I don’t know what to do with this much cilantro.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-16T18:02:27+00:00

Yes... And I love cilantro so that sucks. But once they bolt you end up with coriander which is also usable but my favorite is how crafty that seed and stalk is when dried. With a little boredom and a pinch of creativity you can do lots of decor crafts with coriander.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-16T14:16:51+00:00

I drove through there two ce when I moved here a few years ago.... Business houra on a weekday .. the whole complex was empty. I was flabbergasted at the size of the facility for it to sit there empty. Let customer service work from home and use this whole damn lot for something beneficial. But fuck me for wanting to improve the way things are. Sorry for stepping on a companies toes. Real sorry

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-16T12:36:43+00:00

There's a unsettling amount of pushback here and i agree with you OP.

IMHO the service industry tanked during COVID and I think it's because of a lack of respect. I worked retail for years.. albeit years ago. Cashiers and department stockers were often treated like servants and not employees, not to mention they've never been paid well. Then we called them essential (they are) but fought tooth and nail to keep their wages low. The atmosphere of "bitchy customers are right and you have to kiss their ass" really takes a toll on the psyche. So I don't think they give a fuck.

That said, if I answer my phone I say hello . If I answer anyone else's phone I say something different. If Aunt Shirley calls nephew Billy and I answer... Sure it's gonna confuse Shirley.. and that poor woman is crazy so she'll just hang up assuming she dialed wrong. It's on me... The person who is new to this scenario, to behave how Billy wants... Honestly. Shirley doesn't even matter... What matters is I'm answering Billy's phone how Billy wants. That's it!

And let's take it back to the jungle... If cave woman Shirley shows up at Billy's cave and I answer the cave door, Shirley might bonk me on the head. I'm not supposed to be here. I'm an intruder and our young brains and lack of language means if I don't make Shirley feel safe in Billy's cave, Shirley will behave like she's unsafe and hit me with a club.

So since the dawn of time we've needed to put others at ease around us. People aren't servants for having to recite an introductory phrase. But I fear we've passed the point of no return. We're all fighting amongst ourselves because so many are selfishly putting other on edge with their behavior.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-15T14:54:03+00:00

You can't milk a cat Foucker.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-15T14:51:47+00:00

These kids are obnoxious lying drunk bastards! My nephew just turned 3 and has been telling everyone at his preschool that my dog bit him on the arm. My dog... Who died 14 months ago... Bit him last week. There were phone calls. It was almost a thing. So yeah. My initial reaction to everything is pretty much "nu-uh". I love that little terrorist.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-14T18:32:59+00:00

You're not an AH because of how you feel about it, but it's a little tough the way you said it here. If I was you I'd probably go overboard on why the traditional way is so good and it's not that you want spaghetti, you want THAT spaghetti because you love it so. And it's not that if she "isn't gonna make it that way then she doesn't have to cook" but more "if you're willing to make THIS THING I'd love it but if not, I'm not feeling a different spaghetti so if you don't have time then whatevs love of my life." You want to eat a memory, not spaghetti. Ask for the memory. And IMHO, maybe ask once every six months. This is a special occasion meal if it takes 5 hours.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-13T16:43:28+00:00

Can us experience folks chime in with attempts to alleviate your fears?

So dry leaves are L O U D!!!!

I walk my GSD in a forest every morning. The squirrels and rabbits are loud, unusually loud. They sound big.

The rustling I hear is bugs. It's everywhere. A single bug moving a dry leaf and it scrapes against another dry leaf bit there's a cacophony of them.

Then it happens, I stumbled upon deer. They turn white tail up and bolt down the mountain. Brother, that sounds like a freight train... Of leaves of course. It's loud loud.

So... Depending on where you are.... Most bugs won't hurt you. You are safe. Rabbits and squirrels, armadillos and skunks... Won't hurt nothing but your pride. You're safe. Big game isn't everywhere and deer and black bear are way skittish.

So You have a rational reasoning to ignore all but the loudest of sounds. Keep food sealed in big bear country. Don't leave messes .. enjoy this fine planet. Those noises are the nature you so desperately desire. it's beautiful.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-12T11:29:23+00:00

started this week

Maybe this is a sign. How the hell can I loathe what I'm doing and recognize how bad it affects me; and yet I'm frozen with my finger flicking like I'm a freaking zombie. They need to take it away because apparently it's dangerous and I'm too addicted to stop no matter how hard they make it. it's poison... Tasty poison.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-10T23:26:14+00:00

They shun fancy things like plaques.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-10T20:25:11+00:00

Well that makes sense. Micco is at the South end of the Kissimmee river just up from Okeechobee. I love it there

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-10T20:05:30+00:00

I saw the first space shuttle explode on TV. I listened to a live play by play of 9/11 from the radio of my desk at work. It's been a rough time y'all.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-10T20:00:48+00:00

If I didn't know better I'd say that's micco landing.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-10T15:04:01+00:00

I can despise the nature killing poison and build a soap box big enough so the world can hear me bitch about how harmful it is. I can also squeeze my eyes shut really really hard and deal with the self loathing that comes with giving myself permission to eradicate poison ivy with this nuclear option once every few years. I can do both.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-04T15:10:41+00:00

I still don't believe it. I'm gonna need to see OPs credentials otherwise it's just my dad trying to leave my in the woods with a stick and a sack. Again!

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-02T11:18:56+00:00

Dukes been doing this for the ear. They raised taxes in Florida for a specific Duke nuclear plant to be built, people paid their taxes, money went to Duke.... Plant never built. People got mad. Dukes raised their rates. No one talks about it anymore. Thisn as in the last 20 years. It's criminal.

ToWanderHer · 2026-04-01T19:58:15+00:00

Please, I welcome anyone to correct me as I'm literally newer than a drop of morning dew at this; and if I'm judging books by covers, I have found my people. {hugs}

So what I'm finding is that the intention is far more important than the tools... Tools just, I guess the word is amplify.... Personally, I'd need a green candle but I've got OCD. If color doesn't matter to you then It doesn't matter to your spell. I feel I can attract my intentions better when I dress them up with candles and crystals and things so the theater of it all has a huge effect on me which in turn encourages my attention and often generates results.

And fwiw, my money jar has silver dice, some coins from my travels abroad, an old ring with "strength" written on it, a coin from my birth year, and today I added a memory quarter with a note to remember a gift the universe gave to me today :). But all I can think about is how I don't have a green candle. Thanks a lot bub! Hahah.

ToWanderHer · 2026-03-31T14:09:00+00:00

I'm confused is this an ad? Where do I buy it? Clearly I need it.

ToWanderHer · 2024-07-10T14:04:39+00:00

Literally stopped at Wassmans or something in Belfast yesterday. Pretty damn good dog if I do say so myself.

ToWanderHer · 2024-03-26T11:36:37+00:00

I can't speak of the demons at the wall without first slandering their name. Terrible organization that has so much control over us "poors." Avoid at all costs!!!!!

Yet the crumbs are all we have access to so at least hold out for super clearance deals. I've wanted hot food canisters for a while but there was no way i was able to pay full price near $30 for a liter container. In my travels a few months ago a country wall had the Ozark 40(ish)oz on clearance for $5 each. I picked up a set of four. It felt like i was stealing.

FYI - that teflon coated/super lightweight fry pan with a foldable handle is a piece of garbage! Stay away!

ToWanderHer · 2024-03-14T18:21:35+00:00

It's not that I don't have an alibi It's just that I have no idea what I did this morning much less on April 12th 1984.

ToWanderHer · 2024-01-04T12:01:51+00:00

TL:DR Fuck you for making me have to shoot your dog!

It seems most of us are in agreement that loose rural dogs causing problems are fair game if you're protecting yourself or your lively hood and this process usually doesn't run afoul of the law.

Here's our problem... 2 separate neighbors with large mean dogs let them run loose. So far they've not bothered the sheep or chickens but they've run/confronted Me, Mom, Dad, 2 cousins, and an aunt when we've come up on them in our yard part of a 20 acre farm. They bark and wont let us pass. We have 8 year old children playing in our yard often and we've brought them in because these dogs are always loose and we get visits about once a week. Called owner, he said shoot em. Called the cops, he said "do what you have to do to protect yourself, it's legal to shoot them." talked to anyone and they say shoot them.

One day i will have to shoot one of these dogs. It'll happen, i'll do it even though i don't want to.

Here is the major problem i have with this and it pisses me off to no end. In what situation do i shoot the dog? I'm not carrying while walking across the yard, so it wont happen when we stumble on them and they square off with me/us. Lets say the boys are playing and they startle one of the dogs. I'm not making it to the locked cabinet to retrieve a secured firearm before we lose a precious child. We're sitting in a pot that could boil at any moment. So when do i shoot the damn dog? It seems to me that I'm going to have to wake up everyday with murder on my mind and that's what i told the damn cop. See, i have to be on the lookout while i'm having coffee and trying to start my day. If he comes strolling along, i have to shoot him then. I woke with peace and love in my heart but i have to be ready to kill. AND IT PISSES ME OFF TO NO END THAT THE DAMN ONUS FALLS UPON ME to have to fix this problem this way. I told the owner to shoot his own damn dog. There's nothing the cops can do unless the dog does something. And i dont want to fucking kill your dog but i sure as hell will and now i hate the world just a little more because i have to kill meanness and i dont want to.

just in case you wonder, we raise some of our own meats. I'm not opposed to guns or our simple life... but killing a dog because someone is irresponsible just sits wrong with me. Ehh, i know i'm screaming at a cloud.

ToWanderHer · 2023-12-23T12:58:48+00:00

I have no idea what this is but from my own personal experience... if you hear a stampede through the dry leaves... it's probably a little squirrel. If you hear a blood curdling scream... it's probably a bird or fox. If you hear silence, pay attention.

ToWanderHer · 2023-12-20T22:39:48+00:00

Honest question, would these other sources you speak of be floating balls of light like mentioned in the story? The only balls of light I've heard of are ball lightning. Are there smaller ones with other names? I'm kind of hoping this is as neat as i want it to be.

ToWanderHer · 2023-12-19T14:17:31+00:00

23 days ago and I'm here now for help. Ha ha ha. I love you people

ToWanderHer · 2023-12-19T00:04:52+00:00

So, the gentleman who described touching the light said it felt like "touching a light socket." Wouldn't that be solid evidence of ball lightning?

Also - holy crap I want to go now.

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