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The Last Winter, CĂŠline Clanet
One day you will wake up and everything, the stones by the driveway, the brick houses, each brick, each leaf of each tree, your own body, will be glowing from within, lit up, so bright you can hardly look. You will reach out in any direction and you will touch the light itself.
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The best part of any well made pie is the crust. Itâs also the hardest part to masterâI have cried over many, many failed pie crusts. So many, in fact, that my friend Ryan guessed that the secret ingredient to my pie crusts is tears.Â
But last March when I was selling pie to buy a plane ticket home to Georgia and I made about 30 pies in two weeks, my pie crust making technique was majorly streamlined. I now can reliably make a perfect pie crust in about fifteen minutes. Pie crusts are a mystical thing, and what works for one person may not work for another, but for what itâs worth, Iâve written out my own method. Feel free to try it and see if it works for you!
INGREDIENTS
ž cup Crisco or other vegetable shortening
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
6 Tbsp (Âź cup) ice cold water
The trick Iâve found to making a crust thatâs not to dry or crumbly is in the order of mixing the ingredients. I start by putting all of the crisco in a bowl, all of the salt, and ½ cup of flour and 2 tbsps of water. Using my pastry blender, I mix all the ingredients until blended. Then I add another ½ cup of flour and again, mix until blended. I keep doing this until Iâve added all the flour and water, and then mix it until itâs fairly solid.Â
At some point, ditch the pastry blender and stick your hands in there. Form all the dough into one big ball, and then break the ball in half, making two smaller balls. Each ball of dough is one pie crustâso this recipe could either make two pies with just a bottom crust, like pecan pie or pumpkin pie, or one pie with a top and bottom, like apple pie.
Now, you need a place to roll your dough out! I have an awesome marble slab that I got and itâs incredible and perfect because itâs smooth and cool and nothing sticks to it, but itâs expensive so only worth it if you make a lot of pies. You can also use a piece of pastry cloth, or even just wax paper taped to your counter.
Sprinkle about Âź cup of flour over your rolling surface and spread it out with your hand, and then take one lump of dough and turn it into a big flattened disk, like the same shape as a jelly filled donut. Sprinkle a little more flour on top, and start rolling!
The trick to successfully using a rolling pin is, like most things in life, patience. Resist the urge to do your best impression of a crazed baker, leaning into the dough and rolling back and forth like youâre rowing a boat or something. Always start in the middle of the dough and roll towards the edge. Roll away from you, and then pick up the rolling pin and go back to the middle and roll toward yourself. Go around the dough, rolling evenly in each direction. Donât press down too hardâitâs better to get a heavy pin (I have a marble one) and let it do the work for you. Sprinkle and spread flour on the dough as you go to keep it from sticking to your rolling pin.Â
Your crust making endeavors could be going great up to this point, but then maybe you try to pick it up and move it to your pie pan and it TEARS IN HALF. True devastation. A good way to prevent this is to lightly flip the crust in halfâif you have a pastry cloth or wax paper, you can just fold the entire cloth or paper in half and then peel it back. Then pick up the crust and set it in your pie pan and unfold it. Much less risky.
Take a knife or scissors and trim off the excess dough, leaving about 1" around the edge of the pie pan. If you do have any tears or gaps, itâs fine! Just use some of your excess dough and wet the back of it with cool water and patch up any mishaps. Now it just looks cool and rustic. Donât even worry about it.Â
Finally, if youâre making a single crust pie, take the excess dough and fold it down. You can make cool designs in it if you want, or take your fingers and crimp around the edge. If youâre making a double crust pie, wait until youâve got your filling and top crust in place, and then roll the two crusts together and crimp them with your fingers or a fork. (I think doing it with your fingers looks cooler.)Â
There you go! Now just fill it with whatever delicious filling you want and impress all your friends with your homemade pie crust.Â
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These fox collar shirts are the sweetest accent to an outfit. Hand embroidered on a soft, high quality chambray long sleeved shirt, let these small orange foxes peek out over the top of your sweater and accompany you through your day. Please note: this is a handmade item, so each fox will vary slightly and have a personality of its own! I use different shades of red, brown, or orange for each shirt, so if you do have a preference, please let me know when you order. These items are made to order. Currently processing time is 2-3 weeks.
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GOP efforts to disenfranchise Black voters have made Jon Ossoff's hill a good bit steeper to climb â and makes his performance that much more impressive.
From: Shareblue, by Tommy Christopher
Democratic congressional candidate Jon Ossoff trounced his Republican opponents by 30 points in the special election for Georgiaâs 6th Congressional District, which is all the more remarkable when you consider that a Republican state legislator openly admitted that the districtâs lines were drawn to disenfranchise Black voters and beat Democrats like Ossoff.
The special election in Georgiaâs 6th Congressional District â to fill the seat vacated by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price â is turning out to be symbolic on many levels.
Democrat Jon Ossoffâs 30-point clobbering of the Republican field, for a seat Republicans have held for four decades, is a powerful referendum on Donald Trumpâs presidency and shows that his plummeting approval could mean major problems for Republicans in the 2018 midterms.
Even more remarkable is that Ossoff just barely missed the 50 percent mark necessary to avoid a runoff â no small feat in such a solidly Republican district. But Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perezâs explanation for why Ossoff was not able to pull off a knock-out win is highly troubling:
âHereâs what I do know. We havenât controlled that seat in 37 years. And the Republicans in Georgia gerrymandered the heck out of it.â
Gerrymandering is the process of drawing district lines in order to favor the candidate of one party over the other, and Republicans got to do a lot of that by virtue of the wave election in 2010. While corporate media types like National Journalâs Josh Kraushaar skeptically call the issue a âcrutchâ for Democrats, it turns out we do not have to take Perezâs word for it.
There is an even more reliable source to confirm the accusation and its racist intent: Georgiaâs Republican state Senator Fran Millar. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Millar recently let the racist cat out of the bag:
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Millar recently let the racist cat out of the bag:
At a GOP breakfast on the districtâs eastern DeKalb outskirts, state Sen. Fran Millar criticized Democrats who think itâs a âdone deal that this kidâs going to become the Congressman.  Iâll be very blunt:  These lines were not drawn to get Hank Johnsonâs protĂŠgĂŠ to be my representative. And you didnât hear that,â said Millar. âThey were not drawn for that purpose, OK? They were not drawn for that purpose.â
Millarâs reference to Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), who is Black, is not very subtle. Such an admission would likely prompt a federal civil rights investigation, if the Department of Justice were not under the control of the blatantly racist Jeff Sessions, whose own career has included attempts to disenfranchise Black voters. Such disenfranchisement has been further enabled by a conservative-dominated Supreme Court that gutted the Voting Rights Act, and a Republican-controlled Congress that refuses to fix the problem.
Those factors have made Ossoffâs hill a good bit steeper to climb, as it has for other Democrats. But they are also a beacon at the top of that hill, reminding us that if we are to regain those things we lost, then climb we must.
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 ⢠Kindly read that last paragraph again â  & then consider donating to the Ossoff campaign:
https://electjon.com  â (Contribution prompt on home pg., upper right corner)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Ossoff
This is a RE-POST. The GA 6th district is significantly gerrymandered in favor of Republicans & â in the person of former congressman Tom Price â it did produce a Tea Party standard-bearer type representative for multiple terms. BUT, GA-06 is a suburban district with some clearly-urban leanings and certainly a sophisticated, educated electorate, ânot unlike MANY similar others nationwide in which Trump barely prevailed in 2016. THIS is WHY the GA 6th race is a likely bellwether for 2018 elections.
GA 6th District Special Election                           đşđ¸  VOTE your OSSOFF on JUNE 20th!  đşđ¸
⣠Go here:  electjon.com
NATIONWIDE TRACTION, PLEASE
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Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)
What flies in the night, is almost as big as a bat, is brown and red and white, and (possibly) lives in your own backyard?
You may never have seen one, but chances are good youâve hosted giant Cecropia Moths at some phase of their lives. Adult Cecropia Moths, the largest North American moth, flaunt their nearly 6-inch wingspan after dark, but vanish against tree trunks during daylight.
Caterpillars eat leaves from many common backyard trees, and grow to fat, green, 5-inch sausages on their diet. Every bite these caterpillars eat counts twice as much, since theyâre also eating for their future selves.
Adult Cecropias live for up to two weeks on energy stored from their youth, because after pupating, Cecropias never eat another bite.
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starting projects is the hardest thing in the world for me. this august, i'll be selling embroidery at the englewood forest festival, which will be part craft fair, part outdoor concert, and part ecology festival. i'm so excited and ready to jump in, but sometimes it feels like climbing a mountain. i was recently diagnosed with ADD, which has brought a lot of understanding into my life. sometimes i get frustrated that i didn't figure this out fifteen years ago, sometimes i wonder where i'd be now if i had been able to work through this in high school, and sometimes i just feel like someone who's still just making excuses. but also, i now have tools and answers that i didn't have before. and most importantly, i have an incredible community of people who inspire me to do and make and strive, who challenge me, and who ask me what they can do to help, and mean it. so here's to those people, here's to you. to the artists and crafters making things that make me want to push myself further, to my friends and sisters who send me small gifts to let me know i am known and loved, to my husband who is gentle and caring and makes me cups of tea. we can help each other flourish. love you.
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Shirley Chisholm. As the first black woman to run for president for a major political party, she was years ahead of her time. So why donât more people know about her?
She championed a bill to ensure domestic workers received benefits, was an advocate for improved access to education, and fought for the rights of immigrants.
âShe had guts, and she made people believe that they too can be someone, that we are equal, that gender doesnât mean you canât achieve the highest office of government,â her goddaughter Marya Boseley says.
That desire to break boundaries was what drove Shirley Chisholm to make a run for president in 1972, seeking the Democratic nomination a mere three years after she became a congresswoman.
Ms Chisholm, whose slogan was âUnbought and Unbossed,â said she never expected to win but hoped her candidacy would âchange the face and future of American politicsâ.
âI stand before you today, to repudiate the ridiculous notion that the American people will not vote for qualified candidates, simply because he is not white or because she is not a male,â she told supporters as she launched her campaign.
I never heard her name in school. Other than hearing Method Man say âI voted for Shirley Chisholmâ on Blackout, I knew nothing about her til I read about her on the internet as an adult.
The Democratic Party really fucked Shirley Chisolm over because they wanted a âsafeâ candidate in George Mcgovern. Then they lost to Nixon.
#BlackHistory #BlackGirlMagic #BlackPrideÂ

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sav @niallspringsteen tagged me to create a 2016 moodboard from photos on my camera roll and here is mine.
I spent the year putting down literal and physical roots, building a garden, building trust with my partner, learning how to forgive and let go of anxiety that is not my own. I learned about cutting things back to the roots and having the patience to let them grow back into a truer, healthier form, or not grow back at all. I worked at making my home a space where people feel comfortable and safe and welcome. I learned about expanding my bubble of self-sufficiency to include another person. I made plans for the future, and I budgeted and sacrificed to make sure those plans will be attainable. I navigated rivers and got a sense for what is to come. I flourished and wept and rotted and grew back stronger. stay true, love you.
Georgia on my mind. Illustration by Alex Pearson.