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 Welcome to the Magpie Monday prompt call for December of 2020! Offer a story idea, get a private reading copy to enjoy! The theme this month is "not forgotten," which   is meant to remind us of the things that we've missed among the chaos of this year.  Come, check out the details and join in the fun! 

 Today is Magpie Monday! Come visitdialecticdreamer's page and join the fun of reader-inspired stories centered around the theme of unexpected moments! Full details are on her page, and she is happy to answer questions via private message if anything is still unclear. Offer an idea, get a private reading copy to enjoy! 

 Today is the Magpie Monday prompt call over on dialecticdreamer ’s page. Come ask for stories and get reading copies (minimum 500 words) to enjoy. Details are in today’s post. Thank you for your attention! 

Happy Fall Equinox!!  Enjoy the links! 

2020 Fall Equinox facts  

8 Spooky Facts About Spirit Halloween

Face Masks for Halloween.  
Hershey's trick or treat interactive mapGhost towns in america map 

Adaptive Halloween Costumes for the win! Mostly children & for wheelchair users. 

bairnsidhe  is holding a prompt call on her page. Leave a prompt & she will write about it. Linkback posts to the event and it goes up for free. If you give more than one prompt, you might get lucky and have both filled. Send a donation to support & get more writing! 

 Today is the Feathering the Nest prompt call over on dialecticdreamer page, where one can ask for a gentle fiction story (no sex, violence, or swearing). Consider these original fiction instead of picking among the thousands of sources for fan fiction. Details are on the page, and newcomers are welcomed with a boost to their story length!

 This week i have done fairly well on making meals at home. I am trying to keep doing that for several reasons- money, better quality & taste, more variety in food. 

Risotto with bacon, roasted bell pepper & tomato. Finished with butter, parm cheese & lemon juice. Rather rich but it did have some veggies. Very comforting. Based on hello fresh recipe. 

Pot roast with carrots & russet potatoes. Also made dinner rolls to go with the leftovers. Very good. Remember to make rolls ahead of time so we can have them with the meal & not just the leftovers. Recipes for Instant pot pot roast & dinner rolls. Do put honey butter on them if you have honey. 

Meatloaf with mashed potatoes and green beans. The meatloaf was my go to alton brown recipe with some alteration. I used a bit less meat, 1 lb each of ground chuck & ground turkey. Added 2 big handfuls of spinach. I used rits crackers since i didn't have any bread on the house. I have also used breadcrumbs from homemade bread & the crutons in the recipe before. They were all fine.  Mashed potatoes were done in the instant pot, though I did make sure to take the skins off. The green beans were good & I was surprised we ate the whole 1lb i made. I could have cooked them a bit longer but they were fine. 

Any meals you have made lately that were really good? The pot roast was the new recipe I tried & it is already saved for future use. 😁 

 New recipe tried today. Pork & cabbage gyoza.

They turned out well & now we have some in the freezer for later. I didn't have any green onions so I subbed the same amount of yellow onions. Plus the recipe filling matched the amount of skins that came in pack I got from the store. Big plus!