The Pioneer Lawyer

The pioneer...lawyer?

An estates lawyer by profession, my days pre-COVID-19 were filled with client meetings, lots of drafting work, and not a single thought towards maintaining a household by myself.  My husband and I were privileged to have both kids in school full time, after care until 6pm every day, and a wonderful part-time housekeeper who'd been with my family for decades, and who came to my house twice a week to make sure everything was in order.

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With COVID-19 being declared a pandemic, and being forced to work from home, I suddenly found myself taking on several full time jobs that would have normally been best suited for one individual at a time - mother, wife, lawyer, housekeeper, chef, and general manager of "keeping things under control"...all while smiling and pretending that deep down, I wasn't completely panicked at this sudden and very unexpected new "normal". 

When I needed a break from holding down all these full time jobs, I turned to baking.  I've always loved baking, and when line ups at our local bakery got unmanageable, I started baking our own bread.  When yeast went into short supply and then became virtually non-existent, I started researching what our forefathers did before the days of commercial yeast.  Lo and behold...my newest challenge, and one I readily accepted - culturing my own yeast and experimenting with sourdough, an art form in and of itself, and definitely a labour of love.