Sunny skies

Beautiful day today- bright, sunny, clear, crisp. Last week I attempted a new bread recipe. After feeding my sourdough starter a couple of times (it had been neglected in the back of the refrigerator for weeks) I saw on the King Arthur site a recipe using the starter, rye flour and stout. I had several cans of Guiness stout from baking chocolate cupcakes for St Patrick's Day. (best chocolate cake ever!). I made the preferment, letting it rest overnight and then proceded to knead and rise the next day. This is a two day recipe and makes one HUGE loaf baked on a pizza stone. Next time I would make two smaller loaves. Very tasty.

Definitely worth making again. On the reading front I have read Have You Seen Luis Velez? our next book club selection. I really liked it. It was not the happiest story but on the other hand it was hopeful and showed the compassionate side of people. I hope it generates a good discussion. I finished Arsenic with Austen yesterday. This is a cozy mystery and I was taken with the premise of combining a classic with modern day. Sadly it was only okay. Predicable (I am okay with that as long as it is reasonable), unrealistic and I found the love story plot a bit silly.I don't ofter give a 2 star rating but this got it.I have the second book but am debating as to whether I will read it. My current read is November 9 by Colleen Hoover.

That's all for now!