Ariel Lamothe

Lilac buds

Happy Ostara!

#springequinox #ostara

Still from movie 'Thelma'. Character Thelma Post is riding a red mobility scooter inside a senior living facility. When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a dangerous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.

I imagine I'll look like Thelma 😂 tho that's not so bad. She's a badass in that movie.

I reread the Handmaid's Tale, and I'm rewatching the series before I watch the final season.

I love that they have an Autographed category.

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It feels like another lifetime when I come across my children's and my art.

This is from May 30, 2015, when I gave my daughter Leto a lesson on watercolors. Look what we created together, a portrait of Aminah. She was our neighbor when we lived on the West Side.

On Easter!? So much for the White House Egg Roll, EVERYTHING is rolling down hill.

Senator Booker is laying out the facts of what the administration is doing to hurt America and Americans, and elevating the voices of Americans who are being harmed and who feel like people in Washington aren’t listening.

Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the administration have shown a complete disregard for the rule of law, the Constitution, and the needs of the American people.

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has taken the Senate floor and is speaking as long as he is physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis.

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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This feels like seeing into a past life. This was my office that sat between two 7th grade classrooms. I was one of the special education teachers who moved with students to their Maths, English, Science, and Social Studies classes. I had a 40 student workload.

YouTube video by georgievskiable David Lynch - Strange and Unproductive Thinking

This is a political post.

All I hear from the White House lately is strange and unproductive thinking....

My cookies always come out ginormous!

As big as your head!

One bite is enough to fill the stomach of a grown man!

Sam:
How many did you eat?

Leto:
Four

#teaandcookies #lordoftherings #lembasbread

Victor Ivanovich Zaretsky, 1988 Ukrainian

Hi, I'm Ariel and I like food. What I really want to talk about is food, food, and more food. I don't know where I'm going with this, so bear with me as I stumble to my happy place.

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Blessed be the goddess of Spring, in all of her guises, and by all of her names, and that spring comes again.

Wishing my family and friends a blessed Ostara!

May this spring equinox help you grow in grace, kindness, and beauty of the spirit.

Vegan and gluten-free Turkish simit

You can see my work at
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When I ran my bakery, then later the cafe in Getzville, and after that created baked goods for JAM Parkside: I produced primarily vegan and kosher products. I always offered 3 baked items that were gluten-free (cookies, baked donuts, Turkish simit rings).

I miss the work. It was hard but worth it.

It took 7 months, but the front closet is finally organized!

Stuffed pita - lamb kofta, tomatoes, spinach, pitted olives, garlic hummus, feta, whole wheat pita, dried pita chips crumbled on top of spinach tossed in garlic oil and lemon juice

Brown rice, sliced lamb kofta, hot tomatoes, feta

I can't food prep like I could before my strokes. My knife skills are improving, but using the stove top and oven are still iffy. So I have to come up with creative ways to make the types of food I love safely. My daughter helped me make lamb kofta, and I used them in two separate meals.

With ‘Mayhem,’ Lady Gaga brings popstar flair to her disability | Xtra Magazine On "Abracadabra" and "Disease," Gaga struggles with a doubled version of herself. As a disabled person, I feel seen

"On "Abracadabra" and "Disease," Gaga struggles with a doubled version of herself. As a disabled person, I feel seen."

Marigold, enjoying some scritches on this sunny morning. #catsofbluesky

My daughter gave me a haircut today; my first in three years. She removed the bottom 3in of hair damaged by 6 months of immunotherapy infusion treatments followed by 6 months of harsh immunomodulator drugs that wiped my immune system out and caused both of my strokes. My CLL is still in remission.

As a political and women’s rights activist, she was co-founder of the Women’s Equality Party in 2015. Sandi has written stage plays, journalism, and over 25 books.

Sandi Toksvig was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, but grew up traveling the world. After graduating with a first-class degree from Cambridge, Sandi began a career on stage, television, and radio.

Since 2023, Sandi has been a Bye-Fellow at Christ’s College, Cambridge, working on The Mappa Mundi Project, creating a global interactive digital platform telling women’s stories worldwide.