Rustic Country Loaf, Illustrated

Drum kit being assembled, camera seized, snapshots taken.

Rustic Country Loaf

Given the subject of today's Dilly Dally in response to the Daily Prompt, I should scarcely be surprised that I sit here now telling you that we cannot have photographs of this morning's baking. No! It did work. I have a proper loaf on the cooling wire, and it turned out of the new ceramic pan …

Sod Off, Sod

Daily Prompt: Comedy of Errors Murphy’s Law says, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Write about a time everything did — fiction encourage here, too! The ruling force of my life is The Law of Sod: if anything can go wrong, it will. My problem with today's prompt is the absence of the …

Egg Sarnies

I need to learn to bake in smaller quantity. It goes against the grain a little, I grew up learning to make efficient use of my power units and to fill every spare inch of oven space when it was on. Switching on for just one loaf? Oh, how I wish I had the ever-ready …

DP Challenge: Addendum

Daily Prompt: Happily Ever After “And they lived happily ever after.” Think about this line for a few minutes. Are you living happily ever after? If not, what will it take for you to get there? And another thing... If you are not happy now, on this day, in this moment, you are effectively placing …

Letting Go of Stuff

Daily Prompt: Happily Ever After “And they lived happily ever after.” Think about this line for a few minutes. Are you living happily ever after? If not, what will it take for you to get there? Yes. It is tempting to state "I hope so" and argue that we can not know what the future holds …