this morning, when i was about to leave the apartment, i checked my phone (which i dont do very often), and saw a message from tim: "whats happening? suspects arrested? public transport closed? stay home, ok?" only then i really looked out of the window and saw that there were absolutely no cars parked; on a normal weekday all spots are taken well before we leave. this monday i had texted tim; "i am NOT at the finish line, i am in the lab. explosions occurred at finish, dont know whats happening." this because tim is in the netherlands (since 2 weeks by now), and im still here in boston. news travels fast and nowadays everyone has a phone, so while thats a good thing, it can also cause worries; why did i not yet hear from him/her?!! when i texted tim, he hadnt heard the news yet, but it was already on the dutch tv...
today indeed i could not goto work as all public transport had been suspended, and everyone was asked to remain inside and lock their doors as one of the suspects was on the loose. while i was still sleeping, tim had been following the news for hours already (theres a 6 hr time difference). when i went to sleep, i knew there had been a deadly shooting at MIT, but had no clue it was related to the marathon bombings. i am not in boston, but a little outside. but "a little outside boston" is exactly where all terror happened today. again, i can only say, luckily not in my area...
just like anyone else in and around boston, i guess, i couldnt concentrate on much other than the news.... and when the power went out, even though it went right back on again, and i heard something fall at the same time, i just jumped up... something i normally would not even notice, now made me paranoid, although the suspect was thought to be in another area than where i am.
so i baked. something with yeast, salt, water and flour. ooh, and a lot, lot, lot of butter. it was not hard, but it did take a lot of time. in waiting, not in actually doing (as usually is the case with bread). i could have made croissants out of it, i guess, but the recipe said to make knots, and so thats what i did.... long after they were baked came the news that the suspect was found hiding in a boat in someones yard, and from that moment i was even more glued to the screen of my not-so-well-working computer (in the absence of a tv). i am glad they got him now. only 19 years old. i wonder if we will ever know what in the world is going on in his head....
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i feel sorry for the kid. he is so young, and obviously disturbed. and he has a whole world of people that hate him now. but what they did was also really terrible, and i think you have to be crazy, even if you are a radical extremist, to do such things....:( your bread looks very pretty!
It must have been both surreal and scary at the same time. Glad that the dramatic part of the events are over now.
You did the best thing you could do, create something very beautiful and tasty. The bread could be in a bakery for sure. It must have been a weird situation, not to be allowed to go out and to be on your own all day long. It was worldwide news and it looked like war in your area.
I can't imagine an entire region on lockdown. It seems the two guys hadn't thought beyond the bombing. None of it makes any sense.
You did a beautiful job on the bread. It looks delicious.
You were on hand for a historic series of events, even though they were monstrous ones. Baking was at least a useful thing to do.
It was a very odd day indeed. My husband was on his way to work and was told not to come in. Even though we were not "sheltered in place", we remained indoors, glued to the TV. At least you created something beautiful and tasty.
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