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SUNRISE AT DEATH VALLEY-Photo by Tom Cochrun

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

HOME BAKED & HALF BAKED

WHAT'S WRONG WITH PEOPLE?
             A couple of things are clamoring around in my
        mind, looking for a vent.
             Kathleen Parker of the Orlando Sentinel wrote
         a piece that, sadly, most of us can relate to.  A 
         loud, foul mouthed, obscenity spewing person, in
         this case a woman, got on a crowded elevator and
         continued to abuse her son for several floors liberally
         using  mother F......   I've always been conflicted
         about how to respond to such boorish behavior. 
         My strongest response was to a group of young men
         in a restaurant when I said "please, watch your 
         language or hold it down.  There are children here."
         That drew a derisive sneer, which I was happy didn't
         escalate to more.
               The other item was about the shooting and beating
          of football fans at the 49er-Raiders game in San
          Francisco.  San Francisco?!!!  No "flowers in your 
          hair...love in there" vibe.  San Francisco?!!!
          Cosmopolitan, sophisticated, center of West Coast
          urbanity?
               I've spoken to groups about the divide between
          the educated and the entertained.  Now I wonder
          about the growing gulf between the civilized and
          the modern American barbarian.
ENOUGH! 
NOW TO SOMETHING BETTER
  IT CAN'T GET MUCH BETTER
      Lana has been baking bread for longer than she'd care for me to say.  Friends and family appreciate this special, but only one of many, skill.
      When we came back from lunch the other day she noticed the dough had risen more than it usually does.
       Ever ready for an adventure, I thought I'd follow it through the process.
       Shaped, braided and put in pans to rise a bit more.
       Risen enough, it now almost ready for the oven.

        In it goes.  The final step on the road to delicious.
 Perfection.
 And now, it is time for me to get in on the act! The appreciative consumer!
See you down the trail.

3 comments:

  1. I can offer little hope to you on the first part of your post. I again mourn the downplaying of education along with a growing lack of civility, either performed or taught.

    As for the bread, Lana has always set the mark. Those loaves look wonderful. You're a lucky man, Thomas.

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  2. The lack of respect and civility has become epidemic, or I am just getting older and crankier with those around me. But -- it just seems that too many seem to take pride in their rudeness.

    The bread really looks scrumptious.

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  3. Catalyst-
    Yes, very lucky.

    Jerry-
    I think some people do take pride in being offensive, as though that proves something. Out of balance, I think. And bread was indeed scrumptious.
    Wish I could share it.

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