My mom’s starter in Ohio lived in the fridge for months between bakes. We’d just pull it out, feed it once, and it was ready. I see all these guides now telling people to feed it daily with filtered water and weigh everything. Feels like they’re trying to kill it with kindness, right? Grandma knew to just let it get hungry and be fine. Maybe we just trust the process less now.

Not just drafting. See it everywhere now. We trade hands-on skill for speed, then wonder why things feel less human.