Snarkalorian

Crusty oldster you’d find in an Ed Abbey novel. Mother of Rez Dogs. Gardens, guns, food, prep, critters, bushcraft, WFR, weaver, knitting ninja. MCAS.

[Snarkalorian @BitchesBane]

@krvw Keep Momma happy. Wise man.

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81° in the shade, with 2% humidity. Yeah, no outdoor gardening in the full sun today. Maybe this evening? Overnight low of upper 50’s? Mebbe not. They call this part of town “The Banana Belt.”

[Snarkalorian @BitchesBane]

@GingyNorth After losing a gold fiddle to some hick in Georgia.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A backyard. One man guarding a grill for four hours.

He never left it once.

Everyone else drifted and drank and laughed. But one man stood alone before the flames, turning meat with a long fork, immovable. I knew him at once. The keeper of the sacred fire.

I took my place beside him and said nothing. After a while, he spoke.

"Low and slow," he said, eyes on the coals. "You can't rush it. Rush it, you ruin it."

I bowed my head. A blade, a tea, a life. None can be rushed. I had crossed four thousand miles to hear my grandfather's words from a man in a "KISS THE COOK" apron.

"Everything worth doing is slow," I agreed.

He glanced at me. Something passed between us.

"My wife says just use the oven." He shook his head at the fire. "She doesn't get it."

"They never do," I said.

And this is where it turned.

For the first time in years, this man had been understood. And he rose to meet it. His back straightened. His voice dropped low. A teenager reached for the grill and the man lifted one hand without even looking. "Not yet." The boy retreated. He was becoming what I already believed him to be.

A woman asked when the food would be done. "It's ready when it's ready," he told the flames.

Three people approached. Three were turned away with a single word. By the fourth hour, no one questioned him. The whole party had arranged itself around the man and his fire, the way a village arranges itself around a shrine.

Then he handed me the fork.

"Watch it a sec. I gotta pee."

I have been trusted with castles.

I have never been more honored.

He served everyone before himself, and ate last, standing, still watching the coals. We never traded names. We did not need to.

He believed he had finally met a man who took his cooking seriously.

I believed I had finally met America's last samurai.

Neither of us will ever correct the other.

So tell me, America.

Who is the man at your gathering who will not leave the grill?

Have you ever once asked him why?

I think he is still standing there.

Guarding the fire.

Waiting for one person to understand.

[Snarkalorian @BitchesBane]

@krvw You are always so well prepared. 😁

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@krvw Nice.

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@krvw This is turning into classic “2-4 weeks before the start of monsoon” weather.

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@krvw Yes. We moved here from a sea level place where 98° with 98% humidity was common in the summer. I used to backpack in that. Major shift. I needed a daily nap until I adapted to altitude & climate.

The other day it should have read 0%, but could only register as low as 1%. 🤷‍♀️

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@LaughingWolfOne Ugh. All we had to do was trap cats & replace the topsoil.

I’d be burning it all to the ground. Not really, but you get me.

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@LaughingWolfOne

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@krvw I’d be gasping for breath! Crazy. Onshore breeze?

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@japan_nobunaga Your story reminds me of something @four4thefire wrote several years ago. A favorite of mine ever since. https://t.co/JBDkCsMCzV

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Friends, this is one of the best things I have ever read. https://t.co/JBDkCsMCzV

[BUFFALO SPONKS: Queen of Yarnia @FlowersAgainst]

HAPPY KILLDOZER DAY!!!

[Snarkalorian @BitchesBane]

@QTWIQ Liposomal is a delivery system that keeps glutathione from degrading in the intestines. You can take it orally, maintaining product integrity.

We’re fortunate to have home service for IV. She started the business during Covid, treating truckers in the parking lot at Flying J.

[Snarkalorian @BitchesBane]

@QTWIQ You’re better off getting it IV. I should do that, myself. We have a gal who’ll come to the house.

[Dr. Bob @RobertJJacobsen]

Karmelo Anthony Trial to Proceed with No Black Jurors https://t.co/YchyzSyGOu

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@WelbornBeege Indeed.

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Mikey’s doing Survivor again! Link to episode 1 is one post down.

[Mike Harlow @NotMikeHarlow]

I competed in a weekend long game of Survivor that was filmed for YouTube! The first episode is out now! Episodes coming out weekly. I played in one of these many years ago and won… and now I want my second crown! You know I’m bringing big villain energy 😜

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