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Cuisine (of sorts). A year in quarantine, a vaccine, and the garden scene. 5-3-21
It has been roughly a year since the murmurings and whispers and news of folks stuck on a cruise ship unable to come to shore happened. Its been roughly a year since people got really scary-sick a couple weeks after … Continue reading
Posted in The Garden
Tagged Butter Lettuce, COVID-19, Garden, Honeysuckle, Iris, mint, Pandemic, Plants, Purple Mustard
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Politics. In Honor of a Leader on the Day of His Birth. 01-18-2021
Usually, when people want the country to sing kumbaya, ignore trespasses and injustice, and not hold racist White folks accountable, they pull a random quote from Martin Luther King Jr. and weaponize his words for their convenience, much like oppressors … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged accountability, atone, Dr. Martin Luther King, honoring the legacy, Insurrection, Martin Luther KIng Jr., MLKJR, Politics, Quotes
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Art. Sex. Socially Distanced Drawing. 12-29-20
With air filters running, masks on, a brief 15 minutes was spent drawing today.
Posted in Art, man, men, Sex
Tagged Conte, draw, Drawing, figurative, figure, life drawing, Nude
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Cuisine. A good, sharp knife. 11.24.20
Folks wind up in the emergency room on Thanksgiving, an US, harvest-oriented holiday based on the myth of a shared meal between Indigenous people and “colonizers” who “discovered America and then proceeded to annex land, intentionally sicken the indigenous folks, … Continue reading
Posted in Cuisine
Tagged emergency room, knife, knife safety, knives, turkey, US Thanksgiving
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Art. Figure Drawing Men on Zoom. 11-17-2020
The desire to create, to practice, to sharpen skills now, when we have been asked to hunker down, to protect each other in the face of a quarter of a million citizens of the US, dead from COVID-19 is difficult … Continue reading
Politics. The Age of Assholism. 11-8-2020
Many people are walking around on Twitter and Sunday morning talking-head shows, proclaiming that the reason why the race was so close, and that 67 million Americans voted for a known liar, alleged con-artist and rapist, and person largely responsible … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged 2020 Election Analysis, Black Lives Matter, Politics, racism
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Politics. There Once was a Great Nation. 10.09.20
There was once a great nation called The United States of America, where people were proud to be American. It was a country of diverse cultures and communities that often kept their distance from each other, fought with each other, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Courage, COVID-19, Delivery Drivers, Health Care Providers, Nurses, Patroitism, Politics, Retail Front Line, sacrifice, USA
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Cuisine. Cocktail. Gin Jam. 10.08.20
Costco and Bonne Mamman FINALLY offers a nice, big jar of their 4-fruits preserves, and a very impressive looking bottle of Aviator Gin, so it felt like a good time for a GinJam, a cocktail where you use jam or … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Cuisine, Drinks
Tagged Aviation Gin, Bonne Mamman, Cocktail, gimlet, Lime, Luxardo Triple Sec, St Germain
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Cuisine.Drinks.The Apple Blossom. 10-4-20
The temperatures are beginning to drop in the evenings, and, for me, that means my cocktails start to move away from Tequila Anejo, Reposado, and Gin and into Rye, Bourbon and Whiskey as the base alcohol. I rarely drink vodka … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Cuisine, Drinks
Tagged Apple, autumn drinks, bulleit rye whiskey, calvados, Cocktail, collins, izze soda, liqueur, liquor, St Germain, St. Elizabeth's Allspice Dram
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Sex. Sewing While Naked. 8.24.20
In the finished attic, there is a room. There are shelves where fabric rests, folded neatly. Wools, and cotton, linings, and cheap cotton calico prints. …and spandex. There are yards of spandex that wait to wrap around the body, to … Continue reading
Sex. Politics. Art. Cuisine. 