Liz Seger
@swisscake.bsky.social
Writer, backpacker, hype woman.
Political priorities: climate, trans rights, wild lands, antiracism, *enforcing the U.S. Constitution.* AuDHD still figuring things out. Dialogue, not performance.
https://greenalbum.substack.com/
Political priorities: climate, trans rights, wild lands, antiracism, *enforcing the U.S. Constitution.* AuDHD still figuring things out. Dialogue, not performance.
https://greenalbum.substack.com/
Off-white nonsense.
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Off-white nonsense.
The crisis is entitlement, and it afflicts us all. It is the natural result of our decades-long swing toward the individual. If winning can only happen alone, it’s pretty demoralizing when you’re not winning. Shared struggles are manageable struggles. We’re ready for a big swing back to community.
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The crisis is entitlement, and it afflicts us all. It is the natural result of our decades-long swing toward the individual. If winning can only happen alone, it’s pretty demoralizing when you’re not winning. Shared struggles are manageable struggles. We’re ready for a big swing back to community.
Much less creepy than the yoga fave, “imagine an eye in your sternum.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Much less creepy than the yoga fave, “imagine an eye in your sternum.”
Same boat. My 2011 328xi has 72k miles. Does it need expensive fixes now and then? Sure, but that’s mostly from me leaving it at trailheads (mice), it’s a bargain compared to buying or leasing new, and it’s the last model year before they made it all round and unsexy.
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Same boat. My 2011 328xi has 72k miles. Does it need expensive fixes now and then? Sure, but that’s mostly from me leaving it at trailheads (mice), it’s a bargain compared to buying or leasing new, and it’s the last model year before they made it all round and unsexy.
Enjoy your block party.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Enjoy your block party.
We knew it was time for Great Grandma to stop living on her own when she baked the brown and serve rolls still in the plastic bag.
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
We knew it was time for Great Grandma to stop living on her own when she baked the brown and serve rolls still in the plastic bag.
The next year, butterflied a leg of lamb and marinated in cardamom and garlic. Cooked slow and low overnight. Set it on the stovetop to cool in ancient Pyrex dish. Lit burner under kettle, walked away. Heard strange ticking, then boom. Glass shards and lamb everywhere. Wrong burner.
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The next year, butterflied a leg of lamb and marinated in cardamom and garlic. Cooked slow and low overnight. Set it on the stovetop to cool in ancient Pyrex dish. Lit burner under kettle, walked away. Heard strange ticking, then boom. Glass shards and lamb everywhere. Wrong burner.
Marinated a giant brisket for three days in the ancient Hungarian mixture of onions, Heinz ketchup, and a shit ton of paprika. Cooked slow and low overnight. Cooled it in the beer fridge in the garage to save space in the main fridge. 12 hours later discovered the beer fridge was broken. Compost.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Marinated a giant brisket for three days in the ancient Hungarian mixture of onions, Heinz ketchup, and a shit ton of paprika. Cooked slow and low overnight. Cooled it in the beer fridge in the garage to save space in the main fridge. 12 hours later discovered the beer fridge was broken. Compost.
And can we talk about the abominations people are calling “pie?” Even NYT is like “here are some fugly things you can throw into a pie dish because you are too lazy to construct an actual pie.” Pie crust is simple. It merely takes practice. So, practice!
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
And can we talk about the abominations people are calling “pie?” Even NYT is like “here are some fugly things you can throw into a pie dish because you are too lazy to construct an actual pie.” Pie crust is simple. It merely takes practice. So, practice!
Hitchhike’s Guide to the Galaxy: You have to drop the no tea in order to pick up the tea. Took the whole summer to figure that out. But then the game was over, so how useful was it?
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Hitchhike’s Guide to the Galaxy: You have to drop the no tea in order to pick up the tea. Took the whole summer to figure that out. But then the game was over, so how useful was it?
It would be one thing if the data centers improved our lives even a little. But we’re literally destroying the earth because we’re lazy and bored. Friend was aghast that I take so many baths—while she uses ChatGPT for everything. Stop burning my planet so you don’t have to write a marketing email.
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It would be one thing if the data centers improved our lives even a little. But we’re literally destroying the earth because we’re lazy and bored. Friend was aghast that I take so many baths—while she uses ChatGPT for everything. Stop burning my planet so you don’t have to write a marketing email.
Or like Michael Franks producing Sufjan. Zen sexlounge.
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Or like Michael Franks producing Sufjan. Zen sexlounge.
My husband recently pointed out that a key to happiness in retirement will be to take joy in each thing we are choosing to do. Including, as we call it around here, The Scoopening. Thankfully he usually does before I’ve even gotten out of bed. (I wouldn’t want to steal his zen.)
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My husband recently pointed out that a key to happiness in retirement will be to take joy in each thing we are choosing to do. Including, as we call it around here, The Scoopening. Thankfully he usually does before I’ve even gotten out of bed. (I wouldn’t want to steal his zen.)
Once upon a time when I was in high school a bean burrito (extra red sauce) was 49 cents. Behind the Taco Bell was a gas station with a vending machine where a can of Diet Coke was 35 cents. $0.84 meal, no styrofoam or plastic.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Once upon a time when I was in high school a bean burrito (extra red sauce) was 49 cents. Behind the Taco Bell was a gas station with a vending machine where a can of Diet Coke was 35 cents. $0.84 meal, no styrofoam or plastic.
Knew a lawyer with celiac who always carried a foil-wrapped baked potato in his briefcase because the GF option at meetings so often ended up being a plain garden salad. The unveiling of the potato always induced envy around the room.
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Knew a lawyer with celiac who always carried a foil-wrapped baked potato in his briefcase because the GF option at meetings so often ended up being a plain garden salad. The unveiling of the potato always induced envy around the room.
Recently saw “TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT ON SITE”
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Recently saw “TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT ON SITE”
The simplest version of this is toast and tomato. Toast the bread, butter it generously, put a slice of good tomato on top, add flake salt. Best-tasting food in the world imho and the main reason I grow tomatoes.
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The simplest version of this is toast and tomato. Toast the bread, butter it generously, put a slice of good tomato on top, add flake salt. Best-tasting food in the world imho and the main reason I grow tomatoes.
As a toddler my son climbed up on the kitchen counter, busted into a cupboard w/ child-proofing, somehow got the bottle of grape cough syrup from the top shelf, drank the whole thing. Poison Control said he’s fine, he’ll be in outer space all day, keep him comfy. (He’s almost 30 now, seems okay.)
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM
As a toddler my son climbed up on the kitchen counter, busted into a cupboard w/ child-proofing, somehow got the bottle of grape cough syrup from the top shelf, drank the whole thing. Poison Control said he’s fine, he’ll be in outer space all day, keep him comfy. (He’s almost 30 now, seems okay.)
And many are available on Libby! I think the ethical thing is to pick just one or two you love and subscribe to those.
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
And many are available on Libby! I think the ethical thing is to pick just one or two you love and subscribe to those.
I mean, yes, we are also meant to feel suspense that a cop is texting our lead detective with news, and Osman’s pulled it off. The light it shone on my reptile brain was a bonus.
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I mean, yes, we are also meant to feel suspense that a cop is texting our lead detective with news, and Osman’s pulled it off. The light it shone on my reptile brain was a bonus.