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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Been reading Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle this week. Utterly bleak, so profoundly infuriating. I encourage everyone revisiting classics like 1984, Handmaid’s Tale, animal farm, brave new world, etc to give this one a look-see.

Cover image of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Most of the cover is a red marbled cut of presumably beef, with a small illustration of a factory topped with a water tower and smokestacks against a white background in the bottom right corner

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

But he hasn’t been politically neutral in the past, which makes this worse. www.msn.com/en-us/entert...

Ed Sheeran on stage at a benefit concert for Ukraine

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The headline should indicate that the overwhelming majority of that ‘over 60 million’ went to Steven’s. As in over 60 million for her and 4 million for him. Yay citizens united that allowed for super pacs and unlimited donations that don’t need to be disclosed.

Graph showing Spending by Outside Groups in Michigan's Senate Primary
Outside groups have spent more than $60 million in the state's Democratic primary. The AIPAC-affiliated United Democracy Project, which is backing Stevens, has spent far more than anyone else.

Chart shows groups benefitting Steve’s having donated $69,097,935 while groups benefitting El-Sayed having donated $4,631,742, or 14% of her haul.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The things we do for costumes… I smeared my face to emulate syphilis sores while you look incredible and glamorous. I think I’m doing it wrong lol

A 18th century syphilitic French dandy in white with red accents, a background character from hit show Our Flag Means Death which you should watch if you haven’t!

Same syphilitic 18th century French dandy from hit show Our Flag Means Death in a blurry shot that shows the red bows on his shoes.

Me cosplaying as the syphilitic 18th century French dandy from hit show Our Flag Means Death, which you should totally watch even if you have already.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Man did they stick the landing. I am so sad it is over but feel so lucky to have this absolute gift of a show. #Hacks

The cast of the tv series Hacks pose for a picture before a Q&A

Three layer image, the top is a painting of Hacks’ Deborah Vance as an angel holding a sash that says RIP, under that is a photo of Deborah, below that a photo of some of the team that acted in Hacks and turned the vision into reality.

The creative team of Hacks, Lucia Aniello, with the two lead actors, Jean Smart as Deborah Vance and Hannah Einbinder, then Paul Downs who also plays Jimmy, and Jen Statsky. Top tier all around.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Now do deaths. It is shocking to me that despite learning that significantly less people (mostly our kids and grandparents) died in the US from the flu while we were all wearing masks, no one bothers to wear a mask.

Statista graph of flu deaths in the us indicating only 6300 people died in 2021-22 vs the numbers for the other years (43k, 38k, 51k, 23k, 38k, 53k, 28k, 26k, the 6k for 2021-2, 21k and 28k)

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I love that he always has a playful approach to his wardrobe during high profile events. How Zac Ephron came out shirtless at the MTV awards. so the following year AS went in Jack McBrayer’s tightie whities with his tux top. And here he is at Cannes for Pillion and repping for Murderbot

Alexander Skarsgard in a tux with thigh high black leather boots on the red carpet at Cannes

Skarsgard wearing a black tux jacket that goes to the floor and looks more like cleric vestments

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Ooh, sounds delightful,added to my tbr I’m halfway thru Patricia Lockwood’s No One IsTallking About This It’s like nothing I’ve ever read before. And so many snort/laugh out loud moments. Fragmented, startling, poetic. But mostly so damn funny.

Book cover for Patricia Lockwood’s No One Is Talking About This. The background is a sky? Blue with dark clouds at the bottom then golden across the center and dusky purple at the top. A rainbow arcs across the center and the title is centered inside a giant mirrored ring meant (I believe) to depict The Portal.

FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE & A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK
WINNER OF THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE

ONE OF THE ATLANTIC'S GREAT
AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100
YEARS

"A book that reads like a prose poem, at once sublime, profane, intimate, philosophical, witty and, eventually, deeply moving." — New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice

"Wow. I can't remember the last time I laughed so much reading a book. What an inventive and startling writer...l'm so glad I read this. I really think this book is remarkable." — David

From "a formidably gifted writer" (The New York Times Book Review), a book that asks:
Is there life after the internet?

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Ditto this incredible cheesecake from Osteria 44 in Rome. Can’t stand cheesecake but this silky, lofty treat was like nothing I’d ever had before.

A dessert plate with a round little cheesecake on a bright red smear of raspberry and current coulis with some fresh berries, crust crumble and a mint leaf to the side of the cake.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I love the empty beach in winter.

A view of grey clouds leading down to a reddish orange sunset at the horizon in the middle of the photos, with waves and then a little sand across the the bottom. A dark rock jetty reaches toward the sunset but falls short.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Yeah totally. You can learn reliable info from ai 🙄

Screenshot of Prime video page for Dog Day Afternoon whose description reads “a man takes hostages at a bank in Brooklyn. Unfortunately I do not have enough information to summarize further within the provided guidelines

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Suki says Happy #Caturday and send belated Valentine’s Day sparkles for all

A grey tabby stares intently at a toy dangling on the left edge of the screen with a solo red sparkly ball above three smaller red and pink sparkly balls.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Just started this absolutely wild ride! I’m maybe 1/5 of the way in and cannot fathom where its headed Haruki Murakami’s The Wind Up Bird Chronicle #BookSky

Cover of Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. A close up of a toy bird head, with the title and author’s name inscribed over it on curved lines

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Woof. My list this past week have been a series of gut punches. And R. F. Kuang’s Yellowface is right up there. Cringe. #BookSky

A bright gold background with the title YELLOWFACE in all caps in a bold slim sans serif font. Beneath is the author’s name R. F. Kuang in a thin black courier type font. Two eyes look off to the side near the top

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Spending my Super Bowl Sunday cooking or snuggling up by the fire and listening to this devastating story. Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West Any recommendations for when this is done? #BookSky

Screenshot of a Libby audiobook of Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, showing that I am 64% done and on chapter 8

The dark background has a lighter orange pink glow from the bottom. The title is handwritten in light blue marker or highlighter with the Ts of exit and west much larger than the e or w.

The author’s name is the opposite with the m and h larger shrinking as they cross the page so that they balance out the m h and H but also the large T’s above them.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

My god this book. I went in blind and it blew me away. Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death of Vivek Oji #BookSky

Cover art for Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death of Vivek Oji. Author’s name and the title are in all caps in a whiteish font

The background is grey and red and pink swooshes cover the top but single to a point in the center at the bottom.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

So much in so little. Orbital by Samantha Harvey This story spans one 24 hour period in the lives of those living on the int’l space station as it is being decommissioned. Framed by the 16 orbits of earth they make in that day. Beautiful, poetic, human. #BookSky #Orbital

A colorful interpretation of the solar system with the title Orbital a novel and author Samantha Harvey written in thin white all caps sans serif font.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Just finished Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko - what a saga! Sunja does what is needed time and time again to help her family survive and thrive. My heart breaks for all that this family experiences and I found myself celebrating their wins. #booksky #pachinko

Cover art for Min Jin Lee’s sweeping historical novel Pachinko. Against a medium muted teal background a female figure in white hanbok stands and in her skirt we see a tiny mother with two boys stand on a path looking out over a scene of islands/mountains and water.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Been doing a good job keeping up with reading in 2025! Really loved the audio book especially of Amor Towles’ ‘A Gentleman in Moscow.’ Such a great story, such a great listen. Going to let it ferment a bit before I watch the adaptation with Ewan McGregor. What’s everyone reading? #Booksky

The cover of Amor Towles’ book ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ is a black and white photo of a man facing away from the camera. He wears a suit and a hat, and is framed in giant windows that open down the center to allow him to peer down into the street below. The title is emblazoned across the image in red all caps sans serif font with the author’s name in white

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Vegan Caesar salad with lentils and sweet potato 🙃

An up close view of my dinner last night. Creamy dressing slathered on romaine, shredded carrot, chick peas, red onion and celery. Near the top of the pic is a blob of seasoned lentils and a half of an orange sweet potato in its skin.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Glad the bitter cold departed, but delighted to witness the shiny shards left in its wake Sparkly spikes? Addicted to alliteration

A close up shot of some ice crystals at the edge of a swiftly running river. The jumble of long thin crystals is reminiscent of potato pancakes

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Woof what a story! Anyone else read this? #BookSky

Book cover for Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.

The letters a reminiscently early computer fontish and are colored as a group with a rainbow gradient in a medium to light saturation.

I the background is the Great Wave of Kanagawa wood block print by Katsushika.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I mean a paddle board! And they have a projector and screen for movie night and podcasting set up/ring light and so much more. I adore my library!

Screenshot of the most popular items borrowed in the Library of Things in a small town public library.

Pressure washer, stand up paddle board, carpet cleaner, giant jenga and stud finder topped the list this year.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I aim to read a book a week this year. Currently enjoying Bonnie Garmus’ ‘Lessons in Chemistry’. Love the science of cooking scattered throughout. Any recommendations for future reads? Thinking maybe something by Ursula Le Guin or Agatha Christie but pretty open to suggestions. #BookSky

The very bright puce book cover for Lessons in Chemistry.

In the center is the head of a woman, yellow hair held in a bun by a yellow no. 2 pencil in her black cat eye glasses are the reflections of scientific glassware like test tubes, flasks and beakers etched out of a darker blue by a light teal, giving cyanotype vibes. Her lips and eyelids are done up in scarlet red, and she looks off to her right.

Author’s name Bonnie Garmus is written in the same blue as the background of the reflection in her sunglasses.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I feel lucky to have gotten one - don’t see it up anymore

This is a screenshot of a post earlier today on the MW Bluesky account that says ‘Take a screenshot of this gif and whichever world you land on is YOUR word for 2025. Then a white square with the word mythical in black courier type font.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Dang! I did pot pie soup with croutons but chickened out of using the cookie cutters so cut diamonds. So much lamer than this incredible thing! How does one, er, approach eating said tree?

A close up of a bowl of pot pie soup with little diced veggies and two small puff pastry croutons at the top of the bowl.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Freaked out by all the unusual goings on and strange folk. I feel ya, Suki! Happy holidays to all who celebrate.

A grey tabby kitten sits atop a dark soapstone counter at the sink. Windows are a bit bleached out on the left behind her, and dark cabinets and a blurry toaster oven behind her to the right. She has a wary expression on her face.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

For years I’ve made socca, thin chickpea flour pancakes, top w/hummus and fresh tomatoes, arugula, olives, yum! Now I’ve tried farinata, same recipe, started stovetop. Browned onions, poured batter in hot oiled pan, topped with onions, rosemary and kalamata. #vegan #glutenfree #veganfood

A dark soapstone counter in the background, while a black cast iron skillet dominates the foreground. Pulled away from the edges is a round bready bit of savory goodness. A 1/2 inch thick chick pea flour pancake topped with browned onions, olives and rosemary

An almost quiche-like slice of thick chick pea pancake sits atop a small cream dessert plate rimmed with gold and with a gold daisy motif on the inch thick flat edge. Toppings are just that, on top. I think I would try stirring them into the batter next time or pushing them deeper. Would also try using veg to create a scene or something.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Happy solstice 🕯️ May the returning light bring something good for the year ahead✨

A bonfire with the sticks in a teepee formation and a white hot core glowing in the night, some trees in the distance silhouetted against the indigo sky

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

What to do when beautiful fat snowflakes are falling and I’ve already been out for a walk and brought in a rack full of wood? Work on my fingerless gloves, which are more desperately needed every day! #craftsky #knitting 🧶#wipWednesday a little late 😊

Chartreuse yarn being knit up ⬆️ bro fingerless gloves two at a time on clear plastic circular needles with silver tips. The project is sitting on my dark velvet jeans with the black with white polka dot zippered bag I store it in when not knitting. A gorgeous warm fire blazes in the woodstove in the background.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Did not know today was scheduled to be giving winter wonderland vibes. Glad I had the chance to go for a walk as the fat snowflakes meandered down upon me before it all melts away

A chocolate brown rails to trails flat path cuts through the middle of a lightly snow-dusted scene of ledge and conifers on the left and a slight hill with a downed branch and a cluster of deciduous trees on the distance on either side of the trail. ❄️

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

My fantasy football team went nuts yesterday—incredible playoff luck for me! Goff went off Denver went on a bender Could you smell what Cook was cookin? Brown was a man about town. And Davante was more than competente! Don’t really understand football, it’s a family league I’m the control✨

Screenshot of black background with white numbers indicating that my team racked up a whopping, league record high of 231.16 points vs my poor opponent’s meager 85.74 (105.95 projected after two more of their guys play tonight.

I am 99% likely to win but I admit I’m more interested in the bubble universe where I don’t. What on earth happened there??

J. GOFF 62.06
Det - QB

J. WILLIAMS 11.20
Det - WR

J. CHASE 13.90
Cin - WR

T. POLLARD 8.50
Ten - RB

J. COOK 31.80
Buf - RB
T. KRAFT 4.40
GB - TE

A. BROWN 22.00
Phi - WR

D. ADAMS 49.30
NYJ - WR

J. SANDERS 8.00
Mia - K

DENVER 20.00
Def

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Cozied down today by the fire but really traveling along with Nora in @matthaig.bsky.social fantastic adventure, and thinking so many thoughts! #BookSky

Cover art for Matt Haig’s novel ‘the Midnight Library’. Dark blue background, yellow text for the title in all caps in the middle. And little sets of doors rounded at the edges resembling plane windows with views of different aspects of some mountain, some clouds, some a whale or car passing between the sets of doors

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

How the mighty have fallen. Zaslav is doing so much to kill good entertainment. Why does he still have a job?

Screenshot of Apple’s stock snapshot of Warner brothers discovery with a very steep decline since 2022 despite a massive spike during the pandemic and relative stability at four times the current worth for years before that.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The wind howls The rain beats its tiny fists On the double glazed windows I am snug by the fire Warmed from within By my new favorite meal Gochujang tofu With scallions & sesame seeds #Vegan #Vegetarian #GlutenFree #Foodsky

Shiny and sticky, sweet and spicy and red like the flag warning my husband away from high spice levels, small bite size pieces of torn baked tofu and steamed broccoli coated in a garlicky gingery gochujang sauce (with Nama shoyu, maple syrup, toasted sesame oil, mirin, rice wine vinegar and water)

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Had a few friends over to craft by the woodstove and had a hot cocoa bar. Doesn’t get much cozier than that! #craftsky #cozy #hotcocoa

A foamy marshmallowy cup of hot cocoa in a dark rimmed mug with a blurry burgundy couch then a dark table full of blurry crafters in the background.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Happy #Caturday Thor and Loki. Can you guess who’s who?

Yin and yang of the cat world, Thor is a big blonde fluffy quiet sweetie cat and Loki, sleeker black and white Tuxedo with big round eyes lives up to his name, wreaking havoc in Thor’s peace

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Got to work from home today and had the cutest company. This kitty is a hellion but crashes hard when she does. Never had a cat chew wires before. She ruined three chargers before we got smart.

Sleeping grey tabby kitty in maroon office chair

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Was lucky to work half day from home today so spent my am cozied up with some oatmeal topped with an impromptu strawberry syrup, and Nisha Vora’s fabulous ‘Big Vegan Flavor’.

My cozy sitch with hefty tome Big Vegan Favor in the foreground and my breakfast oatmeal topped with a red syrup with chopped strawberries in a white bowl with a raised dotted rim of half inch below the lip of the bowl, and a turquoise flat bottom mug with a black octopus. All rest on a green chenille ottoman in front of a blazing
woodstove. Weird little 2 by 4 snowman from a family holiday craft project flank the stove.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Nothing beats homemade banana bread for a quick, satisfying breakfast on a morning you have to shovel and clean snow off the car. #vegan #GlutenFree

Two thick slices of toasted banana bread slathered with vegan butter and resting on a white scalloped 6-inch plate with scalloped edges

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Should I play it out or ask them to concede? Love board games but new to Risk.

A Risk game board on a green chenille ottoman. Red cubes dominate. They are on everything but the purple Australian continent and six green areas in Asia.

A fire roars in the woodstove in the background. Along with the holiday craft we made at thanksgiving - short lengths of 2x4 board are painted and dressed as snowmen with scraps of cloth making hats and scarves.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Just learned about #TextileTuesday so I’ll share my current project: DIY beeswax food wraps as gifts It’s cold/rainy, but I’m grateful to be snugged up with a nice fire and melting wax to play with. House smells divine. Reclaimed some dirty pastilles too for the next batch. Yay! #craftsky

Mis en place for the project. A wooden tabletop laid out with a scale, black silicone tray for 6 large ice cubes, two blocks of beeswax, a small brown bottle with a dropper containing jojoba oil, a small white bowl with gold leaf design containing pine resin pastilles, a double boiler already coated in wax from my last project. A white mug of tea with bees and hexagons in various browns, yellows and oranges and a yellow inside. And various piles of fabric in different color ways. A red check, turquoise checkerboard with red buttons, black with white flower and yellow bees, yellow with little bees and their trails despite all over, black with Halloween google eyes and a vintage looking ticking with red fliers in lines down it surrounded by a greenish yellow bar on each side. Reminded me of my grandmother’s apron.

A stainless steel double boiler fills the frame, containing the two blocks of beeswax melting, pine resin pastilles, the melted ones of which glisten like Smaug’s gold and with a tablespoon of jojoba being poured in onto the beeswax.

After I’d coated all the wraps I could, I grabbed a jar of old pastilles into which lots of dirty stuff had fallen. So while I had the double boiler going, i tossed that in. once melted, i poured it into the silicone mold filtering it through cheesecloth laid overtop. these are the resulting bars of clean wax ready to use.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Same! My house smells amazing because I’m making beeswax wraps for my people. It’s cold and rainy outside but I’m cozily crafting! Even started the fire because why not?

Picture of a stainless steel double boiler with black handles, and melting blocks of beeswax sit next to a pile of pine resin pastilles that as they melt glimmer like gold coins.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Gochujang miso sauce on baked tofu bits and roasted cauliflower with coconut rice. High praise from the 20yo Queen of Snark: wow, this is a restaurant quality meal I wasn’t sure at first if that was a compliment or not 😝 #Vegan #glutenfree

White plate with a sprig of white, rust and blue flowers down one side holds a generous portion of a very attractive beige coconut rice (used veggie broth and tamari to season so, yeah, beige) and a more robustly ruddy brown tangle of baked torn tofu bits with roasted cauliflower and one lone roasted broccoli (I ate so much ‘testing’ I felt guilty taking any more) in a sauce made with gochujang, miso, tamari, broth, garlic, ginger and more than the hint I’d wanted of maple syrup. And corn starch to thicken.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I’m here for spooky stuff and needle felting!! I needle felt jar cozies from felted sweater sleeves mostly Getting back into creative #craftsky projects to keep me sane!

Two mason jars surrounded by wool cozies with needle felted designs.

The one on the left is a green sweater sleeve with a ribbed neck and a big tree with little red and white amanita mushrooms and a stream at the bottom.

The one on the right is hot pink with an atom meets virus looking thing with white arms that end in circles.

Another cosy, this one a blue singer scene. Darker blue across the bottom, lighter blue sky. With little dark tree trunks on the horizon with white clouds in their branches.

Magic the gathering black lotus inspired cosy. Lime green background with a dark lotus flower with purple and dark blue highlights.

Jar cozy inspired by Alice and wonderlands’s caterpillar. Here he is lime green and standing next to a white mushroom with a red cap speckled with white dots of varying sizes. He’s holding the hookah in two of his hands.

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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Made these super easy recycled tin can lanterns with a candle or tea light inside last solstice and enjoying them again this year. I’m on the hunt for this year’s upcycling holiday craft. We’re planning to make a popcorn and cranberry garland on Thanksgiving so maybe I’ll quit while I’m ahead.

A dark background with a tea light shining through random dots in the back ground and dots made to form a big star in the center.

Just froze water in cans from the recycling bin then put them in bags of rice and went to town banging dots where called for by the design.

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