Author: Joanna Volavka
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Recipe: Vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL)
I decided to figure out my own version of a pumpkin spice latte using oatmilk. After a couple of months of tweaking, I think I’ve nailed it, so I’m sharing in case you also want to DIY PSL at home!
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In which I learn to needle felt
Back in spring of this year (when everyone else seemed to be learning to make sourdough), I decided to give a different hobby a try– needle felting! Why? Why not! Honestly, needle felting is something I’ve known about for a while and has been relegated to the “someday I want to try that” mental bucket, so with the extra time I had after finishing school in May, I decided to give it a whirl.
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my daily life as experienced over a 5 minute period
If much of my life could be summed up into a single incident, I suspect it would be the one that just happened while I was home alone with my cats* on a Friday night.
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2020 is a lot but at least there’s apple picking
But a couple of Mondays ago I happened to see a post from a newly-opened-for-the-season apple orchard in Julian that was open on Mondays. The air quality happened to be okay that day. And J was home on a random day off. So! Off to Julian we went on a last minute day trip to the mountains!
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Natural History Art: Terrarium Sculpture!
What’s a terrarium sculpture? I’m probably the only person who calls it this, but I can’t think of a better description for what it is: a glass container with a sculpture inside made of natural (or naturalistic) items.
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Natural History Art: Beetle Spreading!
Last winter, I got very interested in how arthropod mounts, so I asked for a beetle spreading kit for Christmas, and last week I was finally able to try it out!
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Lessons from No-Buy 2019
I want to share what I learned from spending last year NOT spending money. There was a lot!
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Travelogue: India 2019
This past July I spent 10 days in India. It was beautiful and wet and green and challenging and I’m still not sure what all I learned because I think I was at max capacity every day and that a lot of things are still filtering through my brain. Here are some thoughts.
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Let’s go to Batuu: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland is OPEN!
The wait is OVER. Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland, aka Black Spire Outpost in Batuu, is OPEN! I got to go with a few friends on Monday, so I’m going to tell you all about it– which I know other blogs have done, but I feel like some of you might enjoy a first hand account […]
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