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Storygraph 2026 - The Collected Book Suggestions

Jul. 12th, 2026 08:02 pm
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Bookish friends (and foes, too, I guess) - I have been to ReaderCon 2026! It was lovely - my first time, and it was a very chill and bookish place.

As per my usual mission, I like to walk away with a robust list of books I have never heard of before to add to my reading list - these suggestions mostly come from panels, conversations with other nerds, and things in the bookshop that I did not let myself immediately buy. 

(I will admit, some of these were bookmarked less because the specific title was praised, and more because I was using Storygraph to track this in real time. If a panelist did not mention a specific book, just picked what looked most interesting to me/most book-shaped.) 

Changeling by Delia Sherman
Bouncing Off the Moon by David Gerrold
South Riding by Winifred Holtby
Herlands: Exploring the Women's Land Movement in the United States by Keridwen N. Luis
Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber
The Wizard's Map by Jane Yolen
How to Be Gay by David M. Halperin
Anyway: Angie by Daniel José Older
The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein
The Rampant by Julie C. Day
The Battle of Jedha by George Mann
Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon
Tea with the Black Dragon by R.A. MacAvoy
Rose Macaulay – The Early Years Collection (7 Books including The Furnace, The Lee Shore, Non-Combatants and Others, What Not, Potterism - A Tragi-Farcical Tract, Dangerous Ages & Mystery At Geneva) by Rose Macaulay
A Fish Dinner in Memison by E.R. Eddison
The Unraveling by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Among You Taking Notes...: The Wartime Diaries of Naomi Mitchison 1939-1945 by Naomi Mitchison
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
Fantasy's Othering Fetish by P. Djèlí Clark
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer
Jumping Off the Planet by David Gerrold
The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories by Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple
Caliban Landing by Steven Popkes
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible by Charles E. Cobb Jr.
Death at the Crystal Palace by Jennifer Ashley
Mistress of Mistresses by E.R. Eddison
A Dubious Clamor by Marissa Lingen
Escape from Valo by Daniel José Older, Alyssa Wong
The Fall of the Kings by Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner
Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories by Naomi Kritzer
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd
The Last Unicorn by Beagle, Peter S. published by Ballantine (1969) [Mass Market Paperback] by Peter S. Beagle
Hammer's Slammers by David Drake
Finder by Suzanne Palmer
The Tragedy of King Alexander the Stag by Delia Sherman
Tremontaine: The Complete Season One by Patty Bryant, Malinda Lo, Racheline Maltese, Joel Derfner, Ellen Kushner, Paul Witcover, Alaya Dawn Johnson
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois
The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon
The Dark Descent by David G. Hartwell
The Man with the Knives by Tom Canty, Ellen Kushner
Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by Howard Chaykin, Mike Mignola, Al Williamson
The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
Fafhrd y el Ratonero Gris by Howard Chaykin, Mike Mignola, Fritz Leiber
The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors by Terri Windling
Doctor Mirabilis by James Blish
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
Engine Summer by John Crowley
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Spider in a Tree by Susan Stinson
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Counter Attack by 柴鸡蛋
Unconquered Countries by Geoff Ryman
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
Agent of Change by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Lex Talionis by R.S.A. Garcia
The Last Soul Among Wolves by Melissa Caruso
Solaris by Stanisław Lem
Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine
The Mystery of the Bitten Peach by Cecilia Tan
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
No Harmless Power: The Life and Times of the Ukrainian Anarchist Nestor Makhno by Charlie Allison
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso
Nothing Tastes as Good by Luke Dumas
The Kids Came Back Wrong by Wen-yi Lee
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado
Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was by Angélica Gorodischer
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein
These Deathless Shores by P.H. Low
Columbus and Other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism by Jack D. Forbes
The Night Library of Sternendach by Jessica Lévai

Slo-Mo Rewatch: Guardian episode 19, part 1

Jul. 13th, 2026 11:02 am
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Zhao Yunlan sprawled on a couch, grinning at his phone. The background shows a purply sky with stars. Text reads "Slo-Mo Rewatch. Guardian - half an episode per week @ sid-guardian.dreamwidth.org."


Hi, and welcome back to the Guardian drama Slo-Mo Rewatch. Watch half an episode a week, at your leisure, and then come and chat about it here in comments. Or you can just jump into the comments without rewatching, of course!

Here are the previous weeks' rewatch posts.

Episode 19, up to 20:18

Summary
Chu Shuzhi and Guo Changcheng are taking Ye Huo's proteges to safety when Zhu Jiu ambushes them. He puts Chu Shuzhi out of action and claims responsibility/credit for Bo Bi's brother's death. Ye Huo arrives and fights Zhu Jiu. Between Ye Huo and Chu Shuzhi (now back online), they get the upper hand, but Zhu Jiu explodes the fight club prize belt, knocking everyone out.

At the SID, despite knowing all the reasons not to, Zhao Yunlan contemplates using the Hallows to find Zhu Jiu. The Awl activates, and he takes it as a sign. It gives him a vision of being in a freezing lab where Guo Changcheng, Chu Shuzhi and Ye Huo are laid out on guernies, frozen and possibly dead; Chu Shuzhi wakes up and starts choking Zhao Yunlan while laughing maniacally. The nose bleed scene! Shen Wei is furious to find Zhao Yunlan unconscious again! The SID receives a ransom demand from Zhu Jiu: he wants the Hallows in exchange for the hostages.

In the lab, Ye Huo is badly hurt. Changcheng defies Zhu Jiu to insist on giving Ye Huo first aid. Chu Shuzhi distracts before Zhu Jiu can kill Changcheng. Meanwhile, Shen Wei and Zhu Hong head to the Snake village together; on the way, they talk about Zhu Hong's crush on Zhao Yunlan and the science of love.



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Shen Wei: I don't know too much about love. But based on the aspect of bioengineering, at least three days, at most three years, dopamine and norepinephrine will stop secreting. Maybe at that time, you won't have any affection toward him anymore.

Detail
Zhao Yunlan's previous visions have just been flashes of the past or future; this is the first one where he's entered the vision himself and interacted with it. He even shields his eyes against the glare. Is this a symptom of dark energy corruption, the Awl trying to be helpful, or something else?

Questions
Do you have a favourite scene or line of dialogue from this half episode? (If it's the nosebleed scene, do you have a second favourite as well? ;-) How much better would Chu Shuzhi's day have gone if Guo Changcheng had just done what he was told? Which part of the fight did you enjoy the most (Chu Shuzhi vs Zhu Jiu, Ye Huo vs Zhu Jiu, etc)? Why does Zhao Yunlan persist in hoping that touching the Hallows will be at all helpful? What are the best things about the nosebleed scene, for you? What does Zhu Hong think about Shen Wei being the one to go and talk to Fourth Uncle? On a scale of 1 to 10,000, how brave is Guo Changcheng? Any thoughts about Zhu Hong and Shen Wei's conversation about love?

Did you see any parallels in these scenes with other parts of the drama? If you're familiar with the novel, any thoughts about how the drama adaptation compares, if at all?

(As usual, these are all just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, and to say as much or as little as you like! You don't have to be keeping up with the rewatch to join in. We'd love to hear your thoughts!)

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this is a great fandom for hand kink (Biggles ficlet)

Jul. 12th, 2026 10:38 pm
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A bit of nonsense inspired by discussion on the WEJ discord this morning on the theme of what exactly is it about the way von Stalhein smokes a cigarette that makes him so instantly identifiable to Biggles. And I decided it wasn't the cigarette at all, it was the hands.

( fixating on your enemy's hands in a perfectly normal way )
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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, July 12

Jul. 12th, 2026 10:45 am
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Riley: I just didn't like hearing him (he pauses thoughtfully) talk about buffy that way. I think I... Well, I guess I like her.
Forrest: You're kind of like a moron.
Riley: So, you... You knew that I had feelings for her.
Forrest: Everybody knows, man. Oh, she's peculiar? Dead giveaway, buddy.

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Fic: Imprisoned

Jul. 12th, 2026 03:03 pm
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Okay, this was probably inevitable. I wrote a Horatio Hornblower fic. Movie!verse, set during the episode when Hornblower and company are imprisoned in Spain. Hurt-comfort, Hornblower finally gets around to telling Kennedy that Simpson is dead. It always bothered me that here poor Kennedy is having nightmares about Simpson and no one ever gets around to telling him the man has kicked it!

Fic: Imprisoned
Fandom: Hornblower (TV)
Rating: General audiences
Warnings: None
Relationships: Horatio Hornblower & Archie Kennedy
Characters: Horatio Hornblower, Archie Kennedy
Summary: While Kennedy lies in his sickbed in prison in Spain, Hornblower tells him Simpson is dead.
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Culinary

Jul. 12th, 2026 06:32 pm
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Last week's bread mostly held out.

Friday night supper: ersatz Thai fried rice with pepperoni.

Saturday breakfast rolls: eclectic vanilla, possibly a little on the stodgy side, but possibly the latest type of vanilla extract makes them more vanilla-y?

Today's lunch: chestnut mushrooms in olive oil, steamed asparagus in melted butter, Dulce Joya Vine Tomatoes (red and yellow) roasted in olive oil with basil, and cornbread (a little heavy: I think the baking powder, nearly at its use-by date, was possibly affected by weather/atmospheric conditions).

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Drama watching and fanfic writing

Jul. 12th, 2026 07:30 pm
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I started:

Mr. Kill

It’s a Thai thriller drama with Dew and Tee about a serial murder case where victims are killed the same way characters in a popular manga are killed. Dew is a manga artist and Tee is a police officer working on the case. They must join forces to uncover the truth and find the killer.

And, let me tell you, for a non BL drama there are so many romantic tropes here. Because, really: “Seeing you smile makes it all worth it.” It’s said by the police officer to the artist. And they have meet cute. And that was just the 1st episode. 😊


The Edge of Horizon

It’s a new historical Thai BL about a romance with class difference between a prince and a servant. With heaps of loyalty kink, angst and repressed longing. It’s OTT and rather soap-operaish, but very enjoyable. And I like the lead actors and their chemistry. And there are a few great secondary characters. And Pond Ponlavit clearly liked being a bad guy in ClaireBell so much that he’s a bad guy again here. 😉

The drama starts in 1920, but then in episode 3 there is a 11 years time skip, and the rest happens in 1931. The servant is the respected captain in the army now, the prince is the king’s private secretary. And from what I’ve read it covers the events that lead to Promoters Revolution, which happened in 1932. It was a bloodless coup that overthrew the king, put an end to absolute monarchy in Thailand, and initiated the so-called Constitutional Era. So I’m not just being entertained by pretty boys kissing, but learning new things about Thailand history, too. I like it. 😊


Agent Kim Reactivated

It’s a new kdrama on Netflix, which I started watching on a whim. But I enjoy it so much. I’m not surprised it’s so highly rated, because it’s very entertaining. It has spectacular, beautifully choreographed fights where out super competent heroes fight 20 bad guys and win. It has a very charismatic lead played by So Ji Sub. It’s has a trio of bickering, bromancy friends played by fantastic actors, who make me laugh out loud and cheer them on.

Ok, it does require a very high level of suspension of disbelief, but I don’t mind that at all. And it is quite gory in the beginning, since the villains have to be shown to be very despicable to make brutal violence against them justified. And for me that goriness was just on the edge of what I can stomach right now.

The main character is a former spy that now leads an ordinary life as a single father of a teenage girl. He hides his past and on the surface seems like a mild-mannered and even a bit timid guy. But that all changes when his beloved daughter goes missing. He and his two friends from his spy past now have to use their skills to find her.


I also still watch and enjoy A Dog And A Plane, which is adorable, funny, horny and touching. Jojo Tichakorn’s dramas don’t always work for me, but when they do, then they really do work. This drama does work for me perfectly.

And I finished watching Enemies With Benefits, which was lovely, funny, sexy and sweet and stuck the landing beautifully. Jan and Jingjing are wonderful and hot together, and I look forward to their next drama.

And I have so many interesting trailers bookmarked, but maybe I’ll make a new post about them, since that one is long enough as it is. 😊


As for fanfic writing things are going really well. I posted two Dare You to Death fic. Out of three I have planned in the series of smutty canon compliant fics. And that third fic is probably like two-thirds done already, too. Yay, me.

Touch (1796 words)
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Jade/Kamin
Additional Tags: Episode Related, Porn with Feelings, First Time, Riding, Dom/sub Undertones, Top Kamin, Bottom Jade
Series: Part 1 of Love Scenes
Summary:

“Are we more than just boss and subordinate now?” Jade asks.

“It’s been that way for a long time,” Kamin says. “You’re the only one who didn’t notice.”

And oh, that wide delighted smile that appears on Jade’s face, that joy in his eyes, that happiness written on his face so openly... How can Kamin not love him? How can Kamin not want him with his whole heart, body and soul?

He puts his palm on the nape of Jade’s neck and gently pulls him closer. Their lips meet in a kiss. And all those feelings boiling inside Kamin right now – love, desire, possessiveness, the need to take and to control – make him so pleasantly warm. It makes his heart race and his cock harden.

Their first time in episode 6 from Kamin’s POV.


Take it off (2172 words)
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Jade/Kamin
Additional Tags: Episode Related, Porn with Feelings, Blow Jobs, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Coming Untouched, Light Dom/sub, Top Kamin, Bottom Jade
Series: Part 2 of Love Scenes
Summary:

Kamin pushes Jade’s chin up with his index finger.

“Be good for me, Jade,” he says.

It’s not an order. Not really. But in a way it is. Jade swallows and nods, and that warm wave inside him is now like a summer storm, hot and wild.

Kamin gives him a look. His eyes are dark with lust. His iron control is crumbling, and Jade can’t help but smile triumphantly. He did this. He made Kamin look at him like this – with laser-sharp focus, with obsessive intensity. Jade loves Kamin looking at him like he wants to devour Jade whole. Jade for sure doesn’t mind that. He would even say that he loves it.

Let’s say that in episode 8 there was a longer break between the scene at the gym and the whole action of pursuing a drug dealer. Let’s imagine that pursuing happened the next day and they had the whole night to do more than just some teasing and flirting. And here they do so much more. :) This time from Jade’s POV.

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2026-W28 weeknotes

Jul. 12th, 2026 10:05 am
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Life

A bummer of a week, as the poor elderly kitty I'm catsitting had to be put to sleep (locked post) after vets discovered a tumor in her colon. I housesit so many elderly cats that something like this was bound to happen at some point, but it was unexpected for THIS particular cat, who had just had a check-up before I started sitting here.

I'll still be here in Bend for the rest of the month. I decided to go down to southern California to visit my parents for a few weeks before my next sit in northern California, as a sort of vacation.

Media

📖 Didn't do much book reading this week, but I did go to the zine library and swapped out old loans for new loans. Read a really good one about doing a "screen free summer"-- basically de-emphasizing your phone for 3 months as a break from social media/constantly being online.

One tip I particularly liked is instead of immediately looking up actors/movie info/etc. while watching a movie, write down your questions/topics and then research them later. I've gotten better about focusing on movies when I'm watching them BUT I constantly feel the itch to look up IMDB facts. Physically writing down my questions for later seems like a great idea!

🎮 Been playing HOURS AND HOURS of Elden Ring (the Convergence mod version). Probably too many hours, so I've taken a break from it this weekend to refresh myself! But it's a lot of fun and only a little scary.

📺 Watched several good movies this week!

The Substance (2024); don't usually go for horror movies but this was so cool, a retro style body horror with lots of practical effects.

Dune Part 1 (2021) and Dune Part 2 (2024); I thought these were great, though I liked part 1 a bit more than part 2. Loved the costumes, and I don't remember enough about the book to be offended at what they cut/changed/etc. Looking forward to Part 3 this winter.

Also watched a few episodes in Severance season 2, which probably wasn't the best idea for a week where I was already on an emotional roller coaster

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Recent theater

Jul. 12th, 2026 12:32 pm
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Saw a phenomenal production of Pippin at the Signature Theatre: I did already love this musical— about a young prince attempting to find meaning in war, hedonism, revolution, power, etc., only to continuously find himself disillusioned and unfulfilled, until he realizes an ordinary life isn't so bad after all— but this was just an objectively outstanding cast and staging. Staged in the round, immersive and intimate in a way that worked so well with the show's meta-theatrical aspects— the ending, when Pippin chooses an ordinary life over the "grand finale" of a spectacular suicide and the Leading Player flips out (lights up! costumes off! stop the music!) and all the typical theater trappings are stripped away, felt especially striking in such a small space. The Leading Player (Cedric Neal) was enthralling to watch, seductive and menacing by turns, and his vocal riffs in "Glory" earned multiple bursts of mid-song applause (X), but literally everyone in the cast was great, 10/10; I kept finding my eyes drawn to different members of the ensemble throughout the show, because they all brought a lot of personality to it. Something about the staging actually reminded me a bit of the Broadway revival of Cabaret— mostly the shabby-chic Pierrot aesthetic of the ensemble Players' costumes, I think, but to some extent the choreography, and maybe also just both being staged in the round? Also, this had fabulous lighting design, especially the ceiling of fairy lights and illuminated constellations on the stage itself, and the apt, warmly sunrise-colored lighting pouring from the four on-/off-stage entryways during "Morning Glow."

Saw What Became of Us, also at the Signature, a two-actor play about two siblings— the elder born in the Old Country and the younger born in This Country— narrating each other's/their intertwined life stories. The elevating concept here is that the production has two alternating casts, with actors of different ethnic backgrounds— I saw its cast of Asian actors, and the alternate cast was Latino; it looks like the original NYC production had an Asian cast and a Middle Eastern cast— which emphasizes the universality of the experiences that the characters describe, even as certain lines (e.g., vague references to political unrest as the reason their family left the Old Country) take on different significance/interpretations when viewed through the lens of different diaspora. Technically also staged in the round, although it was more of a rectangle and with just an open space instead of a stage, cozily set-dressed with what could have been anyone's grandmother's living-room furniture; the actors occasionally passed out "family photos" or otherwise interacted briefly with the audience.

Saw Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen at Studio Theatre, a darkly funny one-man show about an anxious British stand-up comedian fighting the impulse to self-sabotage his relationship with his cataplectic – but otherwise perfect – American boyfriend. (Cataplexy is a version of narcolepsy triggered by laughter, so you can see the problem here, especially since the Comedian is convinced the condition is fatal. I suspect that one reason the show is one 75-minute act is so you don't have a chance to google cataplexy during intermission and spoil the show's punchline.) I'm curious whether actor Steven Webb's performance took any inspiration from Australian comedian Rhys Nicholson, because I could see it, especially in his way of punctuating the Comedian's cringier moments with a sort of full-body scrunch; apparently this was originally performed at Edinburgh Fringe with Samuel Barnett as the Comedian, and I could definitely see him in the role/shades of Barnett in Webb's performance, as well.
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Multifandom: Thinking of You

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Women's sport weekend

Jul. 12th, 2026 01:56 pm
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Last Saturday was a one-day women's ice hockey tournament hosted by the Sheffield Shadows, and Kodiaks sent a team, a mix of both Kodiaks 1 and Kodiaks 2 players.

( ice hockey day )

Sunday morning I drove back to Cambridge, unpacked, packed a picnic, picked up Verity and drove to booked parking near Cambridge (central) station, and we went to see the women's T20 world cup final at Lord's.

( cricket day )

And then it was back to work on Monday, in a growing heatwave (again) ...

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Cooking with crushed grain

Jul. 12th, 2026 02:49 pm
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Den nya gröten av Sébastien Boudet (2025) (translation: The New Porridge)
Very inspiring book on how to use cereals! It's like discovering a whole new area of food. The author has also written a book on baking. What I've used the most is to crush whole grains of wheat (or emmer, einkorn, dinkel, barley, oats, or rye) in our mill such that you get both large fragments and a bit of what's basically flour. This happens naturally when you grind it. Then you soak it in water overnight, but importantly you should use only half the amount of water as compared to grain (by weight). The purpose of this is to shorten the cooking time next day, but also to improve nutrition as the phytates get broken down when the grain thinks it's starting to germinate. The next day, you fry the grain in fat to get a browning reaction, then slowly add liquid and salt and cook under a lid until soft. This is the basic form, like a more delicious and flavorful version of bulgur. Keep the added liquid to a minimum. The flour component contributes a pleasing slight stickiness, like the starch in sticky rice. You can also of course do it without crushing the grain first, if you don't want any stickiness, but then the cooking time will be a little longer. Or you could sift away the flour.

This basic form can be used like rice, bulgur or pasta to accompany a sauce or stew or stir-fry. But you can do a lot more with it:
- Make a more flavorful, fiber-rich, and nutritious breakfast porridge than you get from oatmeal. For this you should soak the crushed grain in equal amounts of water, rather than half, to get a wetter consistency, and also add more water in the cooking step.
- Make an all-in-one "bolognese": after the first frying step, add chopped tomatoes/passata, chopped onions, some other vegetables of your choice, herbs of your choice, black pepper, some white wine, and either fried minced meat or cooked beans. Great for feeding a lot of people.
- Make a salad: after the grain is cooked, add chopped vegetables and legumes of your choice, then mix with a dressing of tahini, olive oil, pomegranate syrup, lemon juice, salt, and chopped parsley. At the end, add pieces of feta cheese and sprinkle with toasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
- Make a "risotto": fry the grain in lots of butter, and add chopped onions and celery, and dried bolete mushrooms. Add whatever other vegetables and legumes you want (or bacon). For the liquid, use white wine and stock alternately. At the end, add copious amounts of shredded parmesan.
- Make this (but modified to use crushed grains).
- Make this (but modified to use crushed grains).

So I'm sorry to promote something delicious that requires you to have a grain mill and access to whole grains, preferably from local organic farmers! But really there are so many other good things you can do with that, like bake awesome bread! Do consider it. There are small tabletop electric mills that are a lot cheaper than the one I got. Next step: grow the grain ourselves. : D
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Jul. 12th, 2026 03:05 am
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Jul. 12th, 2026 03:03 am
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Just Create - Fan Edition

Jul. 11th, 2026 07:59 pm
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 What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?
 
Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?
 
What do you just want to talk about?
 
What have you been watching or reading?
 
Chores and other not-fun things count!
 
Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky.
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i heard your voice coming from somewhere

Jul. 11th, 2026 10:15 pm
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I got up this morning and did some chores (I had to re-season my carbon steel frying pan, among other things) and then set to baking an orange blueberry crumb cake where I subbed in orange zest in the cream cheese filling and orange juice in the cake (where I doubt you'll be able to taste it), because as previously mentioned, my sister doesn't like lemon and I wanted her to eat some cake (if she wanted to). But since I can't taste it ahead of time, I started to get a little nervous, so after dinner, I also baked a big tray of brownies because I know everybody likes them.

In other news, the Women's Pro Baseball League is coming, starting August 1st! And New York has a team! As I said to my nephew, they are bound to be better than the Mets! So I will have to check that out.

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