Lurking in our homes, sucking greedily from the outlets or slowly draining batteries, they are sentient. How else can we describe the electronic devices in our lives that know when to shuffle off this digital coil? For the past week…
Yearly Archives: 2011
Bread and Garden
First things first. Check out the newest sourdough ciabatta: This was a 12-hour ferment at room temperature with no second proof. I poured the dough out onto a floured board, folded letter-style, dimpled with my fingers to deflate the larger…
Fence Project…COMPLETED!
I’m a firm believer that if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing until it makes you sick. Am I right? [crickets] Friday afternoon I decided it was time to finish the Fence Project once and for all. I then shut…
Her Little Ponies
They multiply. The first one you think is cute. It will be taken care of, treasured. The second one is a companion for the first. The third one was a gift from someone, the fourth given by a friend. The…
So It Goes
Thanks to Kurt Vonnegut for that three word world-weary summation of the state of everything. Now let’s get down to business. That wheat bread I thought was a sure disaster? I finally cut open a loaf this morning for breakfast…
Sometimes Kids are Awful
Be thankful I’ve had two days to cool down. Sunday night I got to experience the very worst my daughter had to give, a tempest of three-year-old energy, angst, and bad manners that would make even Mary Poppins use four-letter…
Sometimes Things Don’t Work
I like to think I know the basics about bread. This weekend I decided to change my normal wheat sandwich bread recipe, a daily bread that’s become routine to make (boring). I want more whole wheat for health and taste…
Writing and Dreaming
Odd week, this. I started out with a rush of enthusiasm with the pizza post, then faded around midweek, finally ending yesterday and today with a flurry of writing on my new project. My old project is done enough that…
Handmade Pizza
Crispy crust, gooey cheese, salty toppings, all served hot right from the oven. What’s not to like about pizza? Food technology and mass production, however, have turned what could be the most perfect self-contained meal into a mean joke—cardboard wan…
Weekends, In Which I Fall on My Face and Use a Chainsaw
I started out my weekend with a bang. Picture this: it’s a beautiful morning, mind-60s, and you’re out for a mountain bike ride through verdant hilly back country. Following a meandering coyote trail you cross over a small grassy depression. …
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