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Let's Watch!
What I watched in August, 2025.
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I’m working on K but made a good old L…

NJ Musings: "The Longest Yarn" A stunning exhibit on display at the NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum.

NJ Musings: "The Longest Yarn"

A stunning exhibit on display at the NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum.
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Cooking Around the World Part 10: Japan J is for Japan.

Let's Eat: Cooking Around the World: J is for Japan: Chicken Karaage

Can I cook something and not have to buy one ingredient? Also, I introduce a new column on kimchantment.
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Cooking Around the World Part 9: Israel I is for Israel.

Let's Eat: Cooking Around the World: I is for Israel: Braised Lamb Shank, Tahdig, and Tabbouleh

Down the cookbook rabbit hole we go...
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Cooking Around the World Part 8: Honduras H is for Honduras.

Let's Eat: Cooking Around the World: H is for Honduras: Cassava (Yuca) Cake

Cassareep opens a door to a new vegetable.
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Cooking Around the World Part 7: Guyana G is for Guyana.

Let's Eat: Cooking Around the World: G is for Guyana: Guyanese Pepperpot

An ingredient new to me, and the search for a place to find it.
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Utrecht tileset inspiration?

Cooking Around the World Part 6: France F is for France: Poulet au Vinaigre

Let's Eat: Cooking Around the World: F is for France: Poulet au Vinaigre

A chicken, some vinegar, a mère, and a rabbit hole.
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Cooking Around the World Part 5: Egypt E is for Egypt.

Let's Eat: Cooking Around the World: E is for Egypt

There's a threefer in today's post and an easy-to-make, versatile condiment to keep on hand to use in lots of tasty ways.
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Cooking Around the World Part 4: The Dominican Republic Self-Care and Creativity Through Cooking: D is for The Dominican Republic.

Let's Eat: Cooking Around the World: D is for the Dominican Republic

A short, cold month and putting my wallet on ice was my inspiration for the Letter D.
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Cooking Around the World Part 3: China Self-Care and Creativity Through Cooking: C is for China.

Let's Eat: Cooking Around the World: C is for China

Happy Year of the Snake: The Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) is a time to wish for good luck and prosperity in the coming year for oneself and others and was my inspiration for the Letter C.
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Cooking Around the World Part 2: Belgium Self-Care and Creativity Through Cooking: B is for Belgium.

Let's Eat: Cooking Around the World: B is for Belgium

Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I hope this day finds you in a peaceful place despite what else is going on in the world. I chose a homey and warm dish for this new Cooking Around the World post.
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January 4:
"While you’re eager to take a next step, how does your inner circle, feels about your plans?" I am working on a couple of creative initiatives, but not really factoring in others in the planning. Yes, no one is an island, but sometimes being the only one on the beach is ok. AR 2/5.

January 3 con't.
It’s what drove me my primary care doctor in August because I thought I was losing my mind. Turns out stress + a bad allergy season can = a three month bout of vertigo and that shit was no fun. Accuracy rating 5/5.

January 3:
That “Today's tense opposition of anxious Mars in your subconscious 12th house and probing Pluto in your health zone is a reminder that body and mind are joined entities" is something I experienced in the late summer and fall of 2024, and now it’s time to pay attention to that link again.

January 2 con't.
That seems counter-intuitive but maybe I just need to think it through a bit. Or, maybe I should take advantage of Venus’ powers and put together “an outing for mutual friends”. Not a bad idea. Accuracy rating 3/5.

January 2:
“Love is very much on my mind” due to Venus moving into Pisces in my seventh house of commitment. Ha! It only took two days for ❤️ to pop into the picture. That sounds enticing, but what about the boundaries I am working on?

January 1:
“How can I be generous without draining myself and also ensure my own tanks are refilled” is the exact nut that I have been trying to crack by trying to find/set up better boundaries. If this being presented to me on Jan 1 is an omen for 2025, I will take it. Accuracy rating (AR) 5/5

What I Watched Over the Holiday Break My favorite time of year for discovering, catching up, and binge-watching.

Goodbye 2024. Hello, 2025. kimchantment.substack.com/p/what-i-wat...

My goal is to post here everyday, but I will not be posting the text of each day’s horoscope because I don’t want to tread into any potential copyright issues. But what I will do is add phrases or sentences from the forecasts in quotes that I think are relevant along with my commentary.

I am a Virgo sun on the Virgo/Libra cusp, with Pisces rising, and a Virgo moon. I normally just read Virgo, but sometimes I will read Pisces, because your rising sign is just as important as your sun sign (or so they say). For this project, I am going to focus only on Virgo scopes.

There were two that always seemed to have more relevance than the others, but one of them decided to retire and is no longer writing horoscopes. The one that was the most accurate and still publishing is the one I am choosing to use for this project.

What I did get out of that first attempt was sense of what did and didn’t work about the way I was logging and writing, and which of the sites seemed to be the most accurate.

This was an idea that every November I would dredge up from my list of ideas to write about and then when I hadn’t started by mid-January, I would toss it back on the pile, only to have it tug at me every week or so and give me a chance to annoy myself for another abandoned “big idea”.

Every morning, I would copy and paste the 4 predictions into a Word doc and then go back at the end of the day to see if any of them were accurate or way off base by writing a couple of paragraphs for each about how the day played out.

Cooking Around the World: Armenia Self-Care and Creativity Through Cooking: A is for Armenia.

Let's Eat: Cooking Around the World: A is for Armenia

With the future feeling unstable and murky, I turn to the world of cooking (and the World at large) to find ways to focus my attention towards creativity and away from the anxiety of the unknown. kimchantment.substack.com/p/cooking-ar...

Let's Eat: Simple "Scharole" Soup with Mini Meatballs Make it hearty, or make it light, but don't sleep on this delicious and easy to make greens-based soup.

A Thanksgiving tradition of the soupy (and easy) kind...
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Self-Care and Creativity Through Cooking With the future feeling unstable and murky, I turn to the world of cooking (and the World at large) to find ways to focus my attention towards creativity and away from the anxiety of the unknown.

My first Bluesky post!
Let's Eat: Self-Care and Creativity Through Cooking. With the future feeling unstable and murky, I turn to the world of cooking ... kimchantment.substack.com/p/self-care-...

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