Weekly Roll

Experimental Cooking

I gave Creamy Beef and Shells by Damm Delicious. It was just meh for me. My kids weren't fans. 

Loaf  Update

It was a 4 loaf week. I got an additional Lodge cooker so I am able to do 2 at a time. As the weather heats up this is nice to not have the oven running so long. I need to work on scoring my loaves but otherwise they turned out great. 

Linky Love

Autism Research Study - Spark

Poker Taught Me to Deal With the Hand of Fate

Air Fryer Donuts - I feel like donuts are so 2019. My favorite donut place went out of business. Donuts haven't been the same since. I might give these a shot this coming week. 

Wordy Wednesday

This is a Nelson Mandela Quote. It seemed appropriate. My letter board is from Walmart. My husband reframed it in reclaimed wood.

Weekly Roll Father's Day Late Edition

Happy Father's Day!!!

Friday was the last day of my youngest son's Junior year.  We celebrated with 2nd Breakfast at our favorite breakfast place. It was nice to dine in.

I don't think I have shown a picture of the cut flower/vegetable garden.  We had a lot of rain but things are growing. Below is a picture of my little bouquet for my table.

purple cosmos and first Shasta daisy

Loaf Update

The loaves keep getting better and better. I didn't make as many total loaves this week. We continued our Sunday sourdough waffle tradition.

What I Read June

I am linking up with Modern Mrs Darcy's Quick Lit. Check out what everyone is reading.

Reading this month has been a challenge. Our library has only doing e-books until June 8th. There was a considerable wait on most e-books as you can imagine.  I had a reading slump during most of this pandemic. I was ready to read again but availability was an issue as my main source of books is the public library.

Thirst; 2600 miles to Home By Heather Anderson

This was written by a somewhat local author to me. Heather has done much hiking and has hiked the triple crown of long distance trails - Appalachian, Continental Divide, and Pacific Crest Trail. This book is about how she set the fastest time to hike the Pacific Crest Trail(60 days, 17 hours, 12 minute). I just find all the books about long distance hiking fascinating and I want to know what motivates someone to want to hike long distances and what they discover about themselves. Great Article in Outdoor about Heather 

I also wanted to highlight 2 other books that I read in the past that really influenced my views on racism and discrimination.

Just Mercy (My Review) This has been made into a movie and is streaming for free. The movie was excellent as well.

Evicted by Matthew Desmond (My Review)

Antiracist Reading List - This is quite the list. Personally I have more reading and learning to do.

Weekly Roll

It was graduation weekend in our small town. On Friday there was a parade of seniors. It was as much of parade as we could have during covid.  It made me happy to see the Class of 2020 reclaim their day. As we were watching I felt like I was with the town crier as my son knew so many seniors. There was also a little boy maybe 4 or older who kept screaming enthusiastically to the crowd, "Class of 2020 is the best."  It was hilarious. 

My best friend's son is a senior and I felt like a very proud auntie. He is a great kid and I can't wait to see what his future holds.

I am just going to post sourdough pictures. I think I am getting the hang of this whole sourdough thing. The other night it was a "three loaf night". Sometimes I crack myself up.

Finding Forrest Fenn's Treasure was Just the Start - I just find this so interesting and all the unintended consequences of finding the treasure.

Strange Twisted History Behind Seattle's Blackberries I just thought this was fascinating.

Weekly Roll

I was going to post last Sunday but it didn't seem appropriate in light of  protests happening in the United States. 

WE ARE IN PHASE 2

Podcast to Check Out

Wind of Change - This is about some podcasters who investigated if the CIA  wrote the Scorpions song Winds of Change. This is fascinating.

Son of a Hitman - This is about Woody Harrelson's Dad. It is really interesting.

Sourdough Update

Tried a different recipe not the one that came with sourdough starter. Little Spoon Farm Recipe. It was a success.

What are my Co-workers Doing?

I use the co-worker label very loosely.  

The youngest and I dug a trench for some electrical work we are having done.  We also worked on moving stuff off one wall of the garage so they could get the electrical panel. WE ARE HOARDERS! The youngest is still working on High School Work

The oldest went to work and did online college. He has been able to ride the bus part way to work which is helpful. Due to school work being done online he has needed help with transportation. We have  already limited bus situation and it had been running on an even more limited schedule. 

Treasure Found

Well, I didn't find any but Fenn's Treasure was finally found.