works of wanderlust

Month: June 2021

  • Local Flours Sours: Stoneground Whole Wheat (Part One)

    My sourdough starter turned two years old a few weeks ago. I didn’t make much fanfare about it, but it has given me cause to think more about my baking lately. Fine-tuning a recipe and process that works consistently for me has been a sourdough journey that has spanned nearly half a decade now, including

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  • Fail Up Friday: Waffle Cookies

    Do you ever have those days when you try something and it’s a complete and utter flop… but you learn something from it? That’s failing up. And my new Fail Up Fridays series are a chance for me to share some of my utter flop moments with my readers. Y’know… like that time my daughter

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  • Sweet Iced Coffee

    Here on the Canadian prairies the weather is as changeable as a simile about how changeable the weather can be. Just a few weeks ago there was snow on the ground. Today it is thirty degrees Celsius in the shade. That’s definitely not unbearable, nor unwelcome, but after a deep cold winter it can be

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  • Nature Burger

    Ahhhh… nature. Living in the suburbs, and in particular a suburb that butts up squarely against a natural river valley preserved against development, it’s not uncommon to have the occasional run in with wildlife. I’ll often see coyotes or deer when I’m out running and extending my range into theirs. When the reverse is true,

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  • June Mountain Travel Runs

    It’s the first day of June and as spring officially trickles into its waning days, I couldn’t help but flip through some old local travel photos and recall how June once… sometimes… began for me for a few consecutive years as the week of the most epic travel race I’ve ever run. For four years

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