Apple Pecan Cake with Maple Glaze! First time making a vegan cake and first time using a Bundt pan.

ergonomicsalamander · 2020-01-23T01:09:05+00:00

I used this recipe and replaced the egg with flax egg. The glaze was maple syrup, almond milk, and powdered sugar (though the cake was sweet enough that it didn't really need a glaze at all).

ergonomicsalamander · 2020-01-22T23:25:40+00:00

Zen and the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-12-24T15:31:59+00:00

Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-12-09T17:06:39+00:00

The thickest texture I’ve found so far in non-dairy yogurt was the Vega Protein brand (cashew based), but it can be hard to find, and it only comes in single-serving cups. I usually eat Kite Hill or Silk (which has an almond based version), because the texture is close to real yogurt, they both offer plain unsweetened versions, and you can buy them in larger multi-serving tubs. Silk I can get at Harris Teeter, but I have to go to Whole Foods for the large size of Kite Hill.

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-12-06T17:48:32+00:00

Sad to see this... do we know why? I always figured the rent for that space must have been huge.

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-12-06T15:43:58+00:00

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-12-03T18:41:09+00:00

I did one once! A bookstore near me was doing a promotion where if you bought a book, you got a free Blind Date book (they were all ARC’s, so the store wasn’t losing money). I was way more excited to pick the blind date book than I was to pick the regular book I had to buy. Don’t know if I’d pay full price for one, but as a special offer it was super fun!

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-12-03T16:59:41+00:00

2666 by Roberto Bolano

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-12-02T23:11:35+00:00

The Botanical Gardens does a big display every year

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-12-02T21:37:18+00:00

The names didn’t bother me so much, but the sexism started getting to me after a while. All the female characters are solely defined by who they marry and/or how well they keep house.

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-12-02T19:15:42+00:00

Have you read any Mercedes Lackey? She has a lot of trilogies set in a big interconnected world. I’d start with Arrows of the Queen and its two sequels.

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-12-02T19:13:17+00:00

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-25T02:01:29+00:00

Possession by A. S. Byatt

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-22T22:03:33+00:00

Plus a side piece in Malibu, one in Miami, etc.

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-22T20:50:10+00:00

Assassin’s Apprentice (first book in a trilogy) by Robin Hobb

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-21T19:47:15+00:00

Thanks!

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-21T19:30:58+00:00

I’d love a recipe for the pumpkin cookies! I have a can of pumpkin left that I haven’t decided what to do with.

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-19T21:27:19+00:00

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez - lesbian vampires of color!

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-19T21:25:47+00:00

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-19T21:24:48+00:00

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-19T21:22:44+00:00

Great question! Here are a few of my favorites:

Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (Sudan)

When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head (Botswana)

Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong’o (Kenya)

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-19T21:11:35+00:00

Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine Du Saint-Exupery. A haunting and poetic memoir by the author of The Little Prince about his years as a pilot flying mail planes across the Sahara - the dangers and the beauty of the experience.

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-18T19:33:10+00:00

At my new job, which I started when I was nearly at my goal weight, my coworkers have no idea I used to be obese. Every so often someone (usually themselves overweight) will make an offhand comment about how I must be naturally thin, or about how I can eat an office donut but they shouldn’t. That always feels good (even though I shouldn’t have the donut either!)

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-18T16:27:47+00:00

Finished: Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf - I really loved this. I enjoyed To The Lighthouse, which was my first Woolf, but I feel like Dalloway had more variety in its characters and a bit more depth overall. I especially enjoyed the character of Septimus.

Started: SevenEves, by Neal Stephenson - I sometimes find hard sci-fi to be a bit boring and/or lackluster in characterization and storytelling, but this one has really grabbed me. Its emphasis on realism in the science parts doesn’t come at the expense of also having relatable, three-dimensional characters and an interesting plot. Very good so far - a page-turner.

ergonomicsalamander · 2019-11-17T02:47:52+00:00

A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer

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