The Goods Are Odd

Over the past few months I’ve changed my relationship with these sourdough beasties I’ve befriended to leaven and flavor my baked goods. I’ve both expanded the amount and variety of goods that I can make with them and I’ve let the little things be warm and active for longer periods. That is to say by [...]

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No lettuce required for this purely garden salad. Tomatoes and cucumbers have been our most reliable (and hard to keep up with) producers this month. This salad gets through one cuke per person and a handful of cherry tomatoes. Our bigger sized tomatoes haven’t been ripening quickly and coming out mealy so these small guys [...]

I am about to go back to full time work. This is a relief on our household’s financial situation, but it’s hard to reconcile with the dream of working part time at something relatively easy but engaging and spending the rest of the time as desired. I thought that when I worked full time again [...]