My drawing of the guy who cruised past my house this morning, all casual-like. I was particularly impressed with the blender as travel mug.
Yeeesss! Tell me about your dutch oven approach...preheat the pot in the fire, right? Parchment paper or no? How long total do you run your fire? Do you monitor temps or go by feel? So many questions!
Great pictures! I'm so anticipating their spring return, although easy to max out on the incessant calling...so cute and yet so very very constant
Really stoked about this trailer for going between bike and bus with cargo
Such sad times! I'm so sorry for your loss. We had a cat and a dog die when our kids were young (4&2yo when the cat died, 5&3 for the dog). It was really hard! Especially since both pets had been with me for almost 20 years... both were a big losses. We talked about it with them once it was clear that they were on their way out. We tried to keep it age appropriate and simple, but very matter of fact, no euphemisms, etc. When the time came that we decided to euthanize, we gave the kids the option if they wanted to come or not (both to the vet, and then to stay with the pet until the end). Both times, they chose to stay, and then we went out for ice cream and talked about it all a bunch, kinda trying to follow their lead whenever they wanted to talk about it. I would definitely do the same again in the future...explain what's going to happen, what it'll be like, then give them the option. It was hard, especially because at their ages they were also pretty focused on my response, but also it seemed like it gave them a pretty good grip on the whole thing. Maybe a sense of closure? They were sad, but it felt like healthy sad, definitely not traumatizing or anything.
Gallagator trail, Bozeman, MT, USA
Just came across Elly Blue's book Bikenomics. It's fantastic!
If you're in a low bike crime area, I've never had a problem with a purposefully aged looking bike and a simple cable lock.
Ooh, what's your recipe for the pickled cabbage?
Yes because voting is literally the bare minimum you do. We have first past the post, make sure the least shitty candidate is past the post AND then keep working to fix things, keep working to get better candidates in the next primary.
If Kamala Harris had been elected, we could be protesting for meaningful action in Gaza, meaningful climate action. Instead, those issues have become buried by all the tremendous waves of shit flying out of the republicans.
I love freshly made, quick pickled radishes, but I feel like they get a weird odor if kept. Am I doing something wrong? Making them using hot vinegar & salt mixture, let sit for 10min or so, then eat.
Ha! This is my advice to my pirate-crazed kids: Let's try hardtack for a week and I bet this broccoli would taste AMAZING!
Gotcha...misinterpreted your first comment! And hi, fellow Montanan!
While that is true, this is a different issue. American Prairie's mission is connect a bunch of land in central Montana and use it to restore short grass prairie ecosystems. Part of that goal is restoring native large grazers (bison) that were largely killed off in the 1800s. Bison were historically very abundant, and had a huge effect on shaping and maintaining prairie ecosystems. Today, technically, the bison are considered "livestock" with regard to BLM grazing, but American Prairie is trying to manage the bison as wild herds and restore their ecosystem function. And lobbying for updated classification for the bison, which are neither livestock but not truly "wildlife" yet.
The pushback to American Prairie's mission is pretty political in MT, as you might imagine...