Oven update, bikes, & bakeries

​To the surprise of no one but myself--I've been practicing some serious magical thinking--I did not, in fact, manage to design and build a masonry, wood fired, community oven in two weeks. How or when or why I decided that would be enough time I don't now remember. I have yet to lay a single brick, but at least I now have plans! I'll just have to wait till spring to execute them.

Lost Magic: How a child's sketchbook of imaginary beings became ruled by rulers

Arch Sketch: The Puzzle of the Thirteenth Brick

​I shipped my bike East last week, and will follow it cross-country in a few days for a month long bakery/farm/mill bike tour. I have a star-studded itinerary planned (ok, that might be slightly hyperbolic, but I am going to visit some seriously kickass bakers!), but if you have any favorite spots between Asheville and Raleigh, drop me a line. I still have a few holes in my trip plan waiting to be filled with adventure 

​I'll be back in Bellingham just in time for the first main season farmers market, and for spring oven building (I'll get it done by summer, I promise!).

Enjoy the last weeks of winter, and don't forget to plant your peas before the rains return!

See you in April.

Sophie

The Bolt Bus Miracle, or, How I got to Seattle with a bike, skis, winter camping gear, and no car