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Garage Queen

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In a day dreaming session I thought up a future apparel company idea: Garage Queen It is a tongue-in-cheek play on the term   "garage queen" reserved for those cars rarely driven and that have all the year specific components, has a dedicated mechanic and transporter for car shows and concourses.  But, turned around to showcase a woman mechanic who passionately cares for her daily driver, which happens to be a beautiful Porsche.   The day dream continued to merch like black baseball caps with golden crowns and a simple white on black wood cut style screen printed logo for a black tee shirt... So, someday if I have a mobile mechanic biz and it is named "Garage Queen".... :-)      Prompt: In woodcut linoleum style for a screen print: A square image of an open auto shop garage bay, a wide body Porsche 930 is up on a lift in the background, engine facing the bay opening. A woman mechanic in shop gear, doc martin boots is leaning on the left bay door o...
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The Mind Can Be a Battlefield

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    The words I am battling     "I think it is a dumb idea. No one is going to hire you.  If it is between you and a 20+ year old guy, I'm choosing the guy EVERY time."     "You are a risk to any shop.  Because you are a woman, and the shop is a boys club and things are said that will likely offend you.  If you get offended, someone really skilled could get fired or the shop could be sued.  You are a financial risk that some shops are not going to be willing to take."   "Blue collar eh?" 
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Egg bites

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Muffin tin or silicon baking cups 1 egg less than the number of cups 1 bunch of cilantro chopped, stems and all  Pinch of Himalayan salt  2 roasted whole pasilla peppers choose your own adventure with the seeds, chopped  1 handful of your preferred shredded cheese (2 if you don't work a desk job)  2 corn tortillas chopped into tiny bits, skip if you think carbs are bad Beat the eggs, add the rest, spoon into lightly oiled muffin cups, bake at 350° and try not to over bake like in the photo above.  Grab and go breakfast, good even cold. 
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Berry lemonade

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Juice of 🍋 X 4 Juice of 🍋‍🟩 X 2 A handful or two of frozen berries, raspberries are nice Fill remaining pitcher with water Put in fridge d for a few hours Place lime-aid ice cubes in a tall glass. I like Newman's Own.  Fill with berry lemonade Chill out Also, also wik  If your forecast looks anything like the following;  May grey June gloom  No sky July FAugust Then consider the following:  Add sliced Ginger and bring the sunshine to you!  Or, make a ginger bug and used leftover berry lemonade to make ginger beer. 🫚🌞
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