I didn’t get quite the rise I would have liked but it has nice ears! #Sourdough
It was a long day of feeding the starter and then making the dough. It’s been shaped, put in its proofing basket, and now it’s going into the fridge for an overnight ferment.
I used to bake a loaf of sourdough every week before I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. All these years, I’ve been keeping my Grandmother’s starter (more on that later) alive but not doing anything with it. I’ve decided to start baking again and just give the bread away.
I read that Merrily We Roll Along closed after 16 shows and 44 previews. It came back to life in revivals and we watched it as a film last night. This documentary is about the making of it.
With its origins in the Celtic fertility festival of Imbolc(giving birth), St Brigid’s Day on February 1 signals the beginning of spring and an end to the darkness of winter, ushering in a new season of hope and growth on the land and the birth of animals on the farm and in the wild.
I’ve just started to use ElevenReader from Eleven Labs. It’s quite impressive. I had been listening to my articles with Readwise Reader but this is a big upgrade in voice quality. I’m sure I will subscribe after my three-day free trial.
Among those who regularly came to the neighbourhood to do their shopping was a woman named Leah Caplan. She would head to the market every Thursday morning — and when she left, she would be carrying a carp, soon to be turned into that week’s gefilte fish.
I always enjoy Apple’s Chinese New Year short. I enjoyed this one especially because dogs. 🐶
The ‘doorway effect’ occurs when you walk into a room and forget what you went in for. It’s so powerful that just thinking about walking through a doorway makes you more likely to forget.
