the XI cookies of XImas- 6&7

thumbs up, thumbs down,
thumb prints from the thumb prince.
that's how today is going to play out.
so many thumbprints,
and most of them are delicious.
neighbors,
that's real.
i made two kinds of thumbin' hitchhikers,
and in the professionally appreciative and very qualified opinion
of my great big ol' mouth,
they're both pretty flippin' expert.
check the teleport:

mmmmmmmhmmmmmmmm.
i'm about that beige, kids.
we got pecan sandy-style jauns over there,
with biscoff creme filling, and a pecan brain smartening up the tops,
and then, on the other side,
there's cinnamon oatmeal magic,
with cinnamaple creamchee' pastry filling,
and seasonally appropriate, site-specific white-christmasy sexy sugar sexagonal
snowflake sprankles to elevate the overall loveliness beyond the beige.
yum.
the XI crimbo crumbo crunchy cookies of XImas are ALL good.
these ones just happen to look good, as well.
little cuties are one thing,
but big flavor is a whole other 'nother thing to consider.
the hardest part is avoiding the urge to oversugar!
i mean, c'mon,
without the bitter, no amount of sweet, not even too much,
which is my personal favorite, can ever be all that sweet.
damn.
that's a hard style,
but, then again,
i'm sort of a hard stylist, aren't i?
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i made a lot of cookies this year,
and i made a lot of cookies this week.
the thing of it is,
i do what i do, and i do most of it solo.
and like han, i've got my wookie,
or at least, my white wampa warrior poet, crabtree,
to stare at me while i knead the dough, stir the batter, and mix the mixes.....
he doesn't help much, but it still counts that he's here with me.
i mean, while we're stirring the pot,
we're both all mixed up, and making the most of what we've got.
my life isn't ay easier because i have him.
not one aspect, not one moment, not even a little tiny bit,
but,
he's given me an opportunity to be the resolute and really real-walkin' and talkin'
kind of firm and determined duder i need to be.
y'know?
dogs don't understand exceptions,
they make them the rules,
which means that the rules can't bend,
or they break.
i love that,
because i live that.
it's all really happening,
and that's the whole point;
never quiet, never soft......