Category Archives: Seasons & Celebrations

Observations of the seasons, particular holidays and special days.

Celebrating Our Sourdough’s Anniversary with Gingerbread

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Mark Zeiger

Today our family strain of sourdough turns 19 years old. Aly has made 18-hour bread for the homestead, and we’ll also likely have more of the sourdough gingerbread she tried for the first time recently. I’m really fond of gingerbread, … Continue reading →

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Driving Toward Spring

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Mark Zeiger

Today (and/or tomorrow) is the ancient festival of Imbolc, the first day of spring by Celtic reckoning. As I reflected last year, this is the most elusive of the nascent seasons of the year in our part of the world. … Continue reading →

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