White rabbits, St Brigid, and useful info

Here's information on getting health information when CDC is muzzled

This is today's psa!

White rabbits, and Happy St Brigid's Day. Among other things she's the patron saint of snakes, appropriate in the Year of the Snake.

And here's Edith Holden 

And here's the second proofing of the cinnamon raisin bread.

Steve the YouTuber used two loaf pans clipped together to make a PMDO -- poor man's dutch oven! 

I don't have two,  so after breaking the dough and restirring it, I rolled the dough into my one loaf pan, and improvised the top with tinfoil. I don't have his glass mixing bowl, but my ancient Tupperware worked okay. And I don't have plastic wrap, which he used for the overnight proofing, but tinfoil worked okay. And I didn't have bread flour, so I used golden whole wheat.  Aside from all that, exactly the same!

Here's the result, chewy, dense and really good 

Making good food is part of resisting -- keeping up your health and spirits. 

So, happy day, everyone, do that and enjoy what you can. If we let the bad guys get us down, they will have won.

Baking with Steve and cute winter boots

Today I had to go back to the radiology place to pick up the disc with my xray on it, to give the Ortho at my Valentine's Day appointment.  They were so ready, took about a minute including signing for receipt.

Do you have an appointment?

Here for pickup 

Medical records?

Yes

For yourself?

Yes

You called ahead?

Yes

Perfect, id please, here's the stuff, sign here, bye 

And I was on my way. In the car I read the notes from the X-ray doctor. Advanced (!) osteoarthritis, such an overachiever, with some things which I looked up -- bonespurs!!

I refuse to have that in common with T***p.

Anyway I'm all set to see what's next. 

Meanwhile here's my bread adventure, from a new source, artisanbreadwithsteve. Using simple recipes and tools - bowl, spoon, spatula, I'm making cinnamon raisin bread.

This has to proof, covered, till tomorrow. Then stir a bit, then proof again. Then bake. 

Some for afternoon tea, toasted and buttered, some to Gary for breakfast, some saved for Handsome Son when he visits next week.

On the boots front, today's actions:

Messaged Gov Pritzker of Illinois,  to thank him for banning Jan 6 rioters from Illinois State gov jobs.

And by end of day got an acknowledgment, yes, boilerplate, but counted.

Messaged Kristi Noem to ask she reinstate TPS for Venezuelan refugees in the US. 

Tried repeatedly and failed to message DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, about their ban on Black, women's and LGBTQIA observances. Either they've disabled their contact function or they're flooded.

This afternoon I'm knitting, drinking tea and reading Hamish Macbeth on my Kindle. 

Happy day everyone, do your bit and then take time off to live.

Online with friends this evening.