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Sarah Ovenall

@ovenall.bsky.social
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Podcaster with The Five By, thefiveby.fireside.fm Host of Divaville Lounge, Sundays 2-4 PM ET at WXDU Durham 88.7fm or wxdu.org Tabletop games, swing dj, gardening, cooking, quilting, civics nerd. She/her. I’m giving mussels the wib.

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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 11h
I made black beans and rice with jammy peppers & onions, from Ottolenghi! This was really good. Took longer than I expected because, duh, Ottolenghi. But well worth it.
A bowl full of rice and beans tied with caramelized peppers and onions, then topped with avocado tossed in cilantro and lime juiceBrown rice, canned black beans, limes, avocado, red bell peppers, onions, garlic, spices, apple cider vinegar, passata, olive oil, salt and brown sugar on a kitchen counter
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That feeling when you sew a really long seam and you feel like you really nailed it, no wobbles, then discover the bobbin thread ran out 1/4 of the way through 🤣 Think I’m done for the day! I’ll replace the bobbin and pick back up tomorrow
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Topstitching on the center is DONE! Time to start ring 4! There are only 5 rings, but each one is larger of course so there’s still a lot to do
A partially topstitched quilt spread out on a small round dining table. The design is a series of concentric circles
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thoughtcrimegames @thoughtcrimegames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Your town has deep secrets, terrifying monsters, unspeakable evils, a clandestine city council...and a public radio station! Tell the tales of your own strange town in Community Radio. #ttrpg Itch: thoughtcrimegames.it... IPR: www.indiepressrevolu... TBS: tabletopbookshelf.co...
Community Radio  from Thoughtcrime Games.
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Got today’s Loop in three guesses despite having no idea what one of the objects was and misidentifying two others. Feeling pretty good about that. THE LOOP Whistle: Sep 29 ✅ 🟢🟢🟢⚪️⚪️ www.britannica.com/games/loop
britannica.com
The Loop, a daily picture puzzle game | Britannica
Everything is connected: Arrange the pictures in a circle so that all links make sense. You have five tries to get it right.
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cauliflower dry pot! I love this recipe so much. I got a really big cauliflower this time so we have enough for two dinners 😍
A platter with Chinese cauliflower, pork, red bell pepper and red onion in a spicy sauce
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m making cauliflower dry pot! Yay this is one of my favorite Woks of Life recipes
Pork loin, Chinese cauliflower, a red bell pepper, a red onion, ginger, garlic, scallions, doubanjiang, oyster sauce, shaoxing wine, soy sauce and dried chiles on a kitchen counter
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After our surprise visitor this weekend I want to look into exterior cameras. Can anyone recommend a good security camera that does not require a subscription & does not save to the cloud? Advice also welcome on ways to protect our privacy beyond using local storage only
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good news: the appliance repair guy knew exactly what the problem is with our oven & he has the part. Bad news: about $300. That's not even really bad news, I thought it might be a lot worse. So, all good news I guess. And we get our oven back today!
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
life goals
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just got this reply and for the record, I didn’t call the cops because the person was clearly no threat, they were scared and confused and at the wrong house. Police would’ve been a needless escalation with possibly terrible consequences
Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social • 3h
Ok the weirdest thing just happened. A noise woke me up. Thought it was the dog bumping into things with her cone, woke up like a shot but no she was right here, asleep. Heard the noise again, got up to investigate. The noise was a person on my porch trying to open my front door

Reply 49m ago, username blacked out:
Why didn't you call the police about an intruder?
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“We! Make! Holes in teeth!”
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ok the weirdest thing just happened. A noise woke me up. Thought it was the dog bumping into things with her cone, woke up like a shot but no she was right here, asleep. Heard the noise again, got up to investigate. The noise was a person on my porch trying to open my front door
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tonight’s movie: MST3K The Deadly Mantis. Bobo becomes a Mad! We’re continuing highlights of the story from the Mike years.
A fake looking praying mantis with glowing eyes. Mike and the bots are visible at the bottom of the screen
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Me: Let’s play Deep Sea Adventure. It’s fast and we all know how to play. J: I’ve never seen this game before. Me: You won last time we played. (He won again today!)
A game of Deep Sea Adventure. Four players are just setting out from the submarine.
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Alicia K @wordnerdy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
LOVE this game and not just bc it’s about cheese 🧀💖
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We played Fromage with @hartsea.bsky.social and @wordnerdy.bsky.social ! Super fun game I really really enjoyed it!
The Fromage game board at the end of the game, with all tokens placedMy tableau at the end of Fromage
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What is this thing with people calling their cakes “she” I do not like it
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Okay now I really want to bake a stout cake
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have a belly full of grilled sausage and we’re watching the new season of Great British Bake Off. this is a nice way to start the weekend 😍
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
G made an amazing dinner: French onion hot dogs! A grilled sausage on a bun with dijonnaise, topped with caramelized onions, melted Gruyère cheese and toasted bread crumbs. So rich and SO good.
A French onion hot dog on a plate with tater tots
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Great mail day, this Mosaic set I’ve been anxiously awaiting finally arrived! I already have most of the music but a lot is dodgy old CDs with bad sound quality. Mosaic does such a great job with sound restoration and documentation. And the liner notes are a hardcover book!!
Front cover of a music box set: The Complete Lupe Armstrong in New York 1924-25 by Mosaic Records. The box is the size of a vinyl record and has a photo of Louis Armstrong as a young man, wearing a tuxedoInside the music box set The Complete Lupe Armstrong in New York 1924-25 by Mosaic Records. There are 6 CDs and a hardcover book containing the liner notes. Each has a photo of Louis Armstrong as a young man, wearing a tuxedo
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A flashlight, and a lantern, and a good cellphone battery (one for each person with a phone), and a weather radio
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Because too much is never enough, I decided to fill this little circle in the very center of the quilt with … more curves 🤣
Closeup of the center of a quilt. There is a circular shape with curved lines drawn inside it with chalk
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Done sewing for the day, now I’m burying threads and watching MST3K. My favorite way to enjoy a cool afternoon
A quilt bundled up in my lap. There are loose threads visible on the quilt top   Nearby an iPad is showing Mystery Science Theater 3000
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In this episode I review Unstable Unicorns! The cutest meanest game I request every game night 😍 Also check out great reviews by @bookofnerds.bsky.social , @gameenthus.com , @panda8ngel.bsky.social and @sirbearsworth.bsky.social !
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The Five By @fivebygames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Got 30 minutes? Learn everything you need to know about 5 different games! Listen to what @bookofnerds.bsky.social, @gameenthus.com, Sarah, @panda8ngel.bsky.social and @sirbearsworth.bsky.social are playing in this episode. thefiveby.fireside.fm/178
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 23/09/2026
And why not. 😄 www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/a…
space.com
Astronomers just named an asteroid after 'Weird Al' Yankovic
Asteroid Alyankovic was discovered in 1981 and resides in the main belt of asteroids found between Mars and Jupiter.
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The farther out from the center I get, the easier the curves get but also the longer each segment takes! 🤣 I got the red done yesterday, hoping to finish the yellow today then I can start on the blue
A partially topstitched quilt spread out on a table. The design is a series of concentric circles
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Repost with an image of your favourite James Bond (wrong answers only) I want to live in the world where this isn’t a wrong answer, she was Bond in Tomorrow Never Dies
Michelle Yeoh in Tomorrow Never Dies
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tonight’s movie: Sanjuro. Watching the commentary on the criterion disc. It’s so interesting!
Toshiro Mifune in Sanjuro
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Programme 4 @programme4.tv · 18/09/2026
The world of Programme 4 is created by humans, for humans
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tonight’s movie: The Pigeon. 1960s TV movie crime drama starring Sammy Davis Jr. and Ricardo Montalban. !! You already know whether you would like this, and you’d be right.
Sammy Davis Jr. and Ricardo Montalban in The Pigeon. Davis is trying to make a phone call; Montalban is pressing his finger down on the receiver to hang up the call.
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Puy lentil and eggplant stew from Ottolenghi! This was really good. His “many small plates” approach isn’t a good fit for me (I just don’t want to make several dishes on a weeknight) but his flavors are so good, it’s nice to find a main that can be eaten alone
A bowl of lentils, eggplant and tomato next to a piece of baguette on a small plate
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trying a new recipe tonight: eggplant, tomatoes and lentils from Ottolenghi!
An eggplant, cherry tomatoes, puy lentils, a red onion, garlic, thyme, oregano, crème fraiche, olive oil, vegetable stock, white wine, salt and pepper on a kitchen counter
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I always say no stash, buy fabric when I need it but I now have at least some for the next 3 projects. Left: supply bag; middle: bed quilt for my sister; right: bed quilt for me. That I’ve been wanting to make for over a year but keep putting other things in front of the queue 🤣 Time to slow down!
Left: a small bundle of blue fabric with a geometric pattern. Middle: two small bundles of fabric with a cheetah pattern , one in pink and one in peachy orange. Right: a large bundle of fabric with a brightly colored pattern of amorphous circles
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Dumb Industries @dumb-industries.com · 21/09/2026
Who will be the new "Linda"??? Season Six of #TheMaryJoPehlShow starts tomorrow. twitch.tv/dumbtelevision dumb-industries.com/clubhouse
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thanks to WFH I can get a little sewing done on my lunch break! Finished the pink shape in ring 2 and I’m so happy with how it’s looking.
A partially topstitched quilt spread out on a table. The design is a series of concentric circles
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I just watched a recipe video that was so bad I’m wondering if it was AI. The recipe wouldn’t work as shown, the food looked different from one step to another, and the finished product wildly different from what they were doing on screen. That’s five minutes of my life I’ll never get back
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Do you remember
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9/21/16
YouTube video by Demi Adejuyigbe
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
literally as I was saying to G “I hope this documentary includes that YouTube guy who did ‘September’ every year” a clip of this flashed on the screen. Questlove never disappoints!
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YouTube video by Demi Adejuyigbe
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tonight’s movie: Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World). Great documentary about Earth, Wind & Fire, focused on Maurice White
Posed photo of Earth, Wind & Fire. Maurice White is standing in the center of the group
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Coco is on the couch in her spot between us getting scritches 😍 G had to lift her up onto the couch but now that she’s up here she’s acting totally normal, being her regular pain in the ass that she hasn’t been in eight months. my heart 💜
A beagle mix dog lying on a couch with her head resting on my leg, looking up at me. One paw is reaching up to demand pets
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026
mind you, birth of a nation is a movie so insanely racist that it legitimately should make you question whether the medium itself is evil
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I enjoyed this quite a bit
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Star Trek but it's an Unhinged Foreign Film (Bad Subtitles)
YouTube video by Picard Looking
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Tonight’s movie: MST3K Revenge of the Creature! Professor Bobo’s first episode, Bill Corbett’s first episode, and Pearl’s first episode as the lead Mad! (Also Clint Eastwood’s first movie!)
Clint Eastwood in Revenge of the Creature
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As expected ring 2 is way easier than ring 1. If they continue to get easier at the same rate, by the end they’ll be sewing themselves 🤣
A pinned a partially topstitched quilt spread out on a table
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Finally getting back to my quilt! These curves are a royal pain in the neck and far from perfect, but I love how it’s turning out. The wobbly lines won’t be visible from a distance. And it will get easier as I progress & get farther from the center
A pinned and partially topstitched quilt spread out on a table. The design is a series of concentric circles and the topstitching follows the circular pattern
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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
been helping an old friend with his website and he's very appreciative but also deeply enamored with AI and sends me "funny" AI pictures of himself with every email and I know I should just tell him to stop but I've known this guy a long time, he does not take implied criticism well
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