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Mother of Vinegar

@abbess.bsky.social
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Recipes of antiquity, ancient crafts, the forest. Prophesy. Secrets. Eyeball contagion, dancing plague, Maenad. Marginally Mennonite Kitchen Witch Dedicated to keeping it weird.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 7h
The spiders of Wisconsin are having a moment on the lake cams. (I hope that people who don't want to see a spider have the word blocked.)
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 8h
There is a concerted effort underway by KPOP acts to get on the Latin charts. It hasn't been unusual to see KPOP on the Mexico top 100, but now the Korea top 100 has taken a terrible turn. Brother, these beats do not go together.
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임영웅 '또또' Official M/V
YouTube video by 임영웅
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 9h
got my ballot and I dare say that there have never been so many candidates in a general election. The Natural Law party making a big showing with 4 candidates.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
what did I want? paper bags what did we get? an AI bot on the grocery store website with an option to subscribe to pop-tarts.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
2026: the year that realtors and sellers thought they could ask wildly inflated prices for existing houses, but that did not pan out.
Graphs for listing count, price per square foot, asking price, and days on market in Petoskey, MI. It shows a huge spike in listing prices starting in January 2025. Prices are coming down precipitously to the historical average. (realtor.com)
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
my favorite trick in trailer living is solving problems with a hole saw. No place to plug in the microwave? Hole saw into the fridge enclosure. Turned two closets into a chest freezer spot? Hole saw into the living room for power. Need ventilation in the craft room? Hole saw into the furnace space.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
About time to set up the laundry rack.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
thinking about what might happen if I became a woman who wears a tiara. (better posture, other women telling me how much they like my tiara, the look of misogynist disgust.)
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Realizing that no one else had special pencils to track. I had a one-room-schoolhouse teacher in her last year for 3rd grade, and two of us were given No.3s for dark writing. They last forever, but tore the paper if pressed too hard. We were not allowed to turn in papers with tears.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Enter the Carrousel. This is the time of renewal.
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Logan's Run 1976 | Carousel | #movie #movieclips #filmclips #scifi
YouTube video by Movie Clips On Demand
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
how many hacks would it take to gaslight the customers of a luxury underground bunker company into hiding and police the exits with drones?
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
man who operates drones used for assassinations based on location data: "I'm very concerned with safety, namely that of my computers."
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
this should be a potato patch
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
My favorite. The vegetable-to-chronic pain cycle. The crystals that will raise your vibration, negatively.
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Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 18/09/2026
Current* conditions near Isle Royale NP, MI:
View overlooking Mott Island Dock, headquarters of Isle Royale NP operations in-season. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-18 04:11:37 EDT (about 7 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: nps.gov/isro/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm // Current Temp in Isle Royale NP: 50 F | 10 C // Precip: broken clouds // Wind: ENE at 12 mph | 20 kph // Humidity: 74%
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
post rat
A drawing from an ancient pamphlet about rats. The rat is smoking a cigarette, wearing a cap with a boomerang on it and a collared shirt.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
thinking of this man often and fondly
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I went to the ecstatic dance event. Nobody had seen the sacred geometry or wanted to talk about snakes. Several people cited physical therapy as their prior dance experience. It was excellent.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The best dances involve snakes.
Maenad holding snake on clay pottery.Maenad holding a thrysus is one hand and a snake in her right.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
not only have I ceased to care about typing errors, I have also shut off my spelling checker somehow. oh well.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Have to think about what I want to say to these strangers because what I really want to know is if they're seen the sacred geometry or thought about handling snakes.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
planning to go to a trance dance on the beach tonight and not sure what to wear.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
a family member casually mentioned at the end of phone call that one of the largest apartment buildings in the county has been evacuated for days due to someone cooking up a batch of ricin.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
there was a time when I owned 20+ CDs by The Cure, and of course I had most of them in my car. I left my car unlocked in the city one day and the entire sack was stolen by very disappointed children.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I moved to the forest and then danced until I saw the sacred geometry.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NO COOLERS. NO GUNS. NO KNIVES.
posenpotatofestival.com
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
fell asleep with the windows open in 43 degree weather and it's 60 degrees in here. I've narrowly avoided turning the furnace on by rendering lard. This was an egregious error for a furnace chicken player.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Toledo War was a barfight in which Two Stickney stabbed Deputy Sheriff Joseph Wood with a penknife and then fled into Ohio.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
the ornamental garden outside of where the visitor's center once stood at the abandoned trout farm.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
it only takes 3 days in a row without washing the bucket to recreate one of the first cheeses. a resourceful cook can make butter and buttermilk biscuits on day 4.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Of all the terrible mistakes I've made in life, throwing out my tape collection is in the top 10.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I tell my Trusts and Estates Students: (a) we did not offer Equal Protection claims to “illegitimate children” until 1968; and (b) many states—including Wisconsin—currently require paternity to be proved by writing by a court, but assume maternity. Where do you think that creepy rule comes from?
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
we could move to Stambaugh and take over city hall
upmls.com
208 Cherry Iron River, MI 49935 - $50,000
KELLER WILLIAMS CLASSIC REALTY NW REALTOR® 906-284-0216 Step back in time and imagine the possibilities with this historic brick commercial building in Iron River, MI — the former Stambaugh City Hall....
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
currently drooling over this 10-acre property near Sands Park. (Swimming, plus free electricity and wifi at the pavillion!) What do you suppose they mean by "shared" bathroom. Shared with who exactly? Is it a two-seat outhouse?
zillow.com
4610 Northwood Ln NE, Kalkaska, MI 49646 | MLS #1949973 | Zillow
This 350 square feet Single Family home has 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom. It is located at 4610 Northwood Ln NE, Kalkaska, MI.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
if you also heard that a tornado hit Hamtramck (again) and freaked out, rest assured, this area hasn't been part of Hamtramck since 1922. E Vernor/Bellevue area, east of Elmwood/Mt Elliott cemeteries.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I do, too, but it was the '80s, I was in Canada, and Sylvester and Tweety were speaking French. It was bizarre (complementary).
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If they made the poundcake for this purpose, it's an abomination. If they had leftovers from an event or both fresh on hand, it's divinely inspired.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Basically a dot over my house. People here talk like they did down state 50 years ago.
A gradient map of the US showing that my dialect is most like Michigan north of Houghton Lake, a tiny bit like the Pacific Coast. The entire South and East Coast are excluded.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Michigan State Fair: We here at Michigan State Fair LLC would like to welcome you to Michigan's #1 Family Event here at Vibe Credit Union Showplace in Novi. Michigan privatized one of the oldest fairs in the country and sold the fairgrounds in Detroit for a Meijer and an Amazon warehouse.
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Trevor Risk @sunshinesucks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It really sucks that after Walter died a few years ago, the Steely Dan webmaster took down all the stuff he made for it back in the early 90s, like this chart on how to stop listening to the Grateful Dead.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's important that people get measles vaccinations, which are 97% effective, because the virus is still present. Covid will never be eradicated because it is endemic, and vaccines are 95% effective. Even vaccinated people have spread the virus in some cases. Now think this through with Ebola.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I once found a pair of 20yo waitresses from Toledo heating water in a metal coffee cup over the embers of my campfire on N Manitou Island to make oatmeal they got from the Stranded Camper Box. We invited them to have lamb stew with us for dinner.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
People have been ill prepared and getting lost forever. Three women had to be rescued from the Muskegon River awhile back because someone in the parking lot told them that the river was a circle that would bring you back to your car.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
They must be from Chicago.
estatesales.net
Moxie’s Fun & Funky Northport Estate Sale starts on 9/5/2026
View information about this sale in Northport, MI. The sale starts Saturday, September 5 and runs through Sunday, September 6. It is being run by Moxie Estate Sales.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
at the edge of a parking lot for a power station/waterfall in the UP. can't remember which one. 6/24/19
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
the Ball Blue Book is a type of copaganda
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
can't find my pickled melon ball recipe card, so guess I'll just wing it with what I have. cassia buds, cardamom pods, star anise, Sichuan peppercorns, ginger root, maybe cloves or slivered nutmeg. everything doesn't have to taste like McCormick pumpkin pie spice.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I have seen Human Eye, Protomartyr, Demolition Dollrods, Polka Floyd, Los Hermanos Salazar, and the Kielbasa Kings.
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
big shows I went to because someone else wanted to go Tori Amos Nirvana Tom Petty Ministry My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Indigo Girls Dar Williams Concrete Blonde Peter Murphy John Densmore Queensryche A Perfect Circle Marilyn Manson Intocable Zacharius Ferrera Pesado Captured! By Robots
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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Checked out the scenic overlook on the way to pick up groceries. I did not wear the right shoes for this trail.
Overlooking distant Skegemog Lake from a hill on M72.A steep, narrow trail into the woods, exposed tree roots forming stairs.
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