Sherry Hamill
@sherryhamill.bsky.social
Over fifty, married to starter husband. Knits, reads, gardens, cooks, and combats despair.
Last Holiday with Queen Latifah
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Last Holiday with Queen Latifah
Where I live none of the birds eat milo/sorghum, the larger red round grain in mixes, so I try to avoid those.
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Where I live none of the birds eat milo/sorghum, the larger red round grain in mixes, so I try to avoid those.
Another 120-150.
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Another 120-150.
Somewhere I have a signed copy of the cookbook.
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Somewhere I have a signed copy of the cookbook.
Cover art for the Rosa Guy novel by the same name.
The Friends — Ginsburg Illustration share.google/qCVG9da4m1Bx...
The Friends — Ginsburg Illustration share.google/qCVG9da4m1Bx...
The Friends — Ginsburg Illustration
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November 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Cover art for the Rosa Guy novel by the same name.
The Friends — Ginsburg Illustration share.google/qCVG9da4m1Bx...
The Friends — Ginsburg Illustration share.google/qCVG9da4m1Bx...
Yes! He was able to send a friend by. But it was the single biggest purchase of his life, and he had put a lot of trust in "signature required."
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Yes! He was able to send a friend by. But it was the single biggest purchase of his life, and he had put a lot of trust in "signature required."
I did not realize self-signing was so common with the FedEx drivers. The (now) son-in-law had a complete meltdown when the "signature required" engagement ring was signed for by the driver and delivered to his front step while he was out of town. Not as valuable as your medication, though.
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I did not realize self-signing was so common with the FedEx drivers. The (now) son-in-law had a complete meltdown when the "signature required" engagement ring was signed for by the driver and delivered to his front step while he was out of town. Not as valuable as your medication, though.
True suet comes from around the kidneys--it's harder. Brisket fat doesn't behave the same way, but after rendering, I've used it in tortillas and for frying potatoes.
Tallow flour tortillas | Homesick Texan share.google/p61q5LkWjMt5...
Tallow flour tortillas | Homesick Texan share.google/p61q5LkWjMt5...
Tallow flour tortillas
When life gives you too much tallow, perhaps it’s time to make flour tortillas. At least that was my conclusion, after successfully using this rendered beef fat in bread and biscuits. Though why would...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
True suet comes from around the kidneys--it's harder. Brisket fat doesn't behave the same way, but after rendering, I've used it in tortillas and for frying potatoes.
Tallow flour tortillas | Homesick Texan share.google/p61q5LkWjMt5...
Tallow flour tortillas | Homesick Texan share.google/p61q5LkWjMt5...
So sorry to hear that! You guys were doing a phenomenal job!!
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
So sorry to hear that! You guys were doing a phenomenal job!!
We did that one as an audio book on a family road trip when my kids were in high school. Fifteen years later, it still comes up in conversation.
November 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We did that one as an audio book on a family road trip when my kids were in high school. Fifteen years later, it still comes up in conversation.
My local McDonald's had a bulletin board visible from the drive-thru that informed employees where and how to apply for assistance, including SNAP. It's the type of easy-to-get employment that attracts people already in crisis, but it still indicates an exploitative system.
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My local McDonald's had a bulletin board visible from the drive-thru that informed employees where and how to apply for assistance, including SNAP. It's the type of easy-to-get employment that attracts people already in crisis, but it still indicates an exploitative system.
I was thinking "What am I supposed to do with these?" But after looking at how useful they could be (listing all the food banks, etc.) I remembered, the yarn store I go to is participating in a main street trick-or-treat event, and the store owner said she would put them out on her table. 2/
October 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I was thinking "What am I supposed to do with these?" But after looking at how useful they could be (listing all the food banks, etc.) I remembered, the yarn store I go to is participating in a main street trick-or-treat event, and the store owner said she would put them out on her table. 2/
This was part of the critique years ago (circa that documentary Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices)-- something like "Henry Ford wanted to pay his workers well enough that they could all afford his product, Walmart wants to pay employees so little they can't afford to shop anywhere else."
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This was part of the critique years ago (circa that documentary Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices)-- something like "Henry Ford wanted to pay his workers well enough that they could all afford his product, Walmart wants to pay employees so little they can't afford to shop anywhere else."
Chicken vegetable soup, with cheddar bread. I cook, I bake, but I find the most joy in a well-composed soup.
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Chicken vegetable soup, with cheddar bread. I cook, I bake, but I find the most joy in a well-composed soup.
Oddly enough, this has proven to work for housing people, too (in other countries).
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Oddly enough, this has proven to work for housing people, too (in other countries).
We call minced beef "hamburger." Hamburger Helper helps stretch a pound of beef into quick, easy meal, with just the mince and what's in the box. It simplifies planning and shopping for ingredients.
October 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
We call minced beef "hamburger." Hamburger Helper helps stretch a pound of beef into quick, easy meal, with just the mince and what's in the box. It simplifies planning and shopping for ingredients.
Yeah, I went to a lot of trouble one year and made little bags with a few small candies in them that were fastened with a spider ring--the spider ring was definitely the exciting bit. Kids like novelty.
October 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Yeah, I went to a lot of trouble one year and made little bags with a few small candies in them that were fastened with a spider ring--the spider ring was definitely the exciting bit. Kids like novelty.
We had a city council woman show up to troll with a "JESUS is King!" sign which she then used to thwack at people who were surrounding her while waving tiny flags. She then shreiked "Don't touch me! Don't touch me!" while flailing with her non-sign welding hand at people who were not touching her.
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
We had a city council woman show up to troll with a "JESUS is King!" sign which she then used to thwack at people who were surrounding her while waving tiny flags. She then shreiked "Don't touch me! Don't touch me!" while flailing with her non-sign welding hand at people who were not touching her.
Her dad worked there in landscaping. She worked in the women's spa making tea, stocking the towels and emptying the laundry baskets. She liked the atmosphere of the spa; she wanted to be a masseuse...it didn't have to go the way it did.
October 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Her dad worked there in landscaping. She worked in the women's spa making tea, stocking the towels and emptying the laundry baskets. She liked the atmosphere of the spa; she wanted to be a masseuse...it didn't have to go the way it did.
This is becoming my personal plan, and then taking my "savings" to the local food bank.
October 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is becoming my personal plan, and then taking my "savings" to the local food bank.
One of the few moments of hope I have felt this year was during an interview on The Daily Show, when Maria Ressa pointed out that Duterte was elected in 2016 and is currently imprisoned and awaiting trial for his crimes against humanity in The Hague.
October 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
One of the few moments of hope I have felt this year was during an interview on The Daily Show, when Maria Ressa pointed out that Duterte was elected in 2016 and is currently imprisoned and awaiting trial for his crimes against humanity in The Hague.
This...and if you have a physically demanding job that wears your body out by the time you are sixty, you shouldn't have to look for a "second career" because you can't draw on Social Security until sixty-seven.
October 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This...and if you have a physically demanding job that wears your body out by the time you are sixty, you shouldn't have to look for a "second career" because you can't draw on Social Security until sixty-seven.
I'm enjoying looking at the pictures from Olympia; the husband and I attended our local protest in Longview this time, but I missed the bigger energy, the music, the bubbles, and that feeling of being among a vast number of like-minded people.
October 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'm enjoying looking at the pictures from Olympia; the husband and I attended our local protest in Longview this time, but I missed the bigger energy, the music, the bubbles, and that feeling of being among a vast number of like-minded people.