Darn, my server seems to be down .... again. I don't know if this post will
go through.

I had to answer " occasionally" because I have made a few loaves once
every 5-6 years.

I was raised on home made bread. My mother used to make bread at least once
a week, and made about a dozen and a half loaves at a time. Most of them
went directly into the freezer as soon as they were cooled and would be
used up within the next week, so the short freezing period never degraded
the quality of the bread much. I have faint memories of my mother buying
bread from the bread man when I was very young, before she started baking
her own regularly.

Over the years I have occasionally made my own. It was good, but it was a
lot of work. My wife is allergic to yeast and watches carbs, so she does
not eat bread. I have an excellent baker in town. Before I retired it was
on my way, not that I am retired and have lots of time to bicycle around,
and the bakery is conveniently located between the library and the liquor
store, it gives me a place to cycle to. I can buy an excellent loaf of
nice crusty Italian bread for $1.50, and their bread is a lot better than
mine. It's just not worth it to make it myself.