Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

Bread

Doomscroll less, eat more gluten

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Feb 21, 2026
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“Bakery Counter” (1962), Wayne Thiebaud

Like many people, I’ve tried to make bread, I ordered the recommended flour, I nursed a burbling jar, I failed.

Maybe also like many people, I did not try again.

My feeling toward bread is love, not like. I eat bread every day, and I’m lucky enough to be able to buy great bread within a ten-minute walk. But I can al…

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