Friday, November 24, 2023

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Roam by Dawn Barker, Rainbow Peak Yarns super sock in Luminosity II (Lula Faye Fibre)

Vanilla is the New Black by Anneh Fletcher, Knit Picks Felici in Beyond the Wall– DONE!!

Christmas is the New Black by Anneh Fletcher, Lollipop Yarn Quintessential in We Need a Little Christmas (started December 2022, yarn 2016)

Ilha by Orlane Sucche, SugarPlum Circus sock in Scorpio

Explicate by Hunter Hammerson, Hue Loco Merino Sock in Blue laced red wyandotte–DONE!!

Gouachevember

Calendar prep check here for shop updates

Monster Cookies | Cup of Jo

Crispy Honey Balsamic Glazed Brussels Sprouts - Caroline Chambers

Paper Plane

Wild Rice and Mushroom Pilaf Recipe

Ad hoc chicken pot pie with the BEST crust! (used icy cold vodka instead of water).

Carmelized Shallot gravy 

Yellow Curry Chickenturned into Handpies with leftover crust from above.

Cocktail from Episode 61

New cocktail! We’re calling it The Franciscan.

I part Orange Curacao, 1 part Gin, splash of ginger allspice simple syrup*, garnish with cara cara orange.

*Ginger Allspice Simple Syrup: 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon allspice berries, 2-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped. Combine in saucepan & bring to boil. Cook till sugar is melted. Remove from heat & let steep for 30-60 minutes. Strain into a jar, cover & refrigerate.

And an epic quantity of green beans!

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Goodreads best of 2023 voting

T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton (audio)

Malice by Keigo Higashino, trans by Alexander O. Smith (audio)

Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel (audio)

Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel (audio)

Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy, trans by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (this link goes to a different version)

Under the Smokestrewn Sky by A. Deborah Baker/seanan McGuire

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen 

The Keeper’s Six by Kate Elliott 

48:00

Starter Villain by John Scalzi 

Evil Eye by Etaf Rum 

August Blue by Deborah Levy 

Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop, trans by Sam Taylor 

Aliss at the Fire by Jon Fosse, trans by Damion Searls 

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 

All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Mrs. Porter Calling by AJ Pearce

The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar

Weather or Knot Scarf Kit – The Yarnery

Faux suede tags, handmade, this is the back

Knitting cady yarn bowl Uncommon Goods

CABLE KNIT LEATHER BANDS FOR APPLE WATCH birdie parker

Nudge Brass Counter

Budget version counter

Handmade: knitting tags

Caran D’ache Bi-color set of colored pencils (unfortunately, I cannot find the set I have. Here’s an example).

Klee Marble Pencil Set from LACMA

Blackwings!

Leuchtturm1917 sketchbook

Talens Art Creations sketchbook

Hahnemuhle Bamboo (lightweight paper) sketchbook

Field Notes small sketchbooks

Blick Acrylic Portrait Set

Charvin Acrylic Portrait set

Handmade: sketchbook ideas

Snacking Bakes by Yossi Arefi

Substack subscription

State baking dish, serving dish, platter, historic map trays

Diaspora & Co spices also, check Whole Foods

Lucky Iron fish

Big Sur Elote Salt or Maldon bucket!

Handmade: giftable spice blends

Demon Copperhead

Everyman’s Pocket Classics: Scottish Stories, Garden , New York, Detective

Literary women book locket necklace

Tequila Mockingbird (10th Anniversary Expanded Edition): Cocktails with a Literary Twist

Museum Book Shops: MFA Boston, SFMoma, DeYoung/Legion, The Met, etc.

The Simple Art of Rice by Danica Novgorodoff and Joseph Johnson

Here We Go Again by Tiffani Thiessen

The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (boo! Not out till April!--sorry friends).

Day by Michael Cunningham

America’s Test Kitchen 2023 & others.