New Book of Days
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Lap Desk Solitaire
This is probably not that groundbreaking but here’s how I play solitaire with real cards. This presumes you already know how to play solitaire say, on a computer. The smaller sets tend to fly all over the place so these are full size cards. There are five stacks to the right of the draw pile,…
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Fruit Tea
July 21, 2025 The idea here was to make sangria but not sangria. It was a base of sweet tea. I added:3 or 4 half slices of washed lemon, you know, they look like half moons1 apricot, washed, pitted and sliced (if you’re in the Marines or superstitious about apricots and their supposed bad luck…
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Banana Milk
Have you ever come home from work or school or whatever and are too tired to fix a meal but still want something quick? Here’s something I’ve been making since high school. I normally make it in a coffee mug to get the proportions right but as you can probably tell, I’m a little scatterbrained.…
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Sunscreen Applicator
July 10, 2025 by HTV9 Look at this thing. Photogenic it is not. Anyhow, this is an attempt at putting sunscreen on the middle of your own back without needing help. The idea is to use it diagonally like how you can scrub your back in a shower with a washcloth, by draping its long…
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Lap Desk Resurrection
June 9, 2025 by HTV9 Not too surprisingly, the gluing on the lap desk gave up the ghost. So here’s my new idea. This is 2 long pieces of paracord tied with trucker’s hitches in 2 places on each end of each cord. 4 trucker’s hitches total. I looped each around two corners of the…
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Jam Tea
June 3, 2025 by HTV9 Apologies for the picture but I promise it is worth making.1 tsp strawberry jam1 black tea bag1 raspberry flavored herbal tea bag1 cup of hot water1 pinch of cinnamonLet steep for 10 minutes, then take the tea bags out and stir well. © http://www.abrandnewbookofdays.com 2025
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Sleep, The Elusive Beast
May 19, 2025 by HTV9 Some things I found help, and will add to this list when I find more:Exercise. However, not excessive exercise. My current weekly routine, pathetic as it surely seems to any Gymbro, is leg day: 1 chair sit, arm day: 1 wall push-up, core day: 1 half-sit-up with legs bent. Light,…
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No-Spoon-Day Entertainments
May 11, 2025 by HTV9 This is partially what the whole upcoming book is about. So it’s a bit of a preview.If you’ve ever been sick or laid up in bed for any amount of time, you’ve probably tried the usual ways to entertain yourself, such as TV, books, writing, texting, and magazines. Here are…
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Trucker’s Hitch Woodworking Clamps
April 9, 2025 by HTV9 This is a lap desk that started to come apart. It’s made of bamboo, and the corners are kind of held together by wood glue and some slices of bamboo stuffed in there, though it was starting to splay out when I was using it. So instead of going out…
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Notes On Container Gardening
April 4, 2025 by HTV9 Here are some things I’ve learned over a few years gardening in Texas on my patio.– Granular as well as liquid organic fertilizer is needed for stuff to survive here since it gets so much water. Compost also really helps as does topping up the soil with more potting soil…
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