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Honey Caramel Panna Cotta
Baking and Food

Honey Caramel Panna Cotta

Caramelized milk and cultured dairy pain with honey and berries for this very special panna cotta.

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Speculaas Oatmeal Bake
Baking and Food

Speculaas Oatmeal Bake

Let’s face it, Oatmeal Bakes are just better tasting than “overnight oatmeal.” I’ve never liked the snotty texture of those concoctions, no matter how popular they may be. To appeal…

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Thread and Stitch Choices for English Paper Piecing
Handcrafts

Thread and Stitch Choices for English Paper Piecing

Everybody who takes up English Paper Piecing – a form of quiltmaking that involves sewing small pieces of fabric that have been basted to tiny papers into geometric patterns –…

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Sun and Ice
Almanac

Sun and Ice

As February says good-bye, the freeze-thaw cycles of early spring really get started. Sunny days and cold nights help break open acorns, as well as a phalanx of black walnuts…

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Voisilmäpulla – Finnish Butter Eye Buns
Baking and Food

Voisilmäpulla – Finnish Butter Eye Buns

These little Voisilmäpulla – or Finnish Butter Eye Buns – are a favorite at my house. Redolent with cardamom and vanilla, these sweet pillows of dough have a sweet crunch….

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Fool’s Spring
Almanac

Fool’s Spring

There is a joke that Michigan has eleven stages of “spring.” The first hints of sunlight and warm breeze that comes in February is widely acknowledged to be Mother Nature…

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What do you do when your husband spontaneously bri What do you do when your husband spontaneously brings home a half gallon of half-and-half? Caramelize it in the oven, culture part of it, and make the world's most delicious Honey Caramel Panna Cotta. With a mixed berry compote, just to guild the lilly.

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Happy mail acufactum fabrics and ribbons from #wil Happy mail acufactum fabrics and ribbons from #willowcottagequiltco . I think doll clothes, but I have to go back through my books and see if there are other small projects I might want to make. 

And I am definitely saving scraps for EPP. In fact, if anybody knows of places that sell scrap grab bags or other small pieces of acufactum fabrics, let me know! I'd like to do a whole quilt, the way some folks do Libery Lawn versions.
Everybody wants to make their stitches for English Everybody wants to make their stitches for English Paper Piecing as invisible as possible. And everybody has advice on which thread - and which stitch - to use. I did a little experiment to see how much difference it makes and which thread works best. Visit the blog for the results!

#epp #eppeverywhere #englishpaperpiecing
Finnish butter eye buns, all dressed up for spring Finnish butter eye buns, all dressed up for springtime. Visit the blog to make a batch of your own. (With or without the fancy sugar)
#finnishbaking #slowbaking #heritagebaking #scratchbaking
Visit the blog for a tutorial on this Anne of Gree Visit the blog for a tutorial on this Anne of Green Gables inspired EPP needlecase. You can hand sew it in a weekend.

#EPP #eppeverywhere #anneofgreengables #anneofgreengablescrafts #slowsewing #slowsewingmovement #americanacore
More pondering? More pondering. Paul Kingsnorth's More pondering? More pondering. Paul Kingsnorth's piece this week entitled "Watching the Fall." Is nsotalgia an exercise in escapism and despair? Or could it have something more to tell us?

Go visit the Bluestocking Bower on the blog for my take.

#essaywriting #paulkingsnorth #nostalgia #nostalgiacore
Drop by the blog when you have a chance. It's got Drop by the blog when you have a chance. It's got a whole new look, and a whole new theme courtesy of @restored316 

Give it a look and tell me what you think!

And look for more content, coming soon, now that I have most of the heavy lifting done for the redesign. Hopefully a better theme, whose designer keeps things updated, will also help with the security challenges!
Feeling a little bit rant-y this evening. Visit th Feeling a little bit rant-y this evening. Visit the Bluestocking Bower on the website for my take on Aaron Renn's advice regarding where we should live. Listen to Aaron. Read my response. Tell me whether you think he's right - or do I have a point?

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