ninkasi23's Profile
Just a middle-aged Gen X-er who enjoys progressive politics, cooking, gardening, reading, and of course blogging!
Real Name: Cindi
Location: United States
Groups: KosAbility, What's for Dinner, Pro Choice, Saturday Morning Garden Blogging, Environmental Foodies, Daily Kos Oregon, Daily Kos Weather Center, Disaster Check In, Drought & Desert States Kosaks
Twitter: @ninkasi23
Diaries published: 220 (70 days since last diary on Sat Nov 22, 2025 at 04:30 PM PST)
Comments posted: 9775 (63 days since last comment on Sat Nov 29, 2025 at 06:56 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
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Most Recommended Diary: What's For Dinner? vol.20.21: Planning for Thanksgiving Dinner!, 55 comments, 30 recommends
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This is the weekend before Thanksgiving and like many people across the US we are planning and prepping for the big meal. Over the last 4-5 years my partner Mark has taken the lead on the main dish ...
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- Swan Island Dahlias in Canby, Oregon, hosts an Annual Dahlia Festival. The Festival features 50 acres of Dahlias. Dahlias were originally native to Mesoamerica where they were domesticated by ...6 comments 25 Recs
- Just to supplement Sabrina Haake’s post currently on the Rec list: Juliette Kayyem was Massachusetts’�Undersecretary for Homeland Security and served as Undersecretary for Intergovernmental ...47 comments 33 Recs
- From Raw Story, Nov. 29, by Carl Gibson: Trump wrote in a Friday post to his Truth Social platform that he was endorsing Nasry "Tito" Asfura in Sunday's presidential election in Honduras, and that his administration would be "very supportive" of...54 comments 201 Recs
- I’m recycling old recipes again. This is probably my favorite recipe that I found here on dKos.�I love pretty much any kind of noodle dish, but these are awesome. --- Singapore Noodles from� ...38 comments 25 Recs
- Good Morning and Welcome to our every Saturday all things gardening related diary.�And sometimes wonderful photos of our folks’ travels, too.� All are welcome whether you garden outdoors, indoors, ...148 comments 42 Recs
- The word occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to "knowledge of the hidden" 🌑 🌕 🌕 *This group's aim is polite philosophical debate* 🌑 KosAbility: Remembering wilderness voice by...36 comments 36 Recs
- Today it was revealed that American military forces conducted a "double tap" strike on an alleged drug running boat on September 2d. They hit the boat once, killing some and disabling the boat. However, there were survivors. They hit the boat again to...187 comments 452 Recs
- Shocking as this moment is, none of us should pretend we weren’t warned. When Donald Trump installed Pete Hegseth — a television provocateur whose public record is soaked in belligerence, booze, and culture-war performance — as America’s Defense...275 comments 726 Recs
- I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving, despite the chaos in America and the world. And we now move into the “shopping season”, I would like to mention that many kossacks have small online businesses and we have compiled their offerings. Boycotting...9 comments 31 Recs
- I haven’t seen a word in the USA media about this story so I am putting it out here. This is a major disaster. Sri Lanka is an island about the size of West Virginia and sits off the southeast coast of India. It is home to about 22 million people....41 comments 284 Recs
