Kate's Thoughts

      I signed up to be a youth leader for Heroic Youth. Heroic Youth is a 3 day activity where anyone 13+ can help kids learn to be  virtuous. They have you sign a contract saying that you promise to teach the kids as best as you can. They have you write in a journal every day and at the end of the week summarize what you wrote about. I think it is going to be really fun. 

 Baking sourdough is a hobby many people have started. The advantages are three-fold. The bread lasts longer, because of microbes that make acids, preventing spoilage. Sourdough is also better for digestion. And it tastes better. It has been around for millennia, since the first bakers noticed that, after a couple of days, their gruel of rains and water started to bubble. Nearly all leavened bread in the world came from sourdough: from the French baguette to the famous San Francisco sourdough, developed at Boudin bakery in 1849. Sourdough doesn't have to be sour, and the term simply refers to any bread made from wild yeasts and bacteria.