Batch No. 2

Working the Kitchen

1981 · Mapleton Avenue Records · 6 tracks

The country-folk pivot. Acoustic guitars forward, harmonies tighter, lyrics about patience and process. Local FM station KBCO played "Slow Rise" once a week for three months. The cover is a photograph of a wooden rolling pin on a floured counter.

1. 01Slow Rise
   Wren's words

   I set the dough out on the counter
   Let the morning do its work
   Some things you cannot hurry, brother
   Some things rise when left alone
   
   The kitchen window catches sunlight
   Flour dust hangs in the air
   I learned it from my grandmother's hands
   The recipe calls for patience there
   
   Slow rise, slow rise
   Give it time, give it time
   The good things never rush to meet you
   They arrive when they arrive
   
   Down at the market Saturday morning
   Honey vendor and the tie-dye stand
   Set the table up between them
   Fifty cents a slice, pay what you can
   
   Slow rise, slow rise
   Give it time, give it time
   The good things never rush to meet you
   They arrive when they arrive
   
   The oven timer rang out late
   Nobody stopped to check the clock
   The cake went dark around the edges
   But the center held, the center held
   
   Slow rise, slow rise
   Give it time, give it time
   The good things never rush to meet you
   They arrive when they arrive

2. 02Rolling Pin Blues
3. 03The Wrapper's Notebook
4. 04Sugar and Time
5. 05Farmers Market Saturday
6. 06Herbal