Excellent detailed description of your dream. Cumol

It sounds to me like an anxiety dream, no? Everything that is normal and stable and organized (the binder), everything that tells you who you are and where you're supposed to be is falling apart -- first page by page and then in large chunks.

And of course, there's nothing in the book anyway. The woman who gave it to you was delusional (having you swim in the women's qualifiers). You're underlying fear is that when your moorings (the binder) are gone, you will join the madness.

But that's what dreams are for: to process all the anxiety and fear. You wake up, like we all do, wondering if our entire society is balanced on toothpicks.

Last night, I woke up at 3:00 a.m. and discovered that the power had gone out. I truly felt: now this? now this? I checked the neighbourhood hub facebook group and a dozen people were up at 3:00 a.m reporting their location and asking if anyone else had lost power. It was back on in 20 or so minutes . . . but for a while there . . .

saw this the other day bfx and will try the LOW-SLO mo this time.

I've been making 15 cups of dry ingredients mixed with 3/4 cup of oil and 3/4 cup of honey, syrop, molasses, what have you.

my dry ingredients include lots of nuts, because not allergic.

Also 1 cup of bran, wheat germ, oat bran, to add to the oatmeal

Add dried fruit later, after the baking, mix well: dried apricots, prunes, raisins, cranberries. I'll try figs/dates, chopped up small.

it fills two cookie tins and seems to last and taste fresh till it's done -- maybe two months? not sure. Goes really well with homemade yogurt.

I admit, though, that the nuts can be pricey -- .

going back through a bunch of hockey . . . so good.

This is sad and perfect. I'll listen to it again. It seems very timely.

Hi tng. What a time this is. I don't know what else to say except that I hope we'll all still be around when it's over and get to know each other all over again. The borders are closed, travelling is impossible - I don't know when I'd be willing to get into an airplace again -- but maybe, just maybe the tenth Hubskiversary will come around December 2 and we can meet in some warm place... or maybe it will be pushed back like everything else.

Does messaging notifications work? Anyway, hi steve and hi thenewgreen

That's gorgeous Elizabeth. Well done. Isn't the braiding fun? When you feel like it again, try the six-stranded braided challah.

Along with mk's daughter

Fracking?

"We should all prepare now."

https://virologydownunder.com/past-time-to-tell-the-public-it-will-probably-go-pandemic-and-we-should-all-prepare-now/

mk please respond to my pm. I'll post to hubski about the hubskiversary soon as I hear from you.

steve would you be up for a 10th hubskiversary reunion?

pming you

renew your passport?

I haven't labelled it best or worst. I imagine it could be both.

Rocky Racoon

It hits so many philosophical points -- Gideon's Bible, hoedowns, showdowns, base instincts: jealousy, revenge, guns, intoxicated doctors.

Full Disclosure: I called myself Nancy for awhile, but never McGill, although it's a fine university.

December 2 is not that far off. Is there a barn or stable or manger where hubski was first born. A basement? A lab where mk was tinkering. Perhaps the 10th anniversary party should be in a pub near there. Let's make it for the weekend. I can drive down to Michigan. Unless Trump was re-elected. Let's agree to have the 10th anniversary party in Canada -- Windsor or Sarnia -- if Trump is re-elected.

Or for that matter, my house, but it's a bit further.

I print a lot of stuff. I'm still using my HP Laserjet 1012 (discontinued in 2006, compatible with Windows 98). Even with my fabulous new eyes (!!!) I often find it easier to read on paper. And I have huge stacks of one-side-good paper. Weirdly, what just came up in my one-side-good paper pile is thenewgreen's résumé from 2015. I guess we were editing it. Very fun to come across this.

and very fun to see elizabeth's post below with a pic of ButterflyEffect. Always great to see my friends as real people.

I've been a hubskier for 8.5 years. Hubski has been around for about 9 years. I'm quietly planning our tenth birthday party. mk is there an exact date?

If anyone would like to chime in to give their perspective on what makes hubski the kind of place that people want to come back to, or to engage with one another, I'd really like to hear those points of view.

But seriously, those who continue on hubski after the honeymoon tend to demonstrate qualities I appreciate.

perfect kantos: the inventory of feelings. I give that to my students to help them develop a vocabulary of feelings beyond the Seseme Street ones (mad, bad, sad, glad).

The archive system here is great.

That example there in the blog, about someone being an asshole in the car and blowing up was the apology that I wished for but never got.

Luckily, that 22-year relationship is over, and I got the Prius.

:-)

Thanks ref and thanks for the card/letter. I intend to answer soon.

It seems to be giving me an error for now. might try later.