well, it's been a busy few weeks for me, but before i get to that, i'll update on the bread starter experiment: it was a resounding success!
the bread turned out beautifully and had a nice taste that was halfway between sourdough and regular bread (though the first loaf was very salty because i hadn't gotten the proportions right). it was tough and flavorful and the closest thing that i've had to the bread i tried in france. jake loved it....but, because it takes so long to make, and we weren't eating a whole loaf each day, i've gone back to making bread the normal way: with a bread machine and loaf pan.
in other news, i've been needle felting more recently. jake got some raw wool for me at the ginko gallery in oberlin and the result of that is that there's a nice griffin on my etsy page (http://www.etsy.com/listing/91189045/felt-griffin-gryphon-doll-with-hand-dyed) that i absolutely love. i hand dyed the wool using coffee. very, very strong coffee that, for some reason, i couldn't convince jake to try...but that ginger, our corgi mix, loved.
also, yesterday i received something that i've been waiting for for awhile now: kefir grains! kefir is a probiotic drink made using milk and the helpful bacteria in the "grains" (which aren't really grains). i'm excited to see how the first batch turns out!
aaaaaand, my parents found some savings bonds that my grandma gave me when i was 5, 6, 7, and 8. that means we finally have money to buy the supplies to make an aquaponics (well, barrelponics: http://www.aces.edu/dept/fisheries/education/documents/barrel-ponics.pdf) system!!!
in other news, last week, we went to a city council meeting for the very first time (jake and i have wanted to do that since we got married) and tonight i'm going to be going to my very first neighborhood watch meeting. yes, community involvement.
at the city council meeting, i met a woman who has a gardening program in the city and i hope that i'll be able to work with her in the future. also, one of the other volunteers at love inc. has connected me with a christy sams, a human trafficking advocate in my area who i'm so excited to meet with!
wow, this has been a rather informational blog post; hasnt it?
yes it has
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