Qualtagh [KWAL-tahk] or [KWAYL-tehk] (n.) -The first person to enter a house on New Year's Day; known as the “first foot.” Used in a sentence: “I have to scurryfunge before my qualtagh arrives... I just hope he can make it over that pile of rubbish on the stoop!”

Freezing rain today with freezing fog at the fringes. So glad I did my errands & a little shopping yesterday. Winter is my favorite time & I love all winter weather except for freezing rain because that shit is dangerous. It's 28F today. It's supposed to shoot up to 50F tomorrow. We'll see.

Feeling a crap ton of anxiety today & anxiety-related nausea. Popped some ashwagandha & will do it all day. Gonna just do cozy fun stuff today & try to push it all back. I'll think of my blessings, such as they are. Kinda salty about all the unnecessary shit giving so many of us anxiety these days.

One thing I've researched that you've probably never wondered is :::drumroll::: No, you can't use dashi broth as a substitute for fish sauce. Now you can start your side quest to find someone who would benefit from this sorta useless knowledge. Do not be discouraged! Your person is out there.

And you, and you, and you, and youuuuuuuuuuuu...

We'll probably have 100% cloud cover, but I'm going to be checking anyway.

Same as with somebody's (anybody's) abuelita. If a Mexican grandma tells you to do something, you shut up & you do it 😂

Today's mental health article is up. It's all about the lasting impact we can make on the world. I hope you'll take a few moments and read it! open.substack.com/pub/ramblean...

This year is next year's yesteryear. You're going to need more coffee, and a sharper sword.

remember:

So beautiful 🤩

Apt 😂 🔨

Hogmanay [hog-muh-NAY] (n.) - New Year's Eve and its celebrations. - A gift that is given on this day. Used in a sentence: “The hapless Hadley Hogwood has a horrible hibernal habitude of hurriedly helping himself to heaping helpings of the Hogmanay honey baked ham.”

Happy #NewYear all! 🎇🥂🥳

It's been fun watching these little babies grow up enough to be adoptable. Just two left. They're ready for beautiful lives with loving people 💜

The Dogs of 2025 youtu.be/K_1tNbud-8g?...

Pretty disappointed in the movie Weapons. I won’t spoil it for any who haven’t seen it yet. Sure wish I could get my 2 hrs back tho.

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

This is so sad. I remember my mid-30s as an age that I had a nice balance going & wished I could hold there forever. And yet, this beautiful, talented woman is GONE at this age. May her memory be a blessing to all who knew her or of her. May we send tender support to her children & husband 💔 RIP

I’ve seen this word a lot in homeopathy.

Having to ice my foot in my cold house SUCKS. I’m feeling a little salty today.

I'm really over 2025 & I'm increasingly pissed we have to start a new year with all this bullshit -- that we can't leave it behind & start fresh. So, in a way, I'm kinda over 2026 already too & it's not even here yet. Going into 2026 like this 👇

They say to start the new year doing what you'd like to do more of in the coming year. Sleep figures at the top of that list for me & I know for many of you too. I'm gonna get me some of these tickets too :)

my new years resolution is to know less about everyone

For handspinners who follow me here, I picked up more roving from the mill yesterday & am beginning to list them on various groups, as well as my Jotform page. (I’ll put the Jotform link in the comments below.) Some pretty natural color roving. I’m very excited about the wool/llama blends too.

Ok, hear me out... the best steak sauce I ever had was Buffalo Wild Wings Garlic Parmesan wing sauce diluted 1/2 & 1/2 with mayo. It's worth like 3 chef's kisses. 🍽️

Thank you, @elhoimleafar.bsky.social Bought it! On a fixed income & have a super tiny book budget, so I really appreciate when authors give a heads up when their ebooks are on sale. Often, that's the only way I can get a book by an author I'd like to read. It's $2.99 today & going up tomorrow!

The most romantic story of my life would be if when I die, my house falls down in grief.

Turn the noise down if you can. Whatever stayed with you today — let it soften a bit. The music will still be there in the morning. Night.

We see the disconnect between design & practicality. We see it in rulemaking as well practice vs protocol. We lay out routes for others to follow without considering that people move (physically & mentally) in the quickest route from A to B. Simplicity most often means a direct path.

Wishing you a gentle last few days of the year. 🐈‍⬛🤍

Just knitted a cardigan in a fit of rage

Jannock [JAN-uk] (adj.) - Honest; straightforward, fair and generous. Used in a sentence: “Though his speech was unadorned, he was known throughout the village as a jannock man, whose presence put others at their ease and whose word carried more weight than any written contract.”

I sent my son a link to this deck because he's heavily into runes as his main divinatory system. He bought it within minutes. I got to see it at Christmas. The cards are thick & surprisingly wide. The art is so primitive-feeling & just wonderful. I'm even more convinced to buy this deck now.

Just remember… when you see some bad, really stupid commercial, somebody pitched it with their whole chest 😂

Hungry as the end of the world...

Woo! As a parent, this hits me hard. The sun is hitting the snow & making my eyes water. That's all it is, I swear 😭

"[If] we wrapped up against the cold, we wouldn't feel other things, like the bright tingle of the stars, or the music of the aurora, or best of all the silky feeling of moonlight on our skin. It's worth being cold for that." —The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman #BookWormSat

The burrito fairy got her damn headphones on AGAIN.

I woke up my computer & just saw one of my browsers offering me a button to click for a review of 2025. No fucking thank you. Back away, demon 😂

On a cold morning, few things feel as wonderful as hands on a warm cuppa.

Getting that Agatha All Along tarot deck has my brain singing on loop: 🎶Down down down the road down the witch's road...🎶 I can't complain about this. Quality earworm.

You’ve just opened up a Star Trek-themed restaurant What are you calling it? The Space Bar

My dog, Samiah, is quietly barking in her sleep. I wonder what she's dreaming. I wonder if she's ever awake listening to me dreaming & wondering the same. I love her 💜

I love the mood of this 💜

Three NFL games on Christmas Day. Is that like one game for each of 3 Christmas spirits?

Snoop Dog wearing red is reminding me of when I was little in Portland, OR. We lived in the poor part of town that was pretty rife with battling gang members. My mom explained about the Crips & the Bloods & said I should never interact with them in any way. I was in maybe 1st grade or something. 1/

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

You guys... I got an Agatha All Along Tarot deck! I didn't even know it existed until I opened the box. It's so beautiful 💜 Behold...