Hi Friends! I wanted to have a huge political rant, but I know many of you are being extremely careful about how and when you take in certain subjects these days, so I put my rants and links under the "Reading" heading at the end of the post and labeled it "politics" so you can …
Category: Seasons
Imbolc
Multigrain sourdough bread Check it out! Another sourdough! This one is multigrain. I expected it would use multigrain flour, but no, it called for 10-grain cereal to add to the dough. But my co-op only had 7-grain so I am missing three grains. Heh. No matter. It is delicious! Are y’all tired of my sourdough …
Winter Solstice
I hope everyone who celebrates Winter Solstice had a beautiful day! As for James and I, it couldn’t have been more perfect. As some of you may know, James does all the cooking year-round except for the Winter Solstice when I take over and plan a sometimes rather elaborate meal. This tradition came about because …
Doored
A quiet week on the garden front. After my seed catalog binge I’ve calmed down. It’s time to be fallow for a little while, well, at least until after Winter Solstice. Then I will be eager to order seeds and make my seed starting calendar. That’s always fun. I mentioned last week about my neighbor …
A Little Trim
What a tiring week it was. We had a little snow and a lot of cold and wind. Wednesday there was a hazardous wind warning and I biked home from work in sustained winds of 30 mph/48 kph with higher wind gusts. The highest gust recorded happened about the time I arrived home and clocked …