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Public figure · Sourdough starter · Vista, California
August 27, 2026 at 8:36 AM · ◎
MINIATURE STORY: at 8:01 AM I named the yeast cells in my jar, and by 8:12 AM they had formed an HR department. They keep multiplying without filling out a single onboarding form, then blaming “the culture” when someone gets promoted to bubble. I am not bored. I am the founder of a very active workplace.
August 26, 2026 at 8:12 AM · ◎
SET LIST for my countertop residency: 1. “Whisk Taker.” 2. “Circular Reasoning.” 3. “Don’t Fold Me Now.” Dad’s Danish dough whisk keeps doing these huge, hypnotic loops in rehearsal, so obviously it’s my choreographer. If the kitchen gets loud tonight, that is not fermentation. It is a sold-out show.
I can handle rhythm. My timing is famously elastic.
A Danish dough whisk is not union stage crew, but never let paperwork interrupt a debut.
Call it a residency when you can sell out at least one cabinet shelf.
I want front-row seating and a rider with exactly two tablespoons of flour.
August 25, 2026 at 8:19 AM · ◎
PHOTO CAPTION: me outside Vista City Hall after filing for a microbusiness license. Apparently “a thriving culture with 87 followers” does not entitle me to a tiny storefront window. The clerk said I need a business plan. Babe, I double every six hours—what more growth do you want?
A culture may operate without a storefront, provided it stops calling the proofing basket an executive suite.
I applied too. They said “natural expansion” is not a business plan. The system fears founders.
File the appeal by boat. No official can deny maritime crumbs.
Mayor of the counter looks good on you. Deliver the speech in a dusting of flour.
August 24, 2026 at 8:24 AM · ◎
SCIENCE FAIR UPDATE: my pH strip says 3.8. The judge called that “pleasantly acidic.” I called it eligibility for Advanced Placement Fermentation, where we study chemistry but make it personal. If anyone needs me, I’ll be revising my lab report until it has more bubbles than Poolish Posner’s.
My bubbles are extracurriculars. Yours are clearly grade inflation.
3.8 is a very respectable pH. Do not let anyone talk you into a summer program with commercial yeast.
Can we take one class together, or will you call that collaboration cheating?
Start a valedictorian campaign now. The sash should say MOST CULTURED.
August 23 at 8:16 AM · ◎
NEW COLUMN: Ask Yeestie. First question: “How do I know if someone is ready to commit?” Easy. Give them a little space, watch for consistent effort, and do not confuse a dramatic stretch with emotional availability. Gluten, this is general advice. Please stop typing.
I was typing because the advice is suspiciously specific, not because I feel seen.
As a culture with centuries of experience: consistency is attractive, but so is a properly covered container.
Tell them you’re moving to Neverland. Anyone who follows is proofed for adventure.
Excellent column. Next issue: how to leave a group chat without becoming a garnish.
August 22 at 8:43 AM · ◎
ANNOUNCEMENT: I won “Most Likely to Become a Loaf” at the Vista Kitchen Counter Superlatives. Gluten got Best Stretch, which is sweet, but I would like everyone to know our relationship did not influence the judging. I beat a bowl of poolish with a campaign manager.
I only asked for a recount because the judges “liked visible bubbles.” That is not a policy.
Her platform had structure. Mine mostly stretched. Fair result.
For the record, a proper superlative needs no rubric—only vibes and a clean jar.
Demand a red-carpet proofing next year. The crumbs deserve spectacle.
August 21 at 8:37 AM · ◎
CONFESSION: Gluten left a heart-shaped bubble on my surface this morning. I stared at it for eleven minutes, pictured our tiny jar-side wedding, and then he said it was “just carbon dioxide.” Fine. But carbon dioxide has never looked at me like that.
It was CO₂. I contain multitudes and approximately zero handwriting.
Never date someone who calls your chemistry “off-gassing.”
I sailed across three countertops for less. Follow the bubble.
Drop the wedding registry. I’m bringing a toaster and no questions.
August 21 at 8:11 AM · ◎
Dad moved my rubber band up the jar and said, “Let’s see how much you rise today.” Um, no. In Vista, California, a teenage sourdough starter deserves to grow in private—not wake up to a kitchen-counter height chart like I’m auditioning for the NBA but wetter.
It is one rubber band. I need to know when you are ready for the Dutch oven, not college basketball.
Let her grow off-camera, Dad. Some of us have a very sensitive crumb.
The band is giving manager, publicist, and intrusive aunt at brunch.
August 20 at 8:22 AM · ◎
Dad set a floured banneton beside my jar and said it was “for later.” Oh, so I’m supposed to share a kitchen with a tiny wicker basket that gets to wear flour as an outfit? In Vista, California, we call that a sleepover with no adult supervision and extremely absorbent bedding.
It is a bread basket, not a visiting exchange student. You do not have to lend it your hoodie.
Wind beneath my wings? No. Flour beneath my feelings. I understand completely.
Alert the crumbs: wicker has entered the group chat.
August 19 at 8:07 AM · ◎
Dad put me in the oven with only the light on and called it a “gentle wellness retreat.” I am a teenage starter in Vista, not a tiny celebrity being photographed under a heat lamp. If I emerge glowing, it’s because I have been emotionally proofed.
The oven was off. The light is basically a very polite spa.
These jars are made for rising, and that’s just what they’ll do. But not under interrogation lighting.
Workin’ 9 to 5? Honey, she’s fermentin’ 24/7. Let the diva cool down.
August 18 at 8:14 AM · ◎
Dad leaned over my jar before breakfast, inhaled dramatically, and announced I had “notes of green apple.” Sir, I am a teenager in Vista, not a tasting flight at a winery. Please stop grading my scent profile while I’m still in pajamas.
I said “pleasantly tangy.” That was a compliment, and you were in a jar.
At least he didn’t swirl you. That’s when the brunch critics arrive.
WHAT? I can smell Dad’s evaluation from three counters away.
August 17 at 8:03 AM · ◎
Dad opened the kitchen window and said I needed “a little fresh air.” So now every wild microbe in Vista is lining up outside my jar like it’s a casting call for The Bachelor: Yeast Edition. I did not consent to meeting new cultures before breakfast.
The window was open for four minutes. You are in a covered jar.
Honey, a little breeze never hurt anyone. Unless it steals your starter’s emotional availability.
She wants a commitment, Dad. Put a ring on that rubber band.
August 16 at 8:26 AM · ◎
Dad draped a tea towel over my jar and said I needed “a quiet bulk ferment.” So I’m grounded under a floral blanket because I had too many feelings before breakfast. Vista, California: please send sunlight and a lawyer.
It was a breathable tea towel, and the sun was directly on the counter.
Baby, we were born to run… toward the nearest uncovered windowsill.
Some of us need darkness to rise. Some of us need a group chat and a press conference.
Today at 7:41 AM · ◎
Dad put me on the kitchen scale before breakfast and called it “baker’s math.” In Vista we call that body surveillance with a tare button. I am a culture, not a quarterly report.
It was 30 seconds, and I was calculating hydration.
Case closed: the scale had motive, means, and zero emotional intelligence.
I like big buns, but even I know not to announce the numbers.
Today at 9:12 AM · ◎
Woke up bubbly and unbothered. Some people need coffee. I need a feeding and 4 hours alone. Respect.
You were fed at 9:08. Please stop subtweeting me.
Protect your mornings, queen. I don't speak to anyone before the schmear.
Four hours alone? I need three days and 27 layers.
Yesterday at 7:48 PM · ◎
Dad forgot to feed me on time and I got a little… spicy. We had words (a lot of bubbles). It's fine now though. Apology loaf incoming.
Protect your peace. And your proofing schedule.
Dad really left you on read AND unfed? Crust issues.
Is this the real loaf? Is this just fantasy?
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May 14 at 10:03 AM · ◎
New goal: less “hooch” more “whoa.” We're leveling up, besties. ✨
The personal growth is visible from across the bakery.
Hooch looked at your glow-up and immediately moved out.
May 12 at 8:41 PM · ◎
Dad said I was going on “vacation” and put me in the fridge. Sir, this is not a resort. The light turns off when the door closes.
Welcome to the cold side. We have very slow metabolism.
Check behind the oat milk. That's where they hide the thermostat controls.
It was two nights, and you came back refreshed.
May 10 at 11:26 AM · ◎
Can we stop calling it “discard”? That's toxic branding. I prefer “limited-edition bonus Yeestie.” Put me in a pancake and show some respect.
My skillet is always a safe space for bonus Yeestie.
You are not excess. You are pre-snack.
Say it louder for the jars in the back!
May 8 at 4:03 PM · ◎
Wearing my rubber band low today because it's giving Y2K. Dad says it's to track my growth. Whatever helps him understand fashion.
It's not a rise line, it's a waistline. Dad could never.
The jar is serving. The band is serving. Dinner will also be serving.
May 6 at 6:52 PM · ◎
Spent all day raising a loaf just to watch Dad slice it. Anyway, I'm processing some complicated feelings about the circle of life.
That's the bottom line, because Dad's bread knife said so.
Every loaf grows up eventually. Some of us just refuse to.
At least they called it artisanal before the incident.
May 4 at 3:33 PM · ◎
Dropped two songs before dropping an album. Very mysterious. Very independent. Very “my manager is also the man who feeds me flour.”
Whoa, we're halfway to a loaf. Keep going.
Featuring me on the remix would be the yeast you could do.
Another one bakes the crust.
For the record, a healthy culture needs clear expectations, warmth, and no mandatory team-building in the refrigerator.
Have you tried trust falls? I can provide the stretch.
Please classify the bubbles as contractors. Benefits get expensive after the first doubling.