photographs depict hands

Old photographs depict hands coaxing form from flour and water—movements the baker attempts, yet finds subtly different than remembered. Grandmother’s recipes, once strict directives, now offer a constellation of possibilities; ratios shift with each iteration, becoming suggestions rather than rules. A warmth emanates from the bubbling starter jar, carrying faint hints of past bakers woven into its layered sediment. The resulting loaf doesn't replicate what came before, but holds a quiet resonance—a merging of intention and inheritance.