Molly Conomy

j flynn wrote:Hi, jigsaw puzzles were a great sanity saver while I was in rehab after an accident. I would do them in the common room and others would come in and some would help, so the puzzles let to some socialization- good for all of us. Rehab is very isolating.

I had this experience too! Puzzles are a great social activity!

We are puzzle fanatics. I still have some of the puzzles I used to do with my grandmother 30 years ago. When we had the space, it was not uncommon to have a puzzle set out that we would all work on over the course of several days. Now we have to do them on large plastic trays (one is from the bottom of a dog crate) and slide them under the sofa.

I got my older daughter, 14, who is the most obsessed, a couple 1000/2000 piecers for Christmas. One of them was the "tree of life" with all the evolutionary branches. Yesterday I heard the younger one, 9, telling her older sister, "you're just an odd-toed ungulate!" So yes, they can be educational! 😂

One type we never do is photographic puzzles. I guess maybe because the photos are usually fairly boring, like what you'd see on the free calendar from the nature conservancy. There's a lot of really cool puzzle art out there though. Growing up with grandma it was mainly Charles Wysocki - I just ❤️ the simple little figures and all the farm animals!

Please be gentle if I'm not doing this right, but I think maybe I've got a badge bit?


Dandelion Pesto

Ingredients:

1 c. or so dandelion greens

1 medium drizzleish olive oil

handful toasted pecans

salt (to taste)

~5 drops lemon juice

an appropriate amount of hard cheese

[list]almost forgot garlic[/list

Instructions:

Mash it all up however you can. Spread on something crunchy.

It wasn't amazing or awful, but I wouldn't make it again without some major flavor addition. I still ate a good bit of it on the bread and then some crackers. I only had the jarred shakey cheese because that's what my roommates buy. It definitely would be better with a good parm, and I would probably consider putting some other seasonal herbs in to flavor it a little more. All I had were thyme, oregano, and sage and wasn't in the mood for them yesterday. I think standing up against fresh basil pesto is probably hard for any herb, not just a bitter green!

James Alun wrote:Wrong country, bit of an age difference and I’m not looking, but that was a great thread title! I like your brand of crazy.

thanks James!

Jay Wright wrote:You sound like fun. My wife said no. And who knew wrinkly was an eye colour! Heating shit with rockets- that Musk feller does that- only concrete and only little patches- but he does get them really hot!

☠️

Holly Magnani wrote:Hey
We have similar interests and skill sets. Whereabouts in Ohio are you? I, too, live here and want to leave. Ohio is great, Columbus sucks. We have family down south, in Georgia, so my ideal is going that direction. Would love to have my kids grow up within walking distance of the cousins, preferably through the woods and over the crik, We'll see how that goes. I'm stuck here for a little bit.

I've been to Montana and it is delightful. I did think I liked South Dakota a touch better but Montana is a big state and I didn't see all of it. Would love to connect and share baking recipes, cookin' stuff, heating stuff with rockets, or whatevs.

Hi Holly, I'm about 45 minutes east of Columbus. I've lived in the city and I got used to it but it does kind of suck. I had a small horse farm north of Westerville, but that's the one that's going away soon, probably. Great to meet you and yes, let's connect more! I would love to have actual in person permie friends!

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:They are reasonably airtight, but I haven't tested if they are watertight. Could they be used as floats somehow? Rafts for ducks/geese in a pond?

I mean, if you stuffed the Titanic full of these she might just meander up to the surface. Well, maybe.

The ones I have had are not airtight - I know because I spilled some what in my purse and ruined an entire bottle of a prescription!

T Melville wrote:

Molly Conomy wrote:I'm leaning towards something growing related, maybe a hydroponic rooting factory for cuttings?

I had some foam rafts left over from a previous experiment that failed. (Evidence suggests a cat walked on the raft to snag some of my fish. Not recommended for outdoors without some sort of barrier.) I don't have any net cups and it wasn't convenient to get any. The existing holes were too big to just drop cuttings into. Turns out a certain size of pill bottle cap fit perfectly. I drilled 'em, but smaller than the raft holes, so they're like grommets or shims. I like it so far, but it needs a little movement/ filtration. And a nutrient source, whether hydroponic style or from a fish tank.

I absolutely love this! could always just manually scoop up some water and pour it back in several times a day, possibly. I've had some luck with cuttings in stagnant water so I'm inclined to think even though not great that would improve oxygen somewhat maybe?

Dale Hodgins wrote:Waste is seen as opportunity and constraints become design challenges.

I know this is old but I came here looking for lint advice and just have to say this is my favorite. Constraints=challenges!

Just getting that stuff out of the way.

Otherwise, I'm fun, pretty, smart & educated, (with common sense too!), hardworking, creative, kind, generous, openminded, forgiving.

I can cook and bake exceptionally well, garden pretty well, sew and craft moderately well, and tinker with machines/fix things/run plumbing lines a little. I went back to school last year (after 20 years!) and should have a BS in psychology within the next semester or two. I'm a Chemical Dependency Counselors Assistant right now, although I just hold the title I'm not currently working in the field. I am however starting a non-profit to help those with mental illness and addiction and plan to incorporate a lot of permaculture teachings. In fact, the name of the nonprofit has the word "recycled" in it!

I currently own a small farm in Ohio, but I won't for very much longer. It's complicated, and part of that low value/baggage thing. Just keep swimming. I have 3 children, ages 9-23, and a poodle who rarely looks like a poodle. I don't understand why they make velcro dogs. Mentally, I struggle with some seasonal depression and I tend to obsess about new interests and hobbies. Current obsessions include heating shit with rockets, foraging, After 43 years, I've learned how to make my mind work for me rather than against me, most of the time. I don't take industrial pharmaceuticals regularly (although my poodle is on seizure meds) but I do enjoy a few more ancient and natural remedies, and I'm not opposed to western medicine on any philosophical front, I just try to keep things as simple as possible and know my inputs very well.

I'm probably stuck in Ohio for the next several years, and while I don't hate it, it has been my life long dream to move to Montana. I've never been to Montana, so I'm thinking of renting one of the cabins at Wheaton Labs next spring/summer so I can check it out. I would enjoy getting to know someone (platonically is ok too) who would like to rent the cabin with me. Even if you're not into a roadtrip to Wheaton, I would enjoy getting to know new people especially in Ohio/midwest but anywhere else is cool too.