HARPER (a beat. then): In your experience of the world. How do people change?
MORMON MOTHER: Well it has something to do with God so it’s not very nice. God splits the skin with a jagged thumbnail from throat to belly and then plunges a huge filthy hand in, he grabs hold of your bloody tubes and they slip to evade his grasp but he squeezes hard, he insists, he pulls and pulls till all your innards are yanked out and the pain! We can’t even talk about that. And then he stuffs them back, dirty, tangled and torn. It’s up to you to do the stitching.
is there anyone out there with a nyt cooking subscription
will they send me the chamomile tea cake with strawberry icing recipe
This buttery, chamomile tea-scented loaf is a sweet pop symphony, the Abba of cakes. A pot of flowery, just-brewed chamomile isn’t required for drinking with slices of this tender loaf but is strongly recommended. In life and in food, you always need balance: A sip or two of the grassy, herbal tea between bites of this cake counters the sweetness, as do freeze-dried strawberries, which lend tartness and a naturally pink hue to the lemony glaze. This everyday loaf will keep on the counter for 3 to 4 days; be sure the cut side is always well wrapped.
Ingredients Yield: One 9-inch loaf
½ cup/115 grams unsalted butter 2 tablespoons/6 grams chamomile tea (from 4 to 6 tea bags), crushed fine if coarse 1 cup/240 milliliters whole milk Nonstick cooking spray 1 cup/200 grams granulated sugar ½ teaspoon coarse kosher salt 2 large eggs 1 large lemon 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1½ cups/192 grams all-purpose flour 1 cup/124 grams confectioners’ sugar ½ cup/8 grams freeze-dried strawberries
Preparation
Step 1
In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon chamomile to a large mixing bowl. Pour the hot melted butter over the chamomile and stir. Set aside to steep and cool completely, about 1 hour. Step 2
Use the same saucepan (without washing it out) to bring the milk to a simmer over medium-high heat, keeping watch so it doesn’t boil over. Remove from the heat, and stir the remaining 1 tablespoon chamomile into the hot milk. Set aside to steep and cool completely, about 1 hour. Step 3
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with the nonstick cooking spray and line with parchment paper so the long sides of the pan have a couple of inches of overhang to make lifting the finished cake out easier. Step 4
Add the sugar and salt to the bowl with the butter, and whisk until smooth and thick, about 1 minute. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, vigorously whisking to combine after each addition. Zest the lemon into the bowl; add the baking powder and vanilla, and whisk until incorporated. Add the flour and stream in the milk mixture while whisking continuously until no streaks of flour remain. Step 5
Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a skewer or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean (a few crumbs are OK, but you should see no wet batter), 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack for 30 minutes. Step 6
While the cake cools, make the icing: Into a medium bowl, squeeze 2 tablespoons juice from the zested lemon, then add the confectioners’ sugar. Place the dehydrated strawberries in a fine-mesh sieve set over the bowl and, using your fingers, crush the brittle berries and press the red-pink powder through the sieve and into the sugar. (The more you do this, the redder your icing will be.) Whisk until smooth. Step 7
If needed, run a knife along the edges of the cake to release it from the pan. Holding the 2 sides of overhanging parchment, lift the cake out and place it on a plate, cake stand or cutting board. Discard the parchment. Pour the icing over the cake, using a spoon to push the icing to the edges of the cake to encourage the icing to drip down the sides dramatically. Cool the cake completely and let the icing set.
Nothing I’ve read has changed me more than “you do people a favor by accepting their help” like I repeat this constantly to so many people because it’s true!!! People like to feel useful, they like to feel kind, they like to feel like they have an ability to impact people’s lives so just let them!! Not everything is a thing to be owed back — accept people’s kindness without making a competition out of it
Just thinking about this today like I was ringing up a woman at the store and she was a dollar short but somebody had tipped me (personally, not the whole staff) a couple bucks earlier and I was like here take one of these and she was so shocked I would do that and made a point to remember my name and thanked me so much over like. One dollar. And then later another customer asked to pay for another couple’s drinks and they were so surprised and trying to buy them something in return but clearly that person just wanted to do something nice and they ended up having a long conversation and laughed together and it would have been so awkward if they’d completely refused or tried to give them money back and it would have ruined the moment. It’s the easiest thing to just pay forward kindness but that also means you have to accept people’s kindness when it comes around to you.
I’m a physically disabled/ill autistic person living well under the poverty line (w less than minimum wage in income) so there are always necessities I’m not able to afford.
If anyone wants to make my life even $1 easier, I’d be incredibly grateful!
No pressure at all! I’m not in crisis at this point, this is just to hopefully delay crisis point awhile longer & maybe make regular life a little less stressful for a little while.
I’m very grateful to the person who donated!!
As of July 12th I could still really use some help though. Even a dollar would really make a difference!
Thank you so much to the person who ordered the box fan off my list, that is gonna make a huge difference!!
As of July 14th I’m still hoping to get some help 😅 there’s a bunch of stuff on my list that’s under $6 and would immediately make my life easier.
This is the kind of stuff I’m asking for help with.
Can any financially secure adults spare a dollar to help a disabled person out? 💖
hey🧒🏻 heres another work from k b 2022 spring summer collection
20 x 26 in
hand knit tapestry. back side in the 2nd pic
1st one in the series of 4, originally called “i dont remember anything”. the series ended up being 8 works, i discarded the name and havent come up with a new one, so now i feel awkward talking about all 8 pieces
hi im frankie im a disabled indigenous butch lesbian and i live in a shared house with 4 other people on disability/PWD. we are moving to a different city since our landlord wants to move into our house, and I need financial help ! (i WILL do commissions!)
I need to make up $275 (specifically $276.76) for my part of the half month’s rent, since we are moving in half a month earlier than anticipated bc our next landlord wants us moved in earlier and we also want to move put asap. we already paid the main deposit, so this half month of rent is due by August 11th.
explaining it very briefly, our landlord decided to evict us under the guise of moving back into our current residence and renovating it. somehow this is not illegal since she is alleging to be moving back into our house, though we KNOW its because she wants to raise the rent to market price. unfortunately, after calling the tenancy board and several legal advocates, the best advice we recieved was ‘move out and take legal action if anything else happens’. fortunately, we found and secured a much safer, nicer place a couple days ago!
any donations will help a ton! i can also take commissions, though bear in mind some delay due to moving difficulties and stuff. anyway, thank you so so much! if you have any questions dont feel afraid to ask, bc this situation is a LOT.
as my own direct immediate list of game grievances i hate that stardew valley expects you to side against a wheelchair user who is upset that he was moved without his consent. i hate that the mass effect trilogy gives you visible scarring as a direct result of choosing mean dialogue and heals it if you’re nice. i hate that the vampire the masquerade ttrpg has a monstrous player class that can appear as horrible vampiric monsters or as visibly disabled people and both of these appearances are mechanically the same. i hate that dark souls games have a difficulty level implemented in a way that cannot be adjusted for disability. i hate that i can play as a mermaid or a werewolf or a horse in the sims games but can’t use a wheelchair. i hate that the ace attorney games have so much flashing and not all of the games can disable it. i hate that disability is constantly something that happens to teach a lesson, i hate that disability is something that happens as a punishment, i hate that disability is either compensated perfectly with no drawbacks or something that is endlessly sought to be cured. i hate that no character customization will ever include the mobility aids i use, that the player avatars that represent me will never look like me. i am so goddamn annoyed and so goddamn tired.
okay hiii my friend’s scooty got in a terrible accident because of somebody else and we need to repair it asap because she needs it to go to her job and all ….. so we’re trying to get stuff . we have contributed whatever but the remaining goal is like 45dollars ish . here’s my Ko fi
i am willing to send receipts and photo proof as well . thank u thank u
again, u can commision me for assignments and proofreading etc whatever whatever take care mwah
BUT I do have plans on going to Seattle (taking the Amtrak) in august and I still have not bought my ticket because of work and funds!! If you wanna help me out it would be much much much appreciated all of my love!!
If you would tell me who you are and what you got so I can thank you personally that would be swell! If you don’t wanna do that totally get that too!!
If you wanna support me monetarily here are some ways!
