Monday

I just read this excerpt from a new book called Insurrection, historical fiction set in England, 1286 AD.


Today I baked a loaf of bread. Surprisingly it turned out well, except that I cooked it just a little bit too long and the bottom of the loaf is nearly too burned. The bread is soft though, and thoroughly cooked. I also brewed a batch of kombucha! Can't wait to see if it stays alive and breeds more kombucha fungi. I can't really think of a good place to keep it, I had my baby 'bucha on top of the fridge and it seems that the heat up there made the liquid evaporate. I'm storing this batch in one of our kitchen cupboards so hopefully that works. It's not supposed to get sunlight so this might be a good place. I just hope it doesn't taste like cupboard wood.

I practiced my accordion for about a half hour, re-potted my lavender and coleus, and hopefully the coleus will thrive in this new soil, because the plant was starting to die! The lavender is very healthy though. Good little lavender.

I read a little bit, but most of my culturing today came from a movie from 1961 titled "Goodbye Again" with Ingrid Bergman (Paula) and Anthony Perkins (Phillip); he's a cutie. It was a good movie. Set in Paris, Ingrid is in love and in a relationship with this dashing man, who has so many girls because he needs to keep his sense of freedom. He calls them all "Maisy." Anthony's character is a young man from a wealthy family, and he falls in love with Ingrid. She resists him for so long, but then he convinces her that Roger isn't worth it, he doesn't make her happy and he doesn't deserve her. She leaves Roger for Phillip, and they have fun together. Paula is such a strong character, she resists Roger over and over, until after months of seperation he comes to her house and "says please," as Phillip sums it up. Paula man's up and dumps Phillip, and she and Roger get married. Soon after, Roger resumes his old habits of staying late at the office (he's actually getting dirty with other girls), but now they are married, and Paula just wanted to be happy with a reformed Roger, but he can't change his old ways. She left the man who gave her happiness for the man that she can't live without. Tough stuff. Engaging film though.