🌿 Little Human Rituals // Monthly Thread // MONTH UNKNOWN BC IM BAD AT TIME 3
Added 2025-10-03 02:35:22 +0000 UTCHello again, my lovely moonkips~!
Oh my goodness, I have been all over the map this month!
It has been crazy. The veggies from the CSA are about to come to a close in a few weeks and we've managed to get like 3 little baby tomatoes from our late attempt at home lol. There's also a beefsteak that looks AWFUL but he's trying his best lol.
BUT we stopped by a nice grandpas yard and he was selling apples from his tree so we made a TON of apple butter and canned it. Omg so good. WE ALSO ENDED UP TRADING SOME APPLE BUTTER FOR A RUSTY SMOKER!
A little apple butter + peanut butter on gluten free toast is HNNNGH SO GOOD ^o^
I also dried out some of the tomatoes in our dehydrator and ground them up into a powder and layered them on top of the garlic confit/thyme/rosemary mix in the souper cubes so now its a layered flavor bomb, and omg I already had one and ITS SO FKN GOOD IN THE PESTO I MADE, it makes rice pop so well. >w<
I didnt like how the painting is going but the lady says keep painting if you don't like it, it just means it isn't done yet lol. I'll keep going x3
I ended up fighting w/ a company for weeks but omg, we won and I gotta make a fluff and puff about it because holy shit, companies mess around too much, I tell you that.
On the flip side, I found my earphones and now I can go on walks and listen to music, trying to get back into some healthier habits so I don't slide back so far when things are stressful cuz i have plenty of bad vices lol, but its important to try to be better~!
Now I’d love to know:
What have you moonkips been making, cooking, building, singing, painting, planting, or messing with lately?
Let me see below, let’s keep gathering these soft proofs of humanity, meaning and purpose together.
Here's the pics from my silly adventures with noms~!
Comments
Oh that's awesome! I'm doing similar, its kind of hard. Its weird to go from people pleaser to being the one who sets the boundaries and leaves when they are disrespected. I read once that a sign of trauma is being conditioned to try to make difficult people treat you better instead of leaving the situation. So just leaving is a wild concept to me. I also notice I'm okay at small talk that I don't care about, (I thought we all had to do it and no one liked it but some people seem to genuinely enjoy the stuff?) so Im trying to find out what small talk topics I can talk about on the fly that isnt too weird or uninteresting for others that I still enjoy - or maybe its a matter of only engaging w/ people who look like they'd fit the vibe. I dont know. A lot of this feels like feeling around in darkness sometimes. Feels like there's a David Attenborough narrating my clumsiness in the wilds like "And there she goes, back into the wild, unsure if she’s making friends or writing a sociological thesis on human discomfort. Marvelous." Lol, but we keep going, dont we? And Im proud of you. I'm still trying to get a handle on socializing even this late in the game, so grats for putting yourself out there and not giving up! <3 And what's more - its been productive! Eee! <3 Hell yeah
Moon
2025-10-05 14:09:27 +0000 UTCWhoa! I dont know I heard of adzuki beans before, are they special to make the brownies taste/texture more like brownies or is it just any bean could do? :o Or maybe a neutral bean at least. I like really gooey regular brownies so bean brownies never seemed like a far leap but I still havent tried it :o Awww congrats on getting back into the saxophone! That must have been a bit difficult but that's so rewarding, eee! And omg, that's awesome! If you ever feel like recording a go of it, I'd take a listen <3 BUT NO RUSH IF YOU ARE NOT READY! Im just saying, I really love music and the little human aspects of people enjoying their craft. :3 Eee thank you! I hope the painting continues to improve, if it goes MIA next month, we know I was mean mugging it too hard xD Baha And omg yeah! The flavor bombs are insane, what a way to pop flavor on some rice and chicken OR BEANS? O: lol You know what I need to get into, chickpeas. I like hummus okay but anything else is not great and I have to imagine its just I haven't found the right texture/cooking method/seasonings/formfactor yet BUT IM HOPING lol :O CONGRATS ON THE BROWNIES~! Those sound amazing, DID YOU GET PICS? They sound amazinggg~! OMG I FORGOT TO TELL YOU GUYS ABOUT THE MUSHROOMS IM GROWING, OMG well, they arent coming out the holes yet but omg yes, okay sorry, ADHD go brr. Eee you will hafta share that brownie recipe once you perfect it! <3
Moon
2025-10-05 13:59:29 +0000 UTCLast week I was finally able to try out a recipe for adzuki bean brownies. I’m still very new to baking+cooking, but this first batch turned out pretty well! I still wanna try tinkering with the recipe a bit—maybe add some cinnamon, or try to make the brownies a little sweeter. I also ended up with a TON of leftover beans both cooked and uncooked, so I know I’ll have plenty of chances at future batches lol. I also started to dip my toes back into playing saxophone again (long story short, I burned out of music school years ago and have found playing to be very emotionally challenging for me). I took a shot at playing along with a song that means a lot to me (Lazy Afternoon, covered by The Consouls, if you’re curious), and while I am still very out of shape as a player, this was probably the first time in over half a decade that I played my horn and felt something positive. So I would call it a step in the right direction :) Also, for what it’s worth, I think your painting looks very pretty! Props for sticking with it, and for working on healthy habits. The souper cubes sound heckin delicious, I’m gonna have to try something like that myself. EDIT: Tonight I just tried making the brownies again with a little more maple syrup and about 1/2 a tablespoon of cinnamon and they, in my humble opinion, are a fucking banger. Definitely gonna be my go-to way to bake them from now on, yipee!
TripleAce
2025-10-04 16:12:23 +0000 UTCI've been trying to socialize more, and it's kinda been a mixed bag, but I'm relearning how to maintain my boundaries and how to read and respect others...so that's been somewhat productive.
that1otherJake
2025-10-03 16:39:17 +0000 UTC
