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"ackshully, it was the Marines and National Guard, so wrong AGAIN, KaMAAAAAH-la!" - Laura Ingraham, prob'ly.
Gravelicious soul/blues singer, great foodmaker, mighty decent songwriter, kinda funny, too! New England lesbian w/o a Subaru. https://www.reverbnation.com/dirtyblonde Download my ancient CD, Unrequited Love Songs, and stay tuned for the new one!
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"ackshully, it was the Marines and National Guard, so wrong AGAIN, KaMAAAAAH-la!" - Laura Ingraham, prob'ly.
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annnd thanx!
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eff the peeling.
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
damn alt text description on all the others, this was as many peaches as I had left....mayyybe 2-3.... in puff pastry
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
right? I did a peach thing last week after I had gorged enough out of hand.
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
not a baker but had som atypical fun and made yumminess for my cousin's newly Thirteened kid....
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lol worry not. I bring tidings of great joy--- that good fat avo cleaned the bacon fat riiiight up. and the lettuce and tom rinsed it allllll out. You are now actually healthier and more well lubricated!* *or that's what I'll tell myself when I fry up some avo eggrolls Tues! Here's MY food wknd
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well done, sir. looks luscious.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Just saw all your comments from last night’s post and someone shared a pic, Orlando showed up and used chalk to bring the rainbow crosswalk back! We love this so much!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
GLAAD (@glaad.bsky.social) reposted
LGBTQ people and our history will never be erased, and the lives taken at Pulse will never be forgotten.
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Truth, Ruth...
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Sweet Mary in a bathtub.
John Holbein (@johnholbein1.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.
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Chairman Meh.
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Niiiiiice. And nice dimples. Into which I'd drizzle a lil olive oil and smash some garlconfit and eat the whole slab.
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
flic.kr/p/anA3kq And that is TOO! At a 'featured ahhhtist' gig a few years ago in Little Rhody... never saw these pics before! I LOVED that skirt...and that BAND! @radiofreetom.bsky.social , you should find me and I'll zing you a zong!
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social)
flic.kr/p/anA3mf Hey... that's ME!
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
And the lyrics.... reckonings o'middle age, grief... I'm hip to all o'that currently. Uptempo poppy doesn't hafta mean shallow. Or even happy. Plussss, if there were never a vid, SO many folks woulda never heard the glory that is the rest o'the album. But those were the times, age of MTV. OK 💋 XO
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C'mon now... Just for that bass solo and the background horns and vox...
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Avocado Eggrolls. Yum! And I didn't have to look thru a 47 page menu, OR eat cheesecake!
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Thx, man.
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certo
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Shrimp Scampi
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Ha!
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social)
Hey, New England! It's a beautiful day for a concert on the #Cape! If you leave NOW from your home in MA, NH, RI or CT, you can wend your way along rte 6 and be there for the downbeat at 530pm! (Details follow) #DirtyBlonde #provincetown #capecod #PilgrimMonument #HighPoleHill
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ganja ok
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Saw this amazing pile of people tonight... Making em breakfast en la mañana.... Lone Piñon. Qué magnifico! youtu.be/8F8UQP0CU-0?...
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Saw this amazing pile of people tonight... Making em breakfast en la mañana.... Lone Piñon. Qué magnifico! youtu.be/8F8UQP0CU-0?...
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How couldja not? I mean, realllllllly
President Barbie (@presidentbarbie.bsky.social) reposted
Jailing homeless people for being homeless is dumb for so many reasons but the one that should resonate with the other side is that is it costs more to imprison people than it does to just give them free housing.
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
Perhaps scaredy cat was hyperbolic, angrily written even. In comparison with today's (and to a far lesser extent 2017-21's) craven DOJ sycophants, MGar was so completely independent of the WH. As he shoulda been.
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HEY! THAT'S ME!!! www.pilgrim-monument.org/event/music-...
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social)
Dirty's Comin' to #Ptown... THIS #Wednesday! Make a day of it! Come to #Provincetown for lunch and beautiful beaches, then, at 530-730pm head on up the hill for GREAT music and gorgeous views at the Monument! #CapeCod #livemusic #midweek #outdoorconcert
Boston Parks Department (@parks.boston.gov) reposted reply parent
🧘♀️ All week long: Summer Fitness Series 🐴Sun 8/3: Horse of Course @ Jamaica Pond Boathouse 🎺Sun 8/3:Jazz at the Fort @ Highland Park Learn more at boston.gov/parks.
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
Late to the celiac party, but have you had zenb pea pasta? Realllllllly good lasagna noodles. (Been cooking for a GF DF Vegetarian and she is digging em)
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Hi. Fellow budgeted cook here living about a mile from Boston, born n bred here. I have truly never heard of a Boston Cooler, but from the description, it sounds pretty good... Just bought some ginger ale... Weeee shallll seeeeee....☺️
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
And DEFINITELY pour that $8 prosecco into your Waterford Champagne Flute.
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social)
When your lunch consists of ANYTHING baked in puff pastry (especially sauteed garlicky spinach+ sherry/garlic/butter sauteed portobello mushrooms+ dijon mustard, go ahead and HAVE that $8 bottle of Prosecco from Ocean State Job Lot. You're low key fancy. Deal with it. 🍽🍜 #food #cooksky #foodsky
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This man.... RIP 💜🎶 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
@angrystaffer.bsky.social sorry...ran outta space and wanted to check- Are you doing okay? ALSO, made a Chinese Sausage, Jalapeno+Pineapple Pizza that ROCKED this week. As a fellow Pep/Piña/PeñoPizza luvvah, I took a pic for sharing tonight
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social)
@angrystaffer.bsky.social The GOP keep saying if you care so much, you had 4yrs to release files... Those were days of a lil thing called an INDEPENDENT DOJ! ANNND a bonus scaredy cat AG. And also, the leader of the free world wasn't potentially implicated. Why don't any Dems say THAT?! Harumph!
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Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social)
This came out pretty good... 🍜🍽️🍑🌱🥧👍🧡
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd never do it for MEEEE, just for 'company'. It is bangin tho!
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
Next time, more basil. Bit o'fresh on the plate. Perhaps a dollop o'lemon basil mascarpone?
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
Simmer slowwwly till fruit is very soft. I dont peel, as i love the color the skins give to the thickening juices. 🍑 Run thru food mill to remove skins, and a fine sieve to create a velvety texture. Add a sprig o'basil, cool. Slice 2+ peaches, toss w curd. Put in pastry of choice, bake@400 ±45min
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
so here's the deal with that #baked #good up there⬆️: It's a Peach-Basil Galette, two signature summer flavors that unexpectedly bring out the best in each other! What I did: buzzed basil, lemon zest and sugar in food proc., tossed w chopped peaches(2)+ 1T cornstarch dissolved in 3T lemon juice⬇️
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Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
Making peach basil curd for a yummy little idea I have.... I was Chief Jay Strongbow-era wrestling watcher, with my dad...ha, when wrestling was "real", or at least not so spahhhkly.
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social)
Making peach basil curd for a yummy little idea I have... #food #cooksky #dessert #brainstorming #summer #stonefruit 🍽🍜
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As do many of your downstairs neighbors! (Waves northward, apologetically) 🖐️♥️✌️
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luff huh
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does that mean I'M Ivy-esque now?? I feel so fancy!
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HEY, PTOWN! I'm comin'! www.pilgrim-monument.org/event/music-...
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With wonderful secrets...
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social)
Get ready, America... Josh in da BIG chair. Can. Not. Wait.
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OutSTANDing! I'll blab aboutcha to my peeps! Congrats, Josh... well and truly deserved.
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I know that folks can take or leave him, but this sounds solid to me. (giftie for your reading pleasure. whaddaya think? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/o...
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FlakeTASTIC! I made some (farrrr less lovely but good first try) scones out of leftover steel cut overnight oats. Never a fan o'oatmeal OR made overnight oats, but I've got a gifted can in de cabinet. Tryna be #frugal and #UseItALL I want YOURS tho.
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social)
A little Sunday #BreakfastForDinner. Chocolate chip cookie pancakes (brown sug/vanilla added to bisquik) & perfect #bacon. Butter/10xSugar instead o'syrup. Def sating that sweet/salt thang. 🍜🍽👩🏼🍳😁 #Food #Foodie #Foodsky #cooksky
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@devincow.bsky.social Sweet Dreams, Moo'Lady💤💤
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DITTO (knew I dug ya)
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
could I live in/near DC on 66k/yr?
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
Buttery is my jam. Tho there is something to be sed4 a sturdier vessel...
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
all good grandkids of a certain age watched while bein babysat!
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
Sat next to Debbie Harry on a flight. 80s... LOL Eastern Shuttle, NY->BOS Also talked to SOUPY SALES at Copley Place Mall Boston..I may or may not have been dressed as a Swatch for money...he did come up to me (winning!) proud grandparents looking down from heaven, probly... (THIS was mid 90s
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And even if we don't, we will NEVER decompose...
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Go, Cho!!!!!! ❤️
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Brioche>Pretzel all day long
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
If you've made it to HERE, thanks for wadin' thru the last post to fiiiinally get to zee BEEG FEENEESH! (and thanks @radiofreetom.bsky.social for joggin' that pleasant pandemic memory)
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
In NeoCOVIDtimes, we'd do TuesNightZooms to sub4 our BrightonMA gig. I did covers or parodies I penned about those times set to online trax or my bad gtr. We resumed IRL-til a new COVIDwave sent us scurryin' back2Zoom! 1st line o'my 1st song? "Welcome Back...🎶 Vaccines weren't the ticket out 🎶🎵."😷
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Skeevin'
Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger.bsky.social) reposted
Medical experts say the worst thing about chronic venous insufficiency is when you're in the Epstein files.
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Stunnah
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My WaPo subscription ends mid September... Thanks for your work there- can't wait to see your next efforts after this well deserved break. Wear sunscreen! Wait ½hr after lunch to go swimmin! Stay informed, but (if possible)not immersed. Know we're grateful ✌️
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youtu.be/1BIkIoEQJ3k?...
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youtu.be/MbM4WjjGZEs?...
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
Can everyone share this?
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¡Que ríco! Eres un KEEPER!
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Condolences So pointy...ick
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
Happy Birthday, Heartskipper! Looks fabulous Simón...and full of love, which has ZERO calories! #superfood 🥂
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
Golden Rule...So appropriate for the dolt in the Oval Office which is now wayyy too full of shiny goldish things 'King' Mid-ASS. Many people are saying.
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
I SO miss that! 😔💔
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Truth, Ruth.
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
I think there may have been a hummingbird sewn into her cuff...no?
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Autopen Monday on FOX....
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I'm in.
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Take Back your post (I'm screeeee-min')
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#1 in the #2 business, that's our Pammy Jo...
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Banglin' it UP! Go, LGS! ummm, which also now stands for LIPS GOOD'n SYNCED
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
big if true...
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whole lotta Rosie!
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Right?
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social)
Breakfast Chimichanga (scrambled eggs+crispy bacon+hashbrowns+ cheese. Brunch. PS- Always, ALWAYS, eat the extra bacon. I dont make the rules...
Cheryl Aruda (@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social) reply parent
sorry bout that. client request. LOL in related news, all I could think of was that DeathcapBeefWellingtonLady as I was spreading that layer on!