I make sourdough all the time. it doesn’t need to be as much of a palaver as people make out. Starters are pretty hardy things, too.

agreed - just went for a walk at lunch, and itbwas beautiful outside. cracking winter day.

I’m just a sucker for a winter coat! puffy jackets are way more practical, though

I swap the cons/chucks for r m Williams to match the rest of the policy wonks…

as a research academic (I.e. very few student facing days), my “middle aged professional” cold weather gear is a pair of blunnies (over thick socks), jeans, shirt and v-neck jumper under a long wool coat with a scarf/cowl.

basically, switch the blunnies for other shoes, drop the coat and scarf and it’s all remarkably similar to my all-weather, middle aged professional look.

more effort made on occasion when visiting 50 Lonsdale.

edit: this is also remarkably similar to my all-weather-all-purpose middle-aged-lesbian look

what do you mean by “it’s probably willingly”??

I need clarification, but without it, any way I can interpret that as a is very superficial and probably a very unrealistic conception of what “today’s kids” need from/experience as life

so I buy quite a few things through prime (when I can’t buy them locally - am subsidising elderly dad’s retirement hobby): I have not received a price increase notification…

thought this (that it’s relatively warm) on my walk this morning. I am routinely out by about 5:15: last two days have been absolutely frigid. Today was just standard cool.

just had shanks for dinner. was a good choice.

I absolutely love walking as “self care”. I merge it into my transport where I can - walking from station to office instead of catching trams, getting off the train at a completely different station so I can walk a few km etc - but also walk in the very early hours of the morning when I first wake up. it’s my favourite time of day.

I love horror and always like recs. Ramble away!

As a reformed sleeper-in-er-er, I now routinely get up at about 5.

I am, I have to say, one of those abominable “morning prople” who waxes on about how much better it is to start early etc etc etc. Of course, I’m also basically a nanna who is in bed by half nine.

Nothing too surprising! I love to cook, so use everything in the fridge fairly frequently, but there were a couple of hot sauces in the sauce drawer that have been there for…some time.

I have already completed the satisfying job of removing everything from the fridge, cleaning all the shelves/drawers, wiping down all the bottles and containers and putting them back again.

I had planned on some garden work, but rain means I will plug away at admin in computer instead.

40/50. one of my better attempts.

still not back, sadly! I have an oil burner going with enough eucalyptus oil in it to make my eyes water, and still nothing… My doctor said to wait a few more weeks before I start to worry, so for the moment it’s still just an annoyance, but still

am just getting over my first bout of COVID myself. Lots of it going around at the moment! Hope your symptoms stay mild.

depends how much of the skin you’ve left intact

it doesn’t say that’s why they were honoured.

don’t leave us hanging- what we’re the others?