Myrrh of Bliss

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Once again, I didn't get outside, but it was cool and drizzly most of the day anyway. I actually don't mind this weather. It's not the best if one were, oh I don't know, wanting to go swimming, or trying to get tomatoes to ripen, but for just enjoying the cool caress of the air, it's fine. I'm a northern girl. What happened was that I felt lethargic after getting up, and pulled myself together slowly. When I did get started, I realized we were out of bread, and also had no treats in the house for elevenses or teatime. So first I made another loaf of banana bread. This time, I greased the non-stick pan! No repeats of last time, when the loaf stuck to the pan and disgraced me! While it was baking, I made a batch of bread and let it rise. It was a bit of an experiment, because we had part of a quart of milk that had gone sour, and I used it in the bread. When milk from the store goes sour, it's just kind of nasty, but when milk from the farm store goes sour, it's different somehow. It clabbers. (Fear not, it is pasteurized, but it seems less processed in some way.) Anyway, I worked it into the bread dough, and it seems to have come out well--four fat loaves in the freezer now. I also made a pot of bean and vegetable soup, using some broth I'd made that I didn't want to go to waste. It came out quite tasty. Then I finally went to take a shower and change out of my pjs, and it occurred to me to put clean sheets on the bed and put the old ones in the wash. And then I was tired and sat down and had some tea. Later we went to church. It's the vigil of Pentecost, so a lot of people were wearing red and the church was colorful. I was too--a red shirt and one of my sari silk skirts that has a lot of red and gold in it. The Sparrowhawk wore his holiday vest from Vienna and looked mighty fine, as usual.

Angelbaby is 22 years old today! We sent them some money to help them go visit a friend in California.