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ex-sysadmin, former R&B vocalist, currently an ACS CCP® cheesemonger working in an artisan creamery and living in the high desert of rural oregon with a yeti

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ful medames #burrito for lunch 🍜
ful wrapped in a flour tortilla on a plate with garlic yogurt, salad, and a quartered boiled egg on a bed on a quilt next to reading material close up of the plate showing parsley, green onion, red chili flakes, and hot sauce garnishes another close-up of fava beans, yogurt, and vegetables
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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somebody in my timeline but i can't remember who posted their copy of the 50th @bostonreview.bsky.social anniversary issue so i bought one and it arrived and here it is
a copy of the boston 50 review 50th anniversary issue on a quilt on a bed next to a kindle, there is a chair in the background with more books stacked on the seat
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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in honor of uptown mesa pizza, which i hear closed down this year, i give you the PORTABELLA BLUE PESTO pizza, which i loved so much, but in sandwich form 🍜
a sandwich on a tray same sandwich, different angle
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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i have no real idea how vacuum sealers work
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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cutting cheese is mindless and repetitive but i like doing it
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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this shit is artisan and hand-cut, bitches
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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let's cut twenty pounds of port cheddar #cheese 🧀🦠
two 10-pound wheels of wine cheddar, one cut into three pieces, on a bench
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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our little tradition (since we spent so many years just doing the holiday alone together) is artichoke dip and a relish tray on t-day eve 🍜

as a cheesemonger, i usually do cheese and crackers too, but tonight i didn't feel like it
on the corner of a wooden table are six dishes containing radishes, green onion, deviled eggs, olives, stuffed celery, artichoke dip, and sliced bred close up of a small plate with artichoke dip-topped bread with stuffed celery, radish, olives, and a deviled egg
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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delicious late lunch is delicious! (i love beans) 🍜
on a corelle old town blue plate is bread, a teacup of ful medames, a quartered hard boiled egg, garlic yogurt, and a cute li'l radish, and it all looks fetching af because there's bright green minced parsley all over
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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prep in progress
my kitchen sink with a bunch of hard boiled eggs and a punch bowl cups drying
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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my favorite short story OF ALL TIME

the utterly amazing and perfect 'sticks' by george saunders
Every year Thanksgiving night we flocked out behind Dad as he dragged the Santa suit to the road and draped it over a kind of crucifix he'd built out of metal pole in the yard. Super Bowl week the pole was dressed in a jersey and Rod's helmet and Rod had to clear it with Dad if he wanted to take the helmet off. On the Fourth of July the pole was Uncle Sam, on Veteran’s Day a soldier, on Halloween a ghost. The pole was Dad's only concession to glee. We were allowed a single Crayola from the box at a time. One Christmas Eve he shrieked at Kimmie for wasting an apple slice. He hovered over us as we poured ketchup saying: good enough good enough good enough. Birthday parties consisted of cupcakes, no ice cream. The first time I brought a date over she said: what's with your dad and that pole? and I sat there blinking. We left home, married, had children of our own, found the seeds of meanness blooming also within us. Dad began dressing the pole with more complexity and less discernible logic. He draped some kind of fur over it on Groundhog Day and lugged out a floodlight to ensure a shadow. When an earthquake struck Chile he lay the pole on its side and spray painted a rift in the earth. Mom died and he dressed the pole as Death and hung from the crossbar photos of Mom as a baby. We'd stop by and find odd talismans from his youth arranged around the base: army medals, theater tickets, old sweatshirts, tubes of Mom's makeup. One autumn he painted the pole bright yellow. He covered it with cotton swabs that winter for warmth and provided offspring by hammering in six crossed sticks around the yard. He ran lengths of string between the pole and the sticks, and taped to the string letters of apology, admissions of error, pleas for understanding, all written in a frantic hand on index cards. He painted a sign saying LOVE and hung it from the pole and another that said FORGIVE? and then he died in the hall with the radio on and we sold the house to a young couple who yanked out the pole and the sticks and left them by the road on garbage day.
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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BREAKFAST SALAD
salad in a white bowl salad!
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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chat it's time for vodka
a cocktail in a bar
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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a windowsill in summertime on a rainy day shot on fuji film 400 with a yashica electro 35 gsn
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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HOLY SHIT

absolutely delicious, amazing, outstanding!!!!

how did i live without this???!!!?!?
a turkish struggle meal comprised of fresh egg noodles, lentils, caramelized onions, yogurt, and aleppo butter
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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hubs wasn't feeling well so i made him a tray bake for #dinner last night 🍜
baked kielbasa, pierogi, and cabbage on a sheet pan with sour cream and mustard nearby
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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delicous sammich for #dinner 🍜
a portabella, provolone, roasted red pepper, lettuce, tomato, onion, green pepper, parsley, mayo, pesto, olive oil, and s&p on baguette sandwich is open-faced on a plate next to a couple cornichons the same sandwich, closed; the image has a heavy vignette because why not
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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turkish eggs 🍜
toast, eggs on yogurt, aleppo butter, & shepherd's salad on a plate
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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plates of migas and beans on a counter
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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omg whatever THIS li'l car is
grant and day in a little convertable on a tropical ocean road
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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this looks exactly like the one in the movie; i wonder how many of the things there were
a b&w photo of people using an automat in probably the late 1940's
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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eggs florentine on a counter next to ingredients including a flat of eggs
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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i love #salad
salad close-up
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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#dinner is noodles and salad 🍜
linguini alfredo and green salad on a wooden table
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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FUCK YEAH #DINNER: let's make turkish food (soup & salad edition) 🍜
a bowl of soup and a plate of bread, salad, olives, & labneh on a wooden table soup topped with aleppo butter and minced herbs
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM