The bread is divine.

After tipping the round brown loaf from the baking sheet onto the cooling rack I stood back admiring my handy work. What a beauty. But far from perfect. It hung a little to the left, was browner on the right and shone in a splattery, floury, patchy kind of way. But I fell for it right away. Rather like people my bread. But much better to have a broken man in your arms than a flawless one.

The aroma of just baked bread is like nothing else, it made me think I'd be far better off living on a great fertile farm with a rich young farmer. Preferably one with wheat fields.

So as the bread was cooling I did a quickie make-over of the living room. Nothing too grandiose or excessively strenuous just the swift swapping around of cat tattered furniture and re-arrangement of my desirable cat collection. Who have now, by the way, taken up residence on the windowsill. I love you with all my heart.

Anyway the staff of life sat like a crown on its wire throne as I busied my amazing brain by creating a stunning new look for the main relaxation area. It's marvellous how, in dire times, the mind creates diversions and concocts rescue remedies. All in the name of self-preservation.
Standing in bare feet in the doorway I felt satisfied and that was what I wanted.

Back in the kitchen I touched my loaf and then gently, with the tip of a very sharp blade, I sliced through the crust...The back and forth, back and forth flow of my twenty five year old knife was calming because at each rhythmic movement, showers of nutty brown crumbs fell like bronzed dust.

And after stilling myself for a moment....

I held a slice up close to my eyes gazing at its interior, mmmmm a light slightly moist texture with slivers of sunflower seeds embedded like sequins on one of my gay dancing frocks I then tore it watching more crumbs fall, this time to the floor, I could wait no longer. Placing a piece the size of an old shilling into my mouth I mumbled something about doing something in remembrance of me, I then engaged my tongue and teeth and.... swallowed.
I was in heaven at 3 p.m.



I'll post a pic tomorrow.


Ta ta