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fuck the grind. fuck work culture. i want a slow life. i want to wake up in the morning and scramble eggs and saute some spinach, squeeze some orange juice and cut up some strawberries, and eat it all while sitting on my porch and watching my goats mill about in the yard. i have a world of downtime to bake bread and garden and read and craft. i am free.

i love and support trans people! having this on your blog means you love and support trans people too!

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Pike

This isn’t a guide or anything this is just personal notes of what my grandpa taught me so that I remember.

Use a sharp fillet and medium knife

-Cut middle of belly starting at cloaca to just under the jaw -Cut just behind head, all the way to the backbone, down to original cut -Cut along backbone, ~20*angle head to tail, will feel bones being cut (Filet is free, repeat on other side, remove guts and organs) -Remove belly fat (about 1/2 to 3/4 bottom inch of fillet. Remove cloaca and fin if needed.) -Make small cut just on the top side of rib bones, skim knife along underside of bones to cut them away -Cut away y-bones. Some people just throw this part away, but by removing y-bones saves a few oz of meat. --Scrape along fillet to remove any blood or scales and feel y-bones --Cut 1/4 to 1/8 inch above y-bones about 1/2 inch deep. y-bones run from head to 3-4 inches away from the tail --Carefully cut along length of y-bones, after 1-2 inches insert a finger, y-bones should be visible. Grandpa recommends to roll wrist to help define the ends of the bones. --Blade up, cut 1/4 to 1/8 inch below y-bones --Cut/scrape backside of y-bones --Yank out y-bones, should be 1 long strip. --Remove any stray bones -Remove skin by making incision 1/2 to 1 inch from tail grab/hold onto skin so it is taught, and run fillet knife 20*angle along skin, cut gently, it is more like pulling skin to knife than cutting -Rinse fillets thoroughly, and hang to remove excess water

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$0.61* Bread (no kneading)

3 1/4 cups flour 2 tsps salt 1/2 tsp active dry yeast 1 1/2 cups water (warm/hot)

Combine water, salt, and yeast Mix in flour (forms a shaggy dough) Grease top, cover, let sit at room temp for 12-18 hours Preheat oven to 450^F with a dutch oven and lid inside Dust parchment paper with flour, pinch dough into itself to form a smooth ball Use parchment paper as handles to place dough into dutch oven Bake for 30 minutes Remove lid and bake for 10 more minutes Remove bread and allow to cool for 1 hour before cutting into loaf

Recipe from Becky Jones with modified instructions

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I know my mom is getting cleaning videos on TikTok.

So far: She has put the extra bucket in the spin mop Scrub Daddy (Hasn’t been used yet 2+mo) Power paste (Hasn’t been used yet 2+mo) Pink Stuff (Hasn’t been used yet 1+mo) Got a handheld vacuum for Christmas  

Can you guys please stop selling her shit and start selling her minimalism.

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“Eww why do you use reusable pads, wearing a stained piece of cloth is gross/doesn't sound healthy.” Lol, well you obviously don’t know what I wear the other 24 days of the month. *pssst: If you don’t care about stains cloth pads dont require nearly as much time/labor/scrubbing/soaking as most brands would have you believe.*

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LOVE reading pliny the elder and coming across a passage where he says shit like "so some people say that if a horse steps in a wolf's tracks it will fucking EXPLODE"

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My condolences to every Michigander trying to make it to work this morning.

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my god... she's come down with a case of "soup madness"

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Oh my gosh I freaking forgot

THE BIRDS!

- Birds may fly into your chimney when not in use. So check your woodstove regularly. Live birds can just be put back outside.

Hey cottagecore peeps, heres some woodstove tips from my grandpa ✨

- Dont use wood you cut that year, its "greenwood" because of the moisture it doesn't burn as well and creates lots of creosote

- Hardwoods generally burn hotter and longer than softwoods

- Creosote is a real issue, you may have to get on the roof to clean your chimney

- Keep a mirror next to your woodstove so you can check for creosote buildup about once a week

- Ash needs to be emptied once a day, but newer woodstoves are more efficient and may only need to be cleaned every 3-4 days

- Cut timber in the winter, there is less sap in the trunk of the tree

- A facecord (standard wood stack size) is 4ft×8ft×16in, in a particularly cold year he used 21 facecord to heat his medium sized house

- insurance companies dont like woodstoves in the house, but run more efficiently than those outside

- If you keep the (dried) timber inside there will be bugs, my grandpa sprays the wood after its stacked

- if you're keeping the wood in a basement, cut a hole in the wall (just trust me)

- Save your paper products, they make good fire starter

Remember to contribute to good forest management! Plant trees! And don't take more than you need!

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📷 by @pottedelephant from #blackbotanistsweek 2020

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Lets say, hypothetically, my lover's got humor..... and for the sake of debate... lets say, she's the giggle at a funeral.

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Hey cottagecore peeps, heres some woodstove tips from my grandpa ✨

- Dont use wood you cut that year, its "greenwood" because of the moisture it doesn't burn as well and creates lots of creosote

- Hardwoods generally burn hotter and longer than softwoods

- Creosote is a real issue, you may have to get on the roof to clean your chimney

- Keep a mirror next to your woodstove so you can check for creosote buildup about once a week

- Ash needs to be emptied once a day, but newer woodstoves are more efficient and may only need to be cleaned every 3-4 days

- Cut timber in the winter, there is less sap in the trunk of the tree

- A facecord (standard wood stack size) is 4ft×8ft×16in, in a particularly cold year he used 21 facecord to heat his medium sized house

- insurance companies dont like woodstoves in the house, but run more efficiently than those outside

- If you keep the (dried) timber inside there will be bugs, my grandpa sprays the wood after its stacked

- if you're keeping the wood in a basement, cut a hole in the wall (just trust me)

- Save your paper products, they make good fire starter

Remember to contribute to good forest management! Plant trees! And don't take more than you need!

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let’s make flower crowns for each other and get married with nature as our witness

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The CNA training is 2 weeks long. And so for the last 2 weeks I have been leaving an hour early to arrive 30 minutes early at my 8 am class.

My CNA class is in Town IN Town and so i left with an hour to spare and now Im here half an hour early but hey Im here 😌

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Are you the flowy dress cottagecore type,

Or the flannel shirt cottagecore type?

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🌿 * : 🍄 . ﾟ✧ 🐥 * . 🌾 : * .🍓. *

i want a farm with happy cows n little chickens n playful goats

🌿 * : 🍄 . ﾟ✧ 🐥 * . 🌾 : * .🍓. *

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I’m disappointed that I’m less “forest nymph eco princess” cottagecore and more “horse girl rural upbringing” cottagecore than I had anticipated.