Chaque Jour

These whole wheat sugar cookies never fail!

Marinated pork shoulder for 24 hours with tonssss of spices before I seared then baked it. It turned out succulent and somehow sweet and spicy.

Today I made fresh baked bread!

Today I made vanilla cupcakes with homemade berry buttercream frosting. They turned out just the right amount of sweet! I then did martial arts training with @miroweart , including practicing sword drills and striking through targets of dead flowers.

Made some roasted cauliflower-garlic soup and it blew me away! The homemade bone broth has been especially rich this round. 

Not half full, empty

Today was a big day! Received an as-yet-to-be-named steel sword and started more legit Taiji sword drills with it. Biggest takeaway was how insanely heavy it was in comparison to my stick, and what a workout even small movements were. Also made whole wheat sugar cookies, which have yet to disappoint.

Baked chicken wings (paprika, cayenne, flour, pepper blend coating them) and made a light robe to wear for the summer months from cutting and sewing together other articles of clothing.

Today we practiced circle walking in pushing millstone posture with weights to make movements more conditioned, efficient, and from deeper in the body than the arms. (I also made flax seed brownies)

Made two bread bowls today!

Practiced striking and sparring today with @miroweart . Trying to remember a lot of details that I can do with my punching bag but not as easily against a partner, having trouble pulling back into guard right after striking in these more applied/adrenaline situations.

Today I made croissants and a mixed berry tart for Bakers Against Racism’s virtual bake sale!

@miroweart and I working on stick practice on the roof today! It was fun to freestyle a little bit after working on the basics. Today’s quote was “instead of pushing it, change it”