Three Things podcast — Episode 27: dough, a deer, two pioneers
My bet is if I don’t consciously try to notice three things that made me happy or grateful each week, I’d notice only the things the algorithm wants me to notice, which would not be cool. So, I try to notice what I notice, and say them out loud. Here's this week's Three Things podcast . 1. Dough The pandemic has imprinted a few new habits on me. I wash my hands. I try not to touch my face. For whatever reason, I have begun flossing my teeth. I bake bread, too. Homemade bread My favorite part of baking bread happens after the stirring, mixing, beating and kneading, when the dough, in a ball, sits in a buttered bowl beneath a white tea towel, and, over the next 60 minutes, abracadabra, rises imperceptibly. And then my favorite part of the process happens, the punch down, which is what Auntie Shelagh typically takes care of. Sealed And then my favourite part of baking bread: the forming of the risen and punched down dough into shape. In one of the folds, the dough looks...