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Life never gave us lemons
Apparently a lemon is not naturally occurring and is a hybrid developed by cross breeding a bitter orange and a citron. Life never gave us lemons; we invented them all by ourselves. r/showerthoughts...
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A new barren mall
Up before dawn. Groggily rolled luggage to the car, car to the airport, did we forget anything? Parking garage to check-in, security line. Gate. Board. Buckle. Exhale. I watched Past Lives on the way...
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Elevating anything
In that brief respite I thought I was not sick, it seems I passed on the germs to Casey. This gives me deep guilt, so I am trying to make up for it by prepping and delivering meals as he mends. Not...
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Guacamole sauce
New recipe attempt: Cumin-Rubbed Chicken with Guacamole Sauce. The biggest challenge is aligning avocado ripeness with the dinner plan. It also requires a blender / food processor which is not...
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Precursor
Saw a social media post about the origin of the term ‘cursor’ as a pointer in reference to a slide rule and how this inspired the computing term. I had no idea! The post had a super low resolution...
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You have to look at the world [in] small pieces at a time
Opening up a zine from Scott Boms for inspiration at the close of the work week. He visualized Sister Corita Kent's 10 Rules for Teachers and Students and included a (view)finder + 6 photosCurrently...
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Garbage content
I’ve only tried scented garbage bags a few times, often by mistake. Each experience the same — whenever I’d open the trash can I’d scrunch my nose and wonder what the awful smell was. Oh, it’s the bag....
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This could have been an email
Somehow managed to have two Zoom calls today with a mouth full of gauze that needed replaced often. Thought I might need to escalate concerns about this (the gauze, not the Zooms), but by the afternoon...
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A bit more color
A few snapshots of blooms with colored paper before major storms rolled through. Not my strongest set. + 3 photosCurrently Listening: Rolling Stones “Mother's Little Helper”
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Bananas
Of the 5,965 journal entries here, none have been titled "Bananas," which I think is bananas. I like bananas well enough on their own, but love them in ice cream or a milkshake. Which is why when I...
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Letter in a fish. Message in a bottle.
A thread about Nick Bantock's Griffin and Sabine book sends me running to the basement to grab these two things mom sent letters in: A fish and a bottle.Currently Listening: Blonde Redhead...
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Corn was on sale
This is not corn season so the sale of corn was a bit suspect, but nowhere near as sus as food with Kingsford Charcoal branding. I see the connection but it's kind of like selling Ford Hamburgers...
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Have I ever really looked at a sunflower?
If I were to recall a sunflower from memory I'd draw a circle of brown seeds and frame those with large gold petals. But here I was staring at the green sharp points in the center of this arrangement...
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The joy it could bring
Whenever I hedge on letting something go, it's less about the joy it brings me and more about the joy it could bring someone else, which makes it super easy to part ways. Today I dropped off a trunk...
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Sqsh & Mtn Dew
If you've a one pan recipe that combines squash and brussels sprouts, pls lmk. + a photo of Mtn Dew and a glimpse of the history and future of Mountain Dew logos.Currently Listening: Carrie Underwood...
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A year of looking back
Today marked the final day of revisiting 20 years of daily photos. The process began as a few minutes each morning and expanded, sometimes to hours, as I dug into many summers and autumns that had been...
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Still learning to speak
I recap the election with scant detail, outline lunch with a new book, and share (6) more photos from a bathroom filled with dog artCurrently Listening: Runnner “Ur Name on a Grain of Rice”Reply via...
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Snow dusted tree
I would’ve been happy to enjoy this first snow of the season from a window at home, but I had to go back to the dentist, again. Today for a permanent filling in the tooth that just got a root canal....
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Everything is so distracting
I’ve tried all sorts of ways to clean blackened sheet pans and come to some conclusions: In researching which pans might not leech dangerous chemicals into our food, I kept getting overlays about a...
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MG
Drove all over tarnation today but not in a ride anywhere this sweet. (Very aware my frame would not fit behind the wheel but will appreciate nonetheless.) Tried to do research on MG for this journal...
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