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Unstuffed cabbage rolls.

INGREDIENTS

2 lbs lean ground beef
1 large onion, diced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 small cabbage, chopped. (I use a large cabbage)
1 cup rice
2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
1 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon sea salt

DIRECTIONS
In a large skillet or dutch oven, brown the ground beef and onions. Drain.
Add the garlic and cook an additional minute.
Add remaining ingredients.
Bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat and simmer about 25 minutes or until the cabbage is tender.

Let me know if you tried it and liked it.

pattrose

Things I'm Grateful For:

Gosh, this could take all night. 😂 I'll list the first thing I'm grateful for. That would be my father, a chef who taught me to cook and bake every Sunday night from when I was 11 until I was 18. He gave me his first cookbook when I got married and moved out of our home. I still have it, and still use it for many things. Once we got a house we had Sunday dinners at our place, unless we took the meal to my mom and dad's house and cooked it there. My folks were thrilled to have Sundays off. But I had to really learn to make smaller meals for us alone. On Sundays, I made dinner for 11 of us. That's what happens when you have six brothers and a sister, plus your parents.

What are your most grateful for?

ysabetwordsmith

Life is full of things which are hard or tedious or otherwise unpleasant that need doing anyhow. They help make the world go 'round, they improve skills, and they boost your sense of self-respect. But doing them still kinda sucks. It's all the more difficult to do those things when nobody appreciates it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our accomplishments and pat each other on the back.

What are some of the hard things you've done recently? What are some hard things you haven't gotten to yet, but need to do? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your hard things a little easier?

Current Mood: busy

pattrose

18. What is your favourite shellfish dish (if you have one)?

I love almost all, but I love lobster and shrimp. I make this wonderful Alfredo sauce that I use for both of these delicious items. I like them cold, hot, diced into a casserole, and any other way anyone cooks it. And this leads me to ask if anyone has a favorite shrimp or lobster recipe. If you do, please share with me. Thank you.

ysabetwordsmith

NASA fired three rockets into the northern lights and the results are stunning

NASA has pulled off a high-flying aurora investigation, launching three rockets into the glowing northern lights over Alaska. One mission targeted mysterious dark patches called black auroras, while the twin GNEISS rockets created a 3D scan of the aurora’s electrical currents. All rockets reached their planned altitudes and returned strong data. The result: an unprecedented look at how these dazzling light shows are wired from space to sky.

That's such a cool concept for an experiment!

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pattrose

What are you looking forward to this week?

I’m looking forward to having a day off. I’m helping a friend with her mom. Monday through Thursday from 11:30-1:30. So it’s just two hours a day. It’s not the end of the world but I get tired easily. That’s why it’s only two hours a day. And on Friday hubby and I are going out and celebrating. 56 years sounds like forever. And it has been. 😁🌹

ysabetwordsmith

Jesse Jackson, a leading voice for civil rights, dies at 84

A former aide to Martin Luther King Jr., he launched two historic presidential campaigns while spreading a message of hope and resilience: “I am — somebody.”

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ysabetwordsmith

Thanks to a lot of work from

fuzzyred, the landing page for Not Quite Kansas is now visible! \o/ It's dark fantasy with demons and angels. You can read the introduction and the previously published poems. This series is featured in our current Half-Price Sale if you want to see more.

fuzzyred is hosting a pool in case you want to magnify your impact with the quarter-price option.

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ysabetwordsmith

Today we made the Cold Stream Farm order. This is one of the few remaining nurseries with affordable prices, focusing mostly on native species of trees and bushes. Most have wildlife value. Some are good for permaculture.

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ysabetwordsmith

Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”.

This video looks at lost opportunities to fight climate change, and the shitty circumstances that humanity has created. As bad as things are now, this is the least-worst they will ever be again within a human timescale.

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ysabetwordsmith

Yesterday I shared photos from the House Yard and South Lot plus Savanna and Prairie Garden. Today I did a bit of yardwork that revealed fun new things. :D

( Walk with me ... )

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Naalbinding

I maintain that this is the class that most people take multiple times. So many of my friends have tried it, thought they had it, then two days later it was gone. I was one of those, so I have collected the websites that got me past it. Am I an expert? Heck no. But my socks have all stayed intact so I'm running with it.
I know exactly one stitch. I'm fine with this.

Are you desperate for a way to say "fuck AI" nowadays? Learn a historic craft!

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ysabetwordsmith

Human noise is stressing birds worldwide - but we can help

Birds don’t just “put up with” our noise. A new analysis suggests that traffic, construction, and other human-made sounds are changing how birds behave, how stressed they get, and even how well they reproduce.

Some of these shifts look small on their own, but together they paint a picture of animals constantly adjusting to a louder world.

Anthropogenic noise is bad for many kinds of wildlife. It is also terrible for humans. There are things you can do about it.

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Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

Today is cloudy and dim, chilly and damp.

I fed the birds. I've seen a flock of sparrows and a female cardinal.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 2/17/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 2/17/26 -- I raked the leaves off the rain garden. Underneath I found not just a lot more shoots, but the first tiny lavender buds of crocus! :D

EDIT 2/17/26 -- I trimmed off the dead stems from the 'Autumn Joy' sedum in the maple garden and purple-and-white garden, plus peonies in the purple-and-white garden. I still need to trim the sedum in the septic garden.

EDIT 2/17/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I am done for the night.

Current Mood: busy

pattrose

17. Chinese New Year begins today, and festivities continue until March 3rd – the year of the Fire Horse. What animal are you born under in Chinese astrology?

I'm a water dragon.
Animal: Dragon
Element: Water
Polarity: Yang
Personality traits: ambitious, intelligent, and energetic. The water tempers the fire in the dragon. I'm supposed to be more calm, and flexible.
Compatibility:dragons are traditionally most compatible with the Rat and monkey, while often clashing with the Dog. My hubby of 56 years is also the Water Dragon. Dang it he's not a rat or a monkey. 😂 we probably won't last. Hahaha.

pattrose

What’s something you wish others knew about you?

Most people know this but just in case I'll mention it tonight. I write children books. I have four published.

1. The Well-Mannered Giant. This one is a favorite of mine.
2. Ride, Rocky, Ride. Very cute one.
3. I Thought I Saw a Lion.
4. A Calf named Boo. My 2 year old great-granddaughter walks around the house carrying it and recites some of it as she walks. She's so cute. And that makes me feel so lucky.

I have six that I'm working on right now. They are going to be so dang cute. Has anyone else written children books? Mine usually rhyme. My grandkids always loved that part.

ysabetwordsmith

These are the rest of the pictures I took today, from the savanna and prairie garden. (See the House Yard and South Lot.)

( Walk with me ... )

Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

Today I took some pictures around the yard. These are from the house yard and the south lot. (See the Savanna and Prairie Garden.)

( Walk with me ... )

Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

This was previously published on LiveJournal December 19, 2020.

These are the notes for "Wanting a Little of Everything."

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This was previously published on LiveJournal December 19, 2020.

This poem is spillover from the July 2, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from Dreamwidth users Dialecticdreamer and Siliconshaman. It also fills the "Just Friends" square in my 7-1-19 card for the Winterfest in July Bingo. This poem belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

Warning: This poem features detailed discussion of kink, so please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.

This microfunded poem is being posted one verse at a time, as donations come in to cover them. The rate is $0.25/line, so $5 will reveal 20 new lines, and so forth. There is a permanent donation button on my profile page, or you can contact me for other arrangements. You can also ask me about the number of lines per verse, if you want to fund a certain number of verses.
So far sponsors include:

ng_moonmoth,

technoshaman,

fuzzyred,

bairnsidhe, general fund

FULLY FUNDED
1132 lines, Buy It Now = $141.50
Amount donated = $110
Verses posted = 118 of 325
Amount remaining to fund fully = $31.50
Amount needed to fund next verse = $0.25
Amount needed to fund the verse after that = $0.50

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