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Jill Lightner

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Decorative hermit with a titanium spine. Writes about food, kitchen gardens, the sharing economy and solitary bees. Runs the Little Free Bakery Columbia City Seattle. 6th book out early 2027. Cookietarian. she/her

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dream it do it

10.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Poster on a telephone pole with CRIMINAL in red and a ton of ways the US federal government is breaking or has broken laws, including illegal tariffs, abuse of prosecutorial power, executive overreach and the Epstein files

Poster on a telephone pole with CRIMINAL in red and a ton of ways the US federal government is breaking or has broken laws, including illegal tariffs, abuse of prosecutorial power, executive overreach and the Epstein files

A white poster with Remember Nuremberg as a red and black title in the middle, surrounded by words like grift, extortion, Alien Enemies Act, jailing innocent citizens, war crimes and ethnic cleansing

A white poster with Remember Nuremberg as a red and black title in the middle, surrounded by words like grift, extortion, Alien Enemies Act, jailing innocent citizens, war crimes and ethnic cleansing

New posters in my neighborhood or maybe they're depressing word search pages

09.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I will continue to mutter that "spring forward" is not a thing people actually do and so it is not a good reminder for how to move clocks. Personally I have sprung sidewise and forward--surprised by small critters mainly--but never forward. Fallen forward, though? Many, many times.

08.03.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Likely depends on how you feel about offbeat/one guy's personal style of pizza versus a more uniform "pizza must be this style and no other" experience. We're in such a pizza renaissance era, but also an endless sticker shock era.

07.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've heard generally yes, but the stadium one sometimes gets slagged for not living up to the hype + lines

07.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I recently learned there's a Finnish cake that looks like a pinecone named KΓ€pykakku and if we make the playoffs I am going to attempt to make one.

06.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Finnish Spoon Cookies-LusikkaleivΓ€t Lovely caramel-flavored cookies that melt in your mouth. Traditional Finnish cookies with browned butter and filled with marmalade.

My version of this lives behind a newspaper's paywall, but here's a close one without a hassle. I use lingonberry or apricot jam usually, but thick caramel in lieu of jam is a fun way to lean into the brown butter flavor.

04.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think it or squid on a stick would be super popular for the Kraken, all the fans not waving giant tentacles could have some poking out of their mouths

04.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can it be countered with truthpaste?

03.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ same thing I was saying! Cracked me up

03.03.2026 06:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mine came from the Genesee Walgreens, and do a pretty good job of mimicking my lifetime favorite doughnut

01.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep saying, basically, "let me get my tiny piece before it all collapses" and mainly this has made me realize that not nearly enough of my friends have heard about that case/settlement.

01.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, I'll stick with the possibly-just-for-me peanut butter cinnamon roll M&Ms

01.03.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am a huge fan of maple + peanut butter, is that what this is?

28.02.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This reminds me to look up a long-gone 90s U District joint I loved.

And adjacent: In 2009ish a Pag's guy told me they had no plans for an RV branch because of safety. I said they should revisit those attitudes and then the person leading the meeting said SO ANYWAY and I did not bite anyone.

26.02.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is fantastic. I want to know how her pizza was!

26.02.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for this, so glad you fell into that rabbit hole. I kinda wonder if MOHAI has any Mrs. Pizza Express stuff lurking somewhere.

26.02.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For those not clicking the link: "Public Health said all students, staff, and families are being informed of the case this week, regardless of their level of exposure, emphasizing "people in the community do not need to be monitoring for symptoms or concerned about TB spread."

26.02.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, exactly. Chilling so many things, mainly starches because of the exact changes these dingalings focus on, *improves flavor and texture*.
My parents were big on Scarsdale nonsense, like tiny portions of lamb were somehow better than tiny portions of other animal proteins.

26.02.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have occasionally recommended doing what they're talking about for improvements to taste, like cooking & chilling potatoes for salad the day before you actually make the potato salad. Because it tastes better, not for anything at all about how your body digests them. God I hate this.

26.02.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep thinking about this and I remember being shown pictures of my pal's favorite, the black rain frog, an excellent round little guy

25.02.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I assigned it to the category stoned and stoner, thanks for this.

24.02.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

At least we were spared a copy-editor era. (Wait, were we? It looks old-timey enough to have existed.)

24.02.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not long ago I rode light rail with a guy schlepping skates + stick in a neat little gear bag and it was thrilling but I was glad it wasn't a whole-ass armor kit because the train was already quite full, he would have needed to levitate it all or something

24.02.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Living that trophy life

24.02.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was def more focused on WHICH FROGS than "the kids are alright" but being auntie has ridiculous privileges like that

24.02.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, a teen pal was describing the existence of this Google doc to me over a new year's trip, I am now having a "Seattle is a small town" moment

24.02.2026 06:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Dard - E - Disco | Video Song | Om Shanti Om | Sukhwinder Singh | Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone
Dard - E - Disco | Video Song | Om Shanti Om | Sukhwinder Singh | Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone YouTube video by T-Series Bollywood Classics

Behold the Dard-e-Disco video from the movie. It's tremendous.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9HSx...

24.02.2026 06:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Gray and white tuxedo cat peeping at the photographer through a screened-in catio with white stairs in the background

Gray and white tuxedo cat peeping at the photographer through a screened-in catio with white stairs in the background

Today's most societally boring/most personally exciting news: the neighbors are building a catio, stage 1 is complete and this brave chap is ready for it.

23.02.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...and I just saw a vid where Jack Hughes is laughing when the women's team is mocked by our demented president. His mom scouted for that team, maybe led that player selection? So I expect she'll have some words about it.

23.02.2026 06:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0