Halsted M. Bernard
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When in doubt, bake cookies.
2 weeks ago
The bread machine is my favorite kitchen robot. Brioche incoming!
2 weeks ago
I love the big giant flakes that look like fake Hollywood foam snow the best.
2 weeks ago
I'd love a cure for the Sunday blues.
2 weeks ago
My iPhone’s so into me that I got a birthday slideshow and all of the photos were mostly flattering.
4 weeks ago
Trying a new recipe for gluten-free lasagna. I’ve been at it for two hours already!
1 month ago
Not-work planned for today: coffee with a friend, puttering about the house, quality time with FunkyPlaid, birthday shenanigans planning, a big cooking project in the evening.
1 month ago
Saw a terrifying cloud over Portland on my way home. Thanks, "The Day After", for the permanent psychological scarring.
1 month ago
Time transforms grief, elongates it, spreads it more thinly over the crevices of each day. Less puncture; more papercut.
2 months ago
a day of breaking terribly sad news to my coworkers, over and over, and "breaking" is the right word for it because I'm now broken
2 months ago
Happy Hogmanay! Today is the day I get my planner and diary set up for the new year.
2 months ago
Baked cookies with a friend today: gingersnaps, buckeyes, thin mints, and good ol' chocolate chips.
3 months ago
"Die Hard: The Musical Parody" at the Funhouse Lounge. I had heard about it, and thought I was prepared. I was not prepared. Already looking forward to next year.
3 months ago
24-hour delayed reaction to seeing someone dressed up as Krampus casually browsing in a Southeast Portland gift shop.
3 months ago
New ink day only slightly dampened by a chipped (not fully broken) bottle. Most of the ink has been salvaged, rehomed in a bay leaves jar. Swab test soon!
3 months ago
Chicken and dumplings are in the slow-cooker!
3 months ago
Sick again, but not with COVID. I wish I had dodged the flu completely, but I'm still grateful for muted symptoms, thanks to my flu jab. Now back to bed.
4 months ago
In that part of the recipe experiment when the dish I'm making smells really good yet not at all what I expected it to smell like.
4 months ago
Curled up in bed with an engrossing book, a cuppa, and occasionally a cuddly cat.
4 months ago
Having fun with NaNoWriMo this year, writing what I want to read.
4 months ago
Third flotation tank experience today. When I have good words for it, I'll write more about it.
5 months ago
It will never not be They Might Be Giants, for me. Tonight "Answer" came on randomly and it was the most perfect.
5 months ago
For a short week, that sure was a long week.
5 months ago
Took our out-of-town visitor to Salt & Straw, and I had matcha ice cream with toffee-brittle mealworms and chocolate crickets! Surprisingly tasty, but maybe I'll order something less adventurous next time.
5 months ago
Started rewatching "Schitt's Creek" while recovering from COVID, and just finished (again). I love it more every time.
5 months ago
Closed all three rings for the first time post-COVID! And now, ready to sleep 10 hours.
5 months agoSo happy to wake up to rain this morning! And the day just got better and better.
5 months ago
So grateful for wonderful people in my life who make the time to cheer me up when I am grieving.
5 months ago
As soon as I turned on crossposting for my status log, everything I typed seemed too trivial to share.
5 months ago
trying to revive myself with homemade chocolate chip cookies
5 months ago
sudden resurgence of COVID symptoms, boo
5 months ago
first cuppa today, now ready for a status!
5 months ago