This is hard-core baking, and on a scale I can’t imagine. But you put me right there in your shoes: dealing with the Artful Dodger, figuring out the measurements and formulas for the day, the panic of watching a familiar process slip out of control, grasping at possible solutions, dumping the mess in the contractor bags, confession of failure, the epiphany of ‘salt’. So many life lessons. I was captivated through it all and am so glad I get to read your work. Thank you.
You are too kind. I won’t ask you to stop though! I hope to expand on this idea of a sort of loopy memoir intertwined with food. Loopy and food could be said to be two of the main threads in my life! Thank you for your support, I will certainly do everything I can to repay it in kind as you find your own way forward.
Hi Jonathan, thanks for making your stories accessible and please accept my awkwardness at being new to subscriptions. I loved reading your anybody can bake stories — your characters are remarkable. The characters always draw me in; their imperfections are more interesting than their attributes. You write beautifully, thanks for sharing your gift so generously.
No worries! I am new to subscriptions too, haha. I’m glad you are enjoying my humble offerings. I really appreciate hearing back from people who read what I publish. That is the whole reason I am making what I write available in the first place: to hopefully find a few interested readers. Your kind words mean everything to me.
Thank you so much! I like the synergy between the two platforms. Post is better for cat pictures and snack sized creations the kinds of things that don’t feel as important if nobody notices them, I can put up more substantial pieces here and people will find them when they are ready, or so one can hope. I really appreciate your feedback.
This is hard-core baking, and on a scale I can’t imagine. But you put me right there in your shoes: dealing with the Artful Dodger, figuring out the measurements and formulas for the day, the panic of watching a familiar process slip out of control, grasping at possible solutions, dumping the mess in the contractor bags, confession of failure, the epiphany of ‘salt’. So many life lessons. I was captivated through it all and am so glad I get to read your work. Thank you.
You are too kind. I won’t ask you to stop though! I hope to expand on this idea of a sort of loopy memoir intertwined with food. Loopy and food could be said to be two of the main threads in my life! Thank you for your support, I will certainly do everything I can to repay it in kind as you find your own way forward.
Hi Jonathan, thanks for making your stories accessible and please accept my awkwardness at being new to subscriptions. I loved reading your anybody can bake stories — your characters are remarkable. The characters always draw me in; their imperfections are more interesting than their attributes. You write beautifully, thanks for sharing your gift so generously.
No worries! I am new to subscriptions too, haha. I’m glad you are enjoying my humble offerings. I really appreciate hearing back from people who read what I publish. That is the whole reason I am making what I write available in the first place: to hopefully find a few interested readers. Your kind words mean everything to me.
Jonathan, I absolutely loved your Bad Bread story. You know, this Substack thing is pretty good. Easier for me to stay focused while reading.
Thank you so much! I like the synergy between the two platforms. Post is better for cat pictures and snack sized creations the kinds of things that don’t feel as important if nobody notices them, I can put up more substantial pieces here and people will find them when they are ready, or so one can hope. I really appreciate your feedback.