I am thoroughly Dimashified.
I booked the tickets back in March and it's been this future event for so long that it seems impossible that it's actually today.
Dimash arrived in London two days ago and immediately went to CNN to do an interview:
See you on the other side... 🎶🎤🎵
Dimash arrived in London two days ago and immediately went to CNN to do an interview:
See you on the other side... 🎶🎤🎵
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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crossworks authors have been revealed, I can share what I wrote! I wrote a Miss Fisher/Lord Peter crossover!
My first thought was of course that I should do some sort of casefic, but couldn't come up with a case. My second thought was to have Phryne and Mary meet up during the war--Phrynne drove ambulances, Mary was a nurse--but then I realized that that would make major changes to Mary's life, because I could not picture Mary crossing paths with Phryne in any noteworthy way and then living the same aimless post-war life Mary did. I certainly couldn't see her getting involved with either Goyles or Cathcart. And that would be very interesting, but a much longer story than I had the capacity to write. So instead, I had Phryne meet Peter during the war.
Title: the wings of our frail souls
Author: Beatrice_Otter
Fandoms: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (TV)/Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Written for: sinkauli incrossworks 2025
Betaed by: Lirelyn
Author's note: Canon has Phryne serving in a French women's ambulance unit during the war. I have changed this to the FANY, the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, which was a British women's volunteer group, because their general approach to the First World War was very similar to Phryne's approach to life in general. The British Army didn't want them, so they went over anyway and convinced the Belgians and the French to let them drive. They seem to have a long tradition of doing whatever the hell they thought needed doing and ignoring or steamrolling men who got in their way.
At AO3. On Squidgeworld. On Pillowfort. On tumblr.
***
It was not, Phryne thought as she steered Josephine through the French countryside, that you could precisely call her job boring. There was a war on, and she was much nearer the front than she told her parents in her infrequent letters home. She was driving an ambulance between the French triage unit and the hospital, avoiding potholes as best she could. The men in the back of her bus moaned or swore at each one she hit. It was important work, one part in the chain that saved as many men as possible from the jaws of death. It was good work, and more meaningful than she'd thought it would be when she'd signed up for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, desperate for anything that would get her out of London.
It was only that she'd driven this route so often she could do it in her sleep. The only change was the appearance of more potholes and ruts.
Josephine's engine—which had been running roughly—died with a horrible sound.
Phryne swore, fluently and filthily, in French, and popped out to open up Josephine's hood. "Shouldn't have even dared think it was boring." A short bit of poking around confirmed her fears.
( Another FANY ambulance pulled up next to hers—Gertie, by the sound of it. )
crossworks authors have been revealed, I can share what I wrote! I wrote a Miss Fisher/Lord Peter crossover!My first thought was of course that I should do some sort of casefic, but couldn't come up with a case. My second thought was to have Phryne and Mary meet up during the war--Phrynne drove ambulances, Mary was a nurse--but then I realized that that would make major changes to Mary's life, because I could not picture Mary crossing paths with Phryne in any noteworthy way and then living the same aimless post-war life Mary did. I certainly couldn't see her getting involved with either Goyles or Cathcart. And that would be very interesting, but a much longer story than I had the capacity to write. So instead, I had Phryne meet Peter during the war.
Title: the wings of our frail souls
Author: Beatrice_Otter
Fandoms: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (TV)/Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Written for: sinkauli in
crossworks 2025Betaed by: Lirelyn
Author's note: Canon has Phryne serving in a French women's ambulance unit during the war. I have changed this to the FANY, the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, which was a British women's volunteer group, because their general approach to the First World War was very similar to Phryne's approach to life in general. The British Army didn't want them, so they went over anyway and convinced the Belgians and the French to let them drive. They seem to have a long tradition of doing whatever the hell they thought needed doing and ignoring or steamrolling men who got in their way.
At AO3. On Squidgeworld. On Pillowfort. On tumblr.
***
It was not, Phryne thought as she steered Josephine through the French countryside, that you could precisely call her job boring. There was a war on, and she was much nearer the front than she told her parents in her infrequent letters home. She was driving an ambulance between the French triage unit and the hospital, avoiding potholes as best she could. The men in the back of her bus moaned or swore at each one she hit. It was important work, one part in the chain that saved as many men as possible from the jaws of death. It was good work, and more meaningful than she'd thought it would be when she'd signed up for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, desperate for anything that would get her out of London.
It was only that she'd driven this route so often she could do it in her sleep. The only change was the appearance of more potholes and ruts.
Josephine's engine—which had been running roughly—died with a horrible sound.
Phryne swore, fluently and filthily, in French, and popped out to open up Josephine's hood. "Shouldn't have even dared think it was boring." A short bit of poking around confirmed her fears.
( Another FANY ambulance pulled up next to hers—Gertie, by the sound of it. )
YES YES YES.
SciShow did a collab with Tom Lum and ESOTERICA and delivered a deep dive into the history of the relationship of chemistry and alchemy and the politicization of the distinction between the two: "In Defense of Alchemy" (2025 Oct 17).
I cannot tell you how much I loved this and what a happy surprise this was. It ties into a whole bunch of other things I passionately want to tell you about that have to do with epistemology, science, and politics (and early music) but I didn't expect to be able to tie chemistry/alchemy in to it because I had neither the chops nor the time to do so. But now, some one else has done this valuable work and tied it all up with a bow for me. I'm thrilled.
Please enjoy: 45 transfiguring minutes about the history of alchemy and chemistry and what you were probably told about it and how it is wrong.
SciShow did a collab with Tom Lum and ESOTERICA and delivered a deep dive into the history of the relationship of chemistry and alchemy and the politicization of the distinction between the two: "In Defense of Alchemy" (2025 Oct 17).
I cannot tell you how much I loved this and what a happy surprise this was. It ties into a whole bunch of other things I passionately want to tell you about that have to do with epistemology, science, and politics (and early music) but I didn't expect to be able to tie chemistry/alchemy in to it because I had neither the chops nor the time to do so. But now, some one else has done this valuable work and tied it all up with a bow for me. I'm thrilled.
Please enjoy: 45 transfiguring minutes about the history of alchemy and chemistry and what you were probably told about it and how it is wrong.
I have been dealing with some health stuff. I recently got a somewhat heavy medical diagnosis. It's nothing life-threatening, and of yet I have only had the mildest of symptoms, and seem to be responding well to treatment, but it's a bummer. My new specialist seems to be fantastic, so that's good.
Meanwhile, I have also finally started having a medical problem I've been anticipating ever since my back went wonky three years ago: my wrists have finally started crapping out. Because I cannot tolerate sitting for long, I have been using my laptop on a rig that holds it over me on my bed. But this means I haven't been using my ergonomic keyboard because it's not compatible with this rig. I'm honestly surprised it's taken this long for my wrists to burst into flames again, but HTML and other coding has always been harder on my arms than simple text, and the research and writing I've been doing on Latin American geopolitics has been a lot of that. And while I can use dictation for text*, it's useless for HTML or anything that involves a lot of cut-and-paste. Consequently, I've gotten really behind on all my writing, both here and my clinical notes.
So I ordered a NocFree split wireless keyboard in hopes that it will be gentler on my arms. It arrived last night, and I have been relearning how to touch type, only with my arms at my side and absolutely not being able to see the keyboard.
You would not believe how long it took me to type this, but it's all slowly coming back. Also, I feel the need to share: I'm doing this in emacs. Which feels like a bit of a high wire act, because errors involving meta keys could, I dunno, reformat my hard drive or crash the electrical grid.
Here's hoping I get the hang of this before I break the backspace key from overuse or accidentally launch a preemptive nuclear strike on Russia.
* If, you know, I don't too dearly value my sanity.
Meanwhile, I have also finally started having a medical problem I've been anticipating ever since my back went wonky three years ago: my wrists have finally started crapping out. Because I cannot tolerate sitting for long, I have been using my laptop on a rig that holds it over me on my bed. But this means I haven't been using my ergonomic keyboard because it's not compatible with this rig. I'm honestly surprised it's taken this long for my wrists to burst into flames again, but HTML and other coding has always been harder on my arms than simple text, and the research and writing I've been doing on Latin American geopolitics has been a lot of that. And while I can use dictation for text*, it's useless for HTML or anything that involves a lot of cut-and-paste. Consequently, I've gotten really behind on all my writing, both here and my clinical notes.
So I ordered a NocFree split wireless keyboard in hopes that it will be gentler on my arms. It arrived last night, and I have been relearning how to touch type, only with my arms at my side and absolutely not being able to see the keyboard.
You would not believe how long it took me to type this, but it's all slowly coming back. Also, I feel the need to share: I'm doing this in emacs. Which feels like a bit of a high wire act, because errors involving meta keys could, I dunno, reformat my hard drive or crash the electrical grid.
Here's hoping I get the hang of this before I break the backspace key from overuse or accidentally launch a preemptive nuclear strike on Russia.
* If, you know, I don't too dearly value my sanity.
Americans, as I hope you know, on Nov 1st, the Federal government, being shut down, did not transmit the money to the states to pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka SNAP, aka "Food Stamps". In many states, SNAP money is supposed to hit recipients' EBT cards on the first of the month. It didn't. There is in the SNAP budget funds to cover emergencies, but Trump said he would not release it; lawsuits ensued, and as of right now, partial payments are going to be or have been made.
I commend the following video to you. It's longish - 26 minutes – but worth your time.
2025 Nov 1: Hank Green [![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
hankschannel on YT]: "This Shutdown is Different"
Hank Green, of vlogbrothers fame, invites Jeannie Hunter, Tennessee regional director of the Society of St. Andrew (aka EndHunger.org), on to his personal chanenel explain how the US's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka SNAP, aka "Food Stamps", actually works.
Hunter turns out to be a great interview subject and the resultant conversation was fascinating. I highly recommend it - not just to understand what's at stake in the goverment shutdown, but for your own simple enjoyment of learning how things actually work, and also so you can more eloquently advocate for this system.
I commend the following video to you. It's longish - 26 minutes – but worth your time.
2025 Nov 1: Hank Green [
hankschannel on YT]: "This Shutdown is Different"Hank Green, of vlogbrothers fame, invites Jeannie Hunter, Tennessee regional director of the Society of St. Andrew (aka EndHunger.org), on to his personal chanenel explain how the US's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka SNAP, aka "Food Stamps", actually works.
Hunter turns out to be a great interview subject and the resultant conversation was fascinating. I highly recommend it - not just to understand what's at stake in the goverment shutdown, but for your own simple enjoyment of learning how things actually work, and also so you can more eloquently advocate for this system.
And Cuomo was a gracious loser, congratulating Mamdani and telling people off who were booing! I had forgotten what that looked like.
And then youtube suggested this, and it's wonderful:
Josh Johnson Gives Impromptu Speech About AI and Algorithms during set in Rochester, NY
ETA: Oh and Josh Johnson also has a whole bit about this election:
:)
Now that rarepairexchange authors have been revealed, I can tell you what I wrote! A Riker/Ro fic!
And this was not my first fic for this exchange. I got about halfway into a fic that I really liked, set during the Dominion War, just after the destruction of Enterprise. Riker and Ro were both on separate missions for Starfleet and the Maquis, and chanced to meet in a bar on some station somewhere. The problem was, that this is not an exchange that allows for genfics, and while I could have a really interesting conversation between the two, I couldn't figure out how to get them together in a way that I found satisfactory and realistic. I thought I could! but it didn't work out. So I stopped and did this instead. Throughout the process,sixbeforelunch was extremely helpful.
Title: Extra Time
Author: Beatrice_otter
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Characters: Ro Laren/Will Riker
Written for: Eratoschild in Rare Pair Exchange 2025
AN: Thank you tosixbeforelunch for brainstorming help and betaing.
On AO3. On Ad Astra. On Squidgeworld. At Pillowfort. On Tumblr.
"I wish I could give you better news, Will," Captain Picard said over the shuttle's comm system.
Will rubbed his forehead. "It's about what I expected, sir." The business of Enterprise's schedule and the shortage of other Starfleet vessels in the area to handle routine matters was why he and Ro had been dispatched in the shuttle Cousteau to handle this mission in the first place.
The anthropologists studying Lichiri V had wrapped up their mission and been extracted months ago. They'd returned to their university only to find that they had not double-checked their packing lists and had left a few small bits of equipment behind. Nothing big or hard to replace, but Lichiri V was currently in the middle of a (very slow) industrial and technological revolution, and nobody wanted to take the risk that some bright Lichirian would find the damn things and figure out enough about them to do damage. Enterprise was the only ship in the area, and she was busy with some tense diplomatic negotiations, and would be for a while.
Fortunately or not, Lichiri V was just at the edge of reasonable shuttle travel from the two systems Enterprise was currently stuck hovering between. Ro needed supervised piloting hours to get her small craft certification back. And, despite Will trying to find a better answer, he was the officer Enterprise could currently spare with the least disruption. And his own dislike of the ensign was not sufficient reason to disrupt other ship operations more than necessary.
So, Will and Ro had been dispatched to go pick up the equipment in the Cousteau. Four days in a cramped shuttle, a day or two in the Lichiri system to pick up the equipment and restock the shuttle with basics like water, oxygen, and hydrogen, and four days back.
If a freak ion storm hadn't blown up when they were already mid-takeoff, they'd already be on their way out of the system. Instead, the Cousteau had been damaged, they'd had to land again, and they'd be stuck here until Enterprise could swing by and pick them up. Which at the rate negotiations were going could take weeks, if not longer.
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rarepairexchange authors have been revealed, I can tell you what I wrote! A Riker/Ro fic!And this was not my first fic for this exchange. I got about halfway into a fic that I really liked, set during the Dominion War, just after the destruction of Enterprise. Riker and Ro were both on separate missions for Starfleet and the Maquis, and chanced to meet in a bar on some station somewhere. The problem was, that this is not an exchange that allows for genfics, and while I could have a really interesting conversation between the two, I couldn't figure out how to get them together in a way that I found satisfactory and realistic. I thought I could! but it didn't work out. So I stopped and did this instead. Throughout the process,
sixbeforelunch was extremely helpful.Title: Extra Time
Author: Beatrice_otter
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Characters: Ro Laren/Will Riker
Written for: Eratoschild in Rare Pair Exchange 2025
AN: Thank you to
sixbeforelunch for brainstorming help and betaing.On AO3. On Ad Astra. On Squidgeworld. At Pillowfort. On Tumblr.
"I wish I could give you better news, Will," Captain Picard said over the shuttle's comm system.
Will rubbed his forehead. "It's about what I expected, sir." The business of Enterprise's schedule and the shortage of other Starfleet vessels in the area to handle routine matters was why he and Ro had been dispatched in the shuttle Cousteau to handle this mission in the first place.
The anthropologists studying Lichiri V had wrapped up their mission and been extracted months ago. They'd returned to their university only to find that they had not double-checked their packing lists and had left a few small bits of equipment behind. Nothing big or hard to replace, but Lichiri V was currently in the middle of a (very slow) industrial and technological revolution, and nobody wanted to take the risk that some bright Lichirian would find the damn things and figure out enough about them to do damage. Enterprise was the only ship in the area, and she was busy with some tense diplomatic negotiations, and would be for a while.
Fortunately or not, Lichiri V was just at the edge of reasonable shuttle travel from the two systems Enterprise was currently stuck hovering between. Ro needed supervised piloting hours to get her small craft certification back. And, despite Will trying to find a better answer, he was the officer Enterprise could currently spare with the least disruption. And his own dislike of the ensign was not sufficient reason to disrupt other ship operations more than necessary.
So, Will and Ro had been dispatched to go pick up the equipment in the Cousteau. Four days in a cramped shuttle, a day or two in the Lichiri system to pick up the equipment and restock the shuttle with basics like water, oxygen, and hydrogen, and four days back.
If a freak ion storm hadn't blown up when they were already mid-takeoff, they'd already be on their way out of the system. Instead, the Cousteau had been damaged, they'd had to land again, and they'd be stuck here until Enterprise could swing by and pick them up. Which at the rate negotiations were going could take weeks, if not longer.
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So here a few weeks ago, I saw a recipe for pumpkin pie on Tumblr.
Now, while I am a baker and I generally bake things that I enjoy eating, I have, in the last several years, grown to dislike pumpkin pie. I've almost always used the recipe that comes on the Libby's can of pumpkin puree ([link]), and it is my opinion that that recipe is... not good. I think it's a texture thing for me, honestly. I don't like that the spices aren't very strong, and the texture is like if the word "clammy" had a taste.
So I've tried, over the last 18 years or so, to find alternative recipes. For a couple years I made an icebox pumpkin pie that used vanilla pudding and Cool Whip ([link]). That one was okay, though the spices once again didn't really pop. I also tried 2 or 3 years ago, an alternate recipe from the can of puree that included sweetened condensed milk for a sweeter pie, but ran into pretty much the same texture problems.
And then I saw this recipe for Pumpkin Pudding Pie with Orange Zest and Cardamom Whipped Cream [link]. It was created/written by Demi Adejuyigbe, a comedian who is probably most well-known for his series of videos with Earth, Wind & Fire's song "September" (here is a [link] to one of them). Someone on Tumblr was kind enough to transcribe the recipe into actual text that could be copied, and I took that and printed it out to take a proper look at it.
First off, the recipe as-is is for "~3 pies", which is a lot of pie. So the first thing I did before I prepared to make it was halve all the ingredients for the filling. (The only one that was a little tricky was halving the 15oz. can of pumpkin. Those 15oz. cans have, according to the lab, seven 1/4-cup servings--so it was just a matter of halving 7/4 and doing a conversion to a different measure.) That made enough filling to fill the graham cracker crust up, with a little bit left over. I opted to keep the whipped cream recipe the same, since we all love whipped cream in my family. I used a store-bought graham cracker crust, and baked the pie itself on this past Friday.
There were a few snags in preparation (mostly just consequences of adding things in all at once instead of gradually), but pie was accomplished! It rose a lot in the oven, but didn't spill over (and it also deflated a little as it cooled). I didn't finish it up until Saturday night, because we were doing a Thanksgiving dry run (essentially; we had a frozen turkey from last year that needed eating). The cardamom whipped cream worked up quickly, and I added the garnishes before serving.
ID: A pumpkin pie sitting on a wooden table. The pie is dusted with powdered sugar and garnished with many pieces of orange zest. END ID.
ID: A slice of pumpkin pie in a bright purple bowl. The slice of pie mostly covered by a large dollop of whipped cream. Just visible in the whipped cream are flecks of spices. It looks delicious. END ID.
The pie was amazing. The texture wasn't as weird as regular pumpkin pie; it was more bread-y, but still moist, and kind of thick (I'd taken a few bites before I realized I needed a glass of milk!). The cardamom whipped cream really enhanced the flavor of the whole thing, and the orange zest added a lovely brightness to the overall flavor that really elevated it. (I had another slice yesterday, too; the flavor was still good with the whipped cream [which I'd refrigerated], though the orange zest flavor was a little reduced.)
My mom and my sister really liked the pie; Dad thought it was okay (he said the texture wasn't as smooth as normal pumpkin pie). So I'm probably going to make this pie again for Thanksgiving!! I am probably going to double the whipped cream recipe, though; we are a whipped cream-loving family, as I said, and there's going to be more of us at Thanksgiving.
Without further ado, here is the recipe with the halved filling ingredients. (Sorry to those of you who use metric; I didn't think to weigh my ingredients as I went through the recipe!! I will try to do that on my next go-round!!)
Pumpkin Pudding Pie w/ Orange Zest and Cardamom Whipped Cream (from Demi Adejuyigbe) [filling halved from original]
1-1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup + 2 Tablespoons pumpkin puree
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon vanilla
Pinch of salt
1-1/4 cup milk
2 Tablespoons melted butter
Powdered sugar
Zest of 1 orange
1 cup heavy cream
2 Tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon cardamom
Pinch of nutmeg
1 prepared pie crust (pastry or graham cracker)
For pie:
Preheat oven to 325F.
Beat pumpkin puree and egg together in large mixing bowl (if using stand mixer, use paddle attachment). Add sugar and baking soda; blend well.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Add flour mixture and vanilla to pumpkin mixture; blend until well-mixed.
Add melted butter. Gradually add milk, whisking until all ingredients are blended together. Pour batter into prepared pie crust. Batter will be more liquid than solid, but will solidify and rise in oven.
Bake in prepared oven for 55 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely. Top with sifted powdered sugar and orange zest.
For whipped cream:
Place metal mixing bowl and whisk in freezer for at least 15 minutes.
Whisk powdered sugar, cardamom, and nutmeg together in bowl. Add heavy cream and whisk until stiff peaks form. Serve on cooled pie.
Now, while I am a baker and I generally bake things that I enjoy eating, I have, in the last several years, grown to dislike pumpkin pie. I've almost always used the recipe that comes on the Libby's can of pumpkin puree ([link]), and it is my opinion that that recipe is... not good. I think it's a texture thing for me, honestly. I don't like that the spices aren't very strong, and the texture is like if the word "clammy" had a taste.
So I've tried, over the last 18 years or so, to find alternative recipes. For a couple years I made an icebox pumpkin pie that used vanilla pudding and Cool Whip ([link]). That one was okay, though the spices once again didn't really pop. I also tried 2 or 3 years ago, an alternate recipe from the can of puree that included sweetened condensed milk for a sweeter pie, but ran into pretty much the same texture problems.
And then I saw this recipe for Pumpkin Pudding Pie with Orange Zest and Cardamom Whipped Cream [link]. It was created/written by Demi Adejuyigbe, a comedian who is probably most well-known for his series of videos with Earth, Wind & Fire's song "September" (here is a [link] to one of them). Someone on Tumblr was kind enough to transcribe the recipe into actual text that could be copied, and I took that and printed it out to take a proper look at it.
First off, the recipe as-is is for "~3 pies", which is a lot of pie. So the first thing I did before I prepared to make it was halve all the ingredients for the filling. (The only one that was a little tricky was halving the 15oz. can of pumpkin. Those 15oz. cans have, according to the lab, seven 1/4-cup servings--so it was just a matter of halving 7/4 and doing a conversion to a different measure.) That made enough filling to fill the graham cracker crust up, with a little bit left over. I opted to keep the whipped cream recipe the same, since we all love whipped cream in my family. I used a store-bought graham cracker crust, and baked the pie itself on this past Friday.
There were a few snags in preparation (mostly just consequences of adding things in all at once instead of gradually), but pie was accomplished! It rose a lot in the oven, but didn't spill over (and it also deflated a little as it cooled). I didn't finish it up until Saturday night, because we were doing a Thanksgiving dry run (essentially; we had a frozen turkey from last year that needed eating). The cardamom whipped cream worked up quickly, and I added the garnishes before serving.
Pie pictures under here!!
ID: A pumpkin pie sitting on a wooden table. The pie is dusted with powdered sugar and garnished with many pieces of orange zest. END ID.
ID: A slice of pumpkin pie in a bright purple bowl. The slice of pie mostly covered by a large dollop of whipped cream. Just visible in the whipped cream are flecks of spices. It looks delicious. END ID.
The pie was amazing. The texture wasn't as weird as regular pumpkin pie; it was more bread-y, but still moist, and kind of thick (I'd taken a few bites before I realized I needed a glass of milk!). The cardamom whipped cream really enhanced the flavor of the whole thing, and the orange zest added a lovely brightness to the overall flavor that really elevated it. (I had another slice yesterday, too; the flavor was still good with the whipped cream [which I'd refrigerated], though the orange zest flavor was a little reduced.)
My mom and my sister really liked the pie; Dad thought it was okay (he said the texture wasn't as smooth as normal pumpkin pie). So I'm probably going to make this pie again for Thanksgiving!! I am probably going to double the whipped cream recipe, though; we are a whipped cream-loving family, as I said, and there's going to be more of us at Thanksgiving.
Without further ado, here is the recipe with the halved filling ingredients. (Sorry to those of you who use metric; I didn't think to weigh my ingredients as I went through the recipe!! I will try to do that on my next go-round!!)
The recipe!!
Pumpkin Pudding Pie w/ Orange Zest and Cardamom Whipped Cream (from Demi Adejuyigbe) [filling halved from original]
1-1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup + 2 Tablespoons pumpkin puree
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon vanilla
Pinch of salt
1-1/4 cup milk
2 Tablespoons melted butter
Powdered sugar
Zest of 1 orange
1 cup heavy cream
2 Tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon cardamom
Pinch of nutmeg
1 prepared pie crust (pastry or graham cracker)
For pie:
Preheat oven to 325F.
Beat pumpkin puree and egg together in large mixing bowl (if using stand mixer, use paddle attachment). Add sugar and baking soda; blend well.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Add flour mixture and vanilla to pumpkin mixture; blend until well-mixed.
Add melted butter. Gradually add milk, whisking until all ingredients are blended together. Pour batter into prepared pie crust. Batter will be more liquid than solid, but will solidify and rise in oven.
Bake in prepared oven for 55 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely. Top with sifted powdered sugar and orange zest.
For whipped cream:
Place metal mixing bowl and whisk in freezer for at least 15 minutes.
Whisk powdered sugar, cardamom, and nutmeg together in bowl. Add heavy cream and whisk until stiff peaks form. Serve on cooled pie.
Time just seems to vanish.
Last week was my birthday and I was totally going to make a birthday post, and then just... didn't.
So, belated thank you's to everyone who sent me birthday wishes. <3
And I got fanart from Lee (for my Seeker 'verse), which is very shiny. Not used to fanart. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Although speaking of fanart, then Promethia and I also had a stunning piece of fanart created for The Song of Rowland, so truly my cup currently overfloweth. (Technically the art work is spoilery, although not hugely.)
And fic-wise, then I posted Chapter 5 of Crystal Gets A Boyfriend on my birthday, and then Chapter 6 the week after! (This will probably never happen again. There is usually a month between any updates.)
But enough about me... Have a few links:
No more Disney!Who. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
UK petition: Scrap the Bathroom Ban
And from the Good Law Project, please sign this open letter: Women in support of the trans+ community.
I feel that there were so many more things I was going to mention, but time has stolen them...
Last week was my birthday and I was totally going to make a birthday post, and then just... didn't.
So, belated thank you's to everyone who sent me birthday wishes. <3
And I got fanart from Lee (for my Seeker 'verse), which is very shiny. Not used to fanart. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Although speaking of fanart, then Promethia and I also had a stunning piece of fanart created for The Song of Rowland, so truly my cup currently overfloweth. (Technically the art work is spoilery, although not hugely.)
And fic-wise, then I posted Chapter 5 of Crystal Gets A Boyfriend on my birthday, and then Chapter 6 the week after! (This will probably never happen again. There is usually a month between any updates.)
But enough about me... Have a few links:
No more Disney!Who. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
UK petition: Scrap the Bathroom Ban
And from the Good Law Project, please sign this open letter: Women in support of the trans+ community.
I feel that there were so many more things I was going to mention, but time has stolen them...
For the rarepairexchange I received a lovely Still Star-Crossed fic (that had good worldbuilding, good characterization, and excellent research backing it up):
you and you are heart in heart (2,289 words). Even now, two months after Paris’ defeat outside the walls of Verona, unrest still fermented. The peace treaty which had once hinged on Benvolio’s execution now hinged on Benvolio and Rosaline’s wedding.
And there was a lot of other good fic that you should check out. Here are some I liked:
Taking Chances Together (1254 words)
Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Spock/Nyota Uhura
Additional Tags: post s2e1 Amok Time, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:
In Splendid Sunshine Dressed (1868 words
Fandom: Casablanca (1942)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rick Blaine, Victor Laszlo (Casablanca), Ilsa Lund
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Getting Together
Summary:
Here's to We (1233 words)
Fandom: MASH (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lorraine Anderson/Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Friends to Lovers, Character Study, Epistolary, Margaret Backstory Typical Implied/Referenced Sexual Harassment, Episode Tag: s06e21 Temporary Duty, Episode Tag: s07e19 Hot Lips is Back In Town, 12x100
Summary:
I Prayed For You (2445 words)
Fandom: MASH (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: B. J. Hunnicutt/Father Francis Mulcahy
Additional Tags: Developing Relationship
Summary:
How the Halcyon Song Lingers (1348 words)
Fandom: Little Women (2019 Movie - Gerwig)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Theodore "Laurie" Laurence/Amy March
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Parenthood, Married Life, Fall Vibes, Domestic Fluff
Summary:
Heart's Got Everything to Do With It (6700 words)
Fandom: Tin Man (US TV 2007)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Wyatt Cain/DG
Characters: DG (Tin Man), Wyatt Cain, Azkadellia (Tin Man), Jeb Cain
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, First Kiss, Queen DG
Summary:
Heart Murmur (2856 words)
Fandom: MASH (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan/Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Reunions, Cunnilingus, Hawkeye Pierce's canonical ED
Summary:
The Broadwood Grand (4827 words)
Fandom: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Colonel Brandon/Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility)
Additional Tags: Tags Contain Spoilers, Romance, Fluff, Marriage Proposal, Friendship/Love, Romantic Friendship, Love Confessions, Falling In Love, Piano, Family Fluff, POV Third Person Limited, Requited Love, Requited Unrequited Love, Present Tense, Regency Romance, Inspired by Jane Austen, Inspired by Music, Happy Ending, Extended Scene, Canon Compliant
Summary:
One Kiss is All it Takes (1470 words)
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lando Calrissian/Luke Skywalker
Additional Tags: Getting Together, First Kiss, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Post-Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker Needs A Hug
Summary:
rarepairexchange I received a lovely Still Star-Crossed fic (that had good worldbuilding, good characterization, and excellent research backing it up):you and you are heart in heart (2,289 words). Even now, two months after Paris’ defeat outside the walls of Verona, unrest still fermented. The peace treaty which had once hinged on Benvolio’s execution now hinged on Benvolio and Rosaline’s wedding.
And there was a lot of other good fic that you should check out. Here are some I liked:
Taking Chances Together (1254 words)
Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Spock/Nyota Uhura
Additional Tags: post s2e1 Amok Time, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:
A musical collaboration turns into more...
In Splendid Sunshine Dressed (1868 words
Fandom: Casablanca (1942)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rick Blaine, Victor Laszlo (Casablanca), Ilsa Lund
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Getting Together
Summary:
Rick is invited back into Ilsa's life... but what about her husband?
Here's to We (1233 words)
Fandom: MASH (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lorraine Anderson/Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Friends to Lovers, Character Study, Epistolary, Margaret Backstory Typical Implied/Referenced Sexual Harassment, Episode Tag: s06e21 Temporary Duty, Episode Tag: s07e19 Hot Lips is Back In Town, 12x100
Summary:
Snapshots of Margaret and Lorraine's relationship from 1932-1952: growing up, growing apart, and finding their way back.
I Prayed For You (2445 words)
Fandom: MASH (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: B. J. Hunnicutt/Father Francis Mulcahy
Additional Tags: Developing Relationship
Summary:
Francis gave something away in hopes of comfort. BJ held that comfort close, even in the late hours.
Or Father Mulchay's trip takes a bit longer than predicted, long enough for some reflection on something developing. (For the 2025 RarePair Exchange!)
How the Halcyon Song Lingers (1348 words)
Fandom: Little Women (2019 Movie - Gerwig)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Theodore "Laurie" Laurence/Amy March
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Parenthood, Married Life, Fall Vibes, Domestic Fluff
Summary:
A glimpse of family life with the Laurences, as Amy and Laurie go for an autumn stroll with little Bess.
Heart's Got Everything to Do With It (6700 words)
Fandom: Tin Man (US TV 2007)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Wyatt Cain/DG
Characters: DG (Tin Man), Wyatt Cain, Azkadellia (Tin Man), Jeb Cain
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, First Kiss, Queen DG
Summary:
It was like the Quest had never ended at all; DG had just run out of signposts to follow. Well, except maybe one....
Heart Murmur (2856 words)
Fandom: MASH (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan/Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Reunions, Cunnilingus, Hawkeye Pierce's canonical ED
Summary:
The woman who took the stage was a brunette, fading peroxide-blonde tips neatly tucked into a bun and graying at the temples. She looked better in a pantsuit than she ever had in fatigues, and she’d looked damn good in fatigues. Someone in the crowd wolf-whistled. She tapped her note cards to the podium with a glare that could jump start spontaneous combustion.
Margaret looked the same as ever, even brunette—like she was fully prepared to crush a man into dust for seeing her as less than she was.
The Broadwood Grand (4827 words)
Fandom: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Colonel Brandon/Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility)
Additional Tags: Tags Contain Spoilers, Romance, Fluff, Marriage Proposal, Friendship/Love, Romantic Friendship, Love Confessions, Falling In Love, Piano, Family Fluff, POV Third Person Limited, Requited Love, Requited Unrequited Love, Present Tense, Regency Romance, Inspired by Jane Austen, Inspired by Music, Happy Ending, Extended Scene, Canon Compliant
Summary:
Marianne Dashwood’s heart is an ocean, deep and vast and rich with life. He has seen it shimmer with the sunlight of affection, roil with the storms of heartbreak, and reel into the calmness of acceptance; but the breeze will blow when it chooses to blow, and Brandon—ever ready with his sails—would wait forever for good winds.
One Kiss is All it Takes (1470 words)
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lando Calrissian/Luke Skywalker
Additional Tags: Getting Together, First Kiss, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Post-Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker Needs A Hug
Summary:
After what happened on Bespin, Lando visits Luke in the infirmary.