First Published: 2023 November 23
I’m writing this post tonight, but I know that I won’t get around to posting it until the morning. On the bright side, that means that I can write a second draft of it. Today, for the first time since starting the family tradition of Thanksgiving bagels, I made the dough before the morning of. I don’t know if that will end up being a good idea, but I’m glad that I no longer have to start waking up at 3 in the morning to begin all the prep work for the morning, especially since Thanksgiving is always a long day.
This year’s attempt at bagels included potato starch, bread flour, and vital gluten, which made for a very springy dough. I’m excited to see what it becomes.
Daily Reflection:
Did I write 1700 words for NaNoWriMo? Started too late but did it.
Did I write a chapter of Jeb? I might start slowing down Jeb writing, because my mind is blank.
Did I blog? did it. it’s right here, for all that the post isn’t going up on time.1
Did I stretch? made bagels, which is at least exercise. I was well into a cardio heart rate through the kneading.
Am I doing better at prayer than a rushed and thoughtless rosary? Not even a little. I didn’t pray it last night.
Am I doing a good job writing letters to friends? Nope.
there is something interesting in the fact that a reader looking back has no real way to know when, exactly, a post was written or even published. Artifice on artifice↩︎