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On tracking and analytics
I don’t have a cookie banner on my website–because I don’t use cookies. I don’t know how many people use my website. I’ve disabled even tracking clicks and opens for my newsletter. I won’t know how many of you open the emails. And I’m okay with that. A few days ago, I had an issue…
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070 Kitchen catch-up chaos
Things had been piling up. Now that I was finally able to do things again, it was time to tackle them. So, I canned potatoes, baked some bread, and took care of a million little things. I am so glad, I can finally do things again. Okay, there are a lot of things I need…
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069 Almost feeling human
After ten days of the flu, pneumonia, and antibiotic side-effect bingo, I was finally able to move enough to feel human again. As I was craving potato salad, I made mayonnaise from scratch, and mixed a pretty good German potato salad together. My husband and Pepper also checked on the garden for us and found…
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On being sick and community
Hello lovely people! I don’t know if there will be episodes this coming week, as we are still pretty sick. This flu has kicked our behinds pretty thoroughly. FLU & HEALTH After a few days of the flu, we were slowly getting better. But then I woke up to one of the worst days of…
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On almost giving up
Hello my lovely people, there won’t be an episode tomorrow. I also want to talk to you about some serious doubts about continuing this journey. But let’s start where we left off last time. I almost didn’t manage to upload an episode last Wednesday. After the laptop issue in the morning, I managed to get…
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068 Hands in soil
I finally got my hands into soil. It’s been a long winter. But spring is coming. In the meantime, let’s re-pot some plants. Some of my indoor plants have been pretty unhappy. Spring will bring more sunshine. I can’t do anything about that. But I could give them better soil to work with in the…
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067 Grumpy productivity
There are days, when the couch is my reluctant base station. A few minutes of getting things done, then rest. And rest some more. In a state of grumpy productivity, I still got a lot done. There are days, when the couch is my reluctant base station. A few minutes of getting things done, then…
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066 Early signs of spring
I am excited to clean up this mess. Seriously, I’m looking forward to carrying trash around. The end of winter is coming closer. I can hardly wait. The last storm took down a jar I’d forgotten even existed. I spotted it when Pepper and I went to check on the garden after another really bad…
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065 Missing dull knives
I miss my dull knives. I sent my knives in for sharpening, so I’ll be without for a few weeks. I had to get creative in the kitchen–and learned to appreciate even very dull knives. I know, I am holding what looks like a knife while I’m telling you I miss my knives. We have…