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Mother of Vinegar

@abbess.bsky.social

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Recipes of antiquity, ancient crafts, the forest. Prophesy. Secrets. Eyeball contagion, dancing plague, Maenad. Marginally Mennonite Kitchen Witch Dedicated to keeping it weird.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · Nov 26

I grew up rural Michigan, and I want to share some info about farms today in hopes that some of you will rethink your meat and dairy purchases. You determine farm conditions with your dollar!

all screenshots are from Google maps.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 1d

how can we sponsor lessons by Dr Simi and Vaca Alpura?

vaca alpura manchas VS doctor simi

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 1d

Big opportunity in Portland for dance instructors right now.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 6d

Nobody hurt but the deer. I liked that car. I will miss it.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 6d

I have no qualms about roadkill high-speed beef under the right circumstances, but we didn't get this one because he was driving slow and there were 2 people behind him who subsequently ran it over. Many such cases unfortunately.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 6d

The difference between Up North and South MI attitudes toward vehicular wildlife encounters is "oh, no! I'm so sorry" vs butchering instructions and recipes for backstrap.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 6d

Our station wagon didn't have a hunting license. Got a buck on opening day of bow season anyway. Unexpectedly car shopping.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 6d

I'm in a precarious position because I could repurchase any car that I've ever owned. Why shouldn't I have my pistachio green Golf back? Why can't I drive around in a Mercedes 240D? A camper would be super fun.

Friends, this car is not for me. It will be driven ~500m/wk.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 6d

Our station wagon didn't have a hunting license. Got a buck on opening day of bow season anyway. Unexpectedly car shopping.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 8d

The alligator reports turned out to be true, but the presence of a boa is unconfirmed. Excellent. Reopen Safariland already.

Detroit Metro Times @metrotimes.com · 8d

Hamtramck resident Lynn Blasey couldn’t believe her eyes during a visit to Detroit’s Belle Isle on Sunday.

Guys, there’s an alligator on Detroit’s Belle Isle - Detroit Metro Times

Hamtramck resident Lynn Blasey couldn’t believe her eyes during a visit to Detroit’s Belle Isle on Sunday. Sunbathing on the shore was none other than an alligator. “I made a new friend while paddleb...

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 9d

Possibly. My regular source is convenience stores supplied by Eby Brown of Ypsilanti. Keep an eye out; they're great boxes. :) I worked in the wrap-and-label department of an office supply warehouse in GR where they were used exclusively. They fit perfectly on skids. Got to keep it square, though.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 9d

A Kellogg's box is a standard unit of measure in all of lower Michigan.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 9d

My Michigan superpower is the ability to make a Kellogg's box any size.

A box for 16 boxes of cereal reimagined as a 5" tall shipping box. It is sitting on a table at the side of the road, ready to be picked up by the post office.

The end of a Kellogg's box for Frosted Mini-Wheats, now only 5 inches wide.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 9d

I use proton for free. I only give it to humans though. Everything else goes to gmail.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 10d

"HOMEMADE IN BLT" lol

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 10d

I did! With yarn leftover from crochet projects of yore no less.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 10d

Later today, a new contact from the opposite end of the county is going to bring eggs to my house in exchange for egg cartons, and I might show him where the elderberries grow in the forest just to be nice.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 10d

I did not sell a lot at the swap, but I traded modern Ball jars for maple syrup and I sold a box of pet fencing to a very excited young girl who carries her own knife. I gave away several pounds of old microgreen seeds and was rewarded with this fantastic votive candle. Faith in humanity restored.

A homeschool art project, a square clay pillow, shining and blue with painted cherries, holding a glass votive candle. It is not signed, as Susanna is painfully shy.

My table of hats (hΔts) with esoteric tags (tΔgs), egg cartons, cast iron pans, cases of jelly jars, and canning equipment underneath. Cast iron tools, tea cozies, and sauerkraut boards are among my wares. I am sitting behind the table in a rocking lawn chair with an umbrella, talking to another participant.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 12d

getting ready to hawk jars and dog clothes with the same energy as Uncle Jerrold talking about the schwa.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 12d

The second most successful was a canning circle with an attached time bank.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 12d

My most successful project was a dinner club. We met at a different restaurant in our neighborhood every month on a Monday. I simply made reservations and created events on social media. I've been part of many groups, but this is how I met most of my closest friends.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 13d

I'm not planning to use the cards as currency because I'm pricing everything with chicken math.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 13d

I'm going to do something like this, but I'm going to use some of the currency that I made for a neighborhood time bank. I'll handwrite my email on the back partially in nonsensical Greek letters. Labelling my homemade hΔts the same way.

Like a business card, but it's an hourglass on the left, a mason jar on the right, a leafy border around the edge, and a old timey storeroom in the background. This one has been dipped in back ink at the edges and stamped *98. My stamp set came with only one of each number. The card is sitting on my loud flowery pants.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 13d

note that I am not a practicing witch because I don't believe in spiritual specialization, and so accusations of witchcraft against me are pure fantasy. being a proper forest crone is often mistaken for witchcraft, and that's fine because witches are generally good people and I enjoy their company.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 13d

preparing 30+ cases of jars, used exactly once each, to sell at the local swap. they're from a homesteading project, but I'm going to have to fight all day against telling shoppers that the jars are left over from my recently closed Etsy business.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 14d

getting ready for the homesteader swap in the parking lot of the feed store this weekend and wondering if I will be the most feral witch in attendance. could go either way.

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · Jun 5

Wizard Wednesday!

A deer and a wizard with a flowing white beard in green robes and pointed hat:
Quit your job
Become a forest wizard

Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 15d

I believe this 100%. It was just me and 100 dudes in black t-shirts and we almost died of standing waves.