Second to last week of the CSA for this year, featuring a very suggestive potato

Serious ego boost today from a few mid-twenties coworkers who were floored when I told them I'm 12 years older than them, not three or four. Drink water, don't smoke, don't drink alcohol in excess, wear sunscreen, moisturizer if you have the energy for it

Week 23: two more this year!

Looking to make a financial gift to a good cause but unsure where to direct your energy? May I present the Campership Fund of my childhood Summer camp, currently celebrating our 75th season! We aim to raise $12,500 by the end of November, will you help us? give.rutgersfoundation.org/4h-camp-fund...

Week 22: Tuna investigates

Week 21: Back to greens

I started a new job today. Not only was I welcomed with cards and flowers but a large number of folks I had not met yet greeted me by name when introducing themselves. It's super refreshing to see people first work culture in action not just words

On round two of wasp treatment because apparently there are regionally specific ones? And also after two weeks of no moths this week I saw at least six.

Hello from here today.

Week 20! Five left for the season after this.

Our backyard neighbors have built a hutch. Unclear if it is for rabbits or chickens. It's technically illegal to keep chickens in our township (idc) but I am concerned about our feral cats, foxes, hawks, and occasional lost bear and whatever it is will be living in the hutch.

I need someone to explain to me why I walked into a Burlington Coat Factory and man in a kevlar vest had to open a belt stanchion to let me in.

CSA Week 19: Drowning in greens

🧵After several gaslighty conversations about how RTO without salary adjustment causes me to lose money and is effectively a demotion, I quit my job yesterday.

CSA Week 18: @geoffaghost.cardiosoles.com put away the CSA before I got home (thank you) but it involved a bunch of leafy greens, some apples, onions, potatoes, and the last of summer's tomatoes this time

"I feel like Dubai Chocolate was a one and done. Just a really quick moment. Like Labubus."

Week 17: Apples!

This weekend I got to explain to my hair stylist that I've been reading lots of horror lately, a stand out being @chucktingle.bsky.social 's Lucky Day, which of course led to me having to explain that Chuck is also the author of classic gems like Space Raptor Butt Invasion. Perfect conversation.

Planted a mess of yarrow to mark the end of Summer and am hoping beyond hope that the coming of Autumn yields the death of the extraordinary job related stress I've been having this last five weeks. Crossing my everything for good news at the end of the week ✨🤞🏻✨

Revisiting this because I pulled out a favorite hoodie this morning and almost lost my mind seeing evidence of caterpillar sheds. This at least gives me an excuse to purge clothes I haven't worn in years

Week 16: Nine weeks left, currently drowning in leafy greens

256 days into the year and I have read 100 books. While this is a good thing it is also certainly a coping mechanism to deal with the horrors.

Week 15: Feels like Fall

The car dealership basil is rooting 😂

Not Fall yet but definitely getting there with the pastry selection this weekend: apple cider donut holes, maple pecan braid danish, and honey cake

Help I've reached the part of the Internet where I'm considering buying microscopic parasitic wasps to solve the clothes moths problem

genuinely: i hate 99% of people who work in so-called edtech because none of it involves "pay teachers more"

One of the kids that lives next door just loudly reassured his mother that she didn't need to worry about him entering 6th grade, he knows what is going to happen and he is ready! It was really cute but also WE'RE worried about you bc we see how you act and you have NO idea what's coming for you.

Week 14: Excuse the poor lighting and late post, I had to go to the office today.

Growing up, my mom (a telecom executive) used to tell us that what kept people loyal to you/the company was the little things like a clean and stocked coffee station. For no reason at all am I mentioning the TEMPORARILY OUT OF ORDER 7/17/25 sign on the coffee machine at this office.

Read my cards today by pulling one from each of my three decks. In order, Ace of Pentacles, Nine of Wands, Ace of Cups. I am Very Ready for all this.

Help, Tuna’s a hotdog!

You know it's late summer in new Jersey when the car dealer sends you home with fresh basil

Seeing my friends' videos from System of a Down and Oasis is bringing me right back to high school. SoaD is a top 3 band for me and getting to see them in 2005 was a true highlight, while seeing Oasis on my 19th birthday is probably the last truly good memory I have with my sister 💖

Work trouble car trouble television trouble. We could really use a win over here.

Week 13: Our peaches were missing 😭

Looking for something new. I have multiple degrees, varied experience and am open to working in person but won't relocate. If you or someone you know needs to fill a Learning and Development, LMS, HR, Training, Office Manager, Adult Education, or similar role I'd love to hear about it!

Jobs You Should Hire Me For Pt 3: -Chef who hides veggies in your food if you hate certain textures -Person who re-reads your childhood favorite books and lets you know if they're problematic by today's standards -Laundress, the kind who beats clothes on rocks beside a stream

Jobs You Should Hire Me For Pt 2: -Bouncer for your monthly book club (you can't come in if your snack contribution sucks) -Lady who makes difficult phone calls for you -Person unafraid to tell you if the shades of black in your outfit don't match -Hype Ma'am -Maximalist interior decorator

Grocery store's in-house magazine is about "meals made easy." This makes sense as it's back to school season. But if you're me, you notice that most of the content is about how to save money and stretch meals, not how to save time. It's bad when even the grocery store admits food is too expensive.

Jobs You Should Hire Me For Pt 1: -Proprietess of the pub on an island accessible only 6 mo/yr -Horror novelist, but not the sexy kind -Insect Rescuer (I bring them outside for you instead of squishing) -Horror novelist, the sexy kind -Recipe Tester for the worst food blog you've ever seen

Remember: Strawberry Shortcake didn’t give up after the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak replaced her strawberries with bubblegum right before the Big Apple City Bake-Off and neither should you.

I'm having a really hard time lately so here is that quote from Mulan that everyone likes to pretend is ancient Chinese philosophy: The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of them all. I grew these sunflowers (all one plant!) from seed before the rain tipped them over.

Week 12: Cantaloupe!

Week 11: Yellow Watermelon 😍

My mom just casually dropping that she rearranged her trip to California because she got VIP passes to Outside Lands and is very excited for Ludacris and thought Doechii was "even better than Doja Cat" is killing me. Perpetually the coolest woman in the room.

We asked my seven-year-old cousin what she remembers about being three, her brother's current age: "It sucked."

Week 10: Finally some tomatoes!

Our elderly neighbors remain endlessly cool. Today (Husband) showed @geoffaghost.cardiosoles.com and I his new tattoo: a snarling wildcat face in honor of his 5 (!) rescue kitties. He has an ancient scorpion on one hand and now the wildcat on the other. "(Wife) got a flower on her arm, too!"