Monday, April 10, 2006
Life Can Test Your Bounce
Sometimes things just don’t work out the way you think they will—babies come early, your job goes away, your spouse broke your polish pottery, or you get a bad inspection report on your home. We know these events are not equal. Babies are more important than pottery. I feel grateful that I have the sense to keep it all in perspective (mostly). I think that if you get enough sleep, eat well, stay in touch with family and friends, vote your conscience, and talk to god in the language of your heart when you get thrown you’ve got enough bounce to get back up.
Today’s Lunch
Peanut and flaxseed butter on raison spelt toast with honey and banana
Find the best bread you can lay your hands on. Slather it with generous amounts of nut butter, honey, and banana. Smoosh.
Notes: I am so lucky to have Cresset Community Farm in my backyard. Every Thursday, Ursula heads off to use a commercial kitchen to make thirty or so loves of bread for the members of her farm. The making of these loves takes over fifteen hours. I helped her out one night after she has a run in with a tractor. Arriving at 2am to help her kneed the large volumes of dough, I watched her work soaking grains, mixing ingredients just so, and having the patience not to rush the process. The results are loves of dense rye, sweet pumpkin, and tasty spelt bread.
Today’s Lunch
Peanut and flaxseed butter on raison spelt toast with honey and banana
Find the best bread you can lay your hands on. Slather it with generous amounts of nut butter, honey, and banana. Smoosh.
Notes: I am so lucky to have Cresset Community Farm in my backyard. Every Thursday, Ursula heads off to use a commercial kitchen to make thirty or so loves of bread for the members of her farm. The making of these loves takes over fifteen hours. I helped her out one night after she has a run in with a tractor. Arriving at 2am to help her kneed the large volumes of dough, I watched her work soaking grains, mixing ingredients just so, and having the patience not to rush the process. The results are loves of dense rye, sweet pumpkin, and tasty spelt bread.
