Author Archives: twsobey

Go Loud For Local

For about the last decade, March has meant mustache time… and rarely a standard mustache. For example, this year I’m going with a question mark design: Years ago, some friends had a tradition of growing mustaches for the month. I … Continue reading

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Entangled Life

Title: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures Author: Merlin Sheldrake Completed: Feb 2022 (Full list of books) Overview: In college, my partner took a mycology course. One evening I arrived home to … Continue reading

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Wilding

Title: Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm Author: Isabella Tree Completed: Jan 2022 (Full list of books) Overview: Thanks to my wonderful friend Kate for recommending this book. As I started, it felt like a love letter … Continue reading

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A Brief History of Motion

Title: A Brief History of Motion Author: Tom Standage Completed: Dec 2021 (Full list of books) Overview: Last book of 2021 and first book after transferring my book notes over to my public website. I enjoyed the way this book … Continue reading

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First month of fermenting

Well, we’re now a little over a month into my Year of Fermenting and so far, it’s been going great. We’re starting to sample some of what we’ve made, we’re coming up with plenty of ideas to keep trying throughout … Continue reading

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Ferments of 2021

Fermentation list for 2021. What have I fermented so far? Continue reading

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Sourdough Starter Care

I was recently asked about how to care for a sourdough starter and thought I’d write down what I’ve learned over the years. The very short version is, “If it doesn’t look active, I should feed it.” The longer version … Continue reading

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Running through 2020

A little over four years ago, I started running every day. I had done that before but never with much success. This time things were different and I managed to run every day for a year. The following year, I … Continue reading

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Croissants

After going vegan, there are obvious things you miss like good cheese (they are getting better, but still have room to improve) and there are less obvious foods like croissants. Maybe it’s obvious to everyone else, but having never made … Continue reading

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Sourdough

I’ve been baking for a while and keeping my sourdough starter going for about two years. During the first 23.5 months, one person asked for some. Since beginning “Stay Home, Stay Safe,” aka COVID lockdown, four nine (as of April … Continue reading

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