Hello friends!
I hope today finds you slow and warm, feeling like you have more than you need. Luxury, right?
I’ve spent the week in the great state of Maine exploring Portland, Bethel, and Mt Desert Island. I’ve eaten so many of the best, most reasonably priced oysters. I’ve lazed around bookstores and hiked through forests and generally had a really lovely time during one of the busiest times of my year. Proof positive that everything will eventually get done and life is for the living (and not the always working).
I’ve fallen gleefully behind on my daily news podcast and couldn’t much tell you what’s happening in Washington, but I will tell you… WOW these Maine leaves are wild!
The offering this week is below. It’s a bit of a vacation edition. Thank you for being with me in it:
• Rep Elijah Cummings rose from segregated childhood to powerful political voice in Baltimore, Washington. (The Baltimore Sun)
• This is a really wonderful read on immigrant food Made In America (Voraciously, The Washington Post)
• All week long I’ve been fortunate enough to explore Acadia National Park and I hope you get to put your eyes on it too. (NPS)
• I don’t have a passion for sports leagues but the human stories always make me stop and feel: The Unbreakable Bond. (ESPN)
• Bresha Meadows Thought You’d Understand. (HuffPost)
• Ok sooooo, am I ready to start a summer camp for adults? (Mel Magazine)
• The song I’m listening to this week: Michael Kiwanuka’s Piano Joint. (Spotify)
• Here’s what I’m making for dinner this week: Chicken Meatball Tikka Masala. (The Candid Appetite)
• Let Brittany Howard take you away for a few in this Tiny Desk Concert. (NPR)
• Stop everything! Thrifty is finally selling their cylindrical ice cream scoops. If you grew up in Los Angeles his is vvvvv big news. (LA Mag)
• Goes to Maine once, lives in this jacket forever. (Nordstrom Rack)
I hope this Sunday is a good one for you.
My love to you.
xo Joy
Sasha L
Joy, thank you for the Bresha Meadows story. I hadn’t heard it, and Bresha deserves for us all to know her story. Sending her so much love, that the rest of her life may make up for the brutality of her childhood. She deserves real joy.
Catherine
Hi Joy! Thanks for this weekly Sunday post. It really helps me get through my week as I work my way down the list! I just finished a book of essays that I think you would enjoy called “Burn It Down: Women Writing About Anger” edited by Lilly Dancyger. It’s short enough that it only took me a day to read it, and in the end I just wanted it to keep going. I highly recommend adding it to your list of reading material!
Thanks again for your wonderful content. Your recipes are always off the charts amazing.
-Catherine
joythebaker
Thank you Catherine!
rita marlowe
I know that jacket looks warm and cozy but when washed the polyester releases microplastics that harm ocean life.
Every Time You Wash Clothes, Millions Of Microfibers Are …
https://www.wbur.org › 2019/08/28 › microfiber-pollution-ocean
joythebaker
Gosh thanks for letting me know! I didn’t realize.
Susan
This PBS series on food made y immigrant communities around the US was excellent. It;s hosted by Chef Marcus Samuelsson. You’ll enjoy it if you haven’t seen it.
https://www.pbs.org/food/shows/no-passport-required/
Suki
That is an excellent show and Chef Samuelson is so good.
joythebaker
Yes yes! That is an excellent show!
marcella
Ha! I loved going to Thrifty for an ice cream as a kid. Years ago I put this scoop on my Christmas list for just that reason – https://www.amazon.com/CuisiPro-Scoop-and-Stack-White/dp/B00C796WV8/ref=sr_1_4?crid=J523CT9EE7MO&keywords=cylinder+ice+cream+scoop&qid=1571669049&sprefix=cylinder+ice+cream%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-4 My husband thought I was nuts but it’s a nice childhood memory!
joythebaker
I understand you very well!
Barbara J
Never heard Brittany Howard before but her cd is now on my library request list. Thanks!
joythebaker
She sings in Alabama Shakes and I’m glad she’s on your radar now!
Jeanne
I am oddly excited about the Thrifty Ice Cream Scoop! I was just at Rite Aid today. They should have sold that scoop a long time ago. I bet it’s easier to simply push down than to roll the ice cream. I remember when Thrifty Ice Cream was a dime a scoop! Now I take my kids there after school.
Rebecca
YOU WERE IN MAINE???? Of course I was working at the high school on Mt. Desert while you were there. . . . but I hope my place made you welcome!
Suki
This is an excellent Sunday post. I just knew you’d enjoy Maine.
joythebaker
Such an amazing place Rebecca!
Chrissy
We go to Bar Harbor every Labour Day and it’s my happy place, The East coast is stunning with fall colours this year. I’m sure your pictures are beautiful.
JK Scaglione
Joy, you are a gem?
Karen
Happy you had a great week.
Our country will miss the wonderful Elijah Cummings! It is just so sad.
April Gunter
Ah, Thrifty’s Drug Stores. I grew up in the Bay Area in the 60’s and 70’s and went to the one in San Leandro, which was right by Mom’s favorite grocery store for heavy duty shopping. It was always a treat to go next door to Thrifty’s and get a cylindrical scoop of cherry vanilla ice cream. Thanks for bringing back the memory!
Sandy W.
did you stop by Standard Bakery in Portland? Yum!
joythebaker
I did! I bought two croissants and an incredible loaf of bread!
Eunice Miller
We truly are spoiled with gifts for our bellies and eyes here in the Northeast I am happy you loved your stay and hope you found some very friendly people sometimes our passions can be misconstrued lol
Did you capture sunrise from Cadillac Mountain?
joythebaker
I sure did! It was an incredible sunrise!
Rena
How wonderful your week was that fantastic!
xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
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