CT scan: not seeing the appendix but also not seeing signs of ick.

Sorry kiddo. I passed my genetic weird onto you :(

Rockstar in er. Still waiting on Kaiser to give me my dedicated parking spot.

An Australian Cattle Dog sleeping on top of a fuzzy grey blanket

Someone else is liking the electric throw.

I am forever 12.

Busy weekend, did not get done everything needed. I hope tomorrow will be a good energy day, I need to get the barefoot roses in the ground.

A slice of applesauce bread on a paper plate, with a fork resting next to it.

When life gives you a buttload of apples, you make applesauce. Then you can make applesauce bread.

Green Granny Smith apple with a vertical indent, making it look like a sassy butt.

Making applesauce with a buttload of apples.

Two layers of triple chocolate cookies cooling on wire racks on a counter. A green cutting board is underneath.

Making cookies from scratch. Also, slow cooker has a ham and bean soup bubbling away. I may not be able to do much, but I can cook from scratch.

Gotta tell y'all. I really am not enjoying CyberPunk2025 LARP. If I have to play, lemme reroll my character.

Thank you, love.

Sorry for not being around. Caught the creeping crud that is going around, the my high schooler is dealing with. Not COVID, we both tested negative, and I think the worst of it is The Epic Tired that you can't shake. Doggo has been spending 80% of his time in my lap napping. I make a great pillow?

Vaccines are necessary. They are essential to not only personal health but society at large. The research and development of medicine are crucial to our health and safety. We need to fight to keep our medicines affordable, available, and information about illnesses public. (/9 fin)

A 2019 paper talked about how measles can create a process called immune amnesia. Essentially creating a hard reset to your immune system and making the infected person vulnerable to secondary infection, like pneumonia. We are still trying to find out about the long term effects of COVID19. (/8)

So. Why am I bringing this up. Again. Many have not seen the lasting effects that these illnesses, which can be avoided/mitigated with vaccines, and understand how deadly these really are. And we are *still* finding out just how much damage they can do. (/7)

My parents made it a point to go visit many of the family, in TX, in TN, in KY. Since they were unable to come out to us in CA. the relative with polio was bedridden from the time I could remember, a hospital bed in the living area, tended to by her very frail husband. (/6)

I never knew how she had been after she "recovered" (do you ever, though?), as I was born when he was in his 40s, and many of the family were much older. When we would visit gramma and step grandfather, that was when we would see the family in those brief windows. (/5)

So to say he saw a lot of childhood illnesses, both from home and overseas when he served in the Pacific Theater WW2 and in Korea, is an understatement. Our family was not spared from the tentacles of horror: a relative of my dad's (cousin?aunt?) was infected by polio (/4)

Combination of global economic hardship + farming + family dynamics = massive issues. Dad only reached 5'3", had to get dentures in his 20s due to malnourishment. But that's an aside. (/3)

Those times were hard and got much harder. The family grew cotton. Some other things but the cash crop was cotton. What went on the table was mostly grown on that soil as well. Dad traveled to family farm to family farm, helping where he could. (/2)

Story time. Threaded comment. Some of you know, many don't. My dad was born in the tail end of the 1920s. Rural TN, a tick before The Great Depression. Why am I bringing it up? Well. (🧵/1)

A blurry image of an Australian Cattle Dog on a beige Dog bed, in motion as he digs to make a comfortable area to lay down on.

It's been a tough week, right? The dog reminds you that sometimes ya gotta dig a little deeper to find your comfort spot. It might be hard to find, but it's there.

Just a hot take. I am outraged, freaked out, and po'd. I am also keeping my energy focused on key issues and familial needs. If a stranger wants break Weaton's Law they will be blocked. I do not have the luxury of Devil's advocate, or to appeal to better nature. Patience is at an end. Sucks to suck.

Given that there is an attempt to eradicate the department of education, not here and not well. ;(

But. The poetry. :/

A red speckled Australian Cattle Dog, chewing on a green spikey Dog toy, laying on top of a patterned carpet in front of a folding table. He is looking expectantly at the camera.

The dog would like to know if you contacted your state reps in congress today.

But her emails.

A chocolate cake with a glossy frosting sits on top of small cookie sheet. The pan is actually a tarte pan with wavy sides.

Working on some depression/WW2 recipes. Here is chocolate Wacky cake, with a cooked fudge frosting. Why wacky? The cake does not contain dairy products (though the frosting does have milk and butter). You also mix it directly in the pan, rather than a bowl to transfer into a pan.

I did! I used a couple of chicken breasts, though thighs would have been better for flavor (but I needed to do something with what I had, yannow?). I also omitted green chilis and cayenne because my stomach sucks with the spicey now ;( I actually found the recipe on Reddit!

Tried to make a white chili for the 1st time (badly reacting to tomatoes, and really trying to lessen how much meat we eat). Was a fairly good effort.