Author: Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Old birds Both
Sourdough starter is so forgiving. Especially Godzilla. But I have never tried to revive such an old jar of it before. But here we go. I often leave a jar of sourdough starter in the back of the fridge for emergencies. If my current sourdough starter dies or I need more than usual – something…
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Quiet Farm Syndrome
Suddenly there is a whole lot of not very much to do. And I keep panicking! What have I forgotten I say to myself? The barn has become a retirement home for chickens. Everywhere I look there are old hens sitting about with their ancient roosters lamenting that all the feed is in barrels with…
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Life jackets on my Lovelies
I spent a lot of yesterday in intentional thought. Thinking on purpose is a whole new level of thinking. Like you – I have a lot of thoughts. But I marshaled them. Set them up in a line on the beach. Gave them a little boat each and rowed around with each thought for a…
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Bleak.
That is the only word I have for the news this morning. Bleak. One man’s meat is another man’s poison. This feels very true this morning, too. I get that we cannot possibly all agree. Politics is super charged with emotion here. Dangerous territory. I know. I keep taking my hands off the keyboard to…
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Thankful I am not a flower caught in a marketing funnel
I am grateful for chrysanthemums. and sorry for them too. And thankful I am not one. Though I have no chrysanthemums to show you. Because I refuse to succumb to the marketing that tricks me to only buying them in the autumn when it is too late to plant them. The chrysanthemum are forced to…
The Kitchen's Garden 