Jill Dyer

Excellent post.  No beer in the fridge?  Another sacrilege, but mixing the flour with water and a small amount of dried yeast, and a pinch of sugar and leaving till bubbles form will also work as a batter for the good old standby Fish and Chips.
Mushy peas also go well with individual meat(usually beef) pies.  Here in Oz it's known as a pie floater, and has a dollop of tomato ketchup on the pie. Oh, and served in a soup plate.

My UK mother used to fork (or dig over, I don't remember precisely) the ground over before winter, leaving large clods of earth in the process. Her theory being that the frost would break open the clods, making it much easier to make the soil ready for planting when the Spring finally turned up.  She always managed to feed us with the produce, so something must have been right 😊

Shout at the TV News - does no good but I feel better afterwards.
Deep breathe under the lemon scented gum in the paddock - this works best.  There was one where I worked, stress all the time, so this was my go-to.
Go for a walk, have a nice cup of tea - herbal or otherwise,   and that old remedy - 'Keep Calm and Carry On"

Lots of different tree frogs in northern Australia. . . famous for living in toilets, under the rim, and emerging with the flush, and being quite vocal about it.*  It's unnerving in the middle of the night, in the dark, when only half awake.  I speak from experience 😰  Often there is no clear way that the little or not so little critters have accessed the  pipes.

* often nicknamed 'Clancy of the Overflow'  after a famous poem character.

"the impossible just takes a little bit longer"
https://www.jeanmillet.org/
https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-francois-millet
These seem to be a repository of large scale images of JFM's works that could prove helpful while the search is on for a book.  Often the more "obscure" [sorry if that's an insult to the artist] books can be found in the shops of Municipal art galleries or  bigger Museums.
I've found Powell's used books very helpful, reasonable prices and prompt service, once the book is tracked down.  Just had a rummage - they have 9 in stock at the moment.
https://www.powells.com/bookstore/powells-city-of-books

In the back of my mind (my, it's cluttered in there) I seem to remember that there is a removable sticky tape (3M or Scotch maybe) that might do the trick.  Approx. 1cm wide.  

This webpage may prove useful - no idea really, watercolours are outside my experience, but I'm one of those folks who have to "know".
https://www.kerriewoodhouse.com/blog/watercolour-masking-fluid-alternatives
Having read through it, I'd suggest using a cotton bud (tip?) for mopping up operations rather than a paper towel.  
At least there are some ideas to try.  Best of luck.

You know how it goes,  stew, boring, how to liven it up. . . reached for the Cajun spice mix and gave it 5 hard shakes, to a concoction of beef and veggies to serve two.   Previously, one shake made little difference, all I could taste was the thyme. . .  Time came for consumption and boy, was it hot, to me anyhow, I have no tolerance for super hot where tears run down the cheeks etc.   Unfortunately, there was some left over.  Some research later there was a suggestion that a good glob of yogurt might fix the situation.   Don't believe in fairies, or that a potato will remove over-salting,  but this actually worked!   A big thank you to whoever worked this one out.

My folks made parsnip wine using the 'float the yeast on toast' method.  I think the idea was to lessen the presence of yeast particles in the final straining before bottling.  Fermentation vessel was one of those large bowls from Victorian personal washing sets that came with a large jug for the hot water.  Covered with a tea towel during fermentation
Marble sized portion of yeast is about a cubic centimetre.  Baker's yeast was used, end product slightly less alcoholic than if wine yeast used.

Other end of the world, but a southerly buster in progress,  the leaves of the watsonia are practically horizontal and the magpies are having fun jumping off their branch, wings extended and gliding backwards, rinse and repeat!  Walking out in it takes the breath away.