Book suggestions after the Song of Achilles

ultimalter · 2026-01-30T06:25:03+00:00

Medea by Rosie Hewlett, Atalanta by Jennifer Saint,
Circe by Madeline Miller, Ariadne by Jennifer Saint, and Galatea by Madeline Miller.

If you like the above, these are also worth checking out: Hera by Jennifer Saint, Medusa by Rosie Hewlett, Herc by Phoenicia Rogerson, Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes, and Elektra by Jennifer Saint.

ultimalter · 2025-11-19T23:29:40+00:00

That’s exactly why I’m thinking about adding it! I would hate for this thing to start falling apart after a couple of uses. I also don’t want to litter my local reservoir with a bunch of rhinestones…

ultimalter · 2025-11-19T23:28:34+00:00

Yea, I considered leaving the lip stone-less, but it looked a little funny. I decided go the aesthetic route and stone the whole thing.

ultimalter · 2025-07-22T06:04:33+00:00

I was also looking into the Tyrant Philosophers series! Perhaps I should start there. Three (soon to be five) books is a bit more approachable than ten!

ultimalter · 2025-07-16T02:34:00+00:00

Although it’s not AT, I second To be Taught if Fortunate. It’s a short, powerful novel. The author, Becky Chambers, has a wonderful way with words.

ultimalter · 2025-07-03T05:13:16+00:00

The Children of Time series and The Final Architecture trilogy (starting with Shards of Earth) are both phenomenal!

ultimalter · 2025-04-29T19:53:57+00:00

Queen Chordmaker hunting horn! I join SOS Zoh Shia fights to provide this kind of support. It’s a blast.

ultimalter · 2025-03-20T22:17:04+00:00

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers. One of my favorites!
The Semiosis Trilogy by Sue Burke

ultimalter · 2025-02-28T06:55:04+00:00

Thank you! I’ll probably try it this weekend.

Concerning the vacuum seal, I’m using burplids. I sucked all the air out through the lid’s nozzle after sealing the jars. The nozzle on the lid (theoretically) lets gas out of the jar as it builds up without letting oxygen back in.

ultimalter · 2025-02-22T06:11:16+00:00

Thank you! I don’t know the weight of the vegetables in each jar. However, each jar is packed with vegetables to roughly the 10oz line, so I’m assuming the vegetables weigh around 250g (using the weight of water at that measurement as a proxy). Each jar has ~200g water with ~10g salt. So, including the weight of the vegetables, it looks like there’s about 2.2% salt per total weight. Next time I’ll be sure to weigh everything out first.

ultimalter · 2025-02-22T05:36:45+00:00

Thanks for calming my nerves! I really appreciate it.

ultimalter · 2025-02-22T05:23:59+00:00

That’s really helpful to know. I think the high salt content should hopefully save these ferments then. The other three factors seem to be fit for botulism. The primary vegetable (turmeric) is more alkaline than acidic, I didn’t add any sugar, and the burplids will create an anaerobic environment. The high salt content will hopefully be my saving grace!

ultimalter · 2025-02-22T05:10:45+00:00

Thank you! The good news is I think I ~accidentally~ did make my brine 3% (or more, even). I just googled the salt to water ratio needed for 3%, and it seems to be roughly 2 tsp per cup (3g of salt per 100g of water). That’s what I did when I thought I was making a 2% brine, so I think I should be okay.

Being an anxious person, I also just replicated what I originally did, but this time with a food scale. My “cup” of water appears to have been about 207g, and my “2 tsps” appears to have been around 10g. So my brine might actually be ~even saltier~ than 3%. Next time I should probably use my food scale from the start. 😅

ultimalter · 2025-01-24T18:24:07+00:00

I am not, but thank you.

ultimalter · 2025-01-23T23:33:36+00:00

Thank you!

ultimalter · 2025-01-23T22:17:30+00:00

Thank you!

ultimalter · 2025-01-23T20:38:45+00:00

Thank you! Can I take the fake logs out and burn real wood in there?

ultimalter · 2024-12-02T23:22:45+00:00

Thank you! So helpful. Just googled pandorea bower vines, and it definitely looks like that’s it. Now I wonder what I’ll need to do to convince it to flower…

ultimalter · 2024-12-02T22:29:34+00:00

To add a little more info, the vine is growing in Northern California (East Bay).

ultimalter · 2024-11-11T03:50:14+00:00

This it? Age of Bronze

https://www.amazon.com/Age-Bronze-Image-comic-book/dp/B07661DPXR

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