Jude Hsiang
@jude-hsiang.bsky.social
Gardener
Dyer/instructor (plants, lichens, fungi)
Knitter
Weaver
Mainer
Dyer/instructor (plants, lichens, fungi)
Knitter
Weaver
Mainer
These days 15-20 as I read mostly science and history--meaty and sometimes challenging.
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
These days 15-20 as I read mostly science and history--meaty and sometimes challenging.
It's just beautiful and the temperature will be 1 degree F tonight.
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It's just beautiful and the temperature will be 1 degree F tonight.
Maine's state fossil is a Middle Devonian vascular plant, Pertica Quadrifaria. I love that.
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Maine's state fossil is a Middle Devonian vascular plant, Pertica Quadrifaria. I love that.
Either can be either, both can be both.
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Either can be either, both can be both.
The stitch pattern looks a bit familiar. Is it from one of Barbara Walker's Treasuries?
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The stitch pattern looks a bit familiar. Is it from one of Barbara Walker's Treasuries?
How old?
I (at 77) and my contemporaries know it's essential, particularly if one lives in a rural part of a country ruled by fascists.
I (at 77) and my contemporaries know it's essential, particularly if one lives in a rural part of a country ruled by fascists.
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
How old?
I (at 77) and my contemporaries know it's essential, particularly if one lives in a rural part of a country ruled by fascists.
I (at 77) and my contemporaries know it's essential, particularly if one lives in a rural part of a country ruled by fascists.
I'm reading your post in one of those homes.
December 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'm reading your post in one of those homes.
Ooooooooooooooooooh! I can touch it from here. Silk, merino, & yak, oh my!
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Ooooooooooooooooooh! I can touch it from here. Silk, merino, & yak, oh my!
Me, too, for a decade or more as there are now no little kids in the extended family, and we adults just don't need or want STUFF
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Me, too, for a decade or more as there are now no little kids in the extended family, and we adults just don't need or want STUFF
Yes! This batch includes ground duck from 2 that we "sent to freezer camp" this fall. Dried beans, tomato sauce, onions and herbs from our garden. In recognition of my "delicate "sensibilities" just 2 Thai peppers, also from the garden. He'll add sriracha as needed to his servings.
November 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Yes! This batch includes ground duck from 2 that we "sent to freezer camp" this fall. Dried beans, tomato sauce, onions and herbs from our garden. In recognition of my "delicate "sensibilities" just 2 Thai peppers, also from the garden. He'll add sriracha as needed to his servings.
$0 this weekend.
$0 for the holidays.
Give & receive the true gift of oneself.
$0 for the holidays.
Give & receive the true gift of oneself.
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
$0 this weekend.
$0 for the holidays.
Give & receive the true gift of oneself.
$0 for the holidays.
Give & receive the true gift of oneself.
It's winter in Maine. Hangin' the laundry by the woodstove.
November 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It's winter in Maine. Hangin' the laundry by the woodstove.
On, but think of the corporations. 😢
I have a 7-yr old cheap android phone. When it dies I'll go back to a flip phone if the bastards still make 'em.
I have a 7-yr old cheap android phone. When it dies I'll go back to a flip phone if the bastards still make 'em.
November 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On, but think of the corporations. 😢
I have a 7-yr old cheap android phone. When it dies I'll go back to a flip phone if the bastards still make 'em.
I have a 7-yr old cheap android phone. When it dies I'll go back to a flip phone if the bastards still make 'em.
I'm a northerner whose rule is: stuffing is cooked inside the bird; dressing is cooked outside. 🦃
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm a northerner whose rule is: stuffing is cooked inside the bird; dressing is cooked outside. 🦃
Our No Rules Thanksgiving: leftover fish chowder, leftover spanakopita. Husband loves to cook--and is very good--so a couple times a week we eat the various leftovers. Right now, he's thawing the last container of chili from the freezer for lunch. Then he's going to make...more chili...
November 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our No Rules Thanksgiving: leftover fish chowder, leftover spanakopita. Husband loves to cook--and is very good--so a couple times a week we eat the various leftovers. Right now, he's thawing the last container of chili from the freezer for lunch. Then he's going to make...more chili...
That recipe looks just like the one I used. Don't remember where I found it--but it's excellent.
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
That recipe looks just like the one I used. Don't remember where I found it--but it's excellent.
I love librarians! Several are relatives. Others are booksellers as I was in a past life.
November 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I love librarians! Several are relatives. Others are booksellers as I was in a past life.
It's still possible to save $ at the grocery store & save cooking time. We (2 old people) have a bigger garden than we need (donate extras to the food pantry) & still have the physical ability but can't grow everything by a long shot. (See the Tragedy of the Commons & the Industrial Revolution).
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's still possible to save $ at the grocery store & save cooking time. We (2 old people) have a bigger garden than we need (donate extras to the food pantry) & still have the physical ability but can't grow everything by a long shot. (See the Tragedy of the Commons & the Industrial Revolution).
That was me for good many years! I learned lots of good ways to save on groceries and also cooking time. That's one of the reasons I loved working for Extension--https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/can. Free, science-based, info to save time & $ & still eat well.
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
That was me for good many years! I learned lots of good ways to save on groceries and also cooking time. That's one of the reasons I loved working for Extension--https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/can. Free, science-based, info to save time & $ & still eat well.
Peppers LOVE sun! extension.org/find-coopera... for suggestions, including good varieties for your area. Science-based. Free. And a link to your university's soil lab: step 1 to starting a garden, then every 3 years. Save $ by avoiding unnecessary stuff.
Yr friendly retired Extension Educator
Yr friendly retired Extension Educator
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Peppers LOVE sun! extension.org/find-coopera... for suggestions, including good varieties for your area. Science-based. Free. And a link to your university's soil lab: step 1 to starting a garden, then every 3 years. Save $ by avoiding unnecessary stuff.
Yr friendly retired Extension Educator
Yr friendly retired Extension Educator
Our garden isn't the best for them, but some friends in the wider area have good luck. We do very well with tomatoes, beans, and lots of other crops. USDA Zone 5.
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our garden isn't the best for them, but some friends in the wider area have good luck. We do very well with tomatoes, beans, and lots of other crops. USDA Zone 5.
Meanwhile, 1000s suffer.
November 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Meanwhile, 1000s suffer.