melisa
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finding beauty today... sogetsu ikebana class / jamaica marmalade / the purple mats where i learn and teach judo were featured in time out tokyo's article on transgender self defense!

www.timeout.jp/tokyo/ja/lgb...
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It's the most important ingredient in your kitchen, and at the end of this story there's a link to my rant about why you shouldn't use Diamond Crystal

TLDR: it's made by Cargill

(and of course there's a little banner at the top of the page that takes you to our fundraising info)
Havsnø
Dive into the fascinating story of Havsnø, a Norwegian sea salt company founded by Michal Bietz Øverland. Experience their pure, nuanced, and delicious sea salt, sustainably harvested from clean Norwe...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Exciting fall event is available for signup! (From the Desk Members join for free and can access the full video / text transcript afterwards.) alicia-kennedy.com/salon/p/alic...
Alice Driver in Conversation with Melissa Montalvo — ALICIA KENNEDY
On Tuesday, September 23, at 11 a.m. EST, the Desk Salon Series invites The Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company author Alice Drive...
alicia-kennedy.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
sesame prinsesstårta with wadaman black sesame paste and al'ard tahini for c’s 40th 💜
July 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
first bake in the new apartment… grandbaby cakes peach cobbler (vegan with miyoko’s)
July 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
sogetsu lesson 2.18 moribana + nageire
July 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
happy pride and happy trans march 🖤 pic from misfit’s first queer martial arts history panel
June 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
attempting sogetsu lesson 2.11 with matilija poppy, redbud and fennel
May 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
today's sogetsu practice, with mock orange and plum branches from my teacher's yard and sea lavender from an oakland walk
May 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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i need more people to take a look at what myself and Anne Wallentine have created - an online lit magazine publishing stunning prose & poetry!

read: chlorophyllmag.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
sunday sogetsu class
April 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
lake merritt cherry blossom watch
April 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
flax day in sogetsu class
April 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
j-sei flavors of spring 💐
March 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
jimmie robinson's little point richmond
March 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
last king cake of '25... ayu bakehouse-inspired vegan croissant dough, bayou saint cake prune butter (and whole vibe) and steen's cane syrup aquafaba meringue
March 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
sogetsu-style arrangement for hinamatsuri/girl’s day with neighborhood flowers
February 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
more vegan inverse puff pastry turnovers... filling is based on @bayousaintcake.bsky.social's prune and coffee galette des rois, pastry is tourlami all purpose butter and king arthur climate blend flour.
February 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
today in handwork... vegan inverse puff pastry orejitas with tzintia / critique and branch-wrestling help on my sogetsu assignment
February 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
orejas with vegan inverse puff pastry, king arthur climate blend flour + dave smoke-mccluskey's red jacket masa
February 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
sogetsu class with home garden materials... tree collards that dwarfed the osteospermum, sadly because the colors were nice together. but most of arrangement will get eaten!
February 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
weekend food... Kristina Cho's mala cioppino (veg this time) and Meera Sodha's vegan whole orange cake
February 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
finding beauty today... sogetsu ikebana class / jamaica marmalade / the purple mats where i learn and teach judo were featured in time out tokyo's article on transgender self defense!

www.timeout.jp/tokyo/ja/lgb...
February 6, 2025 at 5:54 AM
vegan weekend bakes... teresa finney pink cake + tommy pham bánh mì danish
February 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Vegan thumbprint variations: candied cherries and Campari clementines; cranberry and clementine curds; Jaguar chocolate (made from naturally blonde cacao!). The base is whipped shortbread, some made with coconut oil, some unrefined canola. It's a real R&D cookie season for me this year!
December 9, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Oshogatsu arrangements today. Happy new year!
January 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM