Shed Your Skin in the Year of the Snake

 

What's Cooking 

in the Year of the Snake?

At my house,

long slow fermented 

sourdough sweet cinnamon buns

and long slow fermenting good thoughts

are cooking in the Year of the Snake.

In this year of hibernation and retreat,

it's time for us to slow down and shed our old skin,

discarding what no longer works and

building fresh upon what does.

I decided to make 

homemade sourdough cooking 

my project 2025, 

and this made slow fermentation

and patience

the theme of the year,

which dovetailed with

the year of the Snake.

I started by taking a week 

to get my sourdough starter activated

with small daily feedings

and keeping it warm.

It doesn't take a lot of time to get

a starter started. It just takes small daily actions,

and then you leave the starter to rest and grow.

It's the same for getting good thoughts growing

for the new year. Feed them a little every day

and leave them to grow in a warm place.

Patience and perseverance 

are the name of the game

in the Year of the Snake

as you cautiously wait and see 

what is to be.

Take your time.

Take a slower pace.

Put big moves on the back burner.

Let life unfold.

Be flexible and adaptable.

Let your strength and wisdom bubble over.

Let your good thoughts 

ferment and expand naturally.

Keep feeding the good thoughts

and keep them in a warm place. 

What Shall this Year Be

We shall see;

we shall see.

No matter 

the difficulties you've faced,

there's always 

something good ahead; 

wait and see;

wait and see. 

Maintain a positive expectation, 

then you'll see;

then you'll see.

There's always something good ahead

for you and for me.

Let it be.

Let it be.