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Let It Be Sunday!

April 24, 2016 by Joy the Baker 28 Comments

Let It Be Sunday!

Hello friends!  Welcome to Sunday and hallelujah / glory be! 

I’ve been venturing out for walks in my new neighborhood which, as silly as it sounds, takes a few dashes of courage and an open heart… and jeepers it’s magic!  It doesn’t hurt that the city is sparkling with Spring and sunshine, there’s jazz in the air (literally), and kittens asleep on porches.  

I hope this time of year finds you also blooming with courage and finding grace in the transitions that life always throws our way. 

This week on the Internet went something like this:  

•  Isn’t it absolutely incredible that we’ve lived on the same Earth at the same time as unicorns like Prince?  Really.  Mourning Prince and David Bowie showing there’s no right way to be a man. 

•  This is some DEEP bright-siding:  How The Apocalypse Will Bring Out The Best In People 

•  When I was in college, which… gosh, it doesn’t even feel like thaaaat long ago… we took our notes with pen and spiral notebook.  There was a computer lab on the top floor of the library where people would put their name on a list and wait their turn to sign into their AOL accounts.  It turns out that taking notes pen and paper style is actually better for your brain than typing furiously on a laptop.  Since we can’t write as fast as we type, our brains have to process what is important information.  Aka:  Put your laptops away.

•  We gotta stop hurting our home or mine is going to be under water in a few tens of years.   How Earth Has Upped The Stakes

•  Less gossip and more sleep.  No alcohol No coffee for 15 months.  This is what happened.   But really, you had me at ‘I poop like a king’.  

•  As we’re living through (and somewhat taking for grated) these glorious younger years in life, some of us swiping through dating apps, detailing awkward dates and weird hangups to our friends… what we’re looking for is the kind of  love that is so big, deep and strong that it glues two hearts together as we age into and away from ourselves.  That’s a thing that Tinder won’t tell you. See this:  Late December 

•  This is very honest and hard and beautiful.  I’m thinking about you and your sister, Jessie.  With love.  WHY? 

•  Everyone freaked out about Sia at Coachella with good reason.  She’s an artist, actual. 

•  Jon made Falafel Waffles with Mediterranean Slaw because he’s really good at turning foods into other foods.  See also:  Cuban Sandwich Egg Rolls. 

•  We really want you to look beyond the French Quarter.  How to discover the artistic side of New Orleans.  

•  It’s music festival season and I’m headed to Jazz Fest here in New Orleans this afternoon.  Here’s The 7 People You See At Jazz Fest.  I’ve seen a lot of festival fashion girls so far this weekend.  Apparently no one is wearing bras anymore, just so you know.  I am.  These things are nearing 35.    

•  The Best Grocery Store In America Is Rouses In New Orleans.  Yea… you heard right Berkeley Bowl.  We don’t even have 19 kinda of quinoa.  

•  Tiny Strawberry and Cream Scones because strawberries are here and we always need an excuse for cream.

•  Itty Bitty Kitty Necklace.  It’s not like we need it, it’s just that we want it.  

•  Last week I blasted you with cookbook inspiration but here’s the fiction I’m reading, a suggestion from Kerry Diamond of Cherry Bombe Magazine:  The Queen of the Night.  So far SO GOOD! 

It was really hard for me not to talk about Survivor… next week.  Sorry / not.  

Let’s go chase the sun and the music.

xo Joy

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  1. Kavita Goyal

    April 27, 2016 at 12:53 pm

    I’m a regular reader of your Sunday post. The article about “Apocalypse..” is heart touching. Putting away laptops and giving up coffes and alcohol is a good thing but it’s next to impossible. Today’s youngsters have made such things so vital in their life, It’s just not imaginable how the life would be without these gadjets. Anyways keep writing such articles.

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  2. Lauren Wilson

    April 26, 2016 at 11:00 pm

    This is just as sweet on Tuesday night. You’re the best.

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  3. Kristie

    April 25, 2016 at 12:29 pm

    I am going back to school after about 12 years and I’ve been having a melt-down involving how do I take notes now since times have changed so much. I needed that read! Trusty writing wins. Who cares if I look like a dinosaur, right?

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  4. dessertfortwo

    April 25, 2016 at 10:11 am

    I love your Sunday links! I save them for a lazy Monday morning <3

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  5. eadevoie

    April 25, 2016 at 7:25 am

    Even though I had a laptop in college, I ALWAYS took notes by hand. I just remembered everything better when I hand wrote them. I love that green on that house!

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  6. Sharon / tpt

    April 25, 2016 at 2:11 am

    What an awesome ‘this week …’ list. And yes, Sia really is an artist. Amen and amen.

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  7. ashlethal

    April 24, 2016 at 10:14 pm

    JOY! can i be a wee bit of a creep and pay you a compliment- i love your snap chattering! what a beautiful, vibrant city you live in! also, i was wondering what sort of bicycle you ride?

    Reply
  8. Libby

    April 24, 2016 at 6:36 pm

    I started working from home and transitioned into wearing strictly bralettes. Oh lawdy–my world has been expanded. They’re not just for the flat-chested as I had originally believed.

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  9. Martha in KS

    April 24, 2016 at 5:04 pm

    I learned how to type on a MANUAL typewriter. Also took notes in spiral notebooks. Ah, the good ol’ days. Let’s hear it for us geezers.

    Reply
  10. Kate

    April 24, 2016 at 4:47 pm

    Survivor has really found its mojo again over the past two seasons!

    Reply
  11. sweetteasweetie (@SweetTSweetie)

    April 24, 2016 at 2:11 pm

    Those mini strawberry scones look so good! Yum!
    Kari
    http://www.sweetteasweetie.com

    Reply
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