Hello friends,
I have a peach cake recipe burning a hole in my pocket. It’s a doozy of a blog post and every time I sit down to write it, sleep coaxes me closer. It doesn’t help that each time I sit down to finish the post I’m either already in bed or on an airplane – it’s nearly impossible to stay awake in/on either.
It would be safe to say that I’ve done too much this week. I’ve gone from coast to coast… to coast, and just worked really hard with the last of the Bakehouse Summer Tour and a few other deadlines I’m working about. No complaints. I’m just out here trying to stay healthy, hydrated, and punctual. When I feel over-traveled I go to the drugstore and buy myself whatever I want. Pictured above. Grown stuff, you know?
The world is on fire. I think we struggle with being steady stewards of our planet. Is steward the right word?
I hope this weekend gives you an opportunity to go slow. As slow as feels good. The offering this week is broad. Take what you’d like:
• Have you started the latest podcast project from The New York? The 1619 Project observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. Yea, dig in.
• Why the Amazon Is on Fire (CityLab)
• Photos: Hong Kong protesters unify in a human chain across the city. (Quartz)
• This piece about living in the French Quarter resonates in many ways. It’s beautiful and complex like most things: Who Stays Gone, and Who Can Afford To Return, a year in the French Quarter of New Orleans (New Yorker)
• This is an incredibly beautiful read sent over by reader Elizabeth (thank you!). “I had arrived in my thirties believing that to need things from others made you weak. I think this is true for lots of people but I think it is especially true for women.” The Crane Wife (The Paris Review)
• I can vouch for the fact that this is real, but no one will ever take Negronis from me: “Meet the unfluencer, the person who makes me want to do the opposite of whatever she’s doing and throw out whatever I already own that she has posted about.” (The Cut)
• Wait, are we just insufferable? The Case Against Paper Straws (The Atlantic)
• Helen Rosner comin’ at us with some hard facts: The Popeye’s Chicken Sandwich Is Here To Save America. (New Yorker)
• Top Chefs Pick Their Favorite Ice Cream in America and one day I’ll see my sister’s ice cream on this list. (Bloomberg)
• Here’s an invitation: Blueberry Cobbler Thumbprint Cookies. But really we should all be eating all the tomatoes we can: Cajun Stuffed Tomatoes over Creamy Grits. (Joy the Baker)
• I was lucky enough to visit my favorite salt makers in Portland this week: Jacobsen Salt Co. Their espresso sea salt is perfect in chocolate baking recipes… just sayin’. (Jacobsen)
• We’re putting together our fall Bakehouse workshop schedule and a few new classes have been added! Vegan Baking with Mississippi Vegan and Jam and Scones with Jamboree! (Eventbrite)
• I think I need to write a post about my travel essentials because I’ve gotten pretty refined this year. One of my secret weapons to combat plane travel and general new-climate-dryness in this lip balm: Image Skincare Ormedic Complex. Friends swear by this Glow Tonic, are you in? More soon. (Amazon and Target)
• This book is on my reading list: Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb. Thank you for all the suggestions last week! I’ll have a reading list for us soon! (Amazon or Indiebound)
Have a lovely Sunday.
My love to you!
xo Joy
Anna Robinson
Thank you, Joy. I love reading your lists. Sunday begins my work week and I always look forward to clearing enough work to spend some quality time reading your newest Let it be Sunday blog.
Julia
Joy thank you so much for your youth and wisdom. I look forward to your Sunday posts and always appreciate multiple links. I loved The Crane Wife and when I get on The Paris Review site always go down the rabbit hole. I also loved the review of the 40th anniversary edition of The World According to Garp on that site. I was 30 when I read the book and I am anxious to re-read with “new” old eyes.
Barbara
I especially loved The Crane Wife. My first husband was much nicer than her fiancée but did not feel the need to tell me he loved me. My current husband adores me and I’ll keep him forever ?? She made the best choice, and I admire her for it. And go Popeyes! My guilty pleasure. Thanks for a list of great reads…you are so reliable, even with the coast to coast ping ponging.
Anne Marie
Loved The Crane Wife! Thank you!
Carol
Great selection this week. Loved the article about Popeye’s. That quote from Nia-Raquelle Smith about the sandwich provoking the most emotion she’d had all year made me giggle and want to head out for one right now. Also, The Crane Wife…amazing.
Thank you for these Sunday offerings. I look forward to them all week. Be well.
JD
Oh, yes please, write a travel post.
Laurel
I’m reading Maybe You Should Talk To Someone and really enjoy her writing. I also enjoyed reading The Crane Wife. Beautifully written and if all you do is read the last sentence, you will know truth.
Ginger M.
Loving the drugstore haul idea. Drugstores are amazine…they have EVERYTHING!! What a nice old fashioned comforting thing to do.
Yes, I believe steward is the correct word and so far we pretty much suck at it. President of Brazil calls the fires fake news. Hmmmm……
Love your ‘voice’ Joy. You ROCK!!!!!!
Katelyn
I turned 40 this year. I posited to a 50 year old friend that our “give a fuck” index must have a 10 year half-life because I give a fuck sooooo much less now than I did at 30. I can’t wait for the liberation that 50 will bring!
Ask for help. Give it freely. Kindness grows exponentially. Life, even when it’s hard, is so good. Thank you, Joy, for your thoughtful authenticity. I appreciate you so much. xo
JoDee
I just finished the audiobook Maybe You Should Talk To Someone. I really enjoyed it. I think you will too.
Deb R
1619 is so good. Eyes opened, here. I’m telling people about it, too, cuz we need all the enlightenment we can get!
You’re my Sunday morning buddy. Thanks for the company.
Kate Mai
Also- bring out the peach cake recipe!!!
Sasha
Yes please!!
Kate Mai
As one who spends too much time scrolling Instagram and who also just returned from 2 weeks in France where watched soooo many women posing for their cameras, I truly got a giggle from this piece. Merci!
Darla Layton
Happy Sunday, Joy! So much goodness in this week’s offering. Thank you! With so much troubling issues in the news, I think I’ll head to my happy place, my kitchen. Stuffed tomatoes with grits sounds divine. Cobbler cookies? A must!
I’m off to see old high school friends for brunch today. I haven’t seen then in many years. It will most certainly be a joy!
Thank you for your words. I carry them with me
Rena
This is really the question if steward is the right word…
xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
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