Nice! We debated where to go and ended up going to our local Hands Off. Smaller but still great energy and inspiring! Great to see the turnout in a still turning purple zone.

Yes the original post does not show up on her FB page, but the original post did come up when I searched for HCR.

Yes, this 100%.

I bake a lot of bread and got this over the holidays. I am slowly working my way through it. Flat breads, loaf pan breads, buns/bagels/rolls, hearth breads, fancy breads and things to make with breads. I haven't had a fail yet (though today's loaf was over-proofed but still yummy).

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What brings me joy today:

Homemade Lemon Swirl Bread. Think cinnamon raisin bread, but with sugar and lemon zest instead. So good. Enriched dough with a crisp exterior. Thank you, King Arthur Baking. Unfortunately recipe not online, but is found here: shop.kingarthurbaking.com/items/king-a...

From the book: "I cherish the notion of the gift economy, that we might back away from the grinding system, which reduces everything to a commodity and leaves most of us bereft of what we really want: a sense of belonging and relationship and purpose and beauty, which can never be commoditized."

Book: The Serviceberry Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Something positive:
What a beautiful and wonderful read and so timely given the state of current events these days. Kimmerer examines the idea of the gift economy and looks at economics through the lens of ecology and traditions of sharing, reciprocity and respect for nature. More of this please!

UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:

Seriously. It is just like during covid when all of the armchair epidemiologists crept out of the woodwork to spew the lies they heard online. Except in this case, he's in charge of US health policy. Unreal and wholly unacceptable. The GOP has no spine ramming these cabinet members through.

A sad but true fact. Just look who is in charge of HHS - and the fact that measles is one of the most contagious diseases out there. This is the kind of "find out" from FAFO that is hard to take.

A child has died in the Texas measles outbreak It's the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015. More than 130 people in west Texas and New Mexico have been sickened in the outbreak so far.

A child has died from the measles - the first US death from the illness since 2015.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Good to know! Severance is on our list but we haven't started it yet.

If you judge by the number of stories, the number of authors involved, the tone, the duration of coverage ... you can't help but conclude that the NYT found the fact that Biden is old much more alarming than the fact that an unelected tech nazi is illegally taking over key government systems.

This is the kind of talk I've been waiting to hear- along with action.

The Trump administration is targeting USAID, DOE, OPM, Treasury, CIA, FBI and so on - violating privacy and other laws. Summary below

Yes. What matters enough to move you?

Exactly this. We all need to find the joy that fills us to survive as the chaos swirls around us. Today I am cleaning out my sewing room and making it pretty so I can create. I believe you also posted that you get your work done before opening the door to the chaos and I am taking that to heart.

Exactly this. Know what brings you joy and wallow in it, give it a voice, share it, and build it.

Our cats would agree with this and add water from any water glasses left out and the shower floor if the door gets left open.