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([personal profile] siderea Nov. 21st, 2025 03:09 am)
The Bostoniensis household's last grocery order included some cucumbers but the delivery service mystifyingly substituted for them a head of cabbage. They were very apologetic when Mr B called to complain, and refunded us the price of the cabbage, so now it's a free cabbage. But it's still here taking up a remarkably large volume of space in our fridge, what with the spherical thing, and it's a week before Thanksgiving.

Cooking a cabbage was not on our plans for this week. But throwing out a perfectly good cabbage seems sad. And I have been complaining about not getting enough veggies to eat. So.

Anybody have a very delicious recipe for cabbage that conforms to the following parameters?:

• Cooked. No raw cabbage.

• Really, really low effort. I am resigned to having to chop the cabbage itself, but maybe minimal other chopping of other veggies or meats. Something where the actual cooking isn't too fussy.

• Not haluski. We love haluski. We have most of the ingredients for haluski. We do not have the time or energy for taking on a project like haluski.

• Not stuffed cabbage. The kind with ground beef and tomato sauce. Neither of us likes it. Possibly because we don't like the taste of cabbage in tomato sauce.

• Not corned beef and cabbage. We love corned beef and cabbage but omg have you seen the price of brisket.

• Relately, maybe no stewing or slow cooking? The smell of slow cooking the corned beef and cabbage is dire, and we don't want to have to flush air we paid to heat. Maybe it would be okay if more heavily seasoned.

• Gotta mostly be cabbage. We have a lot of cabbage to get through.

We like spicy, though it's not required; no cilantro, and probably no coconut. Main dish or side, with meat or without.
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith posting in [community profile] followfriday Nov. 21st, 2025 01:38 am)
Got any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).

Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nov. 21st, 2025 01:20 am)
Today's theme is Knitting.  You might also like my Hobbies: Knitting post with resources.

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([personal profile] weofodthignen Nov. 20th, 2025 09:31 pm)
More rain overnight.

A pomegranate tree on my usual walking route has started dropping fruits on the pavement/sidewalk. Unfortunately they split open. This morning there was a small one, so I hoped it might be intact, but it wasn't. I could easily pick one off the tree, but that would be wrong.

The oranges are also starting to fall. A couple have had bites in them. The one I found this morning hadn't, and unfortunately was ripe enough and fell from high enough that it had smashed open. There are fallen lemons under some people's trees that have smooshed onto their driveways and paths so they look like sherbet.
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nov. 20th, 2025 09:56 pm)
This poem is spillover from the October 2025 [community profile] crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] readera. It also fills the "Do you trust me?" square in my 10-1-25 card for the Fall Festival Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by [personal profile] janetmiles. It belongs to the Frank the Crank arc in the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "The Clearest Signal" and "Set on Continuous Improvement," so read those first or this won't make as much sense.

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([personal profile] billroper Nov. 20th, 2025 09:10 pm)
Among all of the assorted upgrades that I'm doing, I finally managed to get Luna Pro loaded on my machine. It's an interesting looking system, but the learning curve is looking steep.

I may mess around with it from time to time, but I think I'm going to concentrate on Cubase. :)
This poem is spillover from the October 2025 [community profile] crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] readera. It also fills the "Dark Side" square in my 10-1-25 card for the Fall Festival Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by [personal profile] janetmiles. It belongs to the Frank the Crank arc in the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "The Clearest Signal," so read that first or this won't make as much sense.

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Spring Crafts
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1381


:: Nik is surprised when his new tenants return home with bales of straw and a bag full of berry canes. It turns out that they plan to make beehive skeps, with an eye on harvesting honey and wax in the autumn. He finds himself joining in. Part of the Teague Family/Edison’s Mirror story arc, prompted by [personal profile] readera, with my deepest thanks. (Don’t worry, there will be more information related to the original prompt!) ::




Nik rolled onto the tiny front porch as Aidan, Vic and Ed marched steadily toward the shaded side of the garage. Both Vic and Ed had a bale of straw balanced on one shoulder, while Ed carried two plastic grocery sacks barely holding together around bundles of what looked like berry canes. Nik rolled to the round raised planter. “Hey, guys! Come on over.”

Aidan redirected his feet first, but Ed scampered quickly after. Vic fell back, bringing up the rear. As they reached a comfortable distance for conversation, Nik asked, “What’s with the hay bales?”
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nov. 20th, 2025 02:01 pm)
Earth's magnetic field has a weak spot — and it's getting bigger, putting astronauts and satellites at risk

This could be bad news for satellites and spacefarers.

A weak spot in Earth's protective magnetic field is growing larger and exposing orbiting satellites and astronauts to more solar radiation, according to more than a decade of measurements by three orbiting observatories.

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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nov. 20th, 2025 01:37 pm)
Today is cloudy and cool.  It drizzled a bit yesterday and last night.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 11/20/25 -- I planted 6 pots of switchgrass, 6 pots of sideoats grama, and 4 pots of river oats in the prairie garden.  These are pots I started from seed earlier in the year, but then it got too hot and dry to plant them.  While some had died, others had surprisingly robust rootballs in their little pots, and a few had wisps of green at the crown.  :D
 
EDIT 11/20/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 11/20/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

As it is now dark, I am done for the night.

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([personal profile] mdlbear Nov. 20th, 2025 07:17 pm)

Today I am thankful for...

  • Coffee. AKA bean soup, in this household.
  • Compression socks. NO thanks for hypertension.
  • Onions and garlic. Just because I have to cut back on salt...
  • Not tripping when I carried Bronx upstairs. Remind me NEVER to carry ANYTHING up or down stairs that requires taking both hands off the railings.
  • Memories. (This season a lot of them include our drives down to LA for Loscon, also giblet gravy and Mom's chopped liver recipe.)

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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nov. 20th, 2025 12:14 am)
Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This batch features hobbies.

Quilting is a fibercraft hobby of sewing layers of fabric together, usually to make colorful designs. If you feel frustrated by planned obsolescence, artificial intelligence, and other current issues then consider quilting as a form of protest. Make something beautiful that will last.

On Dreamwidth, consider communities like [community profile] crafty, [community profile] cross_stitch, [community profile] everykindofcraft, [community profile] get_knitted, [community profile] intertwined, [community profile] justcreate, [community profile] quilting, [community profile] quilters_chat, [community profile] sewing, and [community profile] sewing101.

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([personal profile] weofodthignen Nov. 19th, 2025 11:56 pm)
The housemate did early spring cleaning. And found the tail for the Kit-Cat clock somewhere in the papers and stuff.
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nov. 19th, 2025 10:59 pm)
53 Best Self-Care Gifts for Peak Pampering

Meaningful self-care goes beyond a simple bubble bath or at-home facial (though, those are really nice, too), and we all need support and resources to maintain self-care routines that truly benefit us.

If you’re looking to be that support for someone else, self-care gifts can make a major impact.



Stock up for Self-Care Wednesday!  Or pack these as host/ess gifts for your relatives at Thanksgiving, with a card explaining that followup holiday.
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nov. 19th, 2025 09:19 pm)
Today we went shopping in Champaign.

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Confidential Bias
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1245


:: Jackie makes final decisions, and the new family reacts. (Suggested by [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith in comments to another story in the series, this is just too perfect not to use!) Part of the Polychrome Heroics universe, in the “clowder connections” story arc, with my thanks. ::




Jackie poured the last of the pitcher of sweetened tea into their glasses, splitting it evenly between herself and Marise. “What…” Jackie took a deep breath as she set the empty pitcher down beside the two dessert plates, empty save for the wax coverings for the tiny round cheese wheels. “What,” she began again, “else do I have to do to become an official mentor in your agency?”
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