wishful Wednesday

in which our plucky heroine wishes that there was some way to shift to a better timeline..

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~ partly carved ~

Slowly but steadily, progress is happening with the new block, now almost three-quarters of the way carved... Not yet sure if I want to give the block a wooden backing, or leave it as is. A backing makes it easier to handle, but thin lino is simpler to register on the paper. Don't need to decide yet, and can always add a backing later on if that seems like a good idea.

I've decided to share my progress on FB, despite my media diet, so as to reach more people and hopefully generate more interest. I wasn't sure what organisation I was going to suggest to folks, but it will probably be World Central Kitchen, as their good works are world wide, and they are highly rated (A+) by Charity Watch. Though of course in these times, there are many many organisations that could use our help...

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Did a modicum of gardening today, by cleaning up around the marjoram plant in the front yard. It was becoming overgrown by dreadful lawn grass, and needed all the last years flower stalks trimmed back as well. The new garden kneeler/seat works well. Weeding this one plant is such a small thing to take me over an hour, but "proficere lente sed proficere"... I salvaged all the little leaf clusters from the pruned marjoram stems, and dried them in the dehydrator, so now my herb and spice shelf has a small jar with a tiny label "marjoram"

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I mixed up the dough for Nena's "chocolate crinkle cookies", which is cooling overnight in the fridge, so I will have treats to bring to the bike store boys... Tomorrow I will bake and the house will smell delightful.

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I've tried, but I still can't skip, though my body remembers the motions, it just remains earthbound. I can do the other thing, that is sort of like flying lead changes, but I can't skip. Maybe if I keep practicing, I will be able to again. There is hopping involved in actual skipping, and my legs don't want to do that .

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I cooked both the zucchini from the previous grocery order, some as roasted chunks, and some as long roasted wedges. This condensed them considerably. My intent is to make a tomato-y cheese-y bake from them, so I hope I have some tomato sauce in the pantry

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March SMART goals (x=extra)

#	THINGS MADE	THINGS FIXED	THINGS GONE
1	-	grey pinafore	art exchange
2	-	pruned marjoram	many dead weeds
3	-	-	-
4	-	-	-
5	-	-	-
6	x	x	-
7	x	x	x
8	x	x	x
9	x	x	x

today's gratitudes -
1. Ursula Vernon's book Swordheart just hit #5 on the NYT Bestseller List!
2. Rainbow heart chime in my pocket all day.
3. today I learned that hashtags are a thing on Blue Sky. I will use them, going forward...

Time of Isolation - Day 1691