Last week, my colleague Gail Tomarchio wrote about mindful walking.  My topic is about making a sourdough starter. And it is about all the baked goods that come from the starter.  All this good food is one more reason to take that long, mindful walk.

My sourdough starter was born out of a need for a leaven.  There was none to be found in my grocery store thanks to Covid-19. So when the internet was flooded with bread and sourdough starter recipes I figured, why not?

Sourdough starter requires daily maintenance, including discarding excess starter. I felt guilty was…