Raven M

"The transformation goes beyond just bigger harvests. Healthier soils mean these farms will stay productive for generations. Less chemical runoff means cleaner water for entire communities. And higher yields mean more income for families who desperately need it."
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2025-11-28 21:09:46 UTC

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Markers are the key!

2025-11-14 17:06:58 UTC

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I love the cream and lemon colors 🙂

2025-11-14 17:05:15 UTC

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I love these pics 😍

2025-08-26 18:31:39 UTC

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Also good with lime juice.

2025-08-23 16:10:34 UTC

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Nope 🙂

2025-08-23 14:32:44 UTC

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Earl Grey (yum!) = bergamot?

2025-08-23 13:59:37 UTC

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Reminds me of a grapefruit tree I grew from seed as a houseplant. Is it citrus?

2025-07-24 22:59:52 UTC

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For sure! You can also look back and realize that you did what you could with the resources you had at the time, whether that is personal character, community, or material resources.

2025-07-24 14:41:07 UTC

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Almost infinite! Sometimes you have to start fresh. Particularly, there's a bacteria that can take over, I forgot what it's called. It is harmless to eat, but turns the consistency of the yogurt to SNOT 🤢😆
Unlikely to happen on your first batch, though. 😎

2025-07-22 14:56:03 UTC

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Whole Again by Jackson Mackenzie

2025-07-17 15:35:37 UTC

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I love making lacto-fermentented relish with peppers. Easy, uses a lot of peppers, and delicious 😋

2025-07-09 14:07:43 UTC

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Ouch!

2025-07-03 14:52:44 UTC

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"Fairy egg" or "fart egg" depending on who you ask lol

2025-06-17 14:45:35 UTC

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💖

2025-06-09 15:11:37 UTC

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👋 Hello and welcome 🙂

2025-06-07 20:37:10 UTC

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This tree looked shiny silver up close!
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2025-06-07 15:34:17 UTC

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Or saute and devour that way. Or chop and add to a frittata or stir fry. 😋

2025-05-22 16:25:35 UTC

Newly emerged cicada
https://images2.imgbox.com/3d/bc/igWcdKys_o.jpg
I love their wings 😍
https://images2.imgbox.com/8d/a8/lRpVUXg9_o.jpg
https://images2.imgbox.com/66/1d/lqslexlz_o.jpg
#insects #photography #nature #gardening

2025-05-22 16:14:07 UTC

Sample spin, Shetland, 2-ply
https://images2.imgbox.com/2c/38/aXyoyRWT_o.jpg
Spinning brushed locks resulted in a heathered color. I want to play with my joins to see if I can get little pops of the paler color.
#fiberarts #wool #Shetland #handspinning

2025-05-19 17:45:21 UTC

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Don't know how often you bake, but I've learned if a recipe looks/sounds sketchy it probably is and I should change things on the fly (less/more liquid/levening etc) until it seems closer to correct.

2025-05-15 05:10:51 UTC

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Plums - easy care trees, beautiful, versatile fruit
beans,
perennial culinary herbs (thyme, rosemary, sage)

2025-05-03 15:51:43 UTC

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Thank you for sharing with us 😊

2025-04-27 15:39:54 UTC

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I'd go with option one. Retaining the equity of the property you own and being able to generate a semi-passive income seems like the better option. Downsizing and traveling will both be good tools for expanding your perspectives and learning which items and conveniences you'd rather have available and which are unimportant. There's a lot more I could say, but I am pre-coffee and fuzzy-headed.

2025-04-24 16:36:43 UTC

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I was with you until "We are the daughter's of Abraham" 🤮 To associate oneself with the founder of a religion that deeply denigrates women seems the opposite of empowering.

2025-04-24 16:29:28 UTC

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Beautiful 😊 Thank you for sharing 💚

2025-04-20 03:01:06 UTC

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Probably not 😜

2025-04-20 03:00:39 UTC

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The value in pride, joy, and sustainability is immense! 💙💚🧡
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2025-04-20 02:57:09 UTC

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Thanks :)
To my delight, I find I don't need patience most of the time. I love the wool and the process! I do cuss out my spinning wheel tension from time to time 😆🤫

2025-04-20 02:43:33 UTC

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Almost 90 yds, about 70g, about 8 wpi
Finnsheep, nice drape, little elasticity. https://image.nostr.build/14f2b18445b9a6c728a51295aad17ad20b60063056f06c5be640be97e445ebd4.jpg

2025-03-10 16:02:54 UTC

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Brilliant! Lovely way to start the day 🎶

2025-03-07 17:52:48 UTC

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Beautiful!

2025-03-07 17:48:11 UTC

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Agreed. I'm working with the materials easily at hand. Yes, this will be flat before long, but is definitely a valuable addition to the hard-packed clay underneath.

2025-03-07 03:59:22 UTC

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Have been missing your posts! Hope you're well 💚

2025-02-27 02:21:22 UTC

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Sounds amazing!

2025-02-27 02:17:46 UTC

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How fun! 😃

2025-02-27 01:50:54 UTC

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Hello! 🤗

2025-02-25 23:24:03 UTC

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Yay!

2025-02-24 18:15:37 UTC

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GM 🌞

2025-02-23 16:25:18 UTC

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Been there! Praying 💚

2025-02-16 17:51:48 UTC

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Beautiful photo! 😍

2025-02-16 17:11:59 UTC

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Aw, I feel ya. I was scrolling through recipes the other day and all the summer ingredients were making my mouth water! 😋

2025-02-13 16:12:04 UTC

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If he's not used to chewy things it may take a bit for him to accept them as food. I had one cat that dove into a whole chicken wing with joyous fierce growls while his brother looked at me piteously and wouldn't even try to eat until I gave him chicken cut up in little bites.
Dry food is full of so much crap, some of it not even food. I agree the canned mush can't be good for their teeth and jaws.

2025-02-08 02:48:10 UTC

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Troy posted while I was typing lol
: If you're zinc deficient you can lose taste and smell. Zinc can be used up fighting viruses.
I took quercetin after losing taste and smell during my first covid experience. Not sure if it helped, but I heard it does. 🤷‍♀️

2025-01-23 13:55:22 UTC

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Yum! 😋 Looks amazing

2025-01-20 17:07:20 UTC

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Welcome 😊

2025-01-19 18:18:09 UTC

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Yummy! 😋
I dry the tops and use them as I would dried parsley.

2025-01-04 14:04:37 UTC

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You can add their names to your blocked words as well.

2024-12-30 01:01:37 UTC

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Me too ❤

2024-12-30 00:56:33 UTC

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I love them 😍 they are so cheery, capable of blooming all winter, reseed liberally, the smell of their resin is so wonderful to me, they make skin-healing salve or oil, and lymph-stimulating tincture.

2024-12-30 00:52:19 UTC

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Same as being healthy generally. Eat whole foods. Make sure you're getting enough good fat and drinking enough. Fresh air, sunlight and physical activity every day. And some form of meditative practice that grounds you in your body and the present moment.

2024-12-30 00:47:34 UTC

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Calendula 🧡 medicinal as well as beautiful 🌞

2024-12-28 14:34:19 UTC

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Definitely gargle salt water! 4 or 5 times a day. Sage tea helps too. And raw honey.
If it's bacterial, oregano tincture will knock it down.

2024-12-16 13:52:27 UTC

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I was like "ooh, interesting, I've never heard anyone happy about mosquitoes. I wonder what goo... Oh." 😆

2024-12-13 15:13:33 UTC

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Are they similar to walking onions? I finally planted some last year and I love them!

2024-12-13 04:36:07 UTC

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🤩

2024-12-13 04:34:53 UTC

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😂 Love it!

2024-12-12 02:33:13 UTC

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I miss this noisy guy 💙 https://image.nostr.build/1387b70d1fedaf7c31b0b0219bab8346d13bdebc018dfd8c893c853c16cb4b23.jpg

2024-12-11 14:03:50 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/c7fb372e73f5e30664e5c6ad57e5e43aaf7a87e5314fcdf2db7dc9f359c555da.jpg

2024-12-11 13:29:32 UTC

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I've been feeling this strongly the past several days! Working through a lot of old stuff, taking steps to release it. 💚

2024-11-29 15:34:33 UTC

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Absolutely! 😋

2024-11-25 04:14:45 UTC

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I think the weight needs to be on the outside edge 🤔 but I could try washers and see. I have another small spindle with a stone wheel and a similarly small diameter. The problem with it is that as soon as it stops spinning it goes backward with equal speed.

2024-11-24 15:28:44 UTC

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I spun this sample with a tiny drop spindle I made with a dowel and a wooden toy wheel. It's a little too light to spin properly and I ended up putting a couple rubber bands around the wheel to add weight.
https://image.nostr.build/78ed454154a6edc4ad16060ed2093288d5819f1df88e0b929a6a2a35ba128b5b.jpg

2024-11-24 06:29:59 UTC

Combed and spun a sample of Babydoll Southdown wool today. The fleece was long, for Babydoll. It was quite fine and soft but very easy to comb and draft. Beautiful to work with!
#handspinning #BabydollSouthdown #wool #yarn
https://image.nostr.build/139dd617f523bb4b5e502396b83e4e12d132ce74e2a2812ae140c526013192be.jpg

2024-11-22 15:32:10 UTC

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In my experience you need to combine chiro with massage and physical therapy for anything ongoing. Shop around to find a really reputable practitioner.
Studies suggest the having your neck adjusted could cause injury and that massage actually works better than adjustments to relieve neck pain.
I've had significant relief in having my lower back adjusted.
I spent years trying to get my rib and upper back area relatively pain-free. Chiro alone could only address acute problems, not chronic ones.

2024-11-18 13:26:35 UTC

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Looks delicious!

2024-11-17 14:24:05 UTC

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😎

2024-11-17 14:23:48 UTC

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😆

2024-11-16 21:58:32 UTC

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I'm definitely getting into plant dyes at some point 😁

2024-11-16 21:20:47 UTC

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Thanks! It's so meditative for me 😌 I love it!

2024-11-16 19:13:08 UTC

Handspun yarn, bulky and lace.
#handspinning #Finnsheep #wool #yarn

2024-11-15 21:30:01 UTC

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One of my heroes 💚

2024-11-15 18:38:51 UTC

Here's my first finished novella, a retelling of Medusa's story. I wrote it 8 years ago. I'm really proud of it! I haven't finished anything long since. I'm done setting hurdles in the way of sharing it. So, here it is.
If you like Greek mythology or fantasy you might enjoy it.
https://ravenmmcentire.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/medusa-1-3/

2024-10-21 00:04:41 UTC

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😆 thank you! I was so curious 👀
Autotranslate is almost always sus lol

2024-10-20 15:19:24 UTC

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🤔
https://image.nostr.build/eb1f4a73e86450878589c326d65f311e0d80a8dc1103a49ffb9cc18edf205edd.jpg

2024-10-06 16:46:46 UTC

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You too! 💚

2024-10-06 16:42:29 UTC

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I have a good imagination, but this is one I have difficulty comprehending.

2024-10-05 15:46:02 UTC

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It helps neutralize anti-nutrients that make seeds harder to digest.

2024-10-02 15:13:33 UTC

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Ooh, interesting. I like munching on radish seed pods. Curious to know how this turns out.

2024-10-01 15:00:33 UTC

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"the curse of an introvert-comedian" I love it lol

2024-10-01 14:04:57 UTC

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That would be an interesting read for sure!

2024-10-01 13:59:54 UTC

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Yes! It is satire and makes me giggle all the way through. One of my favorite books.

2024-10-01 13:51:51 UTC

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Not true for everyone. Weed helped me sleep through the night regularly for the first time in literally over a decade. And, since I forget about smoking when I am not in pain, it's clearly not addiction talking.

2024-10-01 04:59:06 UTC

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Beautiful!

2024-09-30 14:13:40 UTC

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Good morning 🌞
No heat, no toothbrushes, no coffee...
But last night before finally getting to sleep near 2 a.m. we laughed until we cried 🤣 and I'm so grateful and blessed to be doing life with someone so awesome 💚💚💚
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2024-09-30 06:47:34 UTC

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🤔 I would try transferring some and see what happens. Seems likely it would act like a starter.

2024-09-29 20:00:34 UTC

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I love it! Took me a while to get the timing down, and to figure out the instructions to "stir for 10 seconds" before pressing is unnecessary, and sometimes results in bitter coffee.
I've had it for 9 years and it's in great condition. I had to replace the rubber once (because I have a bad habit of not taking it apart right away).
Moving days are as fraught with snafus as wedding days 😆 but we are dealing well so far. It helps to have the best moving buddy (idr how to tag Troy 🤔)

2024-09-29 15:50:32 UTC

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Haha! It was around 10 years ago (that figure just seems wrong 😳 lol) that I watched a bunch of his interviews. I really enjoyed them.

2024-09-29 15:43:50 UTC

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❤🍑

2024-09-29 15:43:14 UTC

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I enjoyed his memoir, Hitch-22, quite a lot. I haven't read any of his others, so I don't know how they compare to his talks.

2024-09-29 15:12:54 UTC

#coffeestr #moving day
GM https://image.nostr.build/139751f280418a3bcbf9be507682d7d5bcdb02799c18be59a2a6b0459f1369fc.jpg

2024-09-29 13:27:06 UTC

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Great find at our new home 😍😂 It's a good sign!
https://image.nostr.build/8ab21748c86186f0a19c6ea5b3eb442288027dcd7e43c826554b413316cc5a72.jpg
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2024-09-27 21:01:31 UTC

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I have not personally, but a quick search says they mainly eat seedlings when there's a population boom and they run out of the dead plant matter they prefer. Diatomaceous earth sprinkled around the seedlings may keep them at bay.
Leaving a couple inches around the seedlings un-mulched might help as well.
Encouraging habitat for lizards or frogs may help keep the population down.

2024-09-27 20:49:05 UTC

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In my case it was at age 12, after watching the movie Space Camp. I'd been poring over photos of space for years, and loved Sci-Fi (Star Trek AND Star Wars equally, thanks Dad 🤗)
And then... Space Camp somehow unlocked "😮 you mean... I could GO to space?!!! 😀 Hot dog! Sign me up! I'm totally smart enough to be an astronaut. Let's go!"
I did not end up pursuing it though.
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2024-09-27 19:36:54 UTC

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Thanks! :)

2024-09-27 19:34:58 UTC

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Yes! https://image.nostr.build/89f4eff998e32b2636b19ce56a50501e2d43e126d653ca9360ba86ff7b2a442c.jpg

2024-09-27 19:03:23 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/5bdf3a9d0f1936e51971d9676550f2c96e7679186ccd27b8f7b554508af7b471.jpg
#handspinning #TurkishSpindle #dropspindle #wool #BabydollSouthdown #sheep #textiles #yarn #photography