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Reader, hiker. Fan of desserts and fancy cocktails.
Black Bean Skillet Dinner from Dinner: Changing the Game by Melissa Clark

I used Mezzetta Pickled Onions and Los Altos Jocoque, and #ranchogordo #negrodesuelo beans. Served over jasmine rice. Yummy!

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#whatscooking
February 1, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Book 3 of 2026

Terror Counter by Fargo Nissim Tbakhi

A poetry collection I didn’t fully understand.

I liked the Gazan Tunnels section, which are collages of words. My favorite section was Ritha' A-Nafs, which is a self-elegy and a type of Arabic verse.
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💙📚 #booksky #poetry #nationalbookaward
January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Book 2 of 2026

The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar

There are reasons this book was privately published.

This novel has 2 storylines—1 with Johanna Bonger, 1 is a current romance. This storyline's connection to the Van Goghs is entirely fictional.

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💙📚 #booksky #historicalfiction
January 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Book 1 of 2026

A true picaresque novel, in the vein of Don Quixote and Lazarillo de Tormes.

1950s France, a time and place that a wandering man could pick up a winter job with a barn to stay in. About people and life--loneliness, friendship, kindness, cruelty, good vs bad.

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💙📚 #booksky
January 26, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Beets with Brown Butter and Poppy Seeds, from Six Seasons of Pasta by Joshua McFadden. It was good, and beautiful, but needed something. I have some left over for lunch, and will add some feta. My husband did like it, and he’s not a beet fan! 🍽
January 26, 2026 at 4:20 PM
February 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Library haul! This should hold me over until my IB holds start to come in. They will be placed by 6:30sm Tuesday. #booksky 📚💙 #libraryhaul
February 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Book 12, finished 2/15 📚💙 #booksky #shortstories #californiabookclub
February 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Book 11, finished 2/12 📚💙 #booksky #nonfiction
February 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Book 10, finished 2/9 📚💙 #booksky #audiobook
February 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Book 9, finished 2/3 📚💙 #booksky
February 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
✨International Reading✨

93 countries down, 110 to go. Please see my Insta post for much more detail. Possibly more than you want. 📚💙 #booksky

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February 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Finished the #dutchroseblanket by #cypresstextiles ! Great pattern with lots and lots (and lots) of ends. This took me forever and I am so glad it’s done. I love the design, but I hate weaving ends😂 Unblocked (motifs were blocked before joining) 44x61. Scheepjes stonewashed yarn, Boye F hook. 🧶
January 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Book 8, finished 1/29 📚💙 #booksky #audiobook #intranslation
January 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Book 7, finished 1/23 📚💙 #nonfictionbooks #booksky #nationalbookaward
January 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I love this giant aloe. So do the hummingbirds.
January 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
12 pounds Santa Ana windfall Granny Smith apples turned into 4 pints applesauce, 3 pints apple butter, 7 half pints apple butter. The apple butter is confirmed delicious. Lots of apples left (most still on the tree.) #foodsky #canning #backyardorchard #grannysmithapples
January 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Book 6, finished 1/19 📚💙 #booksky 📚🎧 #audiobook
January 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Book 5, finished 1/19
📚💙 #booksky #translatedliterature 🇨🇳 @twolinespress.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Book 4, finished Jan 13
📚💙 #booksky 📚🎧 #audiobook
January 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Book 3, finished Jan 11.
📚💙 #booksky
January 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Book 2, finished Jan 5.
📚💙 🎧 #booksky #audiobook @calbookclub.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
December Reading Wrap-Up! 7 books read, 6 from the National Book Award longlists for Translated Lit and Poetry. 💙📚
January 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
2025 reads. 📚💙 #booksky

Book 1, finished Jan 4.
January 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
All of my 2024 reads. #booksky 💙📚
January 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM