That is awful

Boiling water poured frequently down the sink drains in the kitchen has helped at our house.

Oh, yes, this resonates!

Fortunately, the baguettes turned out fine. Not perfect, but perfectly usable

Now I am waiting to see if I have 4 edible baguettes for today and dough for 4 to put in the freezer, or if I have wasted a quadruple batch of ingredients.

Saturday suspense! Tried making a double batch of GF baguettes. Pretty sure I accidentally doubled something, so I added a double batch of everything else to match ...

Capt Analog also celebrated the last day of school by picking up photo prints of the first roll of film he shot on an old-school camera.

More things unpacked from school backpack: dremel, another length of pipe, $4.35 in coins, kleenex, hair elastics, soldering paste, coil of wire, some whittled wood, Magic the Gathering deck, drill bits, base of a clock, cute political buttons.

I would like to advocate for more places in the excellent program he is now taking, the Essential Skills Achievement Pathway. Hands-on and experiential learning, documenting essential skills. Grateful he got a place through am application and interview. More spaces for more learners, please.

Sam will get 7 credits in Grade 10. Last fall, when his jr high finally sent his paperwork along, they sent a graduation certificate for a year he did not attend, a program from the graduation ceremony he did not attend, and a blank report card. Blank. That was ... bleak.

Youngest kid has gone to school extra days this week. More days in total his week than he attended in all of Grade 9. If you are in despair as a parent this time of year, please know it CAN get better. Schools CAN do better, and kids can, too

He went through a phase of breaking down and cutting up cutlery to make jewellery and other items. Kind of prosaic explanation for such a poetic image.

Unlikely items removed from teen's school backpack: can of corn won at poker, length of pipe, disassembled clock parts, half a fork, single polished stone, crumpled covid masks, pair of pliers, paintbrush withbunknown toxic substances, and enough candy wrappers to stop a bullet.

🌺🔍 Take a look at the latest from our #Maud150: Back-to-the-Future collection, an invitation to reconsider L.M. Montgomery’s legacy through fresh perspectives!

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Voted in advance polls, filed my taxes with the joyful spirit of a democratic socialist. Big Citizen Energy today.

I hope there will be alternatives that help you feel better, Christine.

Cripes. I congratulate you for hydrating and nourishing yourself.

Inexcusable. So sorry you had to face this.

I think in Sside's favour, there is still a difference in housing costs and availability, though Chtown has the advantage of some public transit.

Happy International Women's Day to all. Build some solidarity in our movement today. Celebrate our togetherness across differences is radical in these times. peistatusofwomen.ca/2025/02/13/i...

Really excited to be part of this event! Yesterday, CUPE National closed our Building Strong Locals conference with a beautiful International Women’s Day breakfast where we sang Bread and Roses. I’m honored to now lead the singing of that song to close the IWD event hosted in Charlottetown 🍞🌹

You have so much strength. Sending hope you won't need yo use as much of it in the coming year.

This looks great. Hope I will see you there!

Looking forward to Liberal leadership candidates having something to say about guaranteed basic income. Advocates have laid the groundwork to make is possible to start in PEI and grow to all of Canada

P.E.I. advocates push for guaranteed basic income as Liberal leadership race heats up | CBC News A number of groups are urging political leaders — and Liberal leadership hopefuls — to make a basic income guarantee a priority.

This news conference on basic income guarnatee ended at exactly 3:15 Thursday when the Premier resigned, so it may have escaped your notice ...

Charlottetown living wage: $23.30. Summerside: $22.20

Reading a mystery for pleasure but have found some major editing errors and now as an editor am in a state of anxiety at everything I have ever missed in a manuscript ...

It is just a pink geranium in a south-facing window. Such a simple joy, and not hard to keep alive.

I hope things improve for you, and for all of us 🙏

Bloom of a bright pink geranium in a window with snow and a railing visible outside

So grateful for anything that blooms in February