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Let It Be Sunday, 258!

February 16, 2020 by Joy the Baker 5 Comments

Hello sweet friends.  It’s my pleasure to welcome you to another fine Sunday. 

I’m actually coming to you from Saturday late-morning, what might be the last sunny day for a week. The sunshine coming through my window is begging me to get up and outside.  

If felt like there was not enough coffee in the world and certainly not enough coffee in my body this week.  I found myself giving my veryownself actual pep-talks, aloud – all week.  We made it through and I dunno… I’ll empty the dishwasher by next Wednesday at the latest.  

My obsession this week has been the above breakfast snacking plate (that I detail here on Instagram) and preparing my guest room and office for Mardi Gras guests this week.  There are few things more satisfying that making guest room snacks for friends – I love it! 

The offering this week is below. You’re invited to read any and all of the below. If you encounter something that doesn’t sit well with you, please know you certainly don’t have to read it. We all grown ’round here, ya feel?  I welcome you here and I’m glad you decide to stay.

•  When I was 15 years old watching TheX Files on my parents’ couch I was certain I would be this woman.  Turns out I’m just a baker and that’s ok.  The Spy Next Door. (D Magazine) 

•  Listening: Lady Land Podcast with Mary Laura Philpot. The drama of getting the beautiful story in your brain through the many layers of horrible writing and onto a piece of paper.  (LadyLand Show) 

•  Book nerds, let’s chuckle: If Literature’s ‘Complicated Men’ were on Tinder (McSweeney’s) 

•  Ok wait… one more Tinder thing:  Tinder’s Most Notorious Men. Y’all, what a wild world.  (The Atlantic) 

•  Psychologists have discovered the specific dance moves that attract the opposite sex.  It’s science that we don’t actually have to be great dancers. Good to know. Time to hit the club!  (Good.is) 

•  Let’s live and commit any dang way that feels right.  When living apart keeps you together. (Curbed) 

•  This week my friend Erin McDowell sent me the most lovely Valentine’s Day care package of handmade things from her favorite lady-makers.  It included pottery from my favorite Marian Bull, a candle from Last Craft Designs, and Nikki Darling Confections.  Check it! Maybe you’ll find a few things you can’t live without. (Instagram, Instagram, lastcraftdesigns, nikkidarlingconfections) 

•  Many of you have asked about all the rings I wear on my fingers.  They all from either Marta Pia or Porter Lyons. All treats to myself and I encourage you to do the same when the occasion arises. (marta pia and porter lyons)

Welp… if you grew up in the era of Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey’s reality show then it’s possible you’re with me in reading her new book: Open Book here on Amazon and here on IndieBound. (YouTube) 

• I made this incredible Jammy Tomato Anchovy Sauce from Phyllis Grant and Food52 this week and it’s so simple and satisfying. I highly recommend. (Food52)

• Perhaps inspiring this Sunday: A recipe for two doughnuts (Joy the Baker)

Let’s enjoy this day!

My love to you.

xo Joy

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  1. Bobby Fleck

    February 19, 2020 at 3:53 am

    Haha, I love the psychologists and their new discoveries every second day. Very interesting article though. It explains why I have been single all my life, guess have to learn the right dance moves now lol. Great list by the way. Saving it to read more later, thanks for putting it together :) Also do visit us: https://bumper2burger.com/

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  2. Mollie

    February 18, 2020 at 9:33 am

    Loving this list! My parents lived apart-together in a duplex for 16 years! We would have dinners and watch movies at “dads house” and get ready for school/eat breakfast/do homework at “mom’s house” even though that meant just going upstairs or downstairs. Before my dad passed away, their retirement plan was to build two small homes on one plot of land and be neighbors! It took so much communication and willingness to be open, but they reached a compromise that resulted in a space that nurtured both of their needs!

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  3. Nicole

    February 16, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    Fabulous lineup as per usual. I feel like your introduction to the list is not dissimilar to Karen’s introduction at live shows, and I’m here for it.

    Reply
  4. Michelle

    February 16, 2020 at 3:17 pm

    What are you making for guest room snacks!? I love that idea!

    Reply
  5. Marisa Conner

    February 16, 2020 at 12:01 pm

    Completely here for any Jessica Simpson nostalgia. As such, I will of course be listening to Open Book (no shame).

    Reply

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