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That's not pink mold! It's a marker line. Well. If you're trying to figure out why my sourdough starter looks like one of the shepherds that met baby Jesus, I'll tell you. The recipe I'm using says to cover my starter with a cloth and tie it with a string.  The closest things I had were a clean tea towel and a new shoelace. I didn't want to cut my towel to size because I don't want to start chopping up my towels for such a precarious project.  The recipe also said to mark whe

For one reason or another, I've decided to begin my sourdough journey. I love making challah, but have never tried making a bread using natural yeast. It seems as if everyone and their mom makes sourdough....Ballerina Farms makes it look so easy....why not me? I'm following a simple protocol I found online. The first program I found involved doing something called "discarding" which makes no sense to me. You just throw away half the starter every now and again. But why? I fou

Yesterday we made Lunch Lady Cafeteria Rolls. According to the recipe, they're called Cafeteria Rolls because they were the standard lunch roll in the 80s in schools far and wide.

This morning, I had the thought, "How would I attack mothers if I were satan?" I considered it for awhile. Well...I'd start by creating an environment that holds those who care for children in low esteem. Because if I could do that first, everything else I did would be easier. I'd start by making motherhood seem like fundamentally, a waste of time, one's brain, one's efforts. I'd create an environment where being a mother is, at best, a side-pursuit and not on its own somethi

I know a lot of people are afraid of the dentist, but for me, it's optometrists that make me extremely nervous. From start to finish, I...

Like everyone, I love love love Trader Joe's. When I was in my twenties living in southern California it was my go-to grocery store for...

Mom life isn't for the weak. Our work starts not long after our feet hit the floor in the morning. For moms of babies and toddlers, it...

I wrote a post on Facebook today about how I absolutely will be unavailable to make meals in heaven and the responses you guys wrote were...