From a clipping found in my new TREASURE 1885 copy of The Farm and Household Cyclopedia, which I got for $3 at the flea market yesterday but which you can read online for free! http://www.archive.org/stream/farmhouseholdcyc00luptuoft

An Old Lady's Way

A happy and ( Read more... )

Just a reminder:

No one expects you to know everything off the top of your head. It's ok to ask questions (be sure you read the whole email chain first though, k?) and it's ok to say "I don't know, I'll get back to you."

Also, stop acting like it's all an *actual* emergency. Now doesn't that feel better?

DO I SMELL BACON??

I know and love:

You are awesome, don't take any shit.

You are insanely beautiful, don't ever question it.

You are whole and solid, don't let anyone doubt that.

You are big and amazing, bigger than they know.

You're going to do amazing things. You. Because you are you.

Don't let the turkeys get you down. And them? They're totally turkeys.

Always, always, trust your intuition. It will never lead you astray. The more you trust it, the more you'll hear it, the better off you'll be. And even if things fuck up and suck, you have the comfort in knowing Knowing that you did exactly what you believed was the right thing, because you listened to your Self. And Knowing that is the only way to ( Read more... )

HEY!


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Here is the recipe I started with . I did it all in the crock pot and left the potatoes in. I also didn't have any yogurt so that didn't go in and I also added a can of chick peas. Should've added salt. I didn't go to all the trouble of the rice and instead just did some brown rice in the cooker with some spices and butter and juice from the ( Read more... )

I'm surprised so many of you find it hard to believe one can make too-hot sauce accidentally ( Read more... )

I'm going to be offloading some of my art. The ones I've painted will go on Etsy, the ones I've collected and can live without I'll have to try here or on Craigs. If you've been waiting for me to et around to selling some of it, let me know what you're after and we'll see if it's on The List.

Here's the Pear Lady for your amusement.

Not a house this time, just this.

In honor of and as a symbol of my joy in Kena and Bruno's happiness, I created the Wedding Garden yesterday. It's a perennial flower bed (with a dash of rhubarb, because love and marriage are both sweet and sour) next to Pete's Hole (also maybe a little bit of a love spell for our beautiful Pete?) In it I planted lilies, irises and peonies, and I ( Read more... )