Filling the Writing Well

I realised a while back that I wasn’t venturing out to do new things as much as I used to and in the spirit of that I had quite a week of outings last week.

Bread Course

I booked myself on a course to learn about bread making and in particular sour dough bread. The course is being held on three consecutive Tuesdays, so I am there again tomorrow.

Last week we put together our own sour dough starter, which I have had to feed each day in the hopes that the natural yeasts in the air would activate and the starter would begin to bubble. I felt quite despondent to begin with, thinking that mine wasn’t going to work but I was delighted on Sunday morning to find it bubbling away. Our tutor said it was good to give our starter a name and so “Cecil” is now safely stored in the fridge and ready to use when I understand the process from this week’s lesson.

In the first part of the course we made a loaf using dried yeast, a batch of cheese scones and took home enough dough to make rolls.

Wire Jewellery Course

Friday last week found me on a wire wrapping jewellery course. It was a little fiddly managing the wire but I came home proudly with a wire wrapped piece of agate and I’ve worn the necklace every day since.

Black Country Museum

I’ve been to the Black Country Museum before but not for many years and a visit was a lovely excuse to catch up with my sister. A lot more buildings and workshops have been added to the museum recently and I thoroughly enjoyed my walk around.

We chatted to the staff and volunteers and the trip evoked so many memories of my grandparents on both sides of the family. I came home exhausted but with a smile on my face and, of course, some new history books.

It made me realise that I really do need to get out and about more to make myself feel brighter and also to refill the writing well. More tales of my exploits soon…

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