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February 1, 2021 - 8:26pm
Bread1965
Have we lost our way?
And before the heckles start let me clarify. I m using the plural we - meaning really me. But I suspect I m not alone.. but not sure.
Recently (ok last night) I started watching Apollonia Poilane s Master class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6XVAUZJ3QI It s a bakery I ve long heard about, read about and hope to visit one day. It seems almost mythical to me when I read and hear that people have ordered Poilane bread to be shipped overseas. I m sure the bread is probably memorable and remarkable. But that clearly seems a bit much. I ve always had a fascination with trying her bread because of the story behind the bakery, family and bread. It s like a love story for bread bakers. In the way people (me included) dream about going to Chad s Tartine to try his bread, to me Poilane is on the same bucket list.
Audiobooks are convenient, low-lift tickets to another world.
Now, six years later, I find myself in a similar tear. A year of isolation and stress, it turns out, can manifest itself in a perpetual state of exhaustion to me, it feels like a listless (yet impatient) energy. At the end of the day, when my eyes are tired, a paperback can feel more like a stationary exercise in self-improvement than viable escapism.
Audiobooks are convenient, low-lift tickets to another world. And they allow me to pack more activities into a single day without burning out.
Sometimes I lounge in a bath listening to Bad Blood, or crank out some endorphins on a walk while a British narrator reads me a new mystery thriller or an author provides her first-hand experience researching extremism. And when I run out of baths to take or walks to go on,