poisonpoet
@poisonpoet.bsky.social
Ramblings of woman dying of cancer. Prone to storytelling you might find boring. Replies limited for my own vetting purposes, not to gain followers. Find accounts that post w/o engaging & discourage others' non-argumentative comments self-masturbatory.
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· Oct 17
"The past, were I to type it up, would look like a disaster, but regardless of how it ended we all had many good days."--Tom Lake/Ann Patchett.
A few years old, taken in the Detroit area. The poor little object of my affection & often, ire. 🥰
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A few years old, taken in the Detroit area. The poor little object of my affection & often, ire. 🥰
Ok. I am stuck on food tonight.
Has anyone ever had tomato pudding?
Like ... bread pudding, but not sweet? Made with canned, stewed tomatoes & butter? I ran across a recipe & I am curious. It sounds like it might be a fun dressing alternate for Xmas & he loves tomatoes.
Has anyone ever had tomato pudding?
Like ... bread pudding, but not sweet? Made with canned, stewed tomatoes & butter? I ran across a recipe & I am curious. It sounds like it might be a fun dressing alternate for Xmas & he loves tomatoes.
December 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Ok. I am stuck on food tonight.
Has anyone ever had tomato pudding?
Like ... bread pudding, but not sweet? Made with canned, stewed tomatoes & butter? I ran across a recipe & I am curious. It sounds like it might be a fun dressing alternate for Xmas & he loves tomatoes.
Has anyone ever had tomato pudding?
Like ... bread pudding, but not sweet? Made with canned, stewed tomatoes & butter? I ran across a recipe & I am curious. It sounds like it might be a fun dressing alternate for Xmas & he loves tomatoes.
The 20-year running joke has been that he will trade me for a boat. He had a friend at work who would give him $ every St Patrick's Day for me to buy an extra corned beef to cook for him, and a customer at my work showed up before Xmas one year with a 6-bone prime rib from the best butcher in town
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The 20-year running joke has been that he will trade me for a boat. He had a friend at work who would give him $ every St Patrick's Day for me to buy an extra corned beef to cook for him, and a customer at my work showed up before Xmas one year with a 6-bone prime rib from the best butcher in town
Made sure my carrot-bringing neighbor got soup & muffins last night. He showed up with a box of food for me today: bread, eggs, milk, butter, rice, 5 lbs of apples, sweet potatoes, bananas, etc.
My E-Z Bake Oven is going to be busy. Already searched recipes for an apple/maple syrup/ginger combo.
My E-Z Bake Oven is going to be busy. Already searched recipes for an apple/maple syrup/ginger combo.
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Made sure my carrot-bringing neighbor got soup & muffins last night. He showed up with a box of food for me today: bread, eggs, milk, butter, rice, 5 lbs of apples, sweet potatoes, bananas, etc.
My E-Z Bake Oven is going to be busy. Already searched recipes for an apple/maple syrup/ginger combo.
My E-Z Bake Oven is going to be busy. Already searched recipes for an apple/maple syrup/ginger combo.
I recognize that walk! 🤣🤣🤣
These people are lovely.
I hope he drinks some water.
I don't miss those days. (Much.)
These people are lovely.
I hope he drinks some water.
I don't miss those days. (Much.)
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I recognize that walk! 🤣🤣🤣
These people are lovely.
I hope he drinks some water.
I don't miss those days. (Much.)
These people are lovely.
I hope he drinks some water.
I don't miss those days. (Much.)
Petrichor. It's a common enough word.
The smell in the air this morning isn't that.
NV doesn't have much humidity, typically, & moisture is hanging in it, giving the air a different sort of smell.
Not an "after the rain," but "before rain."
The smell in the air this morning isn't that.
NV doesn't have much humidity, typically, & moisture is hanging in it, giving the air a different sort of smell.
Not an "after the rain," but "before rain."
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Petrichor. It's a common enough word.
The smell in the air this morning isn't that.
NV doesn't have much humidity, typically, & moisture is hanging in it, giving the air a different sort of smell.
Not an "after the rain," but "before rain."
The smell in the air this morning isn't that.
NV doesn't have much humidity, typically, & moisture is hanging in it, giving the air a different sort of smell.
Not an "after the rain," but "before rain."
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Here is an update of the fire that severely damaged "The Crown Jewel of Escanaba" - the House of Luddington yesterday. Built in 1864, the structure was lacking in modern fire technology. www.dailypress.net/news/local-n... #906Life #MyMichigan
Landmark House of Ludington burns in downtown Escanaba
ESCANABA — The latest casualty in a plague of fires that has befallen the Delta County seat was a historic building that has been called the “crown jewel of Escanaba” – the House of Ludington, left se...
www.dailypress.net
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Here is an update of the fire that severely damaged "The Crown Jewel of Escanaba" - the House of Luddington yesterday. Built in 1864, the structure was lacking in modern fire technology. www.dailypress.net/news/local-n... #906Life #MyMichigan
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If you burn your hand, remember it IMMEDIATELY put it under cold, running water for AT LEAST 7 MINUTES, IF NOT MORE!
this PSA brought to you by the idiot who burned their hand with boiling hot soup.
this PSA brought to you by the idiot who burned their hand with boiling hot soup.
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If you burn your hand, remember it IMMEDIATELY put it under cold, running water for AT LEAST 7 MINUTES, IF NOT MORE!
this PSA brought to you by the idiot who burned their hand with boiling hot soup.
this PSA brought to you by the idiot who burned their hand with boiling hot soup.
More "zipcode" determination.
“An infant would be a United States citizen and full member of society if born in New Jersey, but a deportable noncitizen if born in Tennessee.”
The Supreme Court’s ruling on birthright citizenship is a Trump power grab
The implications for citizenship are complex. But when it comes to Trump’s ability to implement his policies, the result is dangerous.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 AM
More "zipcode" determination.
Stepped outside just in time to watch the fireworks going off. Something downtown.
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Stepped outside just in time to watch the fireworks going off. Something downtown.
Friday's soup. Beef Lentil.
(& you know I brought some to the neighbor lady, along with a couple cheddar thyme muffins.)
(& you know I brought some to the neighbor lady, along with a couple cheddar thyme muffins.)
December 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Friday's soup. Beef Lentil.
(& you know I brought some to the neighbor lady, along with a couple cheddar thyme muffins.)
(& you know I brought some to the neighbor lady, along with a couple cheddar thyme muffins.)
I'm not quite ready to leave 1984, & it's soup Friday. Building my lentil soup recipe for another friend, as I add the mirepoix after browning shanks, Smalltown Boy hits my ears right after Money Changes Everything. I am dancing in my kitchen.
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I'm not quite ready to leave 1984, & it's soup Friday. Building my lentil soup recipe for another friend, as I add the mirepoix after browning shanks, Smalltown Boy hits my ears right after Money Changes Everything. I am dancing in my kitchen.
It's 1984. School hasn't quite started yet, but school shopping has. Shannyn is wearing a pair of Gloria Vanderbilt jeans, I have on Lee's and a NOLA t-shirt from my trip to Metairie, where I saw my dad (I had been somewhere), & Frances doesn't care at all. It's the end of summer, still. She's in
Madonna - Lucky Star (Official Video)
YouTube video by Madonna
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December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It's 1984. School hasn't quite started yet, but school shopping has. Shannyn is wearing a pair of Gloria Vanderbilt jeans, I have on Lee's and a NOLA t-shirt from my trip to Metairie, where I saw my dad (I had been somewhere), & Frances doesn't care at all. It's the end of summer, still. She's in
Straight pool. Not something many people play bc it's not a fast game like 8 or 9 ball. Still not as slow as one pocket, but ...
Great article.
Great article.
This is delightful on so many levels. Read it all the way to the end.
(via @andymurdock.bsky.social )
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Overlooked No More: Dorothy Wise, the ‘Grandmother of Pool’ Who Defied the Odds
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Straight pool. Not something many people play bc it's not a fast game like 8 or 9 ball. Still not as slow as one pocket, but ...
Great article.
Great article.
My drawing abilities are very limited & it's not like I am overflowing with Xmas spirit, but my inner child would love to decorate my apt window with the Charlie Brown Christmas tree on one side & Schroeder/Lucy at the piano on the other.
December 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM
My drawing abilities are very limited & it's not like I am overflowing with Xmas spirit, but my inner child would love to decorate my apt window with the Charlie Brown Christmas tree on one side & Schroeder/Lucy at the piano on the other.
Met up with a friend. After running errands, stopped by a nearby coffee shop for a cup of very good coffee. I wish I had also been hungry. Tamales on the menu. I know where to go next time.
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Met up with a friend. After running errands, stopped by a nearby coffee shop for a cup of very good coffee. I wish I had also been hungry. Tamales on the menu. I know where to go next time.
My husband had just moved to the area (not even my bf yet) still unpacking his apt, gotten really sick, working 12s, 6 days straight. First day off, came into my work, had a bowl of chili we kept for chili, chili-cheese nachos, etc. The next day, came in, still under the weather, asked for "I guess
Christ on a bike.
There are better men out there, in fact being alone is so much better than this.
There are better men out there, in fact being alone is so much better than this.
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My husband had just moved to the area (not even my bf yet) still unpacking his apt, gotten really sick, working 12s, 6 days straight. First day off, came into my work, had a bowl of chili we kept for chili, chili-cheese nachos, etc. The next day, came in, still under the weather, asked for "I guess
This is like trying to pick a favorite cat from the ones I have had. I like soft, homemade molasses cookies, thick sugar cookies, especially frosted with buttercream, oatmeal raisin or chocolate chip, ma'amoul, a good shortbread, not too dry & crumbly, & anisette pizzelle ...
The Great My UP Now Morning Show Cookie Bakeoff today - it’s #NationalCookieDay! What’s your favorite cookie?
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is like trying to pick a favorite cat from the ones I have had. I like soft, homemade molasses cookies, thick sugar cookies, especially frosted with buttercream, oatmeal raisin or chocolate chip, ma'amoul, a good shortbread, not too dry & crumbly, & anisette pizzelle ...
It's 1941. There is an almost 13-year-old Japanese girl on a boat. She finished her government-mandated nurse training in under 2 years. She doesn't know what she will be listening to in a couple days, huddled with the other nurses, over the radio, or that she will be one of the first into Nagasaki.
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It's 1941. There is an almost 13-year-old Japanese girl on a boat. She finished her government-mandated nurse training in under 2 years. She doesn't know what she will be listening to in a couple days, huddled with the other nurses, over the radio, or that she will be one of the first into Nagasaki.
Shit. Watched the last two episodes tonight. Now what?
Glimmer (Solo)
YouTube video by Neil Young - Topic
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Shit. Watched the last two episodes tonight. Now what?
Home, again. Home, again. Jiggiggty, jig.
Friend, resting on couch, with cup of tea & muffin, having had a few chapters of When Women Were Dragons read to her & enjoyed it, very much.
Promised I would return to do anything her family wouldn't, including a load of laundry or paint her toes.
Friend, resting on couch, with cup of tea & muffin, having had a few chapters of When Women Were Dragons read to her & enjoyed it, very much.
Promised I would return to do anything her family wouldn't, including a load of laundry or paint her toes.
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Home, again. Home, again. Jiggiggty, jig.
Friend, resting on couch, with cup of tea & muffin, having had a few chapters of When Women Were Dragons read to her & enjoyed it, very much.
Promised I would return to do anything her family wouldn't, including a load of laundry or paint her toes.
Friend, resting on couch, with cup of tea & muffin, having had a few chapters of When Women Were Dragons read to her & enjoyed it, very much.
Promised I would return to do anything her family wouldn't, including a load of laundry or paint her toes.
Was talking about 70s hand-painted ceramics the other day in another's thread. The snowman, mine. Am pretty sure my older sister did at least one of the two angels, & my stepmom & my dad did the Mr & Mrs Claus. Gave them to a "neighbor" before we left the Carolinas.
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Was talking about 70s hand-painted ceramics the other day in another's thread. The snowman, mine. Am pretty sure my older sister did at least one of the two angels, & my stepmom & my dad did the Mr & Mrs Claus. Gave them to a "neighbor" before we left the Carolinas.
Nine-thirty in the morning & he is already on my last nerve with his executive function out-of-order.
No, babe. I've been up 4 hours, had a pot of coffee, & a shower. Trust me. This, then that.
Idling, in the living room, ready to GTF out of the house & see a friend for a few hours. 🚘 vroom
No, babe. I've been up 4 hours, had a pot of coffee, & a shower. Trust me. This, then that.
Idling, in the living room, ready to GTF out of the house & see a friend for a few hours. 🚘 vroom
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Nine-thirty in the morning & he is already on my last nerve with his executive function out-of-order.
No, babe. I've been up 4 hours, had a pot of coffee, & a shower. Trust me. This, then that.
Idling, in the living room, ready to GTF out of the house & see a friend for a few hours. 🚘 vroom
No, babe. I've been up 4 hours, had a pot of coffee, & a shower. Trust me. This, then that.
Idling, in the living room, ready to GTF out of the house & see a friend for a few hours. 🚘 vroom
This is what the inside of the cookbook I passed to my eldest niece looked like. There were recipes on the back covers, too. My mom had 2 cookbooks. This one & a red/white Betty Crocker, but I only ever saw her use this one for baking. Then there was the card file of recipes she saved from the AF
December 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is what the inside of the cookbook I passed to my eldest niece looked like. There were recipes on the back covers, too. My mom had 2 cookbooks. This one & a red/white Betty Crocker, but I only ever saw her use this one for baking. Then there was the card file of recipes she saved from the AF