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e_moon60

And Still It Won't Go...

Feb 28, 2017 20:23

I know it's been over a month since my last post on January 20. That's because of too much stuff and too little time. The highlights: on January 19, I found out I would have to find a new host for my four websites (each with an embedded WordPress blog) and get them moved, by March 31. I also had (have) a book to finish, one I was supposed to ( Read more... )

country life, writing life, breadmaking

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Delicious looking Bread ext_1778971 March 3 2017, 19:19:23 UTC

You make me want to try making bread again. It looks absolutely delicious!

Re: Delicious looking Bread e_moon60 March 4 2017, 07:02:21 UTC

I'm always happy to enable other bread-makers. If you had a bad experience and gave it up for awhile...consider the age of the yeast you're using. I had a horrible time with yeast once, and it turned out the yeast I bought off the shelf was already getting old (not the most popular brand of yeast so had been sitting there awhile. Also if you're going to buy bulk yeast, do it in the early spring. I was told that sitting in a hot warehouse makes yeast age faster, so buying a lot of yeast in October means it's probably spent some time in the heat in August...or maybe most of the summer.

If on the other hand you just got busy (it's happened to me) don't let it be too long before you try again.

Re: Delicious looking Bread ext_1778971 March 5 2017, 19:51:29 UTC

Definitely need to try again soon. Mostly a case of "haven't had time" here (and the recipe I've used is one that sits overnight - with two curious cats around, that's not that easy to do.

You've also been an enabler in other things - soup-making for example, I've gotten a lot braver at that in recent years, and also knitting socks - haven't completed a sock yet, but enjoying the very slow progress I've been making (as a non-knitter).

filkferengi March 4 2017, 19:55:03 UTC

I'm glad you're able to make your own bread, & that it's helping your health issues. Also, it looks fabulously yummy, & I'm available for adoption. Just saying. ;)

e_moon60 March 5 2017, 03:24:37 UTC

I haven't found a way to travel with it except driving. And I'm not going to be making long driving trips. SIGH. Provide me with a kitchen, the time, and the makings for it...I have made bread for people away from home.

Bet you could make it yourself, though.

green anonymous March 4 2017, 22:45:15 UTC

You have green growing. we got a dusting of snow last nighr.

jonathan in nh

Re: green e_moon60 March 5 2017, 03:25:39 UTC

We're supposed to have green growing things! You're supposed to have snow still, right?

Pak's Word anonymous March 5 2017, 07:55:11 UTC

I know you have probably answered this question may times in many places, but are you going to write anymore books in Pak's world?
thanks,
Diana G.

Re: Pak's Word e_moon60 March 5 2017, 22:05:46 UTC

Honestly, I don't know. That's because of both publisher interest (needs to be there for a book to be published) and personal LifeStuff (like needing eye surgery before I start another book, not knowing what level of vision I'll have afterwards or how long the recovery will take, and how that might affect my writing speed, and other things like 'the economy' and politics, and being of an age where a stroke or heart attack is more likely and less likely to be survivable.)

I would like to write another book (or several) in Paks's world but there's a lot of uncertainty around, and I can't promise that it will happen. I might try doing indie with a Paksworld novel if my publisher doesn't want to risk one, but that takes a lot more work (all the things publishers do for writers) and as mentioned I'm not getting any younger.