{b&p} and bread

The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter!


Around this time of year, three years ago, I shared with you about how my bread baking had been progressing.


At this point, baking my basic loaves is so second nature to me that I don’t think about it much from week to week. I bake either three or four loaves at a time and those are our breakfast toast, our sandwich slices, and our dinner bread-and-butter bread. It’s just a basic part of life (as bread has always been for most people)!


Flour, water, yeast, salt, olive oil. So simple, and yet some days are better than others.


Here’s a recent batch:


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The loaf on the left had one more kneading than the loaf on the right. (Here’s how to braid your bread efficiently.)


Much nicer than that original batch in the link above, right?


 


This week’s links!


On frankness, open conversations, and standing up for the truth in all circumstances:



This piece about Small Acts of Cowardice is indicting. I bet that most of us can think of a situation in which it seemed easier to just let the thing slide than to raise a fuss at the particular moment… “maybe next time I’ll say something…”


Here’s an awesome story of a strong woman who can perhaps be a patron for us to our efforts to stand up against people who want to control our thoughts or force falsehoods upon us: The Tough Nun Nurse who Stood Up to the Nazis


How we phrase our thoughts matters, too: truth is not just a matter of “feelings!” Stop Saying “I Feel Like.”


This is from a business context, but I think the principles could be helpful in a marriage and/or family context: Create a Culture where Difficult Conversations Aren’t So Hard. Relatedly, the advice that The Artist and I received at our marriage-prep conference was that positive-to-negative feedback ratio should be 20:1!


And let’s not forget that yes, there can be an organized regime for undermining all culture, orchestrated indeed by someone with an evil agenda! Creative Destruction – this is why what we say on a daily basis matters.

 


Miscellaneous:



Are you a mollusk enthusiast? Or just wondering about the holes in stones on the beach? Piddocks – anything but boring.


If you’re in the mood for an exciting, detailed birth story, I think you’ll enjoy The Birth of Maeve Cecelia from my friend Nicole.

This coming Thursday, if you are able, join the Congregation of St. Gregory the Great for Solemn High Mass in the Ordinariate Use!


Corpus Christi Solemn High Mass


 


In the Liturgical Year:



Today is the feast of St. Eugene de Mazenod

 


From the Archives:



Quilting, thinking about the Liturgical Year


Making a Shawl, Thinking about Things


Ask Auntie Leila: A Little Misunderstood

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