Melanie Mallon
@melmall.bsky.social
Writer/editor in semirural Minnesota trying to reschedule the end times (she/her)
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It's the two-flannel part of winter in my basement office.
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It's the two-flannel part of winter in my basement office.
Melting chocolate is satisfying on so many levels. Fulfills some of my childhood Charlie and the Chocolate Factory dreams on a visceral level.
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Melting chocolate is satisfying on so many levels. Fulfills some of my childhood Charlie and the Chocolate Factory dreams on a visceral level.
Forgot about this creepy girl we got from my stepmom.
December 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Forgot about this creepy girl we got from my stepmom.
My stepmom gave us a bunch of her old Xmas decorations, so we put them along with ours all over this year.
December 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My stepmom gave us a bunch of her old Xmas decorations, so we put them along with ours all over this year.
We got the Xmas decorations up! Please ignore the table clutter. Spent the day making truffles.
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We got the Xmas decorations up! Please ignore the table clutter. Spent the day making truffles.
Love that my seed catalogs arrive with the snow
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Love that my seed catalogs arrive with the snow
Also made peppermint meltaway cookies and made and froze peppermint patties, which turned out kind of huge.
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Also made peppermint meltaway cookies and made and froze peppermint patties, which turned out kind of huge.
Spent the day making and freezing X-mas gifts. These are s'mores cookie dough truffles. Messy but delicious.
December 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Spent the day making and freezing X-mas gifts. These are s'mores cookie dough truffles. Messy but delicious.
My stepmom often brings music into family events. After playing my guitar, she was teaching youngest kid some fiddle basics. Then the keyboard came upstairs next. All of this while I finished cooking in relative peace.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
My stepmom often brings music into family events. After playing my guitar, she was teaching youngest kid some fiddle basics. Then the keyboard came upstairs next. All of this while I finished cooking in relative peace.
I made it. And everything was delicious! I overfilled the pumpkin pie, so it ran over the crust on one side, but it still tasted great. Youngest kid said it was the best they ever had. I am EXHAUSTED.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I made it. And everything was delicious! I overfilled the pumpkin pie, so it ran over the crust on one side, but it still tasted great. Youngest kid said it was the best they ever had. I am EXHAUSTED.
In today's hotel bounty: leftover cheeses (unopened) from a wine tasting
Might fuck around and make some crackers
Might fuck around and make some crackers
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In today's hotel bounty: leftover cheeses (unopened) from a wine tasting
Might fuck around and make some crackers
Might fuck around and make some crackers
Also made oreo truffles with white chocolate and peppermint oreo truffles, some w/ white chocolate, some w/ milk chocolate. These are all in the freezer to give as Xmas gifts. Simple recipes but exhausting to execute. I am beat. Tomorrow: chocolate coconut and s'more truffles. Pecan tarts if time.
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Also made oreo truffles with white chocolate and peppermint oreo truffles, some w/ white chocolate, some w/ milk chocolate. These are all in the freezer to give as Xmas gifts. Simple recipes but exhausting to execute. I am beat. Tomorrow: chocolate coconut and s'more truffles. Pecan tarts if time.
Made pumpkin truffles to freeze for turkey day and Xmas. Tripled the batch so I can "oops, made too many" and give some to a friend of my kids who's family is food insecure.
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Made pumpkin truffles to freeze for turkey day and Xmas. Tripled the batch so I can "oops, made too many" and give some to a friend of my kids who's family is food insecure.
Got ingredients for the hundreds of truffles, sea salt caramels, and fudge I'm making as xmas gifts, including several pounds of chocolate.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Got ingredients for the hundreds of truffles, sea salt caramels, and fudge I'm making as xmas gifts, including several pounds of chocolate.
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Even those with no vision issues now will have them someday. We all do. Do others and your future self a favor.
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2. Select text and copy.
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Even those with no vision issues now will have them someday. We all do. Do others and your future self a favor.
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Trick for adding alt text to text images:
1. Save image and open with Google Lens
2. Select text and copy.
3. Add image to post and paste alt text.
Even those with no vision issues now will have them someday. We all do. Do others and your future self a favor.
1. Save image and open with Google Lens
2. Select text and copy.
3. Add image to post and paste alt text.
Even those with no vision issues now will have them someday. We all do. Do others and your future self a favor.
Low sodium beef/pork empanadas. First time making them, and the chimichurri sauce to go with them, so they might suck, but they smell fantastic.
Ended up with more filling than dough, enough for several tortillas. One more day of hyperfocus cooking to stock freezer for rough days ahead. #cookingsky
Ended up with more filling than dough, enough for several tortillas. One more day of hyperfocus cooking to stock freezer for rough days ahead. #cookingsky
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Low sodium beef/pork empanadas. First time making them, and the chimichurri sauce to go with them, so they might suck, but they smell fantastic.
Ended up with more filling than dough, enough for several tortillas. One more day of hyperfocus cooking to stock freezer for rough days ahead. #cookingsky
Ended up with more filling than dough, enough for several tortillas. One more day of hyperfocus cooking to stock freezer for rough days ahead. #cookingsky
Youngest kid reminded me today, after tasting a chocolate pb truffle, that not long ago I said I couldn't cook. "You can't say that anymore," they said. 😁
The first truffle attempt (milk chocolate) was messy, but I think I got the hang of it with the white chocolate.
The first truffle attempt (milk chocolate) was messy, but I think I got the hang of it with the white chocolate.
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Youngest kid reminded me today, after tasting a chocolate pb truffle, that not long ago I said I couldn't cook. "You can't say that anymore," they said. 😁
The first truffle attempt (milk chocolate) was messy, but I think I got the hang of it with the white chocolate.
The first truffle attempt (milk chocolate) was messy, but I think I got the hang of it with the white chocolate.
Cleaning the bedroom and found this behind a cabinet, @skepchick.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Cleaning the bedroom and found this behind a cabinet, @skepchick.org
Happy Halloween to all the weirdos
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Happy Halloween to all the weirdos
Another favorite because it makes me laugh, even though it's not a great photo. Pretty sure this was in Moscow, but it could have been in Lviv. Summer 1989.
Soviet soldiers generally didn't mind us taking photos and talking to them. This was the only cop shot I got.
Soviet soldiers generally didn't mind us taking photos and talking to them. This was the only cop shot I got.
October 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Another favorite because it makes me laugh, even though it's not a great photo. Pretty sure this was in Moscow, but it could have been in Lviv. Summer 1989.
Soviet soldiers generally didn't mind us taking photos and talking to them. This was the only cop shot I got.
Soviet soldiers generally didn't mind us taking photos and talking to them. This was the only cop shot I got.
One of my favorites of the photos I scanned in yesterday. From Lviv, Ukraine, summer, 1989. This was in a park/open area in front of the opera theater.
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
One of my favorites of the photos I scanned in yesterday. From Lviv, Ukraine, summer, 1989. This was in a park/open area in front of the opera theater.
Also, looking back on these photos, I'm pretty sure I was actually haunting the wedding.
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Also, looking back on these photos, I'm pretty sure I was actually haunting the wedding.