Kyle Lauritzen

A business that wants to succeed should make it as easy as possible for the potential customer. Sure, use your Instagram for updates and sharing products, but please also have an actual website, or share to a public platform like Bluesky, as well. It's easy to do nowadays.

I never thought about it before I left Instagram / Facebook, but it really is inconvenient when a business only has their information viewable after you log in to your account first. It's great business for Meta, and even though it's free, it may as well be a paywall for someone like me.

Chicken and vegetables cook in an open pot hanging over a wood campfire.

A creamy sauce has been added to the chicken and veggie mix. Then 3 large biscuits sit on top.

The finished dish is half eaten on a blue plate. Part of the cooked biscuit is visible with the delicious sauce, chicken, and vegetables.

Went camping and did some campfire Dutch oven cooking the other day. Made a variation on what my family calls 'Chicken Cheese Biscuit' for the first time and it turned out great! #cooking #campfire #dutchoven

Grilled barbeque chicken with salad and vegetables on a paper plate.

Happy Memorial Day with @derekandrich.bsky.social #holiday #grill #summertime #food

A close-up of handwoven fabric still on the loom. The left side shows the remaining warp threads with hand stitched knots against the finished fabric to the right. The coloring is variegated with yellow, pale blue, green, and almost black.

Hemstitching before taking this latest weave off the loom. 🧶 #fiberarts #rigidheddle #handdyedyarn

Final thoughts: Don't bother with it. Instead, hope that they make a novelisation of the musical, because that plot is much better, in my opinion.

I couldn't have physically read this book. Only in audiobook format was it tolerable. At 2x speed...

Some of the philosophical discussion was interesting, and I thought the nanny in her senility at the end was funny. All in all, it made up for some of the beginning, but not enough. (cont...)

... I still had some expectations. Certain main characters have things happen to them in the Broadway adaptation. A certain reunion or two. It ended up very different. Now, that being said, I enjoyed the last third much more than the rest of the book, I think. (cont...)

Ok I just finished Wicked (see my earlier post). The second half had some interesting bits, and some long boring bits (sitting around Kiamo Ko foreeever...). Having seen the musical production I had a few expectations for some of the characters. Yes, I knew some differences, but (cont...) 📚 #booksky

... Some of the philosophical discussion was interesting, and I thought the nanny in her senility at the end was funny. All in all, it made up for some of the beginning, but not enough. (cont...)

... I still had some expectations. Certain main characters have things happen to them in the Broadway adaptation. A certain reunion or two. It ended up very different. Now, that being said, I enjoyed the last third much more than the rest of the book, I think. (cont...)

I do, however, recognize and appreciate some of the clever prose the author uses at times.

I'm mostly reading it just to know how different the two are from each other. Otherwise I couldn't have gotten through the first couple chapters. Personally, I couldn't stand them, and am tempted to use the word 'trash.' The book only became bearable when they started at the university.

So, I'm reading Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Gregory Maguire). I knew it was quite different from the musical adaptation, and I'm only about halfway through, but so far I would say the two are only loosely related to each other. Maybe second cousins... 📚 #booksky

@derekandrich.bsky.social 's first power washer. It's like a magic eraser machine!

Four 5 inch meat pies fresh out of the oven.

A pie played with gravy dripping down the sides, next to mashed potatoes and peas.

The pie has been broken into, showing the delicious interior meat and mushroom filling.

English style pie night! @derekandrich.bsky.social made steak, ale and mushroom pies from scratch with mashed potatoes and peas. They're perfect! (Not going to be able to finish in one sitting as they're 500+ grams!)

I never mentioned it but my next audiobook was Mark of the Fool (by J.M. Clarke), and I sped through it so fast I'm already starting the third installment. It's fun, easy, and entertaining. 📚 #booksky

Viewed from above, two poached eggs on a bed of arugula, cheddar cheese, and lightly toasted homemade sourdough bread. Salt, pepper, and Sriracha sauce top the eggs.

Easter breakfast

Two half-slices of sourdough bread buttered on a dark green plate. The remaining half of a loaf in is a white cutting board in the background.

The weekend bread is so good! #baking

Just finished Ruin (#3 in The Faithful and the Fallen series by John Gwynne). The first half or so took me a little while to get through, but I found the second half much more engaging and then a cliffhanger ending! I'm not sure if I want to continue with the next book or take a break... #booksky 📚

I forgot to take a picture of this weekend's breads, but I promise they turned out even better than last weekend, which was fantastic. Yes, I made two because one loaf will be gifted. We're already halfway through the one we kept 😅 #baking #sourdough

A round of bread dough, starting its final rise before baking.

Fresh out of the oven, a round, rustic loaf of sourdough bread on a cooling rack.

The round sourdough bread loaf has been cut in half to display the inner crumb. It is spongy and delicious.

I want to make a regular thing about having fresh bread on the weekends, so here we go. I'm not a stranger to making bread, but it's been a while. I'm very pleased with how this turned out. Based on the no-knead method, it had a 20 hour rise at about 68 degrees F. A very nice flavor 🙂 #baking #bread

A blue and white variegated knitting project on metal circular cable knitting needles. In the background there is a round outdoor table with a coffee mug and a blue and white pot in the center.

Knitting outside today! 🧶 60 degrees and overcast, so of course I'm relaxing with some coffee and my current audiobook (Ruin, by John Gwynne)📚

#fiberarts #knitsky

A rigid heddle loom sits on a stainless steel work table against a yellow wall facing a window. Outside the window is a hill with trees, bare from the winter season, and the corner of a wooden fence.

Weaving with a bit of a view this afternoon. I'm taking advantage of the work table being cleared of its usual stuff. 🧶

#fiberarts #handweaving

I started the latest Dungeon Crawler Carl (series by Matt Dinniman, narrated by Jeff Hays), 'This Inevitable Ruin.' After the series review at the beginning of that one I wanted a more thorough refresher, so I'm actually re-listening to Eye of the Bedlam Bride. So much fun! #booksky

So, I finished my repeat of Malice (by John Gwynne) and it went better, being familiar with the characters and style. I immediately proceeded with Valor and liked it better. No need to reread that one. I am, however, taking a break from that series for something different. 1/2 #booksky

Odd. Just got an alert from my Watch saying I reached a milestone for walking 80k steps in a single day! Pretty impressive to do before 6:45am...

Realistically, I average 22-25k daily.

After deleting today's data, can I still keep the badge? 😉

Thank you! As a yarn dyer, I really do find something attractive about working with undyed, naturally colored fiber.

Chopin. I learned the Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor when in high school, but now when I play it I've gotten lazy and allow myself some bad form (goal is nostalgia not technique). With this, I thought it would be easier to learn a brand new piece properly than try to break bad form on a familiar one.

Update: I've spent a good hour and a half (plus?) on just this page. Haven't even turned the page yet.