Bread & Lessons
Market baking. I’ve been doing this for almost five years. Beside mothering, this has been the best and hardest thing I’ve experienced. Diving into the deep end, not sure if goggles and nose plug would hold, lots of room for improvement, but I did… Continue Reading “You”
Last weekend, Spouse & I celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary. The Willamette Valley, with its beautiful wines, welcomed us with open arms. The weather was perfect, the Riesling delicious, and I’m still thinking about the fiddlehead ferns included with our Saturday lunch. I think… Continue Reading “Together”
I had hoped and planned for plenty of down time once Christmas arrived, really, once Solstice hit, but plans easily go awry. I had some extra baking I did for friends, so my last bake day was 12/22/22. What a great looking date! Little… Continue Reading “Winding Down”
It’s cheesy anymore to start a post with a definition, but to distill is to “increase the concentration of, to separate, or purify” something else. I can do cheesy. I also feel distilled. I and my crew spent four and a half days cruising… Continue Reading “Distill”
My dad was the ninth of ten children. His dad was a clear-eyed, strong, wirey farmer/rancher and his mom a kind, hard-working, straight up woman, whose laugh shook her whole body and whose hugs I can still feel. My dad was an uncle at… Continue Reading “Beholder”
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