Welcome to Joe’s Bakers Dozen
If you clicked on Bakers Dozen searching for a bread or doughnut recipe, sorry wrong pew. You may want to google Krispy Kreme.
Actually a bakers dozen dates back to Henry II (1154-1189). Bakers in that time period were held accountable for the exact weights for the breads they sold. If it was determined the breads did not meet the weight standard, bakers were punished for the mistake. To avoid that possibility bakers would put an extra loaf of bread in the bag to overcome any form of punishment. So the term Bakers Dozen.
Now in my mid seventies with various employment careers as an educator, a probation officer and finally retiring from the private business sector, I decided to stick my toe in the water and try blogging. Playing the devil’s advocate, I understand the thought process of ” how can a country bumpkin from a small Southern town begin to spark my interest with trivia I could easily find on Wikipedia”? Like millions of folks I know a little bit about a lot of things and very little about tons of things. My life has been a roller coaster of people, places and things. Many of these are in direct correlation for my thinning grey hair. Damon Runyon wrote short stories about the characters and social status of life on N.Y.’s Broadway. To imply this blog is remotely close to Mr. Runyon’s portrayal of those characters is a far stretch of one’s imagination. It does however give one inspiration to ” walk a mile in his shoes”. The Dozen is a cornucopia of my experiences that good or bad have shaped my life. My leap of faith blogging may have the same results as Edward John Smith, Captain of the Titanic. By under estimating the tip of the iceberg, I could go down on my maiden voyage.
Joe's Bakers Dozen 