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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Not planning to leave the house until Saturday. But still dealing with a headache.

Image showing the air quality index is currently at 874 (hazardous) in Two Harbors, MN.

Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Fajita Funday! One trick to making gluten free tacos, fajitas or pretty much anything with a tortilla is to put the cheese on the bottom to keep it from disintegrating!

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Seventeen years ago, I introduced my cats under the pseudonyms Microcat and Macrocat, and the terms stuck. Microcat is tunneling. Macrocat cannot tunnel.

A small tuxedo cat sits in a cat tunnel while a larger gray tabby cat stands next to the tunnel entrance.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Taco Tuesday! We decided tacos taste better at the cabin, just like everything else. 🪵🌲🐻🫎

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Back in ND to help my son move. There are dust storms.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Anyway, we had a great time, and I really can’t recommend going to see him enough if you have the opportunity. And he was nice enough to do a selfie with us after the show. (Hubby just sat there and I actually had to tell him to get in the picture. 🤣)

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Made @altonbrown.bsky.social sour cream cheesecake with gluten-free stroopwafel crumbs for the crust. But why must I wait so long for it to cool?! 😭 I will update you tomorrow.

A cheesecake still in the pan and ready to go in the fridge.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Craving nachos, so whipped up some chicken and black beans nachos.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Waffle Sunday used to be a tradition when the kids were at home. We decided we wanted waffles this weekend, so voila! The one on the left is clotted cream, strawberries, and a touch of maple syrup. The right is chocolate hazelnut spread with bananas, and they both have chopped pecans.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I am experiencing some shock. If I were back in ND, I would be contemplating the foot of snow that would be arriving soon. Instead, I had a nice walk where I saw beautiful flowers blooming.

Some pink Japanese cherry blossoms in front of a brick wall.

Yellow daffodils and small purple flowers blooming.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I’m not thrilled with the title. Is this what happens when they run out of binders full of women? They get shoved in microwaves?

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The best part of making beets is that you can eat the whole plant.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

At my previous job, they had a bunch of robot lawn mowers. When they closed the campus for a day because of a planned electrical outage, I ran around campus putting googly eyes and nametags on them. Everyone thought admissions staff had done it. I finally fessed up 2 years later.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I miss being back home and going to the coffee shop and snacking on scotcheroos while working, so I had to make my own scotcheroos.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I wanted some comfort food, so I made some french toast with whipped maple marscapone and baked bread cheese with lingonberries to top it all off. It definitely hit the spot.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

What kind of question is that?! Of course I want a treat!!!

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

“Let me tell you what is coming… The North is determined to preserve this union. They are not an impulsive, fiery people as you are for they live in a colder climate. But when they begin to move a given direction, they move with the steady moment a mighty avalanche.” - Sam Houston, 1861

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

So very glad we decided not to sell the snowblower when we left ND.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Made stuffed peppers with aloha bell peppers. Never had them before but they’re delicious and very pretty.

Aloha bell pepper- bell pepper with streaks of red and gold

Bell pepper cut in half and stuffed with hamburger mixture and topped with melted cheese. Puréed butternut squash on the other side of the plate.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

While I have been sick, I have been working on this. It’s hard to find time to work on it when spousal unit won’t see me (it’s for him). Anyway, I finished the top blue band in this week. Doesn’t look like much, but it’s about 1500 stitches.

Partially completed cross stitch of the space shuttle.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

no cheating, reskeet with the most recent pic of your pet(s)

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Apparently the spousal unit felt guilty about the onions the other night. Apology accepted. 🤤

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Husband made me an almost Dagwood on a toasted bagel. Definitely makes up for last night’s onion murder.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I really need this covid to go away before my tastebuds do. (Husband has been great, but he’s struggling with the electric stove. It wasn’t bad but the onions were definitely…extra caramelized.)

One and a half Philly cheesesteak sandwiches but the onions are black.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

One of the things I loved about my previous house was the lighting fixture in the dining room. We decided to buy one to put in the new house, and I love it. It makes it look like you’re walking through a forest.

Cylindrical light with stick shapes that create a dappled light pattern on the walls.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

One of my babies is testing positive for lyme. She’s had it before. It’s rare in southern Indiana, but we went up to MN in early October so maybe she got bit then? We had them on Advantix at that point, though. Anyway, she’s clearly not feeling well so hopefully the meds help.

Black Newfoundland dog with her head on a mat looking sad and forlorn.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I made the poutine! I guessed on the gravy recipe and made my own fries (baked). It’s not as good as the stuff I had in Montreal, but I am getting close!

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Hospital socks with grippies are THE most comfortable sock and I would really like to buy them in bulk.

Picture of two feet wearing comfortable grey hospital socks with a rubber grip pattern that says “comfort the sole.”

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Had no energy and didn’t want to do a bunch of cooking and was just going to make scrambled eggs. Then realized we had made fajitas the other night and had everything ready to go for huevos rancheros. Best tasting lazy dinner ever.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Okay, @acousticsinuk.bsky.social Please instruct me on proper use so I don’t screw up this time.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

My friend has students read the Sand County Almanac as part of her environmental science course and has mentioned it many times. I haven’t read it myself but was really excited, based on her enthusiasm, to run across this at rest stop in Wisconsin.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

These are my two favorite shirts. I have had them both for over two decades. They were often the apparel of choice for the weekends. I am not sure why, but this weekend, I decided it was time to let them go.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The republicans have made Americans so afraid of their neighbors that they’re welcoming a military junta.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

One of my kids is working as a hydrology intern, and he called me the other day saying he had just been rescued. I freaked out a bit, but apparently he’d gotten stuck in some quickmud up to his thighs while on a solo data collection trip. A volunteer firefighter came out with a ladder.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The first rule of good borscht is that a spoon stuck in it should be able to stand up.

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Mare Serenitatis @mareserenitatis.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Right there with you. He was a terrible person.

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