Bread

> And as I removed it from the toaster I remembered a quote about why the Poilane family likes making things with dough — it’s because they disappear. From last night's broadcast of The World [http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-12-19/how-best-bread-paris-ended-my-freezer-and-why-it-made-me-think-about-death] .…

Appropriate for me, too

> accurate. pic.twitter.com/EiZIDZcT0M [https://t.co/EiZIDZcT0M] — A Baked Joint (@ABakedJoint) December 19, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ABakedJoint/status/810890583833214977] This feels especially appropriate at this season, when I'm in the kitchen baking almost every day.…

Omotenashi

> Omotenashi is the Japanese word for treating people the way you'd want to be treated, for a posture of customer service that builds long-term trust and loyalty. Found in an unexpected place, Seth Godin's post for the day [https://goo.gl/SzEuVb], it's…

Expect a spike in mail orders

> Edible business card: Baker with cell phone number on bread. Near Kokand, Uzbekistan. #EdenWalk [https://twitter.com/hashtag/EdenWalk?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/7xjeAUFrJT [https://t.co/7xjeAUFrJT] — Paul Salopek (@PaulSalopek) December 13, 2016 [https://twitter.com/PaulSalopek/status/808718148409159681] Certainly enterprising. I wonder how long it would…

Gandhi and Buber on the same page

I was startled to discover a thought of Gandhi last night that pairs very well with a poem of Martin Buber. I had to do a web search to find the poem, which I copied into an old notebook when I first read it some years ago. The idea they…

Curious

http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/154122483401/if-by-a-liberal-they-mean-someone-who-looks > Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward. -Soren Kierkegaard — Paul Couto (@SantaBarbara_GV) December 6, 2016 [https://twitter.com/SantaBarbara_GV/status/806246493023780864]…

Time to Read

> 'The purchase of books could be a good idea if one could also buy the time to read them' - Schopenhauer https://t.co/R8U8rzAnJh #blackfriday [https://twitter.com/hashtag/blackfriday?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/ew1Rmgh8Kg [https://t.co/ew1Rmgh8Kg] — The School of Life (@TheSchoolOfLife) November…

The Past

> “The past does not exist except as a threadbare fragment in the weaker minds of the many.”Superb read,especially now https://t.co/xtBACZZWI9 pic.twitter.com/uAWZYDqTeY [https://t.co/uAWZYDqTeY] — Explore (@Explorer) November 19, 2016 [https://twitter.com/Explorer/status/800060081022832640] See Meditations on Time [https:…