I have to consider the sourdough starter a complete failure. Oh, I know that it could have succeeded quite well, it was getting frothy and bubbly and I was going to make sourdough bread today, but when I pulled back the towel I found a Miller moth drowning in it. I do not know how this happened as there were no gaps between the bowl and the towel for it get through, but there it was. Clearly I couldn't use it. I don't know if I have the patience to start it over again at the moment.

We are having quite a persistent problem with these little moths getting in the house right now. Short of never going outside again, I'm not sure what I can do about it. Actually I'm not even sure that would work as it's possible they are just hatching out since there have been so many over the last six weeks or so. All of the screens are tightly in the windows so they have to be coming in the doors with us.

I will probably attempt it again at some point, but right now I am feeling very "sit there like a lumpish" and this despite having actually made hamburger and hot dog buns with yeast today. And cleaning the sink. And doing laundry. I wish I knew why I felt so lumpish. My cold seems to be gone, but I just feel really tired. And I slept well last night, though maybe one night of good sleep after several nights of nowhere near enough doesn't count for much.

I am in the middle of reading An Unending Meal, which seemed like a good idea at the time, but the author's prose is putting me off a bit. It's subtitle is Cooking with Economy and Grace, but I'm not finding much in the way of economy. Well, she is keen on using it up and making do with all parts of each food, so I guess that part is economical, but it is not economical food. She goes for the expensive range of things. And I shouldn't mind that so much as I am all for the grass fed, free range, organic foods, but...I don't know. It's not what I think of when I hear the word economy. This could be a me thing.

But the cooking with grace part...I guess it's coming off more as being full of airs and graces than it is being graceful. More purple prose than anything else. Maybe I am just more accustomed to a more down homey style and straightforwardness in my cook books. I will continue on through it, but I really wish that this is one book I had not purchased but had gotten at the library. I had really high hopes for it and the reviews just raved about her writing style, but all it really does is rub me the wrong way. Not to say that the recipes don't look excellent, they do, it's just that so much of the book is in the delivery and I guess I just prefer UPS or FED EX to the hand delivered courier.