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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

4/25 Last Call at the Local by Sarah Grunder Ruiz. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I like this book a lot. like I read this so fast. It made me feel okay and cozy and safe. Honestly I might buy this one like I have a desire not to return this to the library (don’t worry I will). I want to sit in their world for a while.

Book cover. Last Call at the Local by Sarah Grunder Ruiz.

Back cover Last Call at the Local by Sarah Grunder Ruiz.

This is a description I found on goodreads.

Opposites attract when a free-spirited American singer-songwriter with ADHD teams up with a charming Irishman to revitalize his family's pub in the next heartfelt romance from the author of Luck and Last Resorts. Raine Hart is used to the challenges of living with ADHD. It's why she ditched her life in Boston to busk around Europe as a traveling musician. No boss. No schedule. No one to disappoint but herself. But when a careless mistake in Ireland leaves her unable to perform, she sees no other option but to give up her nomadic life. Since inheriting the Local, Jack Dunne has wanted to make the pub his own. But the baggage of running a family business and the intrusive thoughts that stem from his OCD make changing things a challenge. Over a pint with handsome, tattooed Jack, Raine accidentally insults him and the pub. Instead of taking offense, Jack, impressed by her vision of what the pub could be, offers her a job bringing it to life. But when Raine and Jack develop feelings for one another their opposite lifestyles won't accommodate, it becomes clear the pub isn't the only thing that needs reinventing. As the end of their business collaboration draws near, they'll have to find a way past the limits they've placed on themselves or let go of a love that could last a lifetime.

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

3/25 The Song of Sourwood Mountain. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I don’t think this is everyone’s cup of tea but it was definitely mine it reminds me of Anne of Green Gables. I’ll be thinking about Ada June and Ms Mira and Gordon for a long while. Note to self a good book to read in Ramadan religious themes aplenty.

Physical book: Title The Song of Sourwood Mountain By Ann H. Gabhart

Cover: Woman in long blue skirt and white kind sleeve blouse in a grassy field with the wind blowing around her. Pink flowers and a blue bird with a red breast in the foreground

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I’d recommend the overcast app it’s a podcast app that functions much better than the regular apple podcast app.

Screenshot of overcast podcast app showing description of Good Hang With Amy Poehler.

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

2/25 The Wind Off The Small Isles ⭐️⭐️ The writing was good but I like didn’t have fun which is what I’m looking for currently. Maybe at a different time I would’ve liked this better. I don’t think I will think about this later and the characters are a little boring. 🤷🏽‍♀️

The Wind Off The Small Isles by Mary Stuart book cover. Birds and flowers on cover.

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I saw a CBC news bit about tariffs and different Canadian businesses that are going to be affected. Hardbite was one of them. I saw it at shoppers and decided to give them a try. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ great taste and I feel light afterwards.

Empty chip bag
Hard bite handcrafted style chips sweet ghost pepper flavour.

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I made a colour coded walk through hope this helps.

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

1/25 Ice Blonde. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The writing was excellent. The descriptions are something I will remember for a while. The characters felt real and I find myself day dreaming about what Angela might be up to after the book ended.

Image of a thin book with cover of a frozen forest large text that says ‘Ice Blonde’
Below is smaller text that says ‘an Angela Richman, death investigator novel.
In large bold text ‘Elaine Viets’

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I’m turning 26 soon and I haven’t made time to learn how to drive so I’m getting a photo card to use as ID. I will learn how to drive eventually but not now.

Woman in a brown coat light blue head scarf and a purple hat.

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Okay so I got busy and didn’t take many photos here’s on of the cookie ingredients

Beige counter littered with spices, butter, honey jars, white sugar, brown sugar, flour baking soda, eggs.

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

When you forget the baking soda on the day you planned to stay in and bake cookies and meringues.

Woman with black glasses in brown hooded coat, a purple hat and a bright pink headband.

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Okay so I tried to follow the recipe directions with the whipped butter but I couldn’t get my butter whipped enough and then when I folded the dough it was filled with air pockets because of the whipped butter so then the pocket popped and it made the dough impossible to roll out.

Butter rolled in between plastic freezer bag

Rolled butter placed on left side of rolled dough square or as best a square I could make with dough

Dough folded in half with rolled butter inside

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I’ve never tried to laminate dough without it being super cold so I’m nervous

Beige countertop with medium metal mixing bowl on the left with whipped butter inside a plastic freezer bag on top of rolled dough in the centre and a large mixing bowl with flour on the right

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Making the pastry tonight so it can cool overnight.

Beige counter with various items above and below are white cabinets with grey metal handles

2 metal mixing bowls. 1 large and 1 medium
a box of large ziplock freezer bags
a grey and black rolling
A digital food scale black base glass top
2 pounds of unsalted butter
A pink silicone spatula
A grey hand mixer
A measuring cup filled with water
A large white plastic container
A jar of table salt

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Isra with an S @israglass.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Oh my god y’all if the legislation goes through the states that have it pending the person that wins the popular vote will win the presidency every time and it will be a straightforward first past the post election. I thought it would take longer but it might just happen before the next election.

Screenshot from Wikipedia of Two Maps of the United States. On map is pixelated to represent electoral votes one map is a standard map or the United States.

Highlighting in green shows states that have passed legislation to join the National Popular vote Interstate Compact. Highlighting in yellow shows states that have pending legislation legislation

In green: Washington State, Oregon, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Hawaii, Minnesota, Illinois, Maryland, The District of Colombia, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, and Rhode Island.

In yellow: Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina

Total electoral votes of the states that have enacted the legislation is 209

Total electoral votes of the states that have legislation pending is 69.

Threshold for activation is 270 electoral votes.

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