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I’m sharing a snippet of FOSSIL BEDS BED & BREAKFAST, my newest PNR Sapphic romance release. Don’t you need LGBTQIA+ dinosaur shifters? I know I do. 😉
Persia Walker takes protecting the sacred fossil sites along the river seriously, and she’s bringing friends.
New Release: Fossil Beds Bed & Breakfast
“Hey, Nozomi, it’s Persia. Do you have a moment to talk?”
“Persia! Good to hear from you. Yes, I’m in my off hour. What’s going on?”
“Have you seen the announcement of a public meeting here in Deadman over a resort expansion? I’ll send you a pic.” Persia put the call on speaker and opened the text app. “It’s scheduled for this Thursday at six thirty pm. Do you think you could make some time to gather a few of the grad students and come down to Deadman for the meeting?”
There was a short silence as Nozomi absorbed the image. “Yeah, I could do that. Why do you need me there? This seems like a Deadman town issue.”
“Did you see the map of the proposed expansion? It straddles the West Washakie River to mile marker seventy-seven on Highway 91.”
“Mile marker seventy-seven?” Nozomi was silent a bit longer. “The expansion includes all three of our sites as well as one of the Anthropology department’s sites.”
“Yup. And if they put that awful resort in there, all those sites will be destroyed for a rich man’s vanity and friends.”
“Oh hell no. That’s not happening. I’ll gather who I can, especially Professor Campbell, and we’ll be there. Six-thirty on Thursday, you said?”
“Yup. I’m going to let the folks at Friends of Deadman Paleo know as well. I figure if we get enough people there, the project will be dead in the water.”
Nozomi sighed through the phone. “I hope so, but as you’ve said many times, people are very susceptible to money.”
“Yeah, but they also like the preserve things and this expansion will hurt their livelihoods and shove them out of their homes. A spark is all it takes to get the community to stand up for their natural resources and way of living.”
Gluten-Free Rhubarb Crunch
This is a Muir family favorite and now it’s Gluten-Free. Remember, this is a high sugar recipe because of how sour rhubarb is. Recipe below.
Ingredients for the crust
1 cup uncooked oatmeal
1 cup GF 1:1 baking flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp each of nutmeg, cloves, cardamom
Mix oatmeal, flour, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and cardamom. Cut in butter with a blender or knife until crumbly. Place half the mixture in an 8-inch square pan.
Ingredients for the filling:
3 – 4 cups diced raw rhubarb
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
1 Tbsp water
Mix rhubarb with granulated sugar, cinnamon, salt, and water. Spoon over oatmeal mixture in pan. Pat remaining oatmeal mixture over the rhubarb.
Bake at 350 F (177 C) for 45 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes (the rhubarb will be very hot) then serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
