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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Finally got my wayang golek and topeng mini-masks properly displayed, whew. If anyone on BlueSky recognizes this, wow like, wow, wow, wow.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So practical, so sensible, also humane. Also contributes to less anxiety and hate and weirdness. Let’s push back against the 1971 Powell memo, which helped launch the #oligarch culture.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Chris Murphy, Brian Schatz, Ro Khanna? All have shown courage and skills to convince Reps to forge alliances for ethical stuff. Maybe Van Hollen? Wd they want to give up their independence? Dunno.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

He’s a very intelligent, highly educated, passionate, attractive bullshitter, so, yeah, no. Thanks.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes it did, and congratulations! I have made a ton of apple pies and this is up there with the veterans!

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh the poblanos, the poblanos from the garden, at last! Can't think of anything more beautiful. So, yeah, I made chiles rellenos tonight.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Absofreakinlutely. Guy's a dangerous narcissist. The Emmanuel brothers will be an interesting study for future historians.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I used to do that; now I just tell them I took the bp at home (I had already calibrated the cuff to theirs, so I know it's accurate), tell them the completely normal bp reading I got, and repeat that the bp is well controlled at home. They like that.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Nice. Looks like you got good Maillard on the beef, good caramelization on the veg!

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I see (and hear!) one every once in a while, last time about two years ago. I'm near YNP, so east of the divide. I wonder how far west they've been seen? #birds #birding #MT

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

True. There have been great, qualified women who had spent their careers working for the people of MT. Unfortunately we don’t have any of that in this candidate. We need her to drop out already.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Put those puppies in a box with a banana and they’ll ripen up in no time or else make green tomato chutney, yum! #gardening #tomatoes.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Interesting. Though this is Montana so not much goes on in February. I bought organic seed potatoes from the nursery, sprouted them, then sliced in two and planted April 22. Never seen my potatoes so big, so I guess the planting holes were the proper depth this time. #gardening

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Welp, if your bulb of garlic is anything like what came out of my garden this year, you might want to reconsider, LOL! Gigamumdo amd I ain’t complaining.

Giant trimmed clove of garlic, placed next to a pen for perspective.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yuck! But making ricotta is so easy. Just milk and lemon and/or vinegar. And much cheaper than (moldy) store-bought.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Or passata. Just food mill ‘em raw, freeze, and you’ll have the taste of summer in your pasta sauce in the winter! #garden.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wait, whut? These Huckleberry Golds are massive! First plant I have harvested, and if they're all like this I'm going to be eating potatoes at every meal for a year! #vegetablegarden #garden #produce

Three very large, just-harvested Huckleberry Gold potatoes.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Yuck! Maybe if you harvest at breaker stage the critters won't be as eager to bite? Sheesh.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

And have you read the ingredient list of Thomas'? They last for weeks and weeks unrefrigerated because they're so full of not-food stuff. Good for you!

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yay you and Yum! I just harvested a bunch of mine, blistered the skins and enjoyed with a martini!

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

You go! Use the guard and a piece of wax paper to catch the lovely stuff and go for all the fab things you can make. Took me a sec, but it’s worth learning the safety stuff.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

No. It acts on cabbage butterfly larvae, causing them to stop eating, so they die. Sad for them, of course, but it doesn’t affect other insects.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Bacillus thuringiensis!! Will protect your brassicas.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

World’s crappiest photo of an amazing lunar eclipse.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Stop already! Moved away in 2020, miss my native (5th gen) ground so much, specially when shoveling snow all winter yuck

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Montana here. Those are so beautiful. I also have cherries, San Marzanos and Cherokees. Weird weird year. Just praying for breaker stage before frost! Then cardboard boxes, bananas!

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I am privileged to have a special mulching friend: a huge maple tree whose fallen leaves cover my beds all winter. So many worms and things now!

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yes, AND OTOH, if you're tired, frustrated, depressed, sometimes cooking an egg or two, putting a salad on a plate, will give you a big boost! Simple food is beautiful, and beauty feeds the spirit!

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What you said! I grow Savoy, Caraflex, Tendersweet, and Piccadilly because yay cabbage! #cabbage

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Fabulous, especially for people like me, 2x melanoma survivor, and someone stressed about relapse/new spots.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Lovely! But you know you can make ricotta. SO easy and so delish and so so so much cheaper than store-bought!

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

You’re a gardener. You can grow great salad in even small spaces and pots, right? Tastes so much better.

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Classic pump ‘n’ dump. Why are so many R politicians so crooked (and creepy)?

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Lovely! Just had that, only with scallops and the last of last year’s garden pesto!

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Glad you've switched over to your name. Was wondering when you would. It's definitely recognizable now!

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Elizabeth McN @elizabird.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Started making bread recently. Switched to weighing everything in metric and now I get annoyed with any recipe that calls for “2/3 cup” of something.

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