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[tsuki_no_bara]

hello, my flist. today is hannah glasse's 310th birthday. she wrote a cookbook that was notable for being written for normal people rather than professional chefs, like an eighteenth-century joy of cooking. neat!

in 1891 an african choir from south africa toured britain, even performing for queen victoria. have some photos of three of the

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[jola]

enjoy Florida w/ the fam! (the African choir pics w/ cool, i liked the beading on that first woman's ... hat? hair wrap?)

[tsuki_no_bara]

it was very enjoyable, thank you! and i think that's a hat, altho it does look kind of wrap-ish.

[donutsweeper]

Good on you for going to the protest/march! I still boggle at how overall the politicians' response to Sandy Hook ranged from nothing to loosening gun laws. (I love that Texan sports reporter/news commentator guy, Dale Hansen, who spoke about the Parkland shooting by starting with how people sends "their thoughts and prayers, because that works so well").

Loved the twitter names

Have a good flight and good passover! I'm doing a super low key one this year, no seder or anything which makes for a nice change from cooking for a week in prep but still.. no excuse for making 3 harosets and 5 desserts this way so there is that.

[tsuki_no_bara]

i've never heard of dale hansen but i like him. because seriously, "thoughts and prayers" is the least thing you can say to make it look like you give a shit without you actually having to do anything.

sometimes people on twitter are really fun and clever.

we only had two charosets (one standard ashkenazi charoset and one sephardic/israeli charoset) but i think we might have had five desserts. altho that includes the chocolate bark and the candy.... so how did it feel to not have to spend a week preparing? :D it sounds like a very chill passover.

[donutsweeper]

Dale Hansen is great- here's a tumblr post with some of his more memorable commentaries: http://penguinsweaters.tumblr.com/post/172172189118/bmwiid-losive-schlep-rock-magicfox3

Not having to spend so much time cleaning/preparing was great. I'm not in the best health and don't think I could have actually done it anyway. Not having all the charoset leftovers though was less good. Matzoh without any charosets is a little sad.

Yummmm chocolate bark

[ashbet]

That poem is incredibly beautiful and moving. Thank you <3

[tsuki_no_bara]

you're very welcome! there was a note on it, explaining which cities are mentioned (the town with a flagpole on main street is newtown but i can't remember what the others are), and i should have copied that but didn't.

[seraphicwing]

Enjoy Florida!

[tsuki_no_bara]

i did, thank you! it was hot and mostly sunny and my sister and i went to the beach.

[halfshellvenus]

The African choir members were just gorgeous. What great photos!

Floatie Bloatie as label for hippos-- Hah! It's cruel, but so true. :D

[tsuki_no_bara]

i wish that article had more pics! because yeah, they were pretty fabulous.

well, hippos float and they do look kind of bloated.... it just makes me picture round hippo plushies. there are so many good ones in the replies, too.