Nick Drake Road always gets me sad because he didn't find a road to take him home.
But Red Dirt Girl if I want to cry. Such a tearjerker for me, every time.
I briefly got my ideal real life job, 1/3 systems, 1/3 accounting, 1/3 client facing. That was nice.
If I had no need to make money, though, I'd open a small bar in the wee strip mall a couple blocks away, and would open right when the breakfast/lunch cafe closed, and would offer on weekdays a to-go supper different each day as well. Have staff so I could still travel sometimes. Hospitality is so satisfying, and such a pain in the ass slog at the same time but I would do it.
Nah. We did - this may get long but is relevant. I went to school here when we were 49th in the US and the US close to the bottom worldwide. Literally had no teacher for half of 6th grade, had one book for 5th, kids getting high in elementary, fighting a every day, no art, science once a week. I really only got educated in college. When I had kids I homeschooled them because I remembered how bad it was. But then I found schools to fit the first 3 using the school choice and WOW, it was so good. Those 3 were so prepared for college, 2 got good scholarships at private schools and one got through state school in 3 years, all with amazing grades. The schools in my county were very good.
But it's getting so bad again, my last kid unfortunately missed the good schools wave. They are at community college and crawling back, and yes it's the fault of the continued conservative government wrecking education with their back to basics bullshit. When they were just about diversity in education and different paths for different kids it was great, now they don't want kids to learn anything outside of their doctrine and while it's not quite as abysmal as when I went to school, it's very bad again.
If we are ranked well we are just skating on earlier success, it's getting worse.
Ha! I am nearly 60 and don't think I can afford to be wrinkly and old for at least 15 more years. But on tattoos, I worried that I might not like mine in my 40s but knew that I would love being a tattooed old woman. And this was way before they got popular - I certainly didn't expect that!
We have that trash can, it's been working for 6 years now!
I had a Honda Civic, and when it got totaled I got another Honda. Before these I had other cars but the Hondas have been so, so reliable. This one is 15 now, still going strong. I don't think I would get a different brand now unless they really fucked up.
Kitchen Aid mixers are still good.
What a handsome boy! Pumpkin is not bad, agree with the people saying Reginald, that would suit him. Sir Reginald of Pumpkin :)
Vanilla ice cream is divine, but I would certainly try something not available elsewhere. Perhaps something savory, I've never had a savory ice cream, wonder if that's even possible or if the sugar is part of how it works.
Low cost area you won't be making $50/hour though.
North Florida is the South.
South Florida is farther south than The South.
We are kind of two different states.
That's Kimchi, short for Kim Chiara Oscura. Such a beauty in real life.
Agree except for July. July is tan.
I kinda wish we could see you. My guess is that you are much harder on yourself than anyone else would be, and people are responding to your lack of acceptance not just your looks - when someone is so self-critical we think they are also judging us harshly.
Remember also we all see our own flaws as magnified and assets as not important. Other people see us differently.
Kimchi looks skeptical but it's good.
2 oz bourbon
1 oz orange liqueur
1/2 oz sweet vermouth
1/2 oz (I used 3/4oz) lemon juice
Shake all with ice.
Got near a hundred mini watermelon this year, the very late ones were no good but for a couple months they were glorious. Mini love variety, it was a brutally hot summer and they flourished, I let them take over the whole garden.
Two plants survived being overrun by watermelon, the asparagus and the hong tsoi. I'm sort of resting it until "spring" which is planted around Feb here.
Very basic scoring this time. One line one x. I was happy to find some "golden whole wheat flour" yesterday.
350g Golden whole wheat flour
650g strong white bread flour
20g sel gris
675g tap water
200g starter made with all purpose white flour and tap water, hydration 100%.
Just mix, rest, stretch and fold 4x at 30 minute intervals. Bulk rise took awhile, maybe 4 hours this time (it varies, one hour to 8 - is a condition not a time). Split and bench rest then shaped, into cloth lined baskets wrapped in plastic bags, overnight in the refrigerator. Baked cold bread in very hot closed pans 20 minutes then open lids and 20 minutes more. 450F.
(Sorry for the mixed measurements - I had a bunch of egg white so had to weigh out 1 egg worth)
35 grams egg white
1 Tbsp guava jelly or guava paste
1 oz good mezcal
1/2 oz over proof reposado tequila
1/2 oz Aperol
3/4 oz lemon juice
ETA I failed to list one step. First: whisk or muddle the jelly and booze to incorporate it.
Shake without ice, then with ice. Just as good as it sounds and so beautiful.
It's not a looker, but tastes great.
2 oz tequila (any)
1 oz lime juice
1 oz creme de cassis
2-3 oz ginger beer (I used 1 oz ginger syrup, 3 oz fizzy water, 2 squirts of fire tincture)
Result of googling "what else can I make with tequila and lime"
Husband is having a Stella, that's the bottle in the background.
He's up to 7.5 lb from under 1 lb when we found him. (From 300 grams of baby to 3.5kg of kitten in only a few months, crazy.)
Here is a "before", the day my kids texted to say they found the source of the meowing I had heard before work. Just a wee handful. Always bold as anything though, he was never afraid of us or our 75lb mutt of a dog.
1 oz barrel strength bourbon
1 oz barrel strength reposado tequila
1 scant oz Aperol with a splash of Campari to make an ounce.
1 oz Amaro Nonino
1 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz lemon juice
Shake together with ice. If you are somewhere it's not still summer, serve up in a chilled coupe. Tart enough for a sugared rim. But it's still hot here, so everything is iced. This is sort of 1.5 servings, I just find it fussy to measure .75 of an ounce. Equal parts is the key.
https://makemeacocktail.com/en/cocktail/9953/banderilla
Equal parts tequila, mezcal, Apricot liqueur and lime, half part Aperol works best IMO, any more Aperol and it gets too sweet.
This is a pantry recipe for me as I keep Giffard Abricot in stock always. You want a good apricot in this, I think passion fruit or peach would be equally delicious but make sure it's made from real fruit. Also can sub Campari for the Aperol if you want a little more bitter.
