In this week's #bakeoffbakealong I got a little carried away. For bread week I baked banana bread, pizza, and sesame sourdough loaves. #gbbo #bakeoff

🕯️ Blessings of Hildegard of Bingen on her day.

Hey DNC, this is what it looks like to have a spine and walk your talk. @schumer.senate.gov you taking notes?

Actually it's not that shocking. This happened in the 1890s to early 1930s when The Great Depression and FDR finally put a stop to the robber barons. It's not the first time the U.S. government has been in kahoots with the ultra-wealthy to the detriment of the rest of us.

Pollinators are flying around my backyard! Bumblebees, butterflies, and our first monarch butterfly feasting on one of my zinnias! I was too awestruck to take a picture. I'm so happy! And here's today's harvest.🌱 #midwestgardeners #GardenSky #backyardgarden

This week was biscuit week on #gbbo, and the last week of the Summer Term. I baked Soft Molasses Cookies for my classes. We always have a party on the last day of the term to celebrate how hard they work. #bakeoffbakealong #bakeoff

Sometimes a bulldog just needs a cuddle. Happy timeline cleanse.

The Great British Bake Off started a new season, and I'm going to bake along this year. For Cake Week I discovered an awesome recipe for Root Beer Cake on King Arthur's website (recipe in first link). I made it with The Hubby's favorite root beer. #gbbo #bakeoffbakealong #BakeOff

I had to pull out a jacket to enjoy my backyard tonight. #backyardlife #falsefall

Me and my girl. #bulldogmom

Food mills are awesome! And we have more carrots. 🌱 #midwestgardeners #GardenSky #canning #tomatoes

First carrot 🌱. #midwestgardeners #GardenSky #backyardgatden

I put up tomatoes yesterday. Today was all about fermenting: yogurt, creme fraiche, sour cream, and vanilla extract. #fermentation #savemoney

Part of my pondering this week is about Sabbath, and how hard it is to to practice in a society obsessed with productivity. #sabbath #christian #episcopalian substack.com/home/post/p-...

There's a reason so many men through history had time to write. It's the same reason so many women didn't.

A cold front blew through last night and took the heat and humidity with it. Luna and I are enjoying this glorious morning in the 60s. #bulldogmom #midwestsummer

Stormoji for August 22, 2025 🚝 😊 💋 🥭 On The Mango Express they rock and rolled all night and partied everyday, and that was fine with Gene. #tinystory

I am putting up cherry tomatoes today. Part are slow roasting in the oven for “sun-dried” tomatoes, and the rest I'm canning for quick easy meals. The recipe is Bruschetta in a Jar in Preserving with Purpose by Sarah Thrush. #canning #sustainableliving #preserving #gardentotable

May he receive the same mercy he gave.

Stormoji for August 21, 2025 ❌ ⛲ 🧾 🐬 Instead of the usual coin, Ian tossed the dolphin keychain he had just bought into The Trevi Fountain. One more thing marked off the bucket list. #tinystory

The latest article from Creative Midlife Resistance is out. It was time to learn how to can dill pickles🌱. I also had thoughts on keeping Sabbath. #GardenSky #midwestgardeners #sabbath #episcopalian open.substack.com/pub/satteber...

Stormoji for August 20, 2025 👩‍🍳 🪛 🥢 🛩️ That one cabinet door that was rattling away on the plane was driving Sarah crazy. So the chef put her Mongolian Beef on the back burner and tightened the screws. #tinystory

Stormoji for August 18, 2025 🎽 👩‍🍳 💋 ⛲ Lisa loved the chocolate fountain she created for a banquet, and she hoped it wouldn't go to waste on the Joggers of the Midwest. #tinystory

Stormoji for August 17, 2025 👩‍💻 🥕 🐳 ⛴️ Mary loved the scientific study she was on for the next six months studying whales, but she wished she had noticed the chef was a vegan before the ship left harbor. #tinystory

Stormoji for August 16, 2025 😶‍🌫️ 🧔 ♟️ 🗯️ God may not play dice with the world, Daniel thought as he tried to pray, but he wasn't ruling out the universe being one big chess match. #tinystory

BAM.

Every chocolate cake should be crowned with pecans. #BakingSky #ambaking #desserts

Stormoji for August 11, 2025 🖇️ 👩‍🔧 ❣️ 😄 While Lisa enjoyed her office job, her real love was keeping her '65 Mustang purring like a tiger. #tinystory

Last two days cherry tomato harvest. They made some killer Pasta Puttenesca for last night's dinner. 🌱 #gardentotable #backyardgarden #midwestgardeners #GardenSky

Stormoji for August 10, 2025 😪 🚍 👨‍⚖️ 🦂 Jeff had a crazy dream that the Scorpion King was a bus driver, and a judge sentenced him to cleaning the pyramids because he stared too long. #tinystory

"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened." – Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945

Stormoji for August 6, 2025 🤒 🧹 👲 ⛷️ Daniel couldn't choose between Quidditch or sking for his upcoming holiday, then he caught the flu and the choice was taken from him. #tinystory

So much this.

Trump only got 56% of the vote in Texas this last election. Romney got 57% GWBush got 59% and 61% Reagan got 63% in 1984 Nixon got 66% in 1972 LBJ got 63% in 1964 FDR got 88%, 87%, 80%, 71% In the Solid South era, Dems routinely did >70%. None demanded the prize that Our Special Boy wants

Luna and I are enjoying the fruits of our labor and a gorgeous summer evening in the backyard. #backyardliving #bulldogmom #summernights

I have a lapful of bulldog and a glass of port. Life is good. #bulldogmom

Stormoji for August 3, 2025 💭 🦂 🧹 😚 Who knew singing along with The Scorpions' Send Me an Angel while Ted was sweeping up the kitchen would lead to a snog in the pantry? #shortfiction

My latest post on building my home and cultivating my garden and where I'm finding hope and joy. open.substack.com/pub/satteber...

Mowing isn't one of my favorite activities, but holy cow, do I love the result. #backyardlife

Happy Saturday from the Biblio Bungalow's front porch, and Luna says, "May the force be with you." #bulldoglife #bulldogmom #frontporchliving

THIS.

Stormoji for August 2, 2025 🍸 🚪 🕵️‍♀️ 😊 PI Galore was hot on the trail of a man who liked his martinis shaken, not stirred. And there he went, slipping out another back door. #shortfiction

Stormoji for July 31, 2025 😏 ♟️ ⚗️ 👨‍🍳 Lydia felt like pawn in a chess game when Dan started experimenting in the kitchen. #shortfiction

Stormoji for July 30, 2025 💭 🕸️ 👧 🧯 While looking for the fire extinguisher in the basement, Charlotte noticed the fractal patterns of the spiderwebs. Fractals really are everywhere, she thought. #shortfiction

Baked 2 sourdough boules this morning before it got too hot to have the oven on. #sourdough #sourdoughbread #BakingSky

Stormoji for July 29, 2025 🤺 🚗 🌈 🐣 Dan did follow the rainbow to it's end, but there was no gold, only a baby chick defending its unhatched siblings. #shortfiction

My sourdough babies are down for the night. #sourdough #sourdoughbread #BakingSky

Today's sourdough--French Country Bread--is bulk fermenting in the basement because it's too hot on the main floor. #sourdough #sourdoughbread #BakingSky

Stormoji for July 28, 2025 🚥 🫕 ⚔️ ❌ Nothing was going to stop Greta from her birthday dinner at Geja's Cafe--not swordsmen and certainly not red lights. #shortfiction