Music Thursday
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muccamukkLatest entry in the currently flourishing protest song genre:
What? Were you expecting Springsteen?
What? Were you expecting Springsteen?
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Crafts - January 2026
Jan. 29th, 2026 04:14 pmsmallhobbitI've done plenty of cross stitch this month, some started last month for early January birthdays, others only stitched this month.
( January crafts )
Some links and such.
Jan. 29th, 2026 08:10 amgoodbyebird+ Refrained from making this post until I had the icon that's been living in my head made and uploaded. (I have now opened my laptop two whole times this trip)
+ Fishery is still bad. People are here aalllll the tiiiime. I want to shove my face in a pillow and banshee shriek. I want to be in a small, slightly chilly and soundproof box. Absolute and utter isolation for one, please.
+ Adding to that, one of the crew has started sitting at my (usually empty) back table for meals, so now it's active conversation time on top of it all. And boy does she want to talk about how the solar flares are affecting her, and what are my thoughts on the aliens, she thinks they're friendly (watches yt about aliens every day). Girl, I know you know I'm into tarot, but we are Not The Same.
+ I'm not sleeping enough and it's not helping.
+ Did a silly and signed up for Fandom Trumps Hate. Do people still want icons at all time will tell 🤷🏻‍♀️ Offered IWTV, Pluribus, and WoT with the fandom ticky boxes, "You're welcome to request specific pairings, characters, or scenes from those three fandoms. I am also willing to do icons from the following comics: Absolute Wonder Woman, Thompson's Birds of Prey, Wilson's Poison Ivy, Galaxy The Prettiest Star, Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow, Far Sector, Abbott, Ahmed's Exiles." Should maybe have specified a number, but I figured I'd wait and see the bid amount to decide.
+ The Endless Appetite for Fanfiction.
On the surface, this feels like it should be a good thing: More fic readers means more people in fandom, right? Instead, I read post after post talking about how distant writers felt from these newer readers—how impersonal and lonely the act of fannish creation has become. Anecdotes where readers gush about a fic on Discord, but make zero attempts to connect with the author. Screenshots of fic titles or passages with no URLs—and captions like, “I wish I could tell the person who wrote this how incredible it is.”
+ To Fandom, With Love. (previously at Bitch Magazine, published 2020, now re-uploaded)
I also made friends through fanfic—actual, honest-to-goodness close friends. Comments on each others’ fics turned into email correspondences that began with exchanging headcanons about our favorite characters, and expanded into mutual care and support—often around issues we’d first broached anonymously in our respective works.
+ Neil Young trashes Amazon, gives his complete musical catalog to Greenland for free.
“Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire backer of the president,” he wrote. “The president’s international policies and his support of ICE make it impossible for me to ignore his actions. If you feel as I do, I strongly recommend that you do not use Amazon. There are many ways to avoid Amazon and support individual Americans and American companies that supply the same products. I have done that with my music and people who are looking can find it in a lot of other places."
+ There is no such thing as other people’s children.
+ Talking Greatness to Death. On Ryan Coogler's sins and the kinds of performances that attract vampires.
+ Does anybody want me to do a lil tarot draw for them? I can do A World Without Shrimp (feeling as though something is missing from your life, this spread can help you identify what you're craving), or Five By Five (general idea of how things are going).
+ Dropkick Murphy's performing Citizen I.C.E. live in Paris. Enjoy!
+ Fishery is still bad. People are here aalllll the tiiiime. I want to shove my face in a pillow and banshee shriek. I want to be in a small, slightly chilly and soundproof box. Absolute and utter isolation for one, please.
+ Adding to that, one of the crew has started sitting at my (usually empty) back table for meals, so now it's active conversation time on top of it all. And boy does she want to talk about how the solar flares are affecting her, and what are my thoughts on the aliens, she thinks they're friendly (watches yt about aliens every day). Girl, I know you know I'm into tarot, but we are Not The Same.
+ I'm not sleeping enough and it's not helping.
+ Did a silly and signed up for Fandom Trumps Hate. Do people still want icons at all time will tell 🤷🏻‍♀️ Offered IWTV, Pluribus, and WoT with the fandom ticky boxes, "You're welcome to request specific pairings, characters, or scenes from those three fandoms. I am also willing to do icons from the following comics: Absolute Wonder Woman, Thompson's Birds of Prey, Wilson's Poison Ivy, Galaxy The Prettiest Star, Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow, Far Sector, Abbott, Ahmed's Exiles." Should maybe have specified a number, but I figured I'd wait and see the bid amount to decide.
+ The Endless Appetite for Fanfiction.
On the surface, this feels like it should be a good thing: More fic readers means more people in fandom, right? Instead, I read post after post talking about how distant writers felt from these newer readers—how impersonal and lonely the act of fannish creation has become. Anecdotes where readers gush about a fic on Discord, but make zero attempts to connect with the author. Screenshots of fic titles or passages with no URLs—and captions like, “I wish I could tell the person who wrote this how incredible it is.”
+ To Fandom, With Love. (previously at Bitch Magazine, published 2020, now re-uploaded)
I also made friends through fanfic—actual, honest-to-goodness close friends. Comments on each others’ fics turned into email correspondences that began with exchanging headcanons about our favorite characters, and expanded into mutual care and support—often around issues we’d first broached anonymously in our respective works.
+ Neil Young trashes Amazon, gives his complete musical catalog to Greenland for free.
“Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire backer of the president,” he wrote. “The president’s international policies and his support of ICE make it impossible for me to ignore his actions. If you feel as I do, I strongly recommend that you do not use Amazon. There are many ways to avoid Amazon and support individual Americans and American companies that supply the same products. I have done that with my music and people who are looking can find it in a lot of other places."
+ There is no such thing as other people’s children.
+ Talking Greatness to Death. On Ryan Coogler's sins and the kinds of performances that attract vampires.
+ Does anybody want me to do a lil tarot draw for them? I can do A World Without Shrimp (feeling as though something is missing from your life, this spread can help you identify what you're craving), or Five By Five (general idea of how things are going).
+ Dropkick Murphy's performing Citizen I.C.E. live in Paris. Enjoy!
A city aflame fought fire and ice
Jan. 28th, 2026 10:44 pmmusesfoolIn case you haven't listened to it yet: Streets of Minneapolis by Bruce Springsteen.
It's in my bsky feed and my tumblr dash and I saw it here on DW first (in a locked post), so I needed to have it here too.
And since I've been listening to it a lot lately, here's Help Save the Youth of America by Billy Bragg. Unfortunately always timely.
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It's in my bsky feed and my tumblr dash and I saw it here on DW first (in a locked post), so I needed to have it here too.
And since I've been listening to it a lot lately, here's Help Save the Youth of America by Billy Bragg. Unfortunately always timely.
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Books - January 2026
Jan. 28th, 2026 12:25 pmsmallhobbitA good start to the year as I've read 9 books.
The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin by Georges Simenon
The first of this year's Maigret books. Set in Liège and written in 1931, an interesting plot, different from those I've read. Once again I enjoyed both the story and the sense of setting.
The Man Who Didn't Burn by Ian Moore
Having read the Follett Valley series, which are humorous, I thought I would try reading the Juge Lombard stories, of which is the first. Also set in France, in the Loire Valley, this is a more standard mystery, convoluted and clever. I plan on reading the second in the series later this year.
Payment Deferred by C S Forrester
The runner-up for the Shedunnit category of books published 100 years ago (so 1926). More of a character study, not a whodunnit (that is known from when the murder happens), it's a well-written story of how events happen and the effect they have on the characters. It has a strong sense of the life of a lower middle-class clerk and his family at the time.
Still Waters by E C R Lorac
A new British Library Crime Classic publication sees Lorac's Chief Inspector MacDonald back in the Lake District. I always enjoy reading Lorac, and especially being back in the Lake District. An interesting plot, which has several layers.
A Vow of Chastity by Veronica Black
The first of the three Sister Joan mysteries I plan on reading this year, and the second in the series. Although the primary setting of a convent might seem like a cozy mystery, the crime itself is not cozy, although there is nothing graphic, which suits me. I'm looking forward to reading the next book.
Sky High by Michael Gilbert
The newest British Library Crime Classic release, I have been a great fan of Michael Gilbert for many years. This definitely has thriller aspects to it, which I enjoy, and account for a few late nights reading.
An Extremely Unlikely Death by Hannah Hendy
The latest in the Dinner Lady Detectives series. I'm still enjoying this series, and have noted the two books due out later this year. Qualifies as cozy crime, but a well-constructed plot, with some subtle, but effective, red herrings.
The Misty Harbour by Georges Simenon
My second Maigret, this time set in Oisterham in Normandy. I've been there a few times, since it was one of the landing beaches on D-Day. The descriptions of the harbour area in 1931 are excellent, and although it has changed in the 95 years since the book was written, I can still imagine it. Another quite different plot.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
I had this book on my reading list for this year, and when I saw the latest Goodreads Challenge included it in one of the categories, I bumped it up the list - and was delighted when it turned out to be in three categories and so counted three times. It's an interesting book, the idea is that a few people are brought to the present (book present, some decades ahead of our present) by a time machine. Each of the 'survivors' are assigned a bridge, whose job it is to assimilate them into the modern world. As the book progresses, more details are discovered, which add to the drama. Worth reading, but to me suffers from the inherent contradictions of time travel.
And here's my book bingo card so far - January is always the easiest month, since all the categories are open.
( book bingo )
The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin by Georges Simenon
The first of this year's Maigret books. Set in Liège and written in 1931, an interesting plot, different from those I've read. Once again I enjoyed both the story and the sense of setting.
The Man Who Didn't Burn by Ian Moore
Having read the Follett Valley series, which are humorous, I thought I would try reading the Juge Lombard stories, of which is the first. Also set in France, in the Loire Valley, this is a more standard mystery, convoluted and clever. I plan on reading the second in the series later this year.
Payment Deferred by C S Forrester
The runner-up for the Shedunnit category of books published 100 years ago (so 1926). More of a character study, not a whodunnit (that is known from when the murder happens), it's a well-written story of how events happen and the effect they have on the characters. It has a strong sense of the life of a lower middle-class clerk and his family at the time.
Still Waters by E C R Lorac
A new British Library Crime Classic publication sees Lorac's Chief Inspector MacDonald back in the Lake District. I always enjoy reading Lorac, and especially being back in the Lake District. An interesting plot, which has several layers.
A Vow of Chastity by Veronica Black
The first of the three Sister Joan mysteries I plan on reading this year, and the second in the series. Although the primary setting of a convent might seem like a cozy mystery, the crime itself is not cozy, although there is nothing graphic, which suits me. I'm looking forward to reading the next book.
Sky High by Michael Gilbert
The newest British Library Crime Classic release, I have been a great fan of Michael Gilbert for many years. This definitely has thriller aspects to it, which I enjoy, and account for a few late nights reading.
An Extremely Unlikely Death by Hannah Hendy
The latest in the Dinner Lady Detectives series. I'm still enjoying this series, and have noted the two books due out later this year. Qualifies as cozy crime, but a well-constructed plot, with some subtle, but effective, red herrings.
The Misty Harbour by Georges Simenon
My second Maigret, this time set in Oisterham in Normandy. I've been there a few times, since it was one of the landing beaches on D-Day. The descriptions of the harbour area in 1931 are excellent, and although it has changed in the 95 years since the book was written, I can still imagine it. Another quite different plot.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
I had this book on my reading list for this year, and when I saw the latest Goodreads Challenge included it in one of the categories, I bumped it up the list - and was delighted when it turned out to be in three categories and so counted three times. It's an interesting book, the idea is that a few people are brought to the present (book present, some decades ahead of our present) by a time machine. Each of the 'survivors' are assigned a bridge, whose job it is to assimilate them into the modern world. As the book progresses, more details are discovered, which add to the drama. Worth reading, but to me suffers from the inherent contradictions of time travel.
And here's my book bingo card so far - January is always the easiest month, since all the categories are open.
( book bingo )
I'd like my trash TV paramedics to be a little less trashy!
Jan. 27th, 2026 07:13 pmmuccamukkI honestly never did finish the last season of 9-1-1 Lone Star because I didn't like it as much after the cast change, and the new stories weren't grabbing me. Then I changed streaming services, and couldn't be bothered to find it another way.
But I was looking at what was on Crave, since I have that right now, and saw that there was a new show called 9-1-1 Nashville, and thought I'd give it a whirl.
Boy, whatever new direction notes they got, were not my thing. It's all about some rich guy and his sons fighting with each other, and a scheming baby mamma, and we basically don't meet any of the other characters in the pilot. How on earth did they talk Chris O'Donnell into this nonsense? He can't be that hard up!
Plus the rescues were just very silly. And this is by standards of the 9-1-1 franchise, which is already extremely silly. This girl gets carried into the air by a kite! Not like a special kite, just a... regular one. A tornado is bearing down on a country music festival and they save it with the power of heart!
I vaguely considered watching the second half of the pilot before deciding there's got to be other trash shows I'd enjoy more. When is the new Stargate show happening?
I think if you're interested in foe-yay half brothers who want to fuck, you might be in business?
But I was looking at what was on Crave, since I have that right now, and saw that there was a new show called 9-1-1 Nashville, and thought I'd give it a whirl.
Boy, whatever new direction notes they got, were not my thing. It's all about some rich guy and his sons fighting with each other, and a scheming baby mamma, and we basically don't meet any of the other characters in the pilot. How on earth did they talk Chris O'Donnell into this nonsense? He can't be that hard up!
Plus the rescues were just very silly. And this is by standards of the 9-1-1 franchise, which is already extremely silly. This girl gets carried into the air by a kite! Not like a special kite, just a... regular one. A tornado is bearing down on a country music festival and they save it with the power of heart!
I vaguely considered watching the second half of the pilot before deciding there's got to be other trash shows I'd enjoy more. When is the new Stargate show happening?
I think if you're interested in foe-yay half brothers who want to fuck, you might be in business?
Is this a Canadian thing?
Jan. 27th, 2026 04:13 pmmuccamukkI want to try making this Melt the ICE hat, which of course knits in the round. I haven't done that, so I looked up a couple tutorials on how to knit with double pointed needles. They both said, "these will come in sets of five." The pattern says, "divide evenly on 4 DPNs" (which I assume implies the existence of a fifth needle to work with).
Every single one of the many sets of DPNs I got from Mom comes in a set of four.
Why?
Every single one of the many sets of DPNs I got from Mom comes in a set of four.
Why?
now i spend my time following him whenever he's with you
Jan. 27th, 2026 06:15 pmmusesfoolToday was super annoying because I had a very weird internet outage. Spectrum acknowledged that there was an outage in my area even! But it was only partial? Or intermittent? Just fucking weird. I could get to my work-related sites fairly frequently (outlook, sharepoint), but literally nothing else would load except for some reason gmail. Like, no news sites. No bank. No shopping sites. Bitwarden timed out trying to log into my password vault. I couldn't get anything at all to load on my personal laptop until I plugged in my phone to use it as a hotspot, which was greyed out and not allowed on my work laptop. Finally, around 4 pm when Spectrum said the outage was over but I still didn't have full service, I chatted with them and somehow their reboot of everything worked (even though I rebooted the modem and router several times on my own without any luck), so I was able to get full access to the internet on both laptops and on my TV. *hands*
In other news, I found that a stint overnight in the fridge greatly improved those cupcakes. I wasn't impressed by them at room temp (texture was super spongy), but they're really good with the extra time in the cold! So if you need vegan cupcakes, the KAB recipe is recommended, especially if you make them ahead of time.
Meanwhile, it looks like we might get a nor'easter this coming weekend? A big storm potentially, though with less snow and more wind. No warming of temperatures anyway. Oy.
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In other news, I found that a stint overnight in the fridge greatly improved those cupcakes. I wasn't impressed by them at room temp (texture was super spongy), but they're really good with the extra time in the cold! So if you need vegan cupcakes, the KAB recipe is recommended, especially if you make them ahead of time.
Meanwhile, it looks like we might get a nor'easter this coming weekend? A big storm potentially, though with less snow and more wind. No warming of temperatures anyway. Oy.
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Snowflake 2026 - Challenge #13
Jan. 26th, 2026 03:24 pmsmallhobbit
TALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY SPACE YOU LIKE. It doesn’t need to be your favourite, or the one where you spend the most time (although it certainly can be). Maybe it’s even one that you’ve barely visited. But talk about that space and how it helps support fannish community.
These are the communities I regularly participate in and completely enjoy:
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fan_flashworks which provides a new challenge prompt three times a month, multi-fandom and multimedia. I've taken part for the last 11.5 years - some prompts really are a challenge, but great for being creative outside the standard boxes.ushobwri is a great community, encouraging the reluctant writer and cheering the productive one. Run by brumeier I would recommend checking over on their response for further details.allbingo is a monthly bingo community, but very easy going and so ideal for me, as I generally go with a 2x2 card and write a chaptered fic. ysabetwordsmith has written about it in their responseMy other major enjoyment (I also take part in various drabble communities) is
no_true_pair which runs twice a year, once in March when there are 4 characters and once in September with 8 characters. To take part, you sign up with either 4 or 8 numbered characters, can be from the same fandom or different ones, and it includes original characters, and then prompts are issued for each date, so that every character meets every other one.The Goes Wrong Show: A Primer
Jan. 26th, 2026 10:39 amrionaleonhart posting in fanifestoI originally wrote this primer for tv_talk, and a friend said I should also post it here! I apologise to anyone who's seeing this multiple times.
If anyone's in the mood for something silly and fun, I'd like to recommend The Goes Wrong Show, which I discovered recently and absolutely fell in love with.
What is The Goes Wrong Show?
If you've heard of The Play That Goes Wrong, this comedy series is from the same theatre company, Mischief Theatre. Every thirty-minute episode is a new short play, performed by the determined but deeply unfortunate Cornley Drama Society. Every play goes as wrong as humanly possible.
In addition to being very funny, the plays are startlingly impressive technical achievements. These are genuine stage plays being filmed in front of a live audience, and making things 'go wrong' convincingly requires incredible pinpoint timing. So much hard work goes into messing everything up; it must be so much trickier than performing a play that goes right!
If you like Taskmaster, you might also enjoy this; they have a similar sense of people desperately struggling on with their mission while everything falls apart around them.
( Character overview below the cut. )
How much of The Goes Wrong Show is there?
Just twelve episodes of thirty minutes each. The Goes Wrong Show was dropped by the BBC after the second series, but the episodes are largely self-contained and satisfying in themselves, so there's no sense of an overarching story cut short.
If you watch and enjoy the show, there are two one-hour television specials you might also want to seek out: Peter Pan Goes Wrong, and A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, both of which predate the show itself.
Where can I watch The Goes Wrong Show?
There's a good chance you'll be able to watch it at no cost! If you're in the UK, it's on BBC iPlayer (or DVD, if you don't have a television licence).
If you're outside the UK, I believe The Goes Wrong Show is officially available for free on the Lionsgate YouTube channel; this YouTube playlist should have all twelve episodes. I've heard from a couple of people based in the US that it's also on Amazon Prime there.
If I only ever watch one episode of this show, which would you recommend?
I love the whole show, and I think the first-listed episode ('The Spirit of Christmas') is a solid starting point. If you only ever watch one, though, the episode '90 Degrees' is a genuinely insane, extraordinary feat of performance. If you're wondering, they're not using CGI; they actually did that.
tv_talk, and a friend said I should also post it here! I apologise to anyone who's seeing this multiple times.If anyone's in the mood for something silly and fun, I'd like to recommend The Goes Wrong Show, which I discovered recently and absolutely fell in love with.
What is The Goes Wrong Show?
If you've heard of The Play That Goes Wrong, this comedy series is from the same theatre company, Mischief Theatre. Every thirty-minute episode is a new short play, performed by the determined but deeply unfortunate Cornley Drama Society. Every play goes as wrong as humanly possible.
In addition to being very funny, the plays are startlingly impressive technical achievements. These are genuine stage plays being filmed in front of a live audience, and making things 'go wrong' convincingly requires incredible pinpoint timing. So much hard work goes into messing everything up; it must be so much trickier than performing a play that goes right!
If you like Taskmaster, you might also enjoy this; they have a similar sense of people desperately struggling on with their mission while everything falls apart around them.
( Character overview below the cut. )
How much of The Goes Wrong Show is there?
Just twelve episodes of thirty minutes each. The Goes Wrong Show was dropped by the BBC after the second series, but the episodes are largely self-contained and satisfying in themselves, so there's no sense of an overarching story cut short.
If you watch and enjoy the show, there are two one-hour television specials you might also want to seek out: Peter Pan Goes Wrong, and A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, both of which predate the show itself.
Where can I watch The Goes Wrong Show?
There's a good chance you'll be able to watch it at no cost! If you're in the UK, it's on BBC iPlayer (or DVD, if you don't have a television licence).
If you're outside the UK, I believe The Goes Wrong Show is officially available for free on the Lionsgate YouTube channel; this YouTube playlist should have all twelve episodes. I've heard from a couple of people based in the US that it's also on Amazon Prime there.
If I only ever watch one episode of this show, which would you recommend?
I love the whole show, and I think the first-listed episode ('The Spirit of Christmas') is a solid starting point. If you only ever watch one, though, the episode '90 Degrees' is a genuinely insane, extraordinary feat of performance. If you're wondering, they're not using CGI; they actually did that.
FIC: Go Quiet Through the Trees (The Walking Dead)
Jan. 26th, 2026 12:37 pmanrGo Quiet Through the Trees (1420 words) by anr
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Daryl Dixon/Carol Peletier
Characters: Daryl Dixon, Carol Peletier, Sophia Peletier
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Sophia Peletier Lives, Season/Series 02, Touching, Kisses
Summary: He finds Sophia in a house on the far side of the river, the sun high in the sky and the air heavy with the smells of riverbank honeysuckle and Cherokee rose.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Daryl Dixon/Carol Peletier
Characters: Daryl Dixon, Carol Peletier, Sophia Peletier
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Sophia Peletier Lives, Season/Series 02, Touching, Kisses
Summary: He finds Sophia in a house on the far side of the river, the sun high in the sky and the air heavy with the smells of riverbank honeysuckle and Cherokee rose.
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why do you need two hands when you've got one that's like a suction cup
Jan. 25th, 2026 07:10 pmmusesfoolI would guess we got about 7-8" of snow today before it either stopped or turned to rain (I'm not sure which), and my phone lit up with work chats because they did not make the choice to close the office and make everyone remote on Friday like they should have (in past years, these big forecasts have sometimes turned into duds in reality), so they had to do it today. I was wfh regardless, so it didn't matter to me.
I hope all of you in the path are safe and warm.
More delightfully, I also got pics of Baby Miss L in her Minnie Mouse snowsuit with big smiles on her face - and a video from earlier when she was all, "go in the snow, Mama!" and her mama was like, "We will, but not yet." But Baby Miss L insisted, "But snow, Mama!" Super cute! 🥰🥰🥰
I spent the whole weekend in pajamas, and today I finally tried out a couple of recipes I'd had my eye on for a while: vegan chocolate cupcakes (always useful to have) and whipped ganache (not vegan but delicious) (pics). The cupcakes are okay - a little spongier, texture-wise, than I like, so I'll probably stick with my preferred recipe unless I have a need for ones that are vegan - but the whipped ganache is delicious. It also has butter in it, which I haven't seen before - previously when I've whipped ganache, it's just been the chocolate/cream/vanilla version. As for the cupcakes, I made minis instead of standard, and I swapped in coffee for the water, but otherwise followed the recipe. I got 40 cupcakes out of it, and probably could have gotten a few more, but 40 was more than enough, since I am not taking them anywhere.
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I hope all of you in the path are safe and warm.
More delightfully, I also got pics of Baby Miss L in her Minnie Mouse snowsuit with big smiles on her face - and a video from earlier when she was all, "go in the snow, Mama!" and her mama was like, "We will, but not yet." But Baby Miss L insisted, "But snow, Mama!" Super cute! 🥰🥰🥰
I spent the whole weekend in pajamas, and today I finally tried out a couple of recipes I'd had my eye on for a while: vegan chocolate cupcakes (always useful to have) and whipped ganache (not vegan but delicious) (pics). The cupcakes are okay - a little spongier, texture-wise, than I like, so I'll probably stick with my preferred recipe unless I have a need for ones that are vegan - but the whipped ganache is delicious. It also has butter in it, which I haven't seen before - previously when I've whipped ganache, it's just been the chocolate/cream/vanilla version. As for the cupcakes, I made minis instead of standard, and I swapped in coffee for the water, but otherwise followed the recipe. I got 40 cupcakes out of it, and probably could have gotten a few more, but 40 was more than enough, since I am not taking them anywhere.
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The Friday Five - Hair
Jan. 25th, 2026 03:35 pmsmallhobbitThis week's thefridayfive
1. What type of hair do you have? (Thin, Normal, Thick, Frizzy, etc.)
Thick
2. What colour is your hair currently?
More grey than brown
3. What colours have you dyed/highlighted your hair?
I've never dyed my hair, and may have once highlighted it, but I don't have any interest in doing so. I was never worried about going grey.
4. If you could dye your hair any colour, what would it be?
If it could magically change without any time/effort on my part, I would go a stripey mixture of blueish shades, so greens up to yellow, and purples, but not reds, maybe a little subtle orange. Rainbow, without the red.
5. What is your hair's length?
About shoulder length, but I wear it tied back.
thefridayfive 1. What type of hair do you have? (Thin, Normal, Thick, Frizzy, etc.)
Thick
2. What colour is your hair currently?
More grey than brown
3. What colours have you dyed/highlighted your hair?
I've never dyed my hair, and may have once highlighted it, but I don't have any interest in doing so. I was never worried about going grey.
4. If you could dye your hair any colour, what would it be?
If it could magically change without any time/effort on my part, I would go a stripey mixture of blueish shades, so greens up to yellow, and purples, but not reds, maybe a little subtle orange. Rainbow, without the red.
5. What is your hair's length?
About shoulder length, but I wear it tied back.
Nature and Bunnies!
Jan. 24th, 2026 04:43 pmmuccamukkThese are all taken with my phone, but some of them turned out okay, and I figure it's a good time for nature and bunnies?
( Ten pictures: Some nature, one cat, one rabbit, the northern lights )
( Ten pictures: Some nature, one cat, one rabbit, the northern lights )
so you're hovering at the surface.
Jan. 24th, 2026 03:40 pmgoodbyebird3amtarot is doing posts on grief atm, and as always I'm finding them a valuable read. Trying out one of today's spreads below.
( One spread below. )
( One spread below. )
2026 Photo #2
Jan. 24th, 2026 12:00 pmsmallhobbit
This week I went to see Paddington - the Musical with The Daughter. It was great fun. The first half was good, but the second half really took off. Particular highlights for me were Bonnie Langford as Mrs Bird, Timi Akinyosade as Tony and Brenda Edwards as Tanya. Plus, of course, Arti Shah, who was inside the Paddington costume.
View from the Window - January
Jan. 23rd, 2026 01:59 pmsmallhobbitFour standard views from our bedroom window, including the obligatory one with the smattering of snow:
( views January )
Instant vid rec.
Jan. 23rd, 2026 03:21 pmgoodbyebirdThe Black Phone is a film that's vaguely been on my list of things to see for a few years now, but I never got around to it. This vid slaps though! Highly recommend watching with the lights dimmed and headphones on. Such good build and atmosphere.
House byevewithanapple.
Also, while I'm not in Heated Rivalry fandom, I am a fan of excellent vidders. And I know for a fact these vidders are most excellent. *firm nod*
Gimme Sympathy bytafadhali.
We're so close to something better left unknown
Blow by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
bingeling.
You taste like cigarettes.
Go get your boys!
(and I won't do today's Snowflake Challenge, but you're all awesome and enrich my life in a myriad of ways ❤️)
House by
evewithanapple. Also, while I'm not in Heated Rivalry fandom, I am a fan of excellent vidders. And I know for a fact these vidders are most excellent. *firm nod*
Gimme Sympathy by
tafadhali.We're so close to something better left unknown
Blow by
You taste like cigarettes.
Go get your boys!
(and I won't do today's Snowflake Challenge, but you're all awesome and enrich my life in a myriad of ways ❤️)