The Great British Blog Off: Introduction
Hello, internet people! A couple weeks ago, I got sick and spent most of the week curled up on the couch re-watching old seasons of Great British Bake Off. Thankfully, my COVID test came back negative and I'm mostly back to normal now, save my traditional lingering cough. That time on the couch reminded me of a few things. One, that I am very bad at being still. I hate when I can't go for walks or runs or manage a vigorous yoga practice, and I'm very grateful to be back on the mat this week, even if I'm holding off on intense cardio until this cough settles. The second thing is that I love to bake. I didn't exactly forget this fact, especially given that I've made about a loaf of sourdough bread a week since the sourdough craze of early 2020. But I realized I hadn't really baked anything new and interesting since some point over the summer, and that kitchen adventures are an essential and absent piece of my self care. Somehow in the haze of having the e...