The second part of the covid isolation story written as a therapy in January 2021.
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Review: Greedfall
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Welcome to the world of colonialism, exploration, tough moral choices, love, and… consequences of greed. This game takes you into a world that resembles European colonies spiced with magic and god-like creatures. The players find themselves in the role of De Sardet, a diplomat whose aim is to travel to Teer Fradee, a new world. And find there a cure for Malichor, a deadly disease that already killed De Sardet’s relatives and threatens to wipe out the entire old continent. This journey brings many surprising revelations, forces the player to balance difficult relationships between the clashing nations and find the origins and meaning of De Sardet’s own existence.
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Cute tiny leaves, vibrant green color, a load of fresh vitamins, and a pleasant taste. Ready to be eaten in a few days. Do you want it? Grab a bowl, a few paper tissues, a few spoons of water and let’s plant garden cress!
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I wrote this story about a year ago and I did not really plan to publish it. This story was just a way to ease the lockdown frustration. And I believed the terrible situation of 2020 and 2021 will not repeat. But here we go again.
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Ever tried homemade pizza? You are safe with the bought doughs, they are designed to result in a normal pizza that fills your stomach and tastes good. But experimenting in the kitchen can bring much tastier results and be a source of fun! There are countless recipes, how about trying this one?
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And full of carrots. It is a carrot cake, after all. This careful balance of the sweet vegetable, walnuts and, one standard orange has only one result: a fluffy dark sponge full of aroma and taste. This treat can have a unique dark color due to the high amount of nuts, wholemeal flour, and spices and it doesn’t look like a typical orange carrot cake. Avoid too much cinnamon and cocoa to keep the carrot color.
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There is something… the taste of fresh creek water in mouth. The earthy smell of moss and forest flowers. The remains of the snow on the leaves of the last year… the rust spreading on a forgotten blade… This book simply feels like a gulp of beautiful nature, dark haunted ruins, and eerie magic. It will make you wish for a long walk among ancient trees and smell a lily of the valley.
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Visiting shops and choosing from the endless list of tea mixtures with promising names and smells is fun. But how about mixing your own blends? These three are mine, you can try them or use them as an inspiration.
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One serving:
- 200-250 ml or 6-9 oz milk (depending on final thickness preference)
- 30 g or 1 oz oats or quick oats (or any other grain flakes)
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- Additions:
- fresh fruit, dried fruit, seeds, nuts, cinnamon, vanilla, gingerbread spice …
The process is so easy it should not be a problem to incorporate it into your busy morning routine. Hopefully. The word busy covers a whole terrifying scale of… busy, right?
Simply put the basics together and cook it. Do not underestimate the heat, as the bowl is annoyingly hard to clean if you burn this. You can start on middle or high heat but lower it as soon as the milk starts steaming. The time until you are ready to eat depends on the number of servings you have in the bowl. For one serving, cooking takes usually 3-4 minutes. For more people, it will take a bit longer. Just watch the thickness. One more thing you can do to lower your morning stress level is chilling. The oats, obviously. If you can remember, mix the basics together in the evening and let it rest in your fridge. Soaking the dry ingredients lowers the cooking time.
If you choose to add spices, seeds, or dried fruit, add them to the mixture before cooking. Depending on the amount of dried fruit, you may want to increase the amount of liquid a bit. And possibly not include sugar as the fruit will flavor the mix.
Once on the plate, you can toss in fresh fruit and nuts of your choice, sprinkle with cocoa or chocolate, add some butter to melt and brighten your day even more… any other ideas? Let us know in the comments!
You can experiment with different grains and use this recipe. Substituting just a part of the 30 g amount of grains works great as well. My favorite mixture is 20 g of oats and 10 g of buckwheat flakes.
There is also one more option. Mornings are tough and make people nervous. You can resort to violence and use a blender. Create a smooth, flakes-free mixture from the basic ingredients and some seeds if you wish to add them. Flax seeds give the mixed oatmeal a really nice flavor, for example. Then proceed as usual. This loud and disturbing act will secure you a wonderfully smooth breakfast portion. It is a nice change from the typical oatmeal lumpy structure.
Tip for cleaning:
In a case you were too sleepy and burnt the oatmeal, do not try to scratch the brown (ouch, or even black) layer that is firmly attached to the bowl’s bottom. Clean the bowl in a cold water. Use your hand or something that won’t allow the oatmeal remains to attach to it forever and create an even more disgusting abomination than the burnt bowl. Pour in enough water to cover the needed area and let it rest for a few hours until the layer gets soaked and willingly says goodbye to the bowl. Now you can scratch it without force and damage to your nerves and the bowl itself. You can also pour in boiling water to speed up this parting process.
Review: The God is Not Willing
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I was waiting for this book since the first announcement of the Witness trilogy. And I was not disappointed. This is not a beautiful book. But when I want to read something beautiful I go and read about Anne Shirley*. The story is a lot simpler than the Malazan Book of the Fallen. The world of Malaz has changed. We can taste it in the kelyk. We can see it in the brand new characters staring at us from the pages. Still, the book feels very familiar because the old stories, places, and characters are mentioned in small remarks and the new grows on strong roots of what was. This novel mixes fun and tragedy in balance. As usual, the characters have to make extremely hard and complicated decisions and the plot does not revolve around black and white winning heroes and losing evil lords. Philosophy that provides food for thought does not fail to fill a few decent pages.
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