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Custard buns! They uploaded out of order and I don’t know how to change it. 🤔

MamaDuck is finally getting serious about retiring. She turned 65 last year (her birthday is in July), and she’s been disgruntled about working for a while. And between savings, a 401K, my (step)Dad’s survivor’s benefits, and owning both her car and house outright she’s good financially. Mentally might be another…

It sounds like a lovely day. It seems incredibly early, but the rock irises I planted in the fall are blooming. They look so pretty.

Today is my mom’s birthday. She passed away many years ago but on this day I always try doing things she would have enjoyed. This year tiny human & I went out to have a little adventure around town. We picked out some pretty flowers at the local garden center. Bonus was their new coffee bar where we got a tasty treat…

The only theater I can ever remember anyone walking out of was a performance of Rent in Hartford in the late 90s, they left during the intermission, so I don’t think they even made it to the sex scene with the sheet. Why was everyone pressuring Roger to get together with Mimi anyway? Not dating a drug addict seems…

He looks like he builds & sells custom ukuleles to support his artisanal heroin habit

He looks like a weasel in a doll wig

He looks like a billion amoebas wearing a trench coat

I wish people wouldn’t speak in code so much.

I guess I forgot I actually baked something fun for myself this week! It’s a Sicilian artichoke pie, consisting of the most passable half-low carb flour double pastry crust I can make, that actually has some grated pecorino and black pepper in it draped in my favorite Emile Henry pie dish. Then browned frozen…

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What has everyone made this week? Last Saturday was my husband’s birthday, so I made his favorite dinner, arancini, although they’re less like small oranges as the name suggests, and more like regular arance. Rice croquettes basically, with loads of cheese in the rice, sauce, and a big blob of melty mozzarella in the…

Hi Jezzies! Yesterday marked 10 — TEN! — weeks since my last drink. Since I posted about it 2 weeks ago on SNS, the icy midwest tundra has started to melt and there are more opportunities for outdoor distance hangs on friends’ patios.

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OMG of course. I live in LA so I’ve visited all her restaurants. Reflections:

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What did everyone make this week? I made this Persian Flatbread, with everything bagel seasoning instead of just black and white sesame seeds. The onions and salt really added to the flavor I felt.

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Did you make anything this week? Bread was in heavy rotation over here this week, probably because we had two “snow days” this week, so three hour video meeting with breaks? Make a cute little focaccia, just right for two, to go with spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. I baked it in a small cake pan lined with…