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You take three cucumbers and peel them, then cut them in half lengthwise and use a spoon to remove the seeds. Next, you slice them into 1/2 rounds and toss them in a bag with 1/2c rice vinegar, a splash of sesame oil, a few spoonfuls of sugar and a generous dash of salt. You let them get happy for a few hours in the fridge, then you eat them cold.

OooooOOoooo If I make kefir flavored with my ginger mulched with moss from Cherry Street, it will be haunted with ghosts from the wild west saloons :). Lol.

I think putting "haunted" stuff in my garden is my favorite game ever.

I think Sunny the parakeet is practicing barking. It's not a perfect bark noise, but it's making the dogs bark, and his birdie cheeks are puffed up for his happy face.

Amy Cross is an extremely prolific horror writer, having written well over a hundred books. She’s a spray hitter, covering many varied horror scenarios. Her writing is a bit florid sometimes, but when she hits one out of the park she will blow your socks off. Her books are always .99 also.

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Read the first word of this post again.

Yay, my water kefir came! My rose syrup is ready, and an assortment of spices and candy flavorings.

I was so happy that I could finally buy hippie coffee "for the worms" instead of budget stuff, doing the whole fair trade/rainforest thing, but I bought blueberry cobbler coffee as a treat, and I'm going to be crushed when the bag goes empty soon. Can't find a blueberry coffee creamer to add to the hippie coffee, so I'll get syrup.

What else would you add to "blueberry cobbler" coffee? A hint of butter for the crust and vanilla for ice cream on top, maybe? Would you add lemon zest, or cinnamon?

HARNESSING HOT AIR

"Researchers from Qatar University and Jordan’s Hussein Technical University have found a way to double the power produced from a type of solar tower.

The “twin technology solar system” they report in the journal Energy Reports can produce energy all day and all night.

The concept behind the new solar tower system relies on the fact that hot air rises."

anthropocenemagazine.org/2023/

She's creating an archive of ocher pigments from around the world, "foraging" the pigments by collecting samples from mines and whatnot. What an awesome undertaking.

mymodernmet.com/heidi-gustafso

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