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Tofu Masala

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 This one just smells good! Interesting techniques 4:23 hours of sleep. Going back to bed would not have been terrible after the get up and pee and do some artificial tears.

Broccoli Rabe

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 With enough spices and olive oil (and anchovies!) anything can taste better 3:56 hours of sleep. NOT EATING for several hours before bed is SO helpful. I needed to be up early enough that going back to bed was not a good idea. Not really enough walking. THe stationary bicycle is good aerobically but leads to cramping. Whine

Peeps from The Conference

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The rowdy crowd from weekend events  5:03 hours of sleep. That is not all but enough for today.

Happy Mt St Helens eruption anniversary

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  5:30 hours of sleep Apparently the 18th of every month is going to be hard for a while. Today it was putting away Christmas stuff and the box of family photos....

Massman curry

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 Yum! 5:50 hours of sleep Thank heavens I showered and washed hair last night. Two meals of leftovers from the conference. Did I mention ice cream. I need to stop buying ice cream and search on yogurt brands.

Alton Brown on viscosity--for a whole half hour

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 A whole half hour of cooking technique and opinionated commentary 5:28 hours of sleep. Too much ice cream for dinner with cold pizza makes for a definitely desirable post dinner cat nap.

A lava tornado is so soothing.

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 Kilauea Mother nature blowing her stack? SO many reasons 4:08 hours of sleep. And I even went to bed early enough to get more sleep than that. Day 1 of conference. I think the person smoking disgusting substances overhead is opening windows. Either that or I am noticing because I have not been home in early evening much. DISGUSTING. The person should be flogged or at least busted.

Up early enough to shower AND do dishes

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The trees scene at 6ish am 5:08 hours of sleep. I went to bed early on purpose to see about more hours total. Nah.   But I did get dishes done and the timeline survived a minor bus route because of some kind of fire issue as well as a collision.   Between day of apparently not diplomacy in China and some stupid kids playing with guns--but mercifully not hitting anything, It's a day of wanting volcano eruptions and cat vids. MEOW.

Italian Onion flatbread

  https://youtu.be/QOthwUVi-kI? si=QANxl2AcpeIxMllm Watch the video,. Make onion bread. It sounds interesting. 5:38 hours of sleep. Not enough but worse no morning stretches. So I HAVE to handle schedule differently for the next several days. Fun Fun Fun 

Hector and other 8 minute cat vids

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 I really, really, really need to get my house cleaned up so I can get my own cat but in the meantime, a parade of proxy cats in 8 minute doses 4:54 hours of sleep.

Mining Bees?

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  5:52 hours of sleep solitary, excellent pollinators vast majority of all bees on Earth

The sun showed up finally after the clouds here

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Clouds above Lake Washington, just because 6:36 blessed hours of sleep. So missed multiple usual and unusual Sunday activities such as church service at Mom's church. Trip to park of Nephew's childhood Phone call from brother to sister!!!!!  

Spinach Pesto: just wait while a basil plant grows!

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  5:56 hours of sleep. Yesterday's achievements including getting a bigger planter for the Christmas cactus and getting basil and chives seeds. STAY TUNED.

Volcano fix, love Kilauea

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Pele's hair or Pele's tears 4:16 hours of sleep. A walk around the 'hood. Gorgeous weather. Body is arguing about whether and how vigorously to walk.

Lentil cutlets

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 I may or may not have previously posted this. If so, I am posting again because the world ALWAYS needs more lentil options 3:52 hours of sleep. And awake enough but not perfect.

Palestinian Samak Bil Laban

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 Interesting prep and presentation details 5:54 hours of sleep. mot enough walking but exercise bike seems to matter

If your bay is dead, add sea otters. Atone for historical HUNTING

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Species getting to restore their own habitats makes me happy.  4:24 hours of sleep.

Monday Monday

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Late afternoon sun  5:10 hours in bed and falling asleep every time I sit down especially after a meal. I miss my mom!
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World looks much better after a respectable amount of sleep  6:40 hours of sleep in bed not counting 2 hours dozing in chair after I got home from being a very feel fed and well conversed zombie with K and I Onward now to stuff I would LOVE to keep procrastinating about.

Sleep? Who needs sleep?

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  How the world looks at 5 am +/- including whatever the phone does automatically The moon was full. So was the YouTube. So no sleep in bed and instead wash hair, doze in chair, Go to memorial. Make it through whole service without bawling about my own mother. Not sleeping is REALLY bad for arthritis and ease of getting around. SIGH. But it was a gorgeous sunny day and a good day to go see friends in Lynnwood. I may have been a zombie, but I was a sunbathed zombie Posted with a retroactive date.

This week in mocking the President

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 Some mockery is cringe. The Lego videos are SUCH a guilty pleasure 5:00 hours of sleep. A fair bit of tinkering at home but SO MUCH MORE to keep at.