12/31/2022 ‒
My constant

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12/27/2022 ‒
Karaage curry

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12/25/2022 ‒
Magic

It's a pretty gloomy Christmas - and I am not just saying that.

It has been gloomy all morning. Okay, sure, the sun has started to peek out somewhat. I am writing this at noon, though, so there's that.

I suppose the good thing about this is that it's been chilly. It's been really chilly these past few days, which at least reminds you of how things used to be, at least when viewed through the rose-tinted lenses we tend to put on when looking back at our childhoods. Sure, there's the thing that temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere have been lower than usual these past few days. It's not fun, or so the news reports suggest. Also, global warming!

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12/24/2022 ‒
Nothing to write home about

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12/17/2022 ‒
Cheesecakes for one

An obvious advantage of suddenly living alone is a significant reduction in grocery costs. That's not a bad thing considering how the prices of everything are going up nowadays.

In my case, I managed to reduce my grocery trips, from weekly to fortnightly. That's instantly half, at least in theory.

I have been buying different things, too. I can now buy things I wouldn't have bought otherwise because she wouldn't eat it. Fish, for example. Or chicken thighs. Sure, I bought them before, but I never cooked with them exclusively. Now, I can. Juicy chicken karaage is in my immediate plans.

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12/09/2022 ‒
Octopus traps

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