Hello, reader. How are you doing? I have a few life updates to give you. First of all, I hate parsnips. I think they taste weird, like the texture and the flavor don’t go together. It’s a bold move, but I’m ready to come out as a no parsnip person. They show up at the… Read More »
Hello, reader. How you doing? I saw a video about some displaced Mexican people embroidering maps. It’s beautiful and sad. The Spanish as spoken in the video is comprehensible to me. The video is short but made me think a lot. I’m thinking about home maps art vs craft memories history who we preserve history… Read More »
Hey, reader. How are you doing? I’m a good cook! There’s so much surplus I wish I had more access to. So I’m asking for help with food pertaining to food banks, dumpster diving, and foraging. If you live nearby, thank you for considering! nuts and fruits If you know how to process walnuts and… Read More »
Hello, reader. I’ve had dental issues lately. Pain is not a good friend. So my heart goes out to all my poverty peeps / dental traumatized peeps who have had dental issues also. Thinking about soft foods. Disability is sacred to me. I love human needs, animal needs, and the needs of all beings. I’m… Read More »
What happened when I waited thirty minutes– thank you for asking— is I looked at the time and did math to see what time I could come back. Standing up in my kitchen, I considered the request. Many media will tell me to do something, and mostly I won’t. But I obey you out of… Read More »
Hello, dear reader. How are you doing? This morning some feelings were stirring inside me about relationships and needs. I was washing and chopping potatoes, cogitating hard. Everyone has needs in relationship, and I’m ok with that. It hurts when I’m shamed for what I need, or when people try to convince me that they… Read More »
Hello, reader. Happy solstice! How are you eating lately? I’m thinking about concentration of flavor. Something like sauce vs soup. I made Ming some breakfast the other morning. It was soyrizo leftover rice spinach olive oil salt garlic Sounds good, right? Yum yum! But there’s only one problem. I had only a small amount of… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing these days? I picked a sacred squash from the garden of someone I love. My dear one told me the frost would come, so take. Kabocha is my favorite. I didn’t have a knife, but it popped off the vine for me. Thank you, Parent Earth. And thank you… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Did you ever have a Jewish spouse who loves marshmallows and other gelatin-containing dessert treats that are not kosher for Passover? Or kosher at any time? There are vegan alternatives. Nonetheless, I want to tell you a better way to make jello. Ok, so if you didn’t know, jello… Read More »
“Some of the eggplant skin is tough,” I said to my chosen family member. We were eating dinner before our herbal medics class. “Or else I ate the bay leaf.” From our facial expressions, it seemed that eating the bay leaf is taboo or transgressive. truth Do you like how in our families we create… Read More »