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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 4h

Highland Nursery in St. Paul. Don’t bring your credit card.

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 5h

This is as close to nirvana as I can get.

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not very far into this book, but it’s hilarious to me that it’s largely about gay men and so far, the female characters are way more interesting.

Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 5d

Do you think this homeowner went into the dumpster and fished out these bags of dog poop?

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 8d

Is it Spruce Tree Center?

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 8d

I just took 7 or 8 new-ish books to Half-Price Books and got $15.

Did I make money? No, absolutely not. Does it feel like I did? Definitely.

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 9d

I was bored.

Weapons (2025) ⭐ 7.6 | Horror, Mystery

2h 8m | R

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 9d

This bumper sticker is how I self-identify.

Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 10d

Sow-wayne?

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 11d

Prayer circle! Now!

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 11d

‘I love ceilings. I love to applaud them. I love to celebrate them.’

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 12d

I liked this mural I saw on the side of a store in my neighborhood.

Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 12d

Bruh.

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 13d

It’s scientifically proven that the apple sauce you put on your oatmeal will taste better if you make it yourself with apples from a backyard tree.

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 13d

I didn’t make this cake, but I’m posting it here so you think I did. (I did grow those flowers)

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 14d

As a gift, I bought my niece a copy of a book I had when I was a kid. It’s out of print, so I had to buy a used copy.

Whomever Sarah is, I think she’d be 35 or 36 by now.

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 14d

Happy Birthday, Moon!

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 15d

It was an early and fish-scented morning at Pike Place Market.

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 15d

Subtly downgrade a band: Death Uber for Cutie

Serafina @serafinas.bsky.social · 15d

Subtly downgrade a band:

The Jesus and Martha Ziptie

z.ombie @zanadu.bsky.social · 15d

Subtly downgrade a band:

N.R.E.M.

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 18d

If writing postcards is a lost art, well, then, I’m going to revive it.

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 19d

So we have a while, then.

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RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 19d

Ah, fall, when a young man’s fancy turns to soup.

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 20d

September afternoons at the off-leash dog park are perfect, in case you were wondering.

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 20d

Preheat oven to 375°, grease & flour 9" cake pan.

Combine all batter ingredients batter and mix well. Pour into pan.

Blend topping ingredients with a knife & fork. Mixture should be coarse with some clumps remaining. Pour over batter.

Bake for 30 min, testing with toothpick at 25 min.

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Will Ashenmacher @willash.bsky.social · 20d

Batter
1 1/2 c. flour
3/4 c. sugar
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 c. butter
3/4 c. milk
1 egg

Topping
1/3 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. flour
3 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. cinnamon (I mean, this is a suggestion. Don't be stingy)

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