Roses at my Brooklyn house.

I’ve never previously been able to keep any sort of plant alive. This garden thrives regardless of any effort on my part.

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My peonies are blooming!

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The garden is officially free of poison ivy!

Next week: building boxes and moving plants around. Which is probably called landscaping.

It’s like I’m a real grownup or something.

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This pickling thing is out of control.

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I don’t find cooking difficult. I just find it tedious.

That however is no excuse for, well, anything.

My irritable but diligent attempts to make coeliac safe pickles, kimchi, and ramen were definitely successful.

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My first attempt at baking gluten free bread.

Easier than expected– baking is more like a fun science experiment than a boring household chore. Also: gluten free bread! And it tastes… like bread! I haven’t had bread in months!

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Tashi & his Turkish coffee grinder.

While the coeliac diagnosis is not surprising, it is wildly annoying.

I can’t think of anything I hate more than cooking. Yet here I am, learning how to cook, not just in general terms but from first principles.

Heavy sigh.

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