Bradstreet Farm est. 1799 & 2012. Apiary, we sell & ship raw honey. Lover of home & ritual. Gardener, artist. Antifascist. Socialist. 😷♿️She/Her. Maine.
@themelaniedione
My FIL sat at the kitchen table reading his paper while his wife was in her last week, dying of cancer, and asked my husband, who was doing all the care for her, “when is she going to get better? I need a sandwich!” I wanted to leap across the table and strangle him.
@MaureenLangloss
Our daughter did the same when she was 14 and we ended up finding a bonded pair at a shelter. Then, a few years later, we took in a friend’s that needed to be rehomed. We loved them dearly and they are great pets, though very fragile (bones & gut.)
I just read “an entire generation has been saddled with student loan debt”. AN. AN. As in singular. One generation.
We remain invisible,
#GenX
. I guess that goes for
#GenZ
, too-you know, the ones currently in college.
@ingdamnit
Our Alice wants to be with us at all times, she eats the snacks intended for our ducks, she’s sad when she’s not being snuggled, she cries when we’re leaving, cries when we’re outside.
@josh_watson
@ambernoelle
@CAwkward
I was experimenting with “can I complete this jump on my too-big men’s 10-speed” and “exactly how many diet pills can I take in a day”, stuff like that.
@wtflanksteak
I’ve had to announce many times at my own dinner table to guests and family, “anyone can eat as little or as much as they like, and no one has to eat what they don’t want to eat, but there’s no diet talk in this house.”
People are skipping over starter homes, and jumping straight into 300k+ Mortgages. That’s one of the reasons they’re financially failing. Your first car shouldn’t be a Bentley.
@gfrancie
This amazes me, though. Our first real date started with a movie, followed by a late night walk around campus, followed by passionate makeout session in a dark study room, ending around 4am. 🤣
@RdotSpoon
I think about this all the time because as a kid who was homeless in the 70s-80s, 80% was our whiteness that saved us from discovery, but the other 20% was being able to cook a meal at a park AND wash up at the pump or restroom and we went undetected as unhoused.
@bkgut3
@mcgarrygirl78
@themelaniedione
Well...as it happened, he threw himself out two years later. Long story, but the asshole tried to destroy my family in the process. We’re good now! Thanks for commiserating! ❤️
@RayanBounab1
@kittensnotkids
@Imani_Barbarin
The thing is, 500K people were in DC last weekend, pushing Biden and he refuses to be pushed. He’s entrenched himself with conservatives, not even moderates, and will not be budged, he’s demonstrated this his entire career and presidency.
The thing that terrifies me about the Boeing plane is that we’ll likely see more and more issues like this as everyone becomes debilitated by Covid. If everyone doing the work and providing checks and balances thinks the work was done well, but it wasn’t…::shudders::
@shaindelr
@EcksLibris
I know a State Farm rep who is heavily involved with a “pregnancy crisis center.” I don’t trust anyone associated with State Farm.
@fatnutritionist
@CZEdwards
I’m already practicing my reply.
“Oh, I can see you’re getting very emotional about my mask, that too bad.”
“I believe everyone has the right to do what they think is right for themselves. It’s a personal decision.”
“I’m not interested in having this conversation with you.”
It looks like protesting outside private residences is super upsetting and threatening to men in particular so good job everyone, keep up the good work!
Not only this, now we have militarized police forces who are desperate to justify their funding, en masse all over Maine. The amount of weaponry has increased dramatically. Guns don’t make us safer, and neither do police.
Guns make us SO FREE that people in Maine are still on lockdown while police hunt for a mass killer armed with an AR-15. We can’t keep living like this.
@enabran_taint
@washedruben
As long as you label the carton with the date and your address, you are within compliance. We wash the eggs before packaging them up and refrigerate them until donation. Eggs are considered good for 45 days. So if I box eggs up from today I date them with May 31.
@britnidlc
I see some Janet Hill prints, her stuff is great.
Pretty maximalist space! Love the yellow and green! I’m reminded of this bedroom in our home.
@Karnythia
At first I was like, “too bad you didn’t have liability insurance!” and then I kept reading and now I’m thinking “too bad you don’t have witness protection!”
@GHMansfield
I had an MRI in November and techs were so put out that I needed an assistive stool to get onto the bed, and then again to get down.
The MRI was for my catastrophically injured left ankle and foot.
Someone asked, “why would you submerge yourself deep in the ocean if the technology to rescue you doesn’t exist?”
That’s the same risk we’re taking with Covid, everyday, by not masking and mitigating. There’s no cure for
#LongCovid
, there’s no rescue coming.
#CovidIsNotOver
@ADK_Kelsey
The Overstory, Richard Powers. The enormity of grief for all the destruction we have wielded on the natural world becomes intimate and compelling through these stories.
@HonestToddler
My son, 19, came home from work last night and saw me sitting with a heating pad. He gave me a big hug and said, “sorry you’re feeling so crampy!”
@Imani_Barbarin
Yes! Green beans works especially well for me.
My favorite tip is about creating resistant starch in rice, pasta, potatoes, and even pizza crust by refrigerating it for several hours, then reheating it. Starch now digests like fiber (results vary for individuals, of course.)
Saw a thread go by about kids in high school hating school and parents are like “that sucks but what can you do, huh?” and I’m over here with two kids that never attended school until they decided on college (or not.) There are options that don’t require your kids suffering.
@nowcowan
I could discuss this topic all day. Your tub example is exactly it. Every apartment seems to always lack a designated utility closet or space or the expectation is that it shares coat closet or water heater space. No! The vacuum, tools, litter box, cleaning supplies, need a home.
This Mainer has always locked all windows and doors and will continue to do so.
I’m amazed at the amount of people on this app just announcing to the world that they don’t lock their doors.
@teexcakes_
My gosh brain, let’s try this again.
I’d get vaccinated every week if it meant staying out of the hospital, not dying, and especially, not maiming or killing anyone else.
@pfeil
@Muna_Mire
We have a 9’x12’ Persian rug we won in an auction (‘97) that my husband’s posh accounting firm hosted because they were redecorating offices. He was the highest bidder at $50. We were barely making ends meet and $50 was a lot for us to spend. We still have it.
@briancheeek
@JordanOnRecord
Wrong. I’m pro-abortion. Abortion is healthcare. More, it can be a choice made in complete neutrality, and often one made with relief.
Hey,
@MaineDoctors
, it sure would be great if all the reception staff could be trained on proper mask wearing. I’m seeing chins covered or masks dangling from ears while folks hack and cough. We’re three years into this, Covid is airborne and stays in the air for hours.
@HillaryMonahan
My theory (and anecdotally this is what I see from my high school class), is it’s the Gen Xers that came from middle class homes and had fairly cushy upbringings that turn fascist.
@Delafina777
@Pixelfish
It was October 1997 and two showed up at our apartment and I asked if they would come back on the weekend for a lasagna dinner and they beamed at the chance and then we told them the good news about paganism and the true meaning of Samhain the entire evening over dinner.