Barb Larochelle

Frontenac roses

Pink rose with rain drops

A Martin Frobisher rose in the rain.

I was just thinking about that. She spent a ridiculous amount of money, and she knew she was just temporary.

Making batch # 2 of Hot Cross Buns today. The first batch was okay, but I couldn’t find the little glacé fruits I like to put in them, so I had to improvise with raisins, dried cranberries and candied cherries. Probably will make 2 more batches.

Which (free) language learning apps do you like? I’m getting fed up with Duolingo.

That’s probably true, but they don’t have it at Safeway, Save on Foods, Shopper’s Drug Mart, or any other stores I’ve been in lately. Just seems odd.

Possibly, but I haven’t seen one since probably November, and I do look every time I go to the store. I know there’s a spring issue, but I don’t see it on sale.

Is Chatelaine magazine not sold in any grocery store magazine racks anymore? I don’t want to subscribe, but I did like to grab one a few times of year, especially for holiday recipes. Haven’t seen one in months!

Arrgghh. Gonzaga is an 8th seed in the March Madness tournament. That’s the worst spot!! You play a team that’s pretty much your equal, and if you win that, next up is the #1 seed in the bracket.

He changed the name of that mountain in Alaska back to Mt. Mckinley. He has to know it’s a state. Parody accounts can be funny, but it’s just too hard to tell them apart from reality these days.

Same. Every time.

Do you know many Americans? How are they feeling about what is happening? I got my first university degree in the US, and my close college friends are all utterly appalled and embarrassed. But some college acquaintances less so.

So many people are so looking forward to this Foreign Interference Report that I’m afraid it will be a disappointment—because it won’t reveal as much as we hope it will.

Sorry I didn’t seen this sooner. You wanted to repost my post? Probably you can’t because I have my account private now?

I definitely am! Several found their way here over the holidays!

Another New Year’s Resolution: stop buying ‘aspirational’ clothing. I am not going on any kind of beach vacation in the foreseeable future, nor to anything where I need to wear sequins and velvet. No matter how cute or what a deal—I have *enough* of that kind of clothing.

Tonight is the first night for one of my New Year’s resolutions: trying to get to sleep before midnight! This is a big challenge for me, because I’m a lifelong night owl. But I can’t run on 5-6 hours of sleep anymore.

Christmas tree with lights.

Merry Christmas Bluesky friends! Looking forward to seeing what the new year will bring for this place!

Our taxpayer money means nothing to him when he’s grandstanding. He only pretends to care about it in his 3-word slogans.

Hey—if I don’t know you, or if we’ve never interacted here or over at the other place—read each others’ posts, responded, etc. don’t DM me here. I’ve unfollowed about half a dozen people in the last couple of days. I don’t want this place to be like that place.

I could try that, I guess, but I leave my DMs open to followers only, and I don’t want these people to DM me again.

2/2 I got a couple of random/weird DMs here from people who have no valid reason to DM me, and I don’t want to outright block them, but I also don’t want them to follow me anymore.

Does anyone know how to soft block or make someone unfollow you here? At the other place you could block them and then unblock to make them unfollow. That doesn’t seem to work here. 1/2

How’s December going for you so far? It’s raining here tonight! We had to cancel our tree decorating party because a couple of other people here have colds and the ones who were coming over don’t want to catch it. I’m over my cold but lost my voice.

That’s strange. I’m not blocked over there, but I have lost about 1000 or so followers, an my posts are getting far fewer views and responses.

I love Milk Street. ‘The New Rules’ Cookbook is a family favourite! Never thought about watching on YouTube before!

That would be motivating!

I got a jigsaw one for my husband with a stained glass nativity scene on it. He is delighted! (I also got him a chocolate one)

Did you get an Advent calendar? My husband got me a Kit Kat one, and my daughter got me a National Lampoon Christmas Vacation one.

Absolutely no. And, if the situation were reversed, would Trump be pardoning political opponents?