Five Minute Friday (on Saturday): need

Need. Today I'm thinking homophones, and the word is "knead." I'm not really a baker, but I do make bread from time to time. When there's time and space there's something soothing about working the dough: pressing and folding and turning it. My grandma used to make these magnificent yeast rolls -- huge and crusty…

Five Minute Friday: Beautiful

Five Minute Friday with Lisa Jo. Today's word: beautiful. (Although, obviously, today is Saturday, I did write this on Friday.) And I've not been looking for "beautiful" this week -- I've been focused on "needy," forgetting that beauty is a need, that needs can be beautiful. Thirteen hours driving south and east, and thunderstorms every…