Maura Alwyen
@mauraalwyen.bsky.social
Master Craftsman, Wood & Metalworker, Author, INTJ, polymath, & trained chef
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The next installment in sugarfree/reduced sugar recipes for the season 😊
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Reduced sugar peanut butter chocolate cookies
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December 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The next installment in sugarfree/reduced sugar recipes for the season 😊
mauraalwyen.blogspot.com/2025/12/redu...
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Good morning!
We might have some flurries today, but I think 46 mph / 74 kph wind gusts will keep us from noticing 😳
We might have some flurries today, but I think 46 mph / 74 kph wind gusts will keep us from noticing 😳
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Good morning!
We might have some flurries today, but I think 46 mph / 74 kph wind gusts will keep us from noticing 😳
We might have some flurries today, but I think 46 mph / 74 kph wind gusts will keep us from noticing 😳
Heard elswhere:
"The bridges I burn ensure no one follows me"
"The bridges I burn ensure no one follows me"
December 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Heard elswhere:
"The bridges I burn ensure no one follows me"
"The bridges I burn ensure no one follows me"
Fairy lights everywhere, ornaments in the trees, and enough cookies, cakes, pies, and festive drinks to easily throw a diabetic's blood sugar into orbit.
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Eggnog: Nearly Mandatory Holiday Drinking, But Sugar Free - Ordinary Times
Fairy lights everywhere, ornaments in the trees, and enough cookies, cakes, pies, and festive drinks to easily throw a diabetic's blood sugar into orbit.
ordinary-times.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Fairy lights everywhere, ornaments in the trees, and enough cookies, cakes, pies, and festive drinks to easily throw a diabetic's blood sugar into orbit.
mauraalwyen.blogspot.com/2025/12/suga...
mauraalwyen.blogspot.com/2025/12/suga...
Fairy lights everywhere, ornaments in the trees, and enough cookies, cakes, pies, and festive drinks to easily throw a diabetic's blood sugar into orbit.
By Me 😁
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By Me 😁
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Eggnog: Nearly Mandatory Holiday Drinking, But Sugar Free - Ordinary Times
Fairy lights everywhere, ornaments in the trees, and enough cookies, cakes, pies, and festive drinks to easily throw a diabetic's blood sugar into orbit.
ordinary-times.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Fairy lights everywhere, ornaments in the trees, and enough cookies, cakes, pies, and festive drinks to easily throw a diabetic's blood sugar into orbit.
By Me 😁
ordinary-times.com/2025/12/07/e...
By Me 😁
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Good morning! A two for this morning the normal dining room view and a view out the bathroom window over the shop.
#maurathemaker #goodmorning
#maurathemaker #goodmorning
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Good morning! A two for this morning the normal dining room view and a view out the bathroom window over the shop.
#maurathemaker #goodmorning
#maurathemaker #goodmorning
Good morning!
Can tell a lot of people took today off as there was no traffic this morning. 38F/3C outside right now, wind gusts at 39MPH/63kph right now, so cold and windy!
Can tell a lot of people took today off as there was no traffic this morning. 38F/3C outside right now, wind gusts at 39MPH/63kph right now, so cold and windy!
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Good morning!
Can tell a lot of people took today off as there was no traffic this morning. 38F/3C outside right now, wind gusts at 39MPH/63kph right now, so cold and windy!
Can tell a lot of people took today off as there was no traffic this morning. 38F/3C outside right now, wind gusts at 39MPH/63kph right now, so cold and windy!
A more up to date set of pics from the shop roof going up. One more weekend should see this first section under roof just in time for winter.
#maurathemaker #newshop
#maurathemaker #newshop
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A more up to date set of pics from the shop roof going up. One more weekend should see this first section under roof just in time for winter.
#maurathemaker #newshop
#maurathemaker #newshop
Good morning!
3 hours after snapping this it doesn't really look any different out there. Cloud deck should be breaking up a tiny bit though, but rain for sure tomorrow.
3 hours after snapping this it doesn't really look any different out there. Cloud deck should be breaking up a tiny bit though, but rain for sure tomorrow.
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Good morning!
3 hours after snapping this it doesn't really look any different out there. Cloud deck should be breaking up a tiny bit though, but rain for sure tomorrow.
3 hours after snapping this it doesn't really look any different out there. Cloud deck should be breaking up a tiny bit though, but rain for sure tomorrow.
Reposted by Maura Alwyen
From Maura Alwyn "Over the years I have more than halfway watched our real to life potential Bond villain with some interest. Love him or hate him, Mr. Musk is not exactly an idiot nor is he a bumbling fool. He has flat out said he wants to begin colonizing Mars in 2029"
Would You Settle Another Planet with a Bond Villain? - Ordinary Times
Over the years I have more than halfway watched our real to life potential Bond villain with some interest.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
From Maura Alwyn "Over the years I have more than halfway watched our real to life potential Bond villain with some interest. Love him or hate him, Mr. Musk is not exactly an idiot nor is he a bumbling fool. He has flat out said he wants to begin colonizing Mars in 2029"
So what do the U.S. homeless population & H-1B visa holders have in common?
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Homeless & H-1B issues
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November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
So what do the U.S. homeless population & H-1B visa holders have in common?
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Good morning!
420 black birds
Waiting in a field...better than in a pie 🤮
420 black birds
Waiting in a field...better than in a pie 🤮
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Good morning!
420 black birds
Waiting in a field...better than in a pie 🤮
420 black birds
Waiting in a field...better than in a pie 🤮
Good mornin!
Bright, sunny, supposed to hit 70F/21C here today, not bad for mid-autumn 🍂
Bright, sunny, supposed to hit 70F/21C here today, not bad for mid-autumn 🍂
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Good mornin!
Bright, sunny, supposed to hit 70F/21C here today, not bad for mid-autumn 🍂
Bright, sunny, supposed to hit 70F/21C here today, not bad for mid-autumn 🍂
I'm writing again! 😈
"Many scholars believe the founders would be shocked to learn we are still using the Constitution mostly as-is."
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"Many scholars believe the founders would be shocked to learn we are still using the Constitution mostly as-is."
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We, The People, Need More Of A Say - Ordinary Times
Many scholars believe the founders would be shocked to learn we are still using the Constitution mostly as-is.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I'm writing again! 😈
"Many scholars believe the founders would be shocked to learn we are still using the Constitution mostly as-is."
ordinary-times.com/2025/11/03/w...
"Many scholars believe the founders would be shocked to learn we are still using the Constitution mostly as-is."
ordinary-times.com/2025/11/03/w...
Good morning!
Spent the weekend setting up my office, and editing. Of course with editing comes writing so new stuff soon!
Much more comfortable, no pain in my back and joints!
#newdesk #selfie #writinglife #editing #maurathemaker
Spent the weekend setting up my office, and editing. Of course with editing comes writing so new stuff soon!
Much more comfortable, no pain in my back and joints!
#newdesk #selfie #writinglife #editing #maurathemaker
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Good morning!
Spent the weekend setting up my office, and editing. Of course with editing comes writing so new stuff soon!
Much more comfortable, no pain in my back and joints!
#newdesk #selfie #writinglife #editing #maurathemaker
Spent the weekend setting up my office, and editing. Of course with editing comes writing so new stuff soon!
Much more comfortable, no pain in my back and joints!
#newdesk #selfie #writinglife #editing #maurathemaker
Good mornin!
The clouds have decided to come down and give us a hug here today 😊
The clouds have decided to come down and give us a hug here today 😊
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Good mornin!
The clouds have decided to come down and give us a hug here today 😊
The clouds have decided to come down and give us a hug here today 😊
Heard elsewhere:
"Drunk words are sober thoughts with the filter turned off."
"Drunk words are sober thoughts with the filter turned off."
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Heard elsewhere:
"Drunk words are sober thoughts with the filter turned off."
"Drunk words are sober thoughts with the filter turned off."
Good morning!
Sol found his way back from behind the clouds this morning! Should hit 60F/15.5C sometime today.
Also should get home to boxes & boxes of a new desk for my office...more writing to follow! 😊
Sol found his way back from behind the clouds this morning! Should hit 60F/15.5C sometime today.
Also should get home to boxes & boxes of a new desk for my office...more writing to follow! 😊
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Good morning!
Sol found his way back from behind the clouds this morning! Should hit 60F/15.5C sometime today.
Also should get home to boxes & boxes of a new desk for my office...more writing to follow! 😊
Sol found his way back from behind the clouds this morning! Should hit 60F/15.5C sometime today.
Also should get home to boxes & boxes of a new desk for my office...more writing to follow! 😊
Reposted by Maura Alwyen
There's no magic fix that isn't exorbitantly expensive while also being publicly/politically unpalatable
We're in a doom loop: Don't fund/regulate asylums, close asylums for community service, don't fund that, bring back asylums...Lather, rinse, repeat
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
We're in a doom loop: Don't fund/regulate asylums, close asylums for community service, don't fund that, bring back asylums...Lather, rinse, repeat
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
There's no magic fix that isn't exorbitantly expensive while also being publicly/politically unpalatable
We're in a doom loop: Don't fund/regulate asylums, close asylums for community service, don't fund that, bring back asylums...Lather, rinse, repeat
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
We're in a doom loop: Don't fund/regulate asylums, close asylums for community service, don't fund that, bring back asylums...Lather, rinse, repeat
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Happy Wednesday!
It is chilly, wet, & sleepy outside this morning, so I am sitting at my desk getting work orders ready for my crew with a space heater under said desk 😁
It is chilly, wet, & sleepy outside this morning, so I am sitting at my desk getting work orders ready for my crew with a space heater under said desk 😁
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy Wednesday!
It is chilly, wet, & sleepy outside this morning, so I am sitting at my desk getting work orders ready for my crew with a space heater under said desk 😁
It is chilly, wet, & sleepy outside this morning, so I am sitting at my desk getting work orders ready for my crew with a space heater under said desk 😁
It has been a while but I have a new post up @ordinarytimes.bsky.social !
"The life cycle of a chicken, something about artisanal harvested vegetables, the joys of soup reduction...we don't have time for all of that"
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"The life cycle of a chicken, something about artisanal harvested vegetables, the joys of soup reduction...we don't have time for all of that"
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Crust-less Chicken Pot Pie - Ordinary Times
The life cycle of a chicken, something about artisanal harvested vegetables, the joys of soup reduction...we don't have time for all of that
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October 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It has been a while but I have a new post up @ordinarytimes.bsky.social !
"The life cycle of a chicken, something about artisanal harvested vegetables, the joys of soup reduction...we don't have time for all of that"
ordinary-times.com/2025/10/26/c...
"The life cycle of a chicken, something about artisanal harvested vegetables, the joys of soup reduction...we don't have time for all of that"
ordinary-times.com/2025/10/26/c...
Cheesecake with an Impossible Peanut Butter Cookie crust & dark chocolate chips 😊
#twittersupperclub
#twittersupperclub
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Cheesecake with an Impossible Peanut Butter Cookie crust & dark chocolate chips 😊
#twittersupperclub
#twittersupperclub
Good morning!
The sun is deceiving though as it is 52F/11C outside right now & only supposed to hit 67F/19C later.
The sun is deceiving though as it is 52F/11C outside right now & only supposed to hit 67F/19C later.
October 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Good morning!
The sun is deceiving though as it is 52F/11C outside right now & only supposed to hit 67F/19C later.
The sun is deceiving though as it is 52F/11C outside right now & only supposed to hit 67F/19C later.
Reposted by Maura Alwyen
Realities of full time homecare for elderly family members: Finished class 930pm, straight to ER w/one family member w/issues, get issue medically resolved, get them home & situated 330am, back up 630am for meds/food/handoff, back to class 930am -930pm
Rise. Grind. Get it done
Rise. Grind. Get it done
a woman in scrubs stands in front of a sink and says " i 'm his family "
ALT: a woman in scrubs stands in front of a sink and says " i 'm his family "
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October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Realities of full time homecare for elderly family members: Finished class 930pm, straight to ER w/one family member w/issues, get issue medically resolved, get them home & situated 330am, back up 630am for meds/food/handoff, back to class 930am -930pm
Rise. Grind. Get it done
Rise. Grind. Get it done