Cooked black cargo rice cut up into squares
For quick and easy meals

The most optimistic and focused time of my day is the 8.3 minutes after a shower.

It's usually downhill after that.
Perhaps I should shower more often.

Apple orchards with mega parking lots for the fall crush should have a drive-through stand about a mile away for people who just want to buy a bag of apples.

I have a theory that adults who wave giant flags for their candidate believe that high school pep rallies were the high point of their lives.

I have never seen the appeal of gathering around a wood pile to watch it burn.

Ancestors found in someone's mom's attic
Disposed of (to me 🙂) because their names are unknown
"Yes, I'll gladly buy those from you"

Attic finds usually have the least wear
#Antiques #CrayonPortrait #Photography

The Christmas snacking quarter has officially begun.
I love these things!
#Aldi

If I didn't have to pee, my dreams would be finished novels instead of incomplete short stories.

Who reads the mandatory news stories every holiday about how busy the airports are?

The people stuck in an airport or, those who are glad they are not traveling, or nobody.

I'm saving this for the next time I try to explain to my doctor what is wrong with me

tar·ant·ism
/ˈterənˌtizəm/
noun
a psychological illness characterized by an extreme impulse to dance, prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, and widely believed at the time to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula.

I picked up some whole oat groats from a new very big Korean grocery
(they had 3 different brands!)

Now I need to figure out the right liquid ratio for the porridge setting on my Zojirushi rice cooker

More Temu fun
A seat you wear

"Exoskeleton Wearing Seat: Suitable for Independence Day, Halloween, Yom Kippur, Oktoberfest "

Do people ever complain that their hands are hot?

They always seem OK unless cold.

Taking your things that few others appreciate to a flea market and then bringing most of them home again, is one of the hardest ways to clean the dust off.

Sometimes, a person from long, long ago comes to mind, and then I wonder if I ever occasionally come to their mind.

Not that I care about being remembered.
I just wonder.

Spent the day in Wisconsin.
The large number of a certain primary color hat and yard signs with the wrong name was concerning.

Pull out another blanket night may be one of my favorite events of the season.

I live a very simple life.

I was really into Human League once upon a time
I like this Peruvian cover of "Don't You Want Me Baby"

https://gitkin.bandcamp.com/album/dont-you-want-me-baby-mi-lamento

Politicians are not responsible for high prices, but they should be blamed for allowing corporations to monopolize things like food and health care.

Once monopolized, the corporations charge you whatever they can get away with.

Found It
ZeroWater filter after about a months use, makes water when heated that smells like bad fish
Bummer - this filter had such good ratings