Kelly Jones / 蔡亹平
@menping.bsky.social
Classical violin fan, budding musician, Sinophile and Fred the Cat lover.
As a wannabe vegan, kangaroo and wallaby are maybe the least environmentally detrimental meats, but ethically still 👎 (cf. Jane Goodall). This Provençal pot roast recipe from CSIRO's Total Wellbeing Diet works well with roo & Coonawarra Merlot. I added champignons in the final simmer.
June 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
As a wannabe vegan, kangaroo and wallaby are maybe the least environmentally detrimental meats, but ethically still 👎 (cf. Jane Goodall). This Provençal pot roast recipe from CSIRO's Total Wellbeing Diet works well with roo & Coonawarra Merlot. I added champignons in the final simmer.
I am going to start Chinese calligraphy lessons soon. Tonight, I wrote the first stanza of Laozi's Daodejing 道德经 --- and remembered this painting from 2021. It was traditional hanzi, which I could barely read. Sadly, the head is heavy, and the belly hurts. Hakuin would shake his head sadly.
June 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I am going to start Chinese calligraphy lessons soon. Tonight, I wrote the first stanza of Laozi's Daodejing 道德经 --- and remembered this painting from 2021. It was traditional hanzi, which I could barely read. Sadly, the head is heavy, and the belly hurts. Hakuin would shake his head sadly.
Learning 围棋 ／ Go:
Can black remove all the whites?
Can black remove all the whites?
June 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Learning 围棋 ／ Go:
Can black remove all the whites?
Can black remove all the whites?
This is why I am switching to non synthetic clothing:
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June 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is why I am switching to non synthetic clothing:
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Randomly ordered Jiaogulan herbal tea a few weeks ago ( Gynostemma) and just tried a cup tonight... It's delicious!!!
On looking it up, I found it is really healthy too:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
On looking it up, I found it is really healthy too:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
Prebiotic properties of jiaogulan in the context of gut microbiome
Jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum) is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb that has been widely used in food and supplemental products. In the last 20 years, extensive research has been conducted to ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
May 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Randomly ordered Jiaogulan herbal tea a few weeks ago ( Gynostemma) and just tried a cup tonight... It's delicious!!!
On looking it up, I found it is really healthy too:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
On looking it up, I found it is really healthy too:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
Goodnight Bluesky. I hope my recital tomorrow goes well.
May 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Goodnight Bluesky. I hope my recital tomorrow goes well.
My first solo recital is in 3.5 days. I'm a 2nd yr BMusic perf student. I feel nervous:
1. It won't be perfect
2. I have one chance...
How to avoid brain freeze (panic)?
- slow breaths out
- body scan
- sing mentally
- think of Daddy & Cesar taming the feral dog. Be happy, open chest, go sideways
1. It won't be perfect
2. I have one chance...
How to avoid brain freeze (panic)?
- slow breaths out
- body scan
- sing mentally
- think of Daddy & Cesar taming the feral dog. Be happy, open chest, go sideways
May 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My first solo recital is in 3.5 days. I'm a 2nd yr BMusic perf student. I feel nervous:
1. It won't be perfect
2. I have one chance...
How to avoid brain freeze (panic)?
- slow breaths out
- body scan
- sing mentally
- think of Daddy & Cesar taming the feral dog. Be happy, open chest, go sideways
1. It won't be perfect
2. I have one chance...
How to avoid brain freeze (panic)?
- slow breaths out
- body scan
- sing mentally
- think of Daddy & Cesar taming the feral dog. Be happy, open chest, go sideways
Making my hot water bottle tonight I looked up and saw a bug holding my new putty knife. So I found the other bug to help assist with articulating the protest MO.
May 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Making my hot water bottle tonight I looked up and saw a bug holding my new putty knife. So I found the other bug to help assist with articulating the protest MO.
Still sawing away... Every time I focus on the problems to solve, it gets better. 加油!
youtu.be/e6Uq2luBfiQ?...
youtu.be/e6Uq2luBfiQ?...
Day 9: Dvorak's Romantische Stuecke, 1: Allegro moderato #100daysofpractice
YouTube video by Qinnu
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May 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Still sawing away... Every time I focus on the problems to solve, it gets better. 加油!
youtu.be/e6Uq2luBfiQ?...
youtu.be/e6Uq2luBfiQ?...
On bottling more kombucha from my ~3yo SCOBY, I decided to add 100mL of Wynn's 2023 Coonawarra Estate Reisling. This Reisling has been in the frig since early '24: I started a sommelier course, bought 3-4 wines, and... they're all still almost full. Got to use the stuff somehow.
May 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
On bottling more kombucha from my ~3yo SCOBY, I decided to add 100mL of Wynn's 2023 Coonawarra Estate Reisling. This Reisling has been in the frig since early '24: I started a sommelier course, bought 3-4 wines, and... they're all still almost full. Got to use the stuff somehow.
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Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
Experimenting with bullkelp at Nature Studio today, a free art workshop run by Jo Fyffe and Mel of Holdfast. I enjoyed talking to Otis, who was keen on my banana bread and possibly everything else.
May 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Experimenting with bullkelp at Nature Studio today, a free art workshop run by Jo Fyffe and Mel of Holdfast. I enjoyed talking to Otis, who was keen on my banana bread and possibly everything else.
Today it's sunny, so I can do a few coats of matt white on the upper window putty, plus start the semi gloss on the rest. Feeling happy with my first self-made window!
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Today it's sunny, so I can do a few coats of matt white on the upper window putty, plus start the semi gloss on the rest. Feeling happy with my first self-made window!
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Yesterday over 6,000 people protested against the harmful practices of the salmon industry in Tasmania.
We, with 16 civil society orgs, have written to UNESCO asking for World Heritage officials to assess the damage the salmon industry is doing to Tasmania’s World Heritage Area.
We, with 16 civil society orgs, have written to UNESCO asking for World Heritage officials to assess the damage the salmon industry is doing to Tasmania’s World Heritage Area.
April 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Yesterday over 6,000 people protested against the harmful practices of the salmon industry in Tasmania.
We, with 16 civil society orgs, have written to UNESCO asking for World Heritage officials to assess the damage the salmon industry is doing to Tasmania’s World Heritage Area.
We, with 16 civil society orgs, have written to UNESCO asking for World Heritage officials to assess the damage the salmon industry is doing to Tasmania’s World Heritage Area.
More 3-5am teapot passing the timing. 3rd attempt at making a traditional Chinese teapot.
April 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
More 3-5am teapot passing the timing. 3rd attempt at making a traditional Chinese teapot.
I enjoyed my walk today. Autumn burning off coloured the daylight.
April 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I enjoyed my walk today. Autumn burning off coloured the daylight.
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Ich love my catte so much. Ich kan be full of worryes and anxietye and sadnesse, but then thys litel guy just hoppeth up onto the sofa and doth begin to starte purringe.
April 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ich love my catte so much. Ich kan be full of worryes and anxietye and sadnesse, but then thys litel guy just hoppeth up onto the sofa and doth begin to starte purringe.
Some progress on the bathroom reno I've been slowly doing on Saturdays... new glass in today. I haven't built a window from scratch before, at least, not this style.
April 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Some progress on the bathroom reno I've been slowly doing on Saturdays... new glass in today. I haven't built a window from scratch before, at least, not this style.
I've been watching a Cdrama called Cupid's Kitchen (it's much better that suggests: 95% of cdramas have crappy English titles), and stumbled on a grammatically interesting sentence: “让江千帆哭得满地找牙”。Is it an adverbial like 哭得满-地找 (weird) or is 地找 find earth or is it 哭 得满地找 cry to get-find enough land?
April 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I've been watching a Cdrama called Cupid's Kitchen (it's much better that suggests: 95% of cdramas have crappy English titles), and stumbled on a grammatically interesting sentence: “让江千帆哭得满地找牙”。Is it an adverbial like 哭得满-地找 (weird) or is 地找 find earth or is it 哭 得满地找 cry to get-find enough land?
Wow, 3 weeks since my last #100daysofpractice update. Well, I finished that. I started a new cycle three times, restarting because of insomnia devouring my vitality.... Today is now Day 2. I am trying out Timothy Chooi's bowing for "Vocalise" by Sergey Rachmaninov. youtu.be/-YVUYe42uz0?...
Day 2: Sergei Rachmaninoff's Vocalise (1st half): 2nd #100daysofpractice
YouTube video by Qinnu
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April 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Wow, 3 weeks since my last #100daysofpractice update. Well, I finished that. I started a new cycle three times, restarting because of insomnia devouring my vitality.... Today is now Day 2. I am trying out Timothy Chooi's bowing for "Vocalise" by Sergey Rachmaninov. youtu.be/-YVUYe42uz0?...
My partner can't speak Chinese but as he's suffering from chronic low appetite, I advised him on Wechat: 都为了你先生我买了一壶高级蛋白巧克力冰淇淋是在冰冻箱子里... and then 哈哈我的汉语这么好没需要用翻译器 哈哈哈😄😄😄
March 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
My partner can't speak Chinese but as he's suffering from chronic low appetite, I advised him on Wechat: 都为了你先生我买了一壶高级蛋白巧克力冰淇淋是在冰冻箱子里... and then 哈哈我的汉语这么好没需要用翻译器 哈哈哈😄😄😄
Today is day 💯 of my first #100daysofpractice!
a violin sits on a sheet of music with butterflies flying out of it
ALT: a violin sits on a sheet of music with butterflies flying out of it
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March 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Today is day 💯 of my first #100daysofpractice!
Working on the next, larger teapot from about 4:30 to 6am. What else do you do with insomnia?
March 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Working on the next, larger teapot from about 4:30 to 6am. What else do you do with insomnia?