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Amyteach5
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Public Educator (ret), Zoe's Nana, believer that we can be better.
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When life sends you #potatoes, you use them. These beauties were from our Clark Farm Carlisle Winter CSA and wow - organically grown potatoes are wonderful! Roasted Potatoes from Serious Eats on today's post. Link below #homecook #foodphotography #potatoes

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14 December 2025: Crispy Roast Potatoes
When I finally got a taste of freshly dug potatoes, I couldn’t believe how different they were. Over the last couple of weeks our Winter Share from Clark Farm Carlisle has included potatoes; …
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December 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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We are enjoying our #Winter #CSA bounty from #ClarkFarm Support for #organic #farming and #localfarms is a priority for us.

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11 December 2025: Winter Squash with Chickpeas & Tahini Sauce
A cold winter day seems like a perfect time to enjoy baked stuff squash, which is exactly what we did here on a cold New England afternoon. We’ve received several new-to-me squash varieties i…
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December 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Our #ClarkFarmCarlisle #CSA share included some beautiful #carrots.

#food #appetizers #winterveg #foodphotography

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09 Dec. 2025: Roasted Carrot Hummus
We enjoy a transition period from working to relaxing at the end of each day. Even as retirees, we’ve kept up this habit which in French culture is called Cinq à Sept. Throughout COVID, when …
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December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
amyteach5.bsky.social
The last 30 minutes of Ken Burns American Revolution.... exactly right.
simplyskye.bsky.social Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 9d
Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“

And by extension, a Supreme Court
Silhouette of Trump from behind, with his breath visible in cold air
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
amyteach5.bsky.social
No words. This is abuse.
elisewang.bsky.social Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 11d
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
amyteach5.bsky.social
This Brussel Sprout Salad was a great way to use what we have available in #winter. Our Clark Farm #CSA comes through again! #vegetarian #salad #foodphotography

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07 Dec 2025: Shaved Brussel Sprouts Salad
We love Brussel sprouts. We love them roasted, steamed, pan-fried, and raw. We love them the day they are cooked, and we love them for leftovers. I know you may not share our enthusiasm, but bear w…
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December 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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The timeless appeal of Beverly Cleary's Ramona is an experience shared with my granddaughter. #retiredteacher #grandmother #literacy #raisingreaders

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A Young Reader Discovers Ramona
One of the most important things that I felt I should do as an elementary teacher was to encourage children to learn to love reading. Along with a myriad of skills needed to learn the process of re…
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December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
amyteach5.bsky.social
#sheepshearing day at #clarkfarm in #Carlisle, MA. An art form.
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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I'm sorry I keep saying this, but it's sooo important: Mark Kelly is expressing contempt for the One Special Boy in the White House. We need to hear that. Men, especially *young* men, need to hear that. Listen to his voice. C O N T E M P T.
motherjones.com Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15d
"I've been through a lot worse in service to my country. The president and Pete Hegseth are not gonna silence me."

Yesterday, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) addressed the Pentagon investigation against him:
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
amyteach5.bsky.social
Cabbage Roll Soup was a delicious way to utilize our #Clarkfarmcarlisle #CSA share this week. And then we kicked it up a few notches with some #craicsauce for good measure. The recipe is gifted through my subscription to the #nytcooking
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02 Dec 2025: One-Pot Cabbage Roll Soup
This was a terrific recipe for using some of the Napa Cabbage that has come our way via our Clark Farm Winter CSA. As Carolina Gelen, the NYT’s contributor of this recipe tells it, no need to…
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December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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A #CSA fresh salad made with #napacabbage for the day after Thanksgiving. #homecook #recipes #cabbage #ClarkFarm #foodphotography

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Thanksgiving Week: Day 5
If Thursday’s meal has made you feel the need for something a little more light or healthy, this post is for you. Our Clark Farm Winter CSA Share this week included some crisp and beautiful N…
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November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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WE SHOP LOCAL: say YES to you own community.
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Anna Thomas' Vegetarian Epicure has been the source for our family favorite Cranberry Bread. Post up on my blog. #homebaker #Thanksgiving #quickbread #cranberries #foodphotography

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Thanksgiving Week: Day
Cranberries. They are arguably the quintessential flavor of Thanksgiving. For all the debate over homemade or jellied cranberry sauces, the way I like my cranberries is in bread, and this one has b…
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November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Thanksgiving Week Day 3: Have you tried #Romanesco? #clarkfarmcarlisle #CSA #winterproduce #homecooking #foodphotography

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Thanksgiving Week Day 3
One of my favorite vegetables is Romanesco – kind of a cross between broccoli and cauliflower. I love it for its creaminess and slightly stronger-than-cauliflower taste. Recently, our Clark F…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Pregaming Thanksgiving Dinner with some crudite? Then this recipe is for you! #yogurt #dill #dip #dressing #homecook #foodphotography

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Thanksgiving Week Day 2
We’ve had an AeroGarden for a number of years now and occasionally I am able to successfully grow herbs. This round I have some pretty bodacious looking basil, dill, and the beginnings of ore…
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November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Our Clark Farm Winter Share included chard, pesto and FRESH garlic. Here's a quick pasta recipe for Day 1 of Thanksgiving Week that used all 3:
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#CSA #homecooking #pasta #vegetarian #swisschard #pesto #foodphotography
Thanksgiving Week 2025: Day 1
This week is all about eating. And for some of us, it’s also about cooking. So for the next few days I’m planning to post every day. And to cook. Let’s see how that goes. We&#8217…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Michelle Cottle's Op Ed in today's @nytimes.com hits the nail on the head for those of us who have ANY connection to #elder #caregiving. A #mustead.

My reaction is in my #blog. I've gifted the OpEd there too.

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If you plan to get old, read this
Photo by Krivec Ales on Pexels.com NYT’s columnist Michelle Cottle’s Op-Ed from today (24 November) should be required reading for the adults in the room. I’ve gifted it at the en…
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November 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Imagine having to go to work everyday and face the biggest bully in the country. Kudos to those members of the White House press corps courageous enough to ask the tough questions.
Despicable
The bully-in-chief is targeting women in the White House press corps
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November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
amyteach5.bsky.social
"deeply ashamed" or sorry he got caught? #releasetheepsteinfiles
wbur.org WBUR @wbur.org · 29d
Summers said on Monday he was "deeply ashamed" of staying in touch with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and now plans to step back from his public commitments. The statement came after newly surfaced emails revealed the depth of Summers' correspondence with Epstein.
Larry Summers to step back from public commitments over Epstein ties
Summers said on Monday he was "deeply ashamed" of staying in touch with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and now plans to step back from his public commitments. The statement came after newly s...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
amyteach5.bsky.social
@adrienbisson.bsky.social & I just spent over 7 hours putting coving on our baseboards and then cleaning his office rug and installing a new pad. The only good thing is that if we have to do it again in another 5.5 years I'll be too f-ing old to even try it. #happyhomeowner
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
amyteach5.bsky.social
Good grief...
craigbrittain.com Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · Nov 12
Trump: As a little boy I'd be sitting there playing with blocks, I guess. I build better than anybody else, nobody can build like me, you can ask Steve Witkoff. My dad would build a floor out of tile, they used to call it Linoleum at the time.
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
amyteach5.bsky.social
A chilling creepy statement from a man without a clue. Trump Babies????? Thanks Oprah for unleashing this idiot on society.
doomscroling.bsky.social Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · Nov 8
"We've dropped infertility drugs to make lots of trump babies. I'm hoping by the midterms".......aside from the obvious creepiness, the gop have chosen to not use contingency funds for SNAP when 15 million babies & children rely on SNAP to not starve.

#Pinks
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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It's been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
amyteach5.bsky.social
This is horrifying. #children #trauma
americanprogressaction.org CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · Nov 6
Children shouldn't be afraid of going to school and never seeing their parents again. ICE is traumatizing families.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
amyteach5.bsky.social
#voting across the US today. Since all #politics is #local, make sure to get out an #vote no matter where you live. Here in beautiful #Lowell #MA, you can also get one of these awesome stickers! #vote @nontoxicmasc.bsky.social
Grey Read Books, Lift Weights, Fight Fascists T shirt with Red & White "I Voted" sticker in three languages.
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM