Earlier this week, in Ann Wood's newsletter, there was a link to a recipe for a sort of asian inspired carrot and cucumber slaw with chickpeas, and it sounded tasty. My first attempt was rather too improvisational, and turned out unbalanced, with an overabundance of cilantro and garlic, and nowhere near enough cucumber. It was obviously user error on my part, so in hope of a better outcome, a quick ride to the store before the thunderstorm arrived for more ingredients was in order. This version was much improved. Following the proportions of the recipe but scaled down for a single dinner serving. Slice the cucumbers thin instead of grating them. Substitute some green onion tops for raw red onion. Skip adding raw garlic to the dressing at all. Slice up some of the fermented daikon pickle and add to the vegetables. This is a winner, and deserves to be added to the recipe file. The pink daikon ferment has turned out to be something I like very much, and that too will be added to the files and made again.
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~ it's not easy being green ~
...especially if you are this small! Today our plucky heroine learned how to make wee beaded amphibians. In keeping with my intention to use what is on hand, the bucket-o-beads yielded some suitably green seed beads, and the remains of a spool of 28ga brass wire that is probably at least 40 or more years old. Still good. The tutorial for these showed up on social media and my immediate thought was that they would be an ideal Advent Swap treat, as they are about an inch long. There isn't enough wire to make a set of 31 froglettes, but the internets tell me that the local hardware stores will be a good source. Already checked the local art store, but unfortunately they do not carry much in the way of beadcraft supplies.~ it's not easy being green ~
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Found a few nature magazines in the free bin at the library earlier this week, so I've been gradually cutting out origami squares from the colorful pages, and now there are 62 squares enough to fold another set of 31 masu boxes to wrap another full set of Advent Swap gifts.
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This showed up on my media feed; "Grateful Dead of the Day" is a website unfamiliar to me, and apparently one can click and listen to entire concerts...UMass Amherst Spring Concert; 5/12/79; I was there. Missed the first opening act, second opening act was Patti Smith! (very mixed genre crowd that day)...
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I was amused the last time out on my bike, to find a little free library that also had a separate low-to-the-ground open bin labeled "dog tales" and filled with a nice assortment of sticks.
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June SMART goals (x=extra)
| # | THINGS MADE | THINGS FIXED | THINGS GONE |
| 1 | Babs brooch | thinned apples | greenwaste bin |
| 2 | 5th god lino block | add under elastic | recycle bin |
| 3 | 5th god corner block | white scarf hem | recycle bin |
| 4 | enamels for John | add more elastics | greenwaste bin |
| 5 | tie-dye pillowcases | Viking bag strap | greenwaste bin |
| 6 | bead frogs | x | recycle bin |
| 7 | x | x | x |
| 8 | x | x | x |
| 9 | x | x | x |
today's gratitudes -
- an unexpected visit from Mindy
- learning to make tiny frogs
- improved the tasty 4C salad recipe
Time of Isolation - Day 2178
