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A writer, ex-editor, mum, grandmama, wife. Formerly super-fat; now just fat. Democrat. Anti-fascist. Anti-bigot.
A writer, ex-editor, mum, grandmama, wife. Formerly super-fat; now just fat. Democrat. Anti-fascist. Anti-bigot.
Menu for tomorrow:
Turkey tenderloin (for the carnivores), Gardein “chicken” cutlet for me (vegetarian), Marmite Brussels sprouts, cornbread dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes casserole, macaron and cheese (scratch not a box), deviled eggs, rolls, some raw veggies, pie. 1/2
Turkey tenderloin (for the carnivores), Gardein “chicken” cutlet for me (vegetarian), Marmite Brussels sprouts, cornbread dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes casserole, macaron and cheese (scratch not a box), deviled eggs, rolls, some raw veggies, pie. 1/2
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Menu for tomorrow:
Turkey tenderloin (for the carnivores), Gardein “chicken” cutlet for me (vegetarian), Marmite Brussels sprouts, cornbread dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes casserole, macaron and cheese (scratch not a box), deviled eggs, rolls, some raw veggies, pie. 1/2
Turkey tenderloin (for the carnivores), Gardein “chicken” cutlet for me (vegetarian), Marmite Brussels sprouts, cornbread dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes casserole, macaron and cheese (scratch not a box), deviled eggs, rolls, some raw veggies, pie. 1/2
I do a similar thing with Marmite and potatoes. So good. Even my Marmite-hating husband loves Marmite-roasted potatoes.
How to turn the dregs of a jar of Marmite into a brilliant glaze for roast potatoes – recipe | Waste not
How to turn the dregs of a jar of Marmite into a brilliant glaze for roast potatoes – recipe | Waste not
Eke out that last stubborn scrape of Marmite and turn it into a dream glaze for crisp roast potatoes
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I do a similar thing with Marmite and potatoes. So good. Even my Marmite-hating husband loves Marmite-roasted potatoes.
This article lists the degrees the Department of “Education” no longer considers professional & some of the repercussions. This “administration” wants us badly-educated, unhealthy, financially vulnerable.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
Full list of degrees not classed as ‘professional’ by Trump admin
Certain students may no longer receive the same loan for their studies as what counts as "professional" will determine how much they get.
www.newsweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This article lists the degrees the Department of “Education” no longer considers professional & some of the repercussions. This “administration” wants us badly-educated, unhealthy, financially vulnerable.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
It’s been a “difficult” year during which heartbreak, illness & turmoil have overwhelmed our family. Thanksgiving will be a stripped-down, lowkey event. Gotta start a couple of early preps on Monday. Things I can do in easy stages, often from my wheelchair.
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
It’s been a “difficult” year during which heartbreak, illness & turmoil have overwhelmed our family. Thanksgiving will be a stripped-down, lowkey event. Gotta start a couple of early preps on Monday. Things I can do in easy stages, often from my wheelchair.
I was taught to shoot when I was a young girl. I’m a good shot. We own guns. I’ve also never deliberately aimed a weapon at a living thing. I don’t understand the Mighty Massive Majority MAGA worship of high caliber weaponry. Especially amongst folks who clearly never learned trigger discipline.
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I was taught to shoot when I was a young girl. I’m a good shot. We own guns. I’ve also never deliberately aimed a weapon at a living thing. I don’t understand the Mighty Massive Majority MAGA worship of high caliber weaponry. Especially amongst folks who clearly never learned trigger discipline.
So first Kyle Rittenhouse has an appearance in Alabama cancelled bc of protests by local folks & now another one in PA is cancelled, ditto. I can’t say I’m thrilled at threats to hotel staff, but management knew what they were doing. Too bad, so sad, Kyle.
atlantablackstar.com/2025/11/17/r...
atlantablackstar.com/2025/11/17/r...
'Absolutely Disgusting': Kyle Rittenhouse Appearance Derails After Angry Locals Raise Hell
"Outrage Erupts: Kyle Rittenhouse's Appearance Sparks Chaos at GOP Rally, Leading to Sudden Shutdown. Details Inside."
atlantablackstar.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
So first Kyle Rittenhouse has an appearance in Alabama cancelled bc of protests by local folks & now another one in PA is cancelled, ditto. I can’t say I’m thrilled at threats to hotel staff, but management knew what they were doing. Too bad, so sad, Kyle.
atlantablackstar.com/2025/11/17/r...
atlantablackstar.com/2025/11/17/r...
I have a story due today. I finally *have* the story, too. Now all I have to do is write the bugger.
Luckily, it’s a flash fiction, so not many words. Also luckily, for me, it’s the *getting* of the story that’s the hardest part. The actual writing-it-down bit not so much.
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Luckily, it’s a flash fiction, so not many words. Also luckily, for me, it’s the *getting* of the story that’s the hardest part. The actual writing-it-down bit not so much.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I have a story due today. I finally *have* the story, too. Now all I have to do is write the bugger.
Luckily, it’s a flash fiction, so not many words. Also luckily, for me, it’s the *getting* of the story that’s the hardest part. The actual writing-it-down bit not so much.
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Luckily, it’s a flash fiction, so not many words. Also luckily, for me, it’s the *getting* of the story that’s the hardest part. The actual writing-it-down bit not so much.
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I remember this well. I was working in Washington DC, across Pennsylvania Ave from the FBI Building, when John Mitchell was indicted. The shockwaves that pulsed through all of DC, from the highest to the lowest levels, are difficult to explain today.
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I remember this well. I was working in Washington DC, across Pennsylvania Ave from the FBI Building, when John Mitchell was indicted. The shockwaves that pulsed through all of DC, from the highest to the lowest levels, are difficult to explain today.
This advert with Keira Knightley is a perfectly lovely little rom-com.
This Waitrose ad is better than the majority of movies I've seen this year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
Keira Knightley stars in Waitrose’s Christmas ‘mini romcom’ ad
YouTube video by Daily Record
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This advert with Keira Knightley is a perfectly lovely little rom-com.
Back in the 1970s & 80s, I worked in banking. Yeah, another world, but I do understand how mortgages work. I bought my 1st house in 1973, when women couldn’t buy real estate easily, bc I worked at the bank that held the mortgage. It was a 15 yr mortgage. I was 25. 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Back in the 1970s & 80s, I worked in banking. Yeah, another world, but I do understand how mortgages work. I bought my 1st house in 1973, when women couldn’t buy real estate easily, bc I worked at the bank that held the mortgage. It was a 15 yr mortgage. I was 25. 1/2
My husband & I were trying to figure out what prescription plan to use for 2026. None of them —not a single one available to me w/my Medicare— will cover the Tresiba I’ve been taking for the past 15 yrs or so to control my stupid blood sugar at night. We can’t pay for it out of pocket. 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
My husband & I were trying to figure out what prescription plan to use for 2026. None of them —not a single one available to me w/my Medicare— will cover the Tresiba I’ve been taking for the past 15 yrs or so to control my stupid blood sugar at night. We can’t pay for it out of pocket. 1/2
Sean Bean reading “Anthem for Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen, who was killed in action in November 1918, just a week before the end of WW1.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GRj4...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GRj4...
Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen: Read by Sean Bean | Remembering World War 1 | More 4
YouTube video by Channel 4 Documentaries
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November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Sean Bean reading “Anthem for Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen, who was killed in action in November 1918, just a week before the end of WW1.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GRj4...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GRj4...
Listening to Gordon Lightfoot sing about a shipwreck.
I’m old. I remember when it happened.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
I’m old. I remember when it happened.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
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November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Listening to Gordon Lightfoot sing about a shipwreck.
I’m old. I remember when it happened.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
I’m old. I remember when it happened.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
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Who thought it was a good idea for the Oathbreaker-in-Chief to administer this oath at the DC football team’s halftime? Apparently not the loudly booing fans. What a shame for the military & for the country. I don’t say for this president bc he has no shame.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Commanders fans loudly booed Trump during halftime swearing-in ceremony
President Trump didn't get a warm reception at the Lions-Commanders game.
ftw.usatoday.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Who thought it was a good idea for the Oathbreaker-in-Chief to administer this oath at the DC football team’s halftime? Apparently not the loudly booing fans. What a shame for the military & for the country. I don’t say for this president bc he has no shame.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
This article includes a video of the entire event. Trump gets up, stares at the stricken man, turns away, and stares unconcernedly into space. His complete lack of empathy is on full, technicolour display.
ca.news.yahoo.com/see-donald-t...
ca.news.yahoo.com/see-donald-t...
See How Donald Trump Reacted To Oval Office Medical Emergency - Yahoo News Canada
A photo taken Thursday in the Oval Office while a man appears to pass out is going viral because of the president's reaction — or lack thereof.
ca.news.yahoo.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This article includes a video of the entire event. Trump gets up, stares at the stricken man, turns away, and stares unconcernedly into space. His complete lack of empathy is on full, technicolour display.
ca.news.yahoo.com/see-donald-t...
ca.news.yahoo.com/see-donald-t...
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Six election results that didn’t make the headlines
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Six election results that didn’t make the headlines
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November 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Six election results that didn’t make the headlines
My reaction to Tuesday’s elections. Just this: Apparently, running on starving kids, the disabled, and the elderly, as well as firing & laying off thousands of government workers (including CDC,ATC, etc.), and kidnapping folks off the streets WASN’T a winning strategy after all. Who’d’a thunk it?
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
My reaction to Tuesday’s elections. Just this: Apparently, running on starving kids, the disabled, and the elderly, as well as firing & laying off thousands of government workers (including CDC,ATC, etc.), and kidnapping folks off the streets WASN’T a winning strategy after all. Who’d’a thunk it?
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FREE today. The classic: Novel Writer's Toolkit: From Idea to Bestseller. Over 35 years making a living as a writer went into it. In time for #NaNoWriMo you might find it useful. #authors #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writerslift #Writer #writers #words www.bobmayer.com/free-books-u...
October 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
FREE today. The classic: Novel Writer's Toolkit: From Idea to Bestseller. Over 35 years making a living as a writer went into it. In time for #NaNoWriMo you might find it useful. #authors #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writerslift #Writer #writers #words www.bobmayer.com/free-books-u...
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An impressive list to be on. Agnes and the Hitman #ebook #kindle #Romance #RomanceReaders @BookBub amzn.to/3Tp4FvK
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
An impressive list to be on. Agnes and the Hitman #ebook #kindle #Romance #RomanceReaders @BookBub amzn.to/3Tp4FvK
Corrupt sheriffs are fun only if it’s Roscoe P. Coltrane (Dukes of Hazzard).
A wide-ranging FBI sting has ensnared some of the top law enforcement officers around multiple Delta counties, in what the agency is alleging amounts to a “Delta drug conspiracy.”
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FBI Sting Ensnares 14 Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers in Alleged ‘Delta Drug Conspiracy’
An FBI drug sting has ensnared some of the top law enforcement officers in multiple Mississippi counties for an alleged “Delta Drug conspiracy.”
www.mississippifreepress.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Corrupt sheriffs are fun only if it’s Roscoe P. Coltrane (Dukes of Hazzard).