Monday evening, standing in my kitchen, mixing almonds, sugar, wheat, spices, and nearly two whole pieces of butter. It's a messy process trying to mend these individual ingredients into a cohesive whole that sticks together. Sure, there are kneading machines, but I'm not rich enough, nor does my once-a-year heavy baking commitment warrant it. It's the season I'm fully committed to handwork. Apparently, Heidegger was a big hand guy, he loved writing about the importance of using them, already...

Monday evening, standing in my kitchen, mixing almonds, sugar, wheat, spices, and nearly two whole pieces of butter. It's a messy process trying to mend these individual ingredients into a cohesive whole that sticks together. Sure, there are kneading machines, but I'm not rich enough, nor does my once-a-year heavy baking commitment warrant it. It's the season I'm fully committed to handwork. Apparently, Heidegger was a big hand guy, he loved writing about the importance of using them, already...