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I come here every so often on Sunday mornings to just take a quiet breath and chill before the rest of the world wakes up. It's nice to have a little retreat so close by.

Had an unbelievably good time with some close friends over the last week. Made lots of treats and decided to recreate the cover picture from "The Pastry Shep" while I was at it! 📷: @azzyblue.bsky.social

Over the weekend I made my way back to Michigan to leave flowers at graves, ending a 9 year journey that started when my dad passed and mom got sick, my brother also having passed in that time. I'm the only one left now, but I know I have my chosen family. I'm not alone.

Havent posted much recently. Breve and I have been renovating our entire home except one room. Just moved back in yesterday. Lots of work yet to do but we're past the hardest parts. Huge thanks to @sprocketdhusky.bsky.social for letting us crash at his place for 8 weeks so far. Pics soon!

Add Bruno Mars to the list. Easily one of the best concerts I've ever been to. Check him out if you get the chance, you won't be disappointed.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live: REZZ The Beach Boys Peter Gabriel Duran Duran Weird Al John Mayer The B-52s Def Leppard The Prodigy Madonna

Opted to get out of town for a long weekend. May not be the furcon, but I'd say we're still doing alright :)

"Before"

Given that I have some really big personal projects going on I was only able to spend one night at FE and almost passed on it entirely. But I'm really happy that I went. Was really great to reconnect with some folks I hadn't seen in a while. So many good vibes!!

Did a little test treat crafting this weekend and used all the parts to make this triple chocolate swiss roll

Thank you so much @bingotdoggo.bsky.social for this amazing gift art. It's good to know that watching my horrid struggle with Tunic amused you to the point of inspiration :3

A little late, but finally got around to making my birthday cake. Component recipes will be added to my book over the course of the next week.

As some of you know, I've been putting together an online, open source, forever work-in-progress cookbook. For my birthday @azzyblue.bsky.social commissioned this absolutely amazing cover for my book. I'm incredibly touched. It's so good! Thank you Azzy and Mar! 🎨: @trunorth.bsky.social

I feel like I should post more, but really my life is pretty predictable. Play hockey, work, love my friends, make treats, and work out to avoid getting overly fat from the treats I make. Simple, but it's pretty great. I could be doing a lot worse.

Linzertorte!

Love it. Thank you @tytimberwolf.bsky.social!!

Random little test bake over the weekend. Working on nailing down my yellow cake recipe and flavoring buttercream with home made caramel sauce. Looks plain, tasted amazing :9

It may not be a fancy cake or pastry, but the buttermilk biscuit makes for a part of my absolute favorite breakfast, the biscuit breakfast sandwich. I figured why not have one more less-than-healthy meal before getting started on burning off those holiday pounds.

Made some cream puffs for friendsmas dinner!

Merry Christmas!