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Dark chocolate soufflé in a white ramekin, topped with whipped cream and a mint chocolate heart. Three additional mint hearts artfully arranged on the white serving plate.

Made dark chocolate soufflé for my valentine yesterday. Light and fluffy! Garnished with whipped cream and Junior Mint hearts

Minnesota mean

A full coffee mug decorated with mountains and the aurora borealis on a table in front of a warm fire in a red brick fireplace.

After a fun NYE with friends, I’m having a chill morning

Lol

Picture of a sweet potato pie with marshmallow meringue. Pie is decorated with Santa’s sleigh and reindeer cookies.

Christmas pie -sweet potato with marshmallow meringue and sugar cookie decor. Very fluffy!

a man wearing glasses is getting a massage from a woman on the beach . Alt: Zooming in on Chief Brody wearing glasses in a chair on the beach, from the movie Jaws

Hard mode

I combined them with Grammy Smith

Slice of apple pie with whipped cream, with coffee and the rest of the pie in the background

Love that you mentioned Gold Rush apples! Went apple picking in early October in Lodi CA and tried them for the first time. They made a great apple pie.

Looks like a good breakfast to me-why wait for dessert time?!

Californian here: I still have the family crystal relish dishes from my Nebraskan parents-one with two sections, the other with three. Used for sweet gherkins, olives, mini onions and other pickled veggies. My millennial kids still eat the gherkins from these each Thanksgiving and Christmas!

That sounds wonderful!

Faint pink and green aurora borealis in the night sky over the SF Bay Area (at 7:35 pm)

Aurora borealis even visible tonight in the the SF Bay Area

lol I’ve done them all-several in 2025 (# 7, 16 and 18)

Sacramento is a great city!

Apple galette made with Granny Smith apples and puff pastry. Tastes better than it looks!

Made an apple galette for dessert last night for a fall family dinner

No Kings protest in Pleasanton CA, with Congressman Eric Swallwell speaking to the crowd

SF Bay Area 14th Congressional District-Eric Swallwell spoke in Pleasanton CA No Kings protest

Cubs-I still resent Bud Selig for buying the bankrupt Seattle Pilots and moving the team to Milwaukee for the 1970 season. I can hold a grudge a long time.

A slice of apple crumb pie with whip cream, with a cup of coffee and the rest of the pie in the background. Yum!

Perfect fall breakfast!

*Yuzu

A gin and tonic made with Ki No Bi Kyoto gin, with slices of Asian pear, grapes and 1/2 lime from my garden. A lively afternoon drink!

Enjoying a gin and tonic made with Ki No Bi Kyoto gin, grapes, Asian pear and 1/2 lime (all fruit from the garden!) A lovely afternoon drink. This gin would pair well with any citrus -I
I may substitute Yuzi next time

Earthquake!

Chat GPT has a product (confusingly named Teams) that will do this! User must set up library which is super time consuming and then manually keep it updated. Not a fan- so glad I left my job right before this was implemented.

Picture of 20 Asian pears in a canvas tote, picked from our backyard tree

Best Asian pear harvest to date-20 total!

Sheet Pan Pork With Fennel and Apples Recipe This easy sheet pan pork recipe with fennel and apples is great for a quick weeknight dinner. Get the recipe for sheet pan pork with fennel and apples.

This is a family favorite
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On the Walgreens website, one of the conditions listed is “overweight”- guessing a lot of American qualify. I know I do!

Foo Fighters-my ears rang for days!

Signed. That place is shameful!

I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

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Taste the Rainbow!

The right word is “LIES”