Mother of Vinegar
@abbess.bsky.social
Recipes of antiquity, ancient crafts, the forest. Prophesy. Secrets.
Eyeball contagion, dancing plague, Maenad.
Marginally Mennonite Kitchen Witch
Dedicated to keeping it weird.
Eyeball contagion, dancing plague, Maenad.
Marginally Mennonite Kitchen Witch
Dedicated to keeping it weird.
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Mother of Vinegar
@abbess.bsky.social
· Nov 26
I grew up rural Michigan, and I want to share some info about farms today in hopes that some of you will rethink your meat and dairy purchases. You determine farm conditions with your dollar!
all screenshots are from Google maps.
all screenshots are from Google maps.
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Like all good friends, if you're in Michigan and have a free day, I will take you to Detroit and show you The Fist.
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Like all good friends, if you're in Michigan and have a free day, I will take you to Detroit and show you The Fist.
I picked this up in the foyer of Abe's Coney Island in Ypsilanti, c. 2001.
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I picked this up in the foyer of Abe's Coney Island in Ypsilanti, c. 2001.
I can hardly wait to see the hovercraft version of "Neverlanding - The Houseboat Of Dreams" .
Still thinking about how deeply weird and LONG the rant from the homemade houseboat guy was. Possibly the longest Facebook post I have ever seen.
Dude seems to think he’s gonna continue the journey by traveling his raft-on-barrels houseboat across the ice at a high speed
Dude seems to think he’s gonna continue the journey by traveling his raft-on-barrels houseboat across the ice at a high speed
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I can hardly wait to see the hovercraft version of "Neverlanding - The Houseboat Of Dreams" .
“Boats like that aren’t made for the open waters of Lake Huron” - Stop right there. Oh yes it was.
They pulled the homemade houseboat Neverlanding out of the water btw, sounds like it’s out til spring. Got up to Port Austin at the tip of the Thumb and the sheriff made him stop.
Genuinely glad somebody did, the Great Lakes this time of year are no joke
www.michigansthumb.com/news/article...
Genuinely glad somebody did, the Great Lakes this time of year are no joke
www.michigansthumb.com/news/article...
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“Boats like that aren’t made for the open waters of Lake Huron” - Stop right there. Oh yes it was.
I love this study because it discusses half of extraordinary belief - cultural interpretation. My own "extraordinary belief" is that sense of self, invisibility war meditations, trance dancing, and love at first sight have electromagnetic origins and ion channel function in common.
In a new Review for @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social -- and my first first-authored paper! -- @manvir.bsky.social and I argue that experience shapes the emergence and evolution of seemingly extraordinary beliefs.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How experience shapes extraordinary beliefs
The ubiquity of extraordinary beliefs across human societies, such as conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and supernatural beliefs, is a long-standing…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I love this study because it discusses half of extraordinary belief - cultural interpretation. My own "extraordinary belief" is that sense of self, invisibility war meditations, trance dancing, and love at first sight have electromagnetic origins and ion channel function in common.
Kalkaska, 11/28/25
November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Kalkaska, 11/28/25
We have at least 18" of snow on the ground with another 4-8" forecasted this weekend. Spectrum internet was down for 36 hours. Power through the coop has been sketchy but on. The roads are plowed, traffic is normal, and the bar next door is open.
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We have at least 18" of snow on the ground with another 4-8" forecasted this weekend. Spectrum internet was down for 36 hours. Power through the coop has been sketchy but on. The roads are plowed, traffic is normal, and the bar next door is open.
The predictions for heaviest snowfall amounts on every map are centered over our house. A light snow is beginning to fall. If we don't get 18+ inches, we'll be disappointed.
APX issues Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) at Nov 26, 6:39 AM EST
at Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:39:11 +0000 via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
at Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:39:11 +0000 via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The predictions for heaviest snowfall amounts on every map are centered over our house. A light snow is beginning to fall. If we don't get 18+ inches, we'll be disappointed.
I have a vague memory of the periscope on the USS Silversides when it first arrived in 1987. There was no museum or tour. I thought it was temporary.
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I have a vague memory of the periscope on the USS Silversides when it first arrived in 1987. There was no museum or tour. I thought it was temporary.
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Current* conditions near Isle Royale NP, MI:
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Current* conditions near Isle Royale NP, MI:
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For two years the people of Sweden sacrificed first bulls then men to end the famine that devastated the land. On the third year, they seized their King, Domalde, and sacrificed him to the gods. The next year was prosperous. #WyrdWednesday
🖼️: E. Werenskiold
🖼️: E. Werenskiold
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
For two years the people of Sweden sacrificed first bulls then men to end the famine that devastated the land. On the third year, they seized their King, Domalde, and sacrificed him to the gods. The next year was prosperous. #WyrdWednesday
🖼️: E. Werenskiold
🖼️: E. Werenskiold
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This is so amazing, but I'm sad for the children who can't visit a real corn maze. Most of the thrill is in walking until you think you might die out there.
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is so amazing, but I'm sad for the children who can't visit a real corn maze. Most of the thrill is in walking until you think you might die out there.
the speaker on an ice cream truck
What’s your favorite information technology mine is probably the alphabet
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
the speaker on an ice cream truck
post you from a different era
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
post you from a different era
It was windy earlier and we just suffered through our second or third worst power outage since moving to N Michigan, Great Lakes Energy co-op service area. It was 45 minutes.
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It was windy earlier and we just suffered through our second or third worst power outage since moving to N Michigan, Great Lakes Energy co-op service area. It was 45 minutes.
We went thrifting in Lansing yesterday at two Volunteers of America locations, both of them on a list of the largest thrift stores in Michigan, and they did not disappoint. Amazing sales, high turnover stock, benefits go to Michigan veterans. VOA is expanding and has 9 stores, takes donations.
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We went thrifting in Lansing yesterday at two Volunteers of America locations, both of them on a list of the largest thrift stores in Michigan, and they did not disappoint. Amazing sales, high turnover stock, benefits go to Michigan veterans. VOA is expanding and has 9 stores, takes donations.
Surprised that I had not heard about the hundreds of windmills dotting the landscape along US127 in mid-Michigan. Unexpected and beautiful.
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Surprised that I had not heard about the hundreds of windmills dotting the landscape along US127 in mid-Michigan. Unexpected and beautiful.
Devil's Night tradition in Detroit is suburban relatives burning Grandma's house down.
Made famous by the Crow, October 30 is considered Devil's Night in the North American Rust Belt, though known by other names such as Mischief Night. Full of more tricks than treats, these range from simple pranks to arson, particularly in 1980s Detroit. #Halloween #Folklore
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Devil's Night tradition in Detroit is suburban relatives burning Grandma's house down.
pondering what would happen if the rest of us stopped buying groceries this month, too, until SNAP is restored.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
pondering what would happen if the rest of us stopped buying groceries this month, too, until SNAP is restored.
Bags of potato chips have always been well received, but these are even better ideas.
This year for halloween we are giving out boxes of mac and cheese, granola bars and gold fish crackers. Growing up in Detroit, some of my classmates would trick or treat just so they could eat that night. It's going to be worse this year.
October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Bags of potato chips have always been well received, but these are even better ideas.
I will not tell you, but there will be signs.
October 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I will not tell you, but there will be signs.
Through the miracle of the internet, I have discovered that in addition to Rock and Rye Liqueur, Rock and Rye Cordial also existed, and it was 90 proof. findingaids.hagley.org/repositories...
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Through the miracle of the internet, I have discovered that in addition to Rock and Rye Liqueur, Rock and Rye Cordial also existed, and it was 90 proof. findingaids.hagley.org/repositories...
I know a guy who has pictures of every big local thing, long before it opens. he gets out of his white truck wearing his painter whites and tradesmen on the job think, "the painters have arrived".
this was a street art lesson for me:
no need for night time graffiti, just grab a tarp and some ladders and a clipboard or two and start painting in broad daylight
no need for night time graffiti, just grab a tarp and some ladders and a clipboard or two and start painting in broad daylight
October 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I know a guy who has pictures of every big local thing, long before it opens. he gets out of his white truck wearing his painter whites and tradesmen on the job think, "the painters have arrived".
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Current* conditions near Isle Royale NP, MI:
October 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Current* conditions near Isle Royale NP, MI: