My bakery is still going. Maybe not strong, but steadily. I have a few paying customers, but more interestingly a friend of mine has started to make his own beer and we are now giving each other free beer and bread. It is not a trade per se, there is no x amount of beer traded for x amount of bread, but rather we are gifting each other our goods with the understanding of mutual generosity.
He is also giving me his left over barley from the brewing process, which gives both Hänsel and Gretel a nice country bread like taste. We gorged ourselfes on bread, cheese and wine at a meeting yesterday, which reminded me of my very first sourdough adventure in Chile. It also reminded me that I have much less fun baking bread for comercial reasons than for sharing and enjoying. Insert bread braking metaphor here. Bread and wine with friends, Jesus had the right idea there.