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brownie in AK · 2Y ago

C'MON now

so, i'm tapping away productively at my computer at work and i glance outside hoping to catch a glimpse of the sandhill cranes during their spring migration (I work right smack next to a migratory bird refuge)...and this is what i see:ummm...snow? actually, i just saw the snow. i made katya go stan
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brownie in AK · 2Y ago

Boreal Hat Trick

this is an unbeatable combo: wild cranberries, wild blueberries, and raspberries from the yard. a half-gallon each, a little sugar and some pectin......a bit of cooking time......and you have the Boreal Hat Trick (as named by Cob)! Dea wanted to know how to make jam and i had some extra berries i
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brownie in AK · 2Y ago

two firsts

two amazing things happened last week. (truth be told, in a house with a 5 month old, amazing things happen all the time, but these two deserve particular mention...)On Tuesday, Teresa finished her FIRST knitted project. this after a looooooong spell of her claiming that she wasn't interested in k
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brownie in AK · 2Y ago

lucky

this is where i sit most days, alternating between sleeping baby and eating baby. if you've talked to me on the phone in the last month, i was likely sitting right here.motherhood (and cute sleeping babies) takes a toll on getting out and about.especially at -20F when even inter-species differences
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brownie in AK · 2Y ago

14 friends, 16 blocks of love

yesterday, kat asked me and Cob to meet her for lunch. there was a small group of folks who wanted to give us "something." i wasn't allowed to know what it was, or even who constituted the group. i dutifully showed up, snarfed down a pizza while knitter after knitter joined our group and Kat lean
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brownie in AK · 2Y ago

here comes the sun

every year, i try to grow an experimental crop in the garden to see what i can nuture into this world. usually these experiments fail. Cob never misses an opportunity to remind me of the Okra Year, when i told myself that i could convince a plant that has never felt a cool dry summer to produce in
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brownie in AK · 2Y ago

the other white meat

it's that time of year again...early summer in Fairbanks when the wild roses bloom,...and the irises unfurl their delicate, ephemeral petals......and the pig gets roasted!The Hollingsworths and friends host an annual pig roast in honor of Jamie's birthday (that's him on the left and that's his pig r
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brownie in AK · 2Y ago

masterpieces

sometimes, you just have a good week, and no matter what else drags you down, stresses you out, or what have you. 3 excellent things came into my life this week, only one of which did i have anything to do with. regardless of what else is happening, it's important to stop and give these things th
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brownie in AK · 3Y ago

purling on the porch

spring has been slow to come to the north land and as most of you know, i'm somewhat loathe to tempt the gods of warm weather when they first show their sunny faces. they seem like ground hogs sometimes, hiding again if you make too big a deal over their early appearances.so it takes more than a fe
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brownie in AK · 3Y ago

masterpiece

it starts like this:Scharfenberger chocolate and butter mixed with eggs, sugar, pecan flour, and vanilla. that's it.after that's all baked and cooled, you pour a spreadable ganache (this time Scharfenberger chocolate, cream, and butter) over the cake to make a glaze.a few chopped pecans pressed int
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