard American Diet--as is Trump--without much thoughtful eating...
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11-24-19, 2:10pm
My list would include holy basil, lemon grass, chives, cilantro, dill, mint, and parsley.
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11-24-19, 1:31pm
Yes--I suppose my spices could hitch a ride on a freighter without too much impact in our soon-to-be dystopian world. And I could surely grow my own...
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11-24-19, 12:32pm
And coffee. How much does schlepping coffee beans around the world cost the environment?
Eating local would be horribly boring--no spices,...
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11-24-19, 12:27pm
A friend of mine opined that modern medicine saved his life; then he died. Call me skeptical.
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11-24-19, 12:13pm
And now he looks like death warmed over. Have a cheeseburger, Bill, please!
(Doing my part eating one meal a day and locally-sourced meat, but...
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11-23-19, 2:05pm
Oddly, I have a barrage of real estate ads incoming. Mostly $700K condominiums. Obviously, they'haven't done a deep dive. :~)
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11-23-19, 1:23pm
I had a friend who had a stately old rental in Portland, complete with Craftsman-type molding and fixtures. When his tenant stopped paying his rent,...
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11-22-19, 12:59pm
I'm working out of the freezer, too--getting ready to restock it, and have to use up what I have stored first.
Other than that, I haven't been...
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