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[personal profile] pagekaren 2025-05-23 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Great. They have really good coffee too. It's a good combo.
I always wonder if trends actually moved slower, or if there was just less - urgent global interconnection that lets us see everything in minute detail.
I'm sorry the rain made your day less comfortable.
Being able to see the stars at night is one of the few things I miss about Vermont.
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-05-23 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm guessing you go very regularly there from the sound of it
little bit of both? people didn't care as much out in the middle of nowhere but a lot tend to care much more now

I drive out of the city sometimes to see
there are some decent parks around for that
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[personal profile] pagekaren 2025-05-23 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm more of a bodega breakfast regular, but this bakery is my stop of choice when I'm in the mood for something different to the bagel and coffee combo.
The middle of nowhere thing is a good point. We definitely had our own trends in rural Vermont but the real hot topic was always gossip.

Yeah? That sounds like a nice way to unwind. Do you have a favorite park?
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-05-23 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
hard to beat a bagel haha
honestly, I usually prefer a savory breakfast anyway
with the exception of pancakes

but yeah seems like things are just more boring now outside the city so gossip is what people thrive on

( or modern conveniences have reduced the amount of work needed so that there's more time to gossip. )

don't have a favorite necessarily
if I'm driving out, I'm usually in a mood anyway so I'll drive until I feel like stopping and start looking for signs for parks or rest areas
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[personal profile] pagekaren 2025-05-23 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Savory breakfasts usually feel more filling. Pastry breakfasts are more of a treat.
With the exception of pancakes. I'll have to make some for you one day. It'll set the gold standard of pancakes.

That makes sense. What do you think it is that's appealing in those moments? The quiet, or just the feel of the big sky?
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-05-23 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
wow somehow better than my ma's pancake recipe? sure we'll see haha

the quiet and also being able to remember that whatever I'm feeling is small and doesn't matter that much when it comes to the big picture
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[personal profile] pagekaren 2025-05-23 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, it's going to be a showdown of mom's recipes then. My mom made pancakes for the diner she and my dad ran, but these are the ones she'd make for special occasions for me.
There is something weirdly comforting about that.
Like that Carl Sagan quote. The "mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam" one.
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-05-24 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
then I'll have to try them
yeah stuff you had when you were a kid will always have that kind of feeling to it, I think
so please don't be offended if I still end up preferring my ma's

don't think I've heard that one before but yeah something like that
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[personal profile] pagekaren 2025-05-24 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'll be offended on your ma's behalf if you rank them higher.
I'd settle for best pancakes not made by her.

It's a good quote. You can read it here if you're interested.


[She sends a link next.]

The whole book is a good read. It's about scientific discovery and how it alters our understanding of ourselves as a species.
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-05-24 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
aww shucks
my ma would be pleased


( and he does really mean that. )

huh yeah actually this seems pretty interesting
I'll have to stop by the library and see if they have it available
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[personal profile] pagekaren 2025-05-24 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Good.

[Which she also means. Her mother would have said the same thing.]

Save your check out limit, you can borrow my copy. I'll bring it on Monday.
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-05-24 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
oh yeah?
well my thanks, then
I have been needing to do more reading up lately so I really appreciate that
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[personal profile] pagekaren 2025-05-24 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Of course.
Careful or I'm going to try to talk you into a two person book club.
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-05-24 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
geeze haha
I don't know if I really have the schedule for that


maybe someday though
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[personal profile] pagekaren 2025-05-24 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I was going to say, it would be an extremely slow book club.
I've only had time to read on the train lately.
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-05-24 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
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