i believe this is from the their wedding day when they saw the people who had come to congratulate them outside the town hall.

ooh i like that term

not Waldorf, no, everybody does this. i would say the time would not be an issue for some - you sit down with the little ones and do something together and there’s an element of surprise at the other end. and you don’t have to worry about cleaning spilled paint or dye.

in the land of My People the point of the onion skins is to attach them piece by piece to the egg by wrapping thread or yarn around the egg the same time, maybe throw a small birch leaf in there too, and that creates funky patterns when boiled.

i wash my parents’ down pillows when they’re not home. I try to do it on a sunny and/or warm and/or dry and/or windy day and then hang them on a line or put on a rack and try to fluff them now and then to mix up the feathers. and leave them to dry for days. they are covered with a thick fabric and usually very few…

some sort of hair dyeing regimen. henna, especially.

Freshwater Troutriver sounds like a lovely name. I’m from somewhere completely different and have acquaintances named Pinecone Deer and CherryBerry Alderforest.

yes!

It is very pleasing to the eye.. but I find it very sad and depressing.
my alma mater’s library has a fountain in the shape of one of our most famous guy’s face:

wut, I’m 5' 9'’. where I come from, this is not considered tall. above average, yes.

*adds wine to grocery list*

oh, there’s another one. there’s also a new one by an Estonian author. I haven’t read it yet, but judging by the author’s general style of thought in the media, I’m not holding out for a deeply nuanced discussion. and it’s most certainly a picture book. who knows, maybe I will be pleasantly surprised.

I don’t know if you’re just making a random comparison or talking about an actual kids’ book on the Christmas truce. because that book totally exists.

meh, done that.

Ah, knotting! I actually knew about that one. but the piece was still amazing. writing this at a new year’s party. party hard!

the rum raisin one!

I remember living under elven surveillance during most Decembers since the early 90s. I asked my friend who’s a couple of years older and from a different area and he remembers the same and probably from the late 80s even. we don’t have a book to go with it and the elves themselves are magical creatures that you don’t…

Jesus the hairstylist. sounds like a good new angle on all of it.

yes, I can concur that sex in dreams where I have a penis feels totally different (better?).

after pants, yes. but when skirt or dress is involved, it can be before, especially if the skirt/dress makes it uncomfortable to bend over.