Hello sweet friend!
Gosh we made it to another Sunday. Can you believe?
Will you do me a favor? Tell me what you do when you settle down with this post? What’s your routine? I can tell you my routine in writing this post for you – it’s really my favorite thing to put together for you every week.
I build Let It Be Sunday all week. I pile in links here and there as the Internet comes at me over the week. On Friday I sit down to spend time sorting thru to see what makes the cut. I usually have a cup of tea, James Blake on the stereo, Tron meowing for dinner an hour early, me thinking about wine an hour early. I schedule the post for Sunday, cross my fingers that I’ve done enough proof reading though I know I never do, and I high-five myself to have an actual weekend.
I appreciate so much that you’re on the other end of these random thoughts. Thanks for taking them in every week. The offering this week is below. Take what you want and only what you need:
• 14 ways we’re getting through these terrible times and even finding some JOY, no pun intended. I myself have take on The Joy of Jogging Very, Very Slowly. (The New York Times)
• Dang, King Arthur Flour – you really did the damn thing! Inside The Flour Company Supplying America’s Sudden Baking Obsession. (Medium)
• From Ann Friedman’s newsletter – Nostalgia is our modern condition. Le sigh. (The Walrus)
• This will end with you cupping your hand over your mouth, crying. But here’s the thing: you must read this, really: My Mother, My Daughter by Samantha Irby (The Rumpus)
• This quote ran at me this week and floored me flat on my back. “One of the reasons people lock onto motherhood as a key to feminine identity is the belief that children are the way to fulfill your capacity to love. But there are so many things to love besides one’s own offspring, so many things that need love, so much other work love has to do in the world.” – Rebecca Solnit (New York Times)
• Are we doing this? I have a Quarantine Bubble With People Outside My House. You Should Too! (Slate)
• Last week Marie brought this article to my attention and I’m appreciative: PPP Is Complicated For Women. One Chef Explains Why. (Bon Appetit)
• Clarinetist Tim Laughlin was my neighbor on Royal Street when I lived in the Quarter. (Nola.com)
• What Quarantine Taught Me About Cooking on one of the best websites on the internet: Cup of Jo.
• This week I’m listening to our friend Jocelyn Delk Adams of Grandbaby Cakes on Radio Cherry Bombe. Also listening to my friend Erin Kelly talk about quarantining with her ghost here in New Orleans. (Cherry bombe and Apple Podcasts)
• You didn’t know you needed this, but I’ll tell you what, if you’ve ever even considered cooking a dry bean in your life all of this has crossed your mind: Possibly-Explicable Things People Sometimes Say About Cooking Beans. Thank you Nicole. (Shatner Chatner)
• We’re all very vary excited for this book – The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir by Andre Leon Talley (Parnassus Books)
• Should I splurge on this shirt? (Imogen + Willie)
• I cannot stress this enough – you must make this week’s PB & J Cobbler. (Joy the Baker)
Have a wonderful Sunday, won’t you?
My love to you!
xo Joy
Ro
Grateful for your Sunday ritual! But I don’t have a Sunday ritual. It often takes me all week to get through your post. Like a good book, I’m often sad when I’ve gotten through all the reads. Just finished My Mother, My Daughter and I’m pulp.
Colleen
I save the post for my first day at work that week. I click on all of the links that call to me and I make my way through them when I need a break during my work week.
Sara
I always read on Monday (or in this case, Tuesday) after lunch, in the middle of the work afternoon, for a little break!
Morgan
OH man Samantha Irby broke my heart.
Ellen
Love your Sunday posts. I make a point to sit down with my laptop (not my phone) to go through and see what strikes me. This is an even bigger deal these days now that I don’t have much quiet “me time” with an active 16 month old! So really, “Let it be Sunday” is a moment of self-care for me.
Also, happy birthday!! <3
Beth
Live your best life – get that shirt.
I generally read these on Monday mornings (Tuesday today, thanks to the holiday). I came to Joy the Baker back in 2009, when I was in college, so my routine has changed as my life has. But these days, I take in my morning news (both for myself and for work purposes), and then turn to Let it be Sunday. I look at is as an easing into the work week, as some recommendations from a person who, while a stranger, somehow feels like a type of friend. I learn, I laugh, I get some recommendations. It’s truly a staple.
Thank you for all that you do, and take good care.
C
I work at an office in Shanghai, and everyday during lunch, I take a break and read the NYT and a favorite blog post. Because I’m a day ahead, most blogs/sites that publish on Mondays won’t be available until Tuesday my time. But always on my Monday I can count on your Let it be Sunday post! So every Monday, I take a break from the questions, decisions, managing people and meetings, sit with my lunch and dig into your thoughtful, wonderful writing and links. I expect to be moved, challenged, and really taken out of my Monday. It is such a delight!
SUE MILLER
i HAVE NEVER WRITTEN TO YOU BEFORE. i AM A 64 YEAR OLD EDUCATOR, BOOKKEEPER, ARTIST AND BAKER. I REACH FOR YOUR WEB SITE WHENEVER I HAVE A FREE MOMENT THAT I WANT TO FILL WITH WELL, JOY. i DO NOT REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I LOOKED AT YOUR WEB SITE, BUT I DO REMEMBER SHARING YOUR EXCITEMENT OF PUBLISHING YOUR FIRST COOKBOOK, WHICH I HAVE. SOMETIMES IT IS WHEN I HAVE TEN MINUTES LEFT OF MY LUNCH BREAK THAT I CAN SPARE, SOMETIMES LIKE TODAY IT IS WHEN I WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE FOUND THAT INTERESTS YOU AND MIGHT GIVE ME A NEW WAY TO LOOK AT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.I THOUGHT IT WAS HIGH TIME TO FINALLY SAY THANK YOU. DON’T STRESS ABOUT THE TYPOS – THEY DON’Y REALLY MATTER. YOU ARE GETTING THE IMPORTANT PARTS UNDERSTOOD – LIKE HOW TO LIVE AND BAKE AND LOVE.
joythebaker
Oh Sue – thank you for taking the time to tell me this!!
Jenny
I save your post until Monday late afternoon and I enjoy it with a gin and tonic and some popcorn. Since Monday is my Sunday it is the perfect way to spend the end of my weekend.
I appreciate every week but recently your Sunday round up has become more valuable and enjoyable. Thank you! I miss New Orleans so much, I hope I’ll be able to come back when it’s safe !
Karen B.
When the email comes into my inbox I make sure to save it until I can sit down and ready it without rushing. There are always several of your articles I am interested in so I consider this post a treat since I don’t always scour the internet for topics I might like. Thank you.
xo,
Karen
Kat
I usually save your links for the afternoon and read them on my sofa while (usually) SVU is on the in the background and I’m getting ready to begin to figure out what to make for dinner. They’re just kind of my thing these days – something to look forward to on the weekend and something I’ve always made time for, in or our of a pandemic.
And buy the shirt! I just splurged on their version with a heart on it and I can’t wait to get it!
Kristina
It looks like my comment didn’t get approved :-(
I guess it’s not okay to say how much I love these posts, and how they are part of my weekly ritual: coffee, sunday post, and quiet.
joythebaker
All comments get approved, Kristina. It’s just that, if you haven’t posted before, your comment goes into a queue for me to filter the spam out. Sometimes it takes me a few days to go through all the comments.
Barb
I rarely read your post on Sunday, as the weekend flies by too quickly with my toddler. But I open all the links on my browser and gradually read through them throughout the week while working, when I need a break. It really is my favorite blog post of the week. Cup of Jo’s Friday post is a second.
Angela
My routine for reading this is settling on the couch with a knitted blanket and my second cup of tea. : ) I love these posts so much.
HOLLY
Didn’t get to your blog until this am. I do look forward to it every week and am always surprised at the wonderful witty thoughts, quotes and articles you share. I’ll lay here for about an hour reading, then a cup of coffee, and then go for a walk later today. Thank you! PS – it seems I can’t get into NY Times anymore unless I subscribe with payment. Enjoying the rest of your thoughts though.
Mary B
I try to limit my computer time on Sundays so I usually read your post on Monday when I need a break at work. But since today is a holiday, I get to enjoy it with a cup of my favorite tea of all time (earl grey creme from Red Stick Spice Co. – they’re in Baton Rouge!), a cozy blanket, and nowhere else to be.
Linda
Hello, Joy. Joy is one of my favorite words, it’s your NAME, and you bring joy to me every Sunday with your eclectic weekly offering. I always find a gem or two that gives me something I need and reassures me that there are many beautiful people in the world, that there is profound beauty in seeing with honesty and empathy. My routine? Coffee. Multiple cups, freshly brewed and splashed with cream because, well, it’s Sunday.
Thank you for being brave enough to share your journey. Your voice resonates.
Raluca
I actually read them on Mondays. It’s a good way to start the week, because they make me feel, they make me happy, and I think your life is beautiful. I hope you think so too. I stopped mid-way on the Mother-Daughter article, because I too have MS and I’m not ready to read that. These are weird times we’re living and we’re all doing the best we can.
Pat
Get. The. Shirt.
Danielle
I make coffee, then sit down and read your post, opening multiple tabs for the links you share. Then once the coffee is ready, I settle in with a cup and read through the stories you’d shared. Be well.
Samantha
My routine for this post is like a reward. If I get here it means I already checked the important things on facebook, read and answered my emails, posted a new blog post, a new look on chicisimo and I can finally allow myself to see what’s new on Bloglovin (where I follow actually just you and 3 other people). So I can relax a bit and enjoy my read, like I did today!
Katie
In this part of the world (Tokyo) it’s Monday when your Sunday reads go up, so I wait until I’ve finished the first work day of the week, get home and make some dinner, then sit in my tiny studio apartment and read and learn and smile and laugh and sometimes cry. Thank you!
Jeanne
I usually wait til the evening to enjoy your Let if be Sunday links. It’s my personal Sunday entertainment, particularly as many bloggers don’t publish anything on Sundays. I let the fam go upstairs to bed or play video games or zoom with their friends. I get myself a snack (tonight it’s sweet, juicy blueberries) and something to drink (often tea but ice water today). And I let myself be entertained and laugh and be angry and educated. Thank you for this.
Stella
I brew a pot of apricot tea and read Let It Be Sunday throughout the day. I scan the stories deciding which I will read first and which must wait for the evening. Bookmark the recipes and when I’m through, I usually laugh, cry, or agonize over your selections, often sharing the articles with friends and family. Today, I cried over Samantha Irby’s gut wrenching My Mother, My Daughter. Tonight I will remind myself of all I have to be grateful.
joythebaker
I’m with you all the way, Stella.
Katie
I subscribe to a handful of food blogs with an rss reader and I browse through the day’s offerings while laying in bed with my almost 3 year old so she can fall asleep. (This is, of course, after storytime and catching up with our favorite dog on her FB Stories.) I flag the stuff that looks delicious and revisit those when I menu plan on Mondays.
Patricia James
That’s a lot of money for a tee shirt, no matter how cute. Donate same to local food bank.
Shelley Corley
Thank you for taking the time to put this together every week. I always wait until I can sift through everything. That never looks the same twice since I have a two year old and a two month old haha. Today I managed a glass of sparkly rosé while I scrolled. I live in coastal AL not too far from New Orleans. I love the city and used to spend a fair amount of time there. I can’t wait to come back when this is all over.
joythebaker
We can’t wait to have you back! Big wave to you neighbor!
Ellen
I never miss Let It Be Sunday, but seldom add a comment. However, today’s post cannot be left without adding a comment. Samantha Irby’s “My Mother, My Daughter” is indeed tear provoking writing. It prompted me to go in search of Samantha’s other writings that are found on The Rumpus, her blog and her books. I must tell you that the PB & J Cobbler is exactly what I hoped it would be, as described in my comment to you when the recipe was posted on Friday. The recipe was made on Friday evening and again this morning!! The recipe has also been been sent to my Family and friends. Thank-you!
Kerry
Good morning Joy,
Happy Birthday wishes to you. I’m in New Zealand and it is the actual day of your birthday here, so your special day is awake and raring to go (see what I did there?). I hope you have the loveliest day and enjoy it to the max. Birthdays should always be special days – that one particular annual day of the year when you should treat yourself to special things and hopefully can be treated specially by those who love you. All the best people are born in May !!
I have followed your blog for a few years now and have never left a reply, although I did snail mail you once. I don’t know if you ever got it. I would like to think so.
I love the effort you put into your Sunday posts, they always have different things for different people. I love the effort you put into your general posts too, with the great recipes and great photography.
I read your Sundays posts when I open my emails on Monday mornings. I’m usually in the house by myself so I prep my breakfast, usually porridge, and sit down and enjoy, well, Joy.
After I’ve read yours I’m off to visit your friend, Tracy at Shutterbean – I found her through you. Her Everyday Life posts are great. She also has great recipes and is someone else who lets you into her life.
Enjoy your day. Take care.
Kerry.
joythebaker
Thank you for such a sweet comment, Kerry!
Ann
Your Let It Be Sunday arrives on Monday for me. I am up early (our cat needs insulin every 12 hours so 6am and 6pm). House is quiet – husband and daughter still asleep. Cup of coffee, light filtering through the trees, as I sit near the french doors in our dining room. I appreciate all the work you put into your Sunday posts – something uplifting, something new I would never have looked at otherwise. Not sure I can promise to make that cobbler though -feels like I have already put on my Covid-19 kg.
Sarah
When I have time or am really good about carving out the time. I have my cold brew coffee in my flamingo cup with a metal straw, a ginger turmeric tea, and a glass of water. Then I get back in bed (!!) and sift through the links that resonate with me while I enjoy my beverages. It’s lovely.
Addie
Usually I read while doing the laundry. Today my apartment building’s laundry room was super busy. Half the machines were done but no one in sight. So gave up Cross your fingers for tomorrow morning. Trying to right this day. Reading Let it Be Sunday is helping.
Bill
I’ve never thought about it this way but your weekly post actually triggers my mind to think “this is going to be a calming pause” and I actually save it to read like I would hide a favorite candy bar.
Claudia
I love that you asked this. I’ve never left a comment before but here it goes!
I usually wake up, make some tumeric tea (from a Heidi Swanson recipe) then sit down on the couch with my laptop to read your posts! I read it all the way through in one big gulp, but I open tabs with the articles that pique my curiosity. Then when I’m done with your post, I’ll look at the other tabs at my leisure throughout the morning.
I didn’t do that today though because I just had to finish reading Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (so.very.good.) so I didn’t get to read your post until just now!
Thanks for your Let it Be Sundays! I love them and look forward to them every week! P.S. Happy Birthday!
Marie
Hi !
I’m either reading it in the morning after breakfast or just taking a bite here and there during the week. Sometime, I miss one so I go back and then back in your site. I love to go read what you wrote a year or Two or five ago, especially nowadays. I love all of it ! Cheers !
Marie
nancy k
Sunday breakfast, checking certain internet sites and reading yours first.
Buy the shirt… a Happy Birthday gift to yourself and really, it is not that expensive.
Judy
Well a usual Sunday is coffee, dog fed, then sit at my computer and very slowly read your letter and click on the links I am interested in. Today that isn’t happening until now, 2pm, because we had wicked storms blow thru here in NC on Friday afternoon, knocked the power and phones and internet out. Thank goodness electricity came back on yesterday, but internet just did re-emerge. There is another t-storm brewing, so who knows how long this will last(kind of reminds me of Nola in the spring/summer, although there, it seems like almost every day!). The shirt, if it makes you happy. And that article about motherhood, YES! I have 3, but my oldest daughter is near your age, unmarried, absolutely does not want kids and I support her 100%. We all have our own ways of pouring love into the world, own it, claim it, if anybody else doesn’t like it, too damn bad. And Happy Belated Birthday!!
Jackie
Seems like a great birthday splurge t-shirt!
I love your links. I meander out to the couch on Sunday morning, open up Feedly, and start scrolling your links. You are kind of my Sunday paper I guess! I usually save most of them on the pocket app to read throughout the day and week but sometimes I read them all right then, depending on my mood.
Happy birthday tomorrow! I left you a message on your earlier bday post but I said the f word so it may have been deleted. ? Anyway, have a great birthday!
Adrienne
My favorite Sunday ritual is lazing in bed with the husband and two cats (one is normally spooning me – the cat I mean, not the husband. Gross), and reading Joy’s Let it be Sunday links. I skim through them, check out the quick links to outfits or recipes, then go back to one or two of the long reads. It’s truly something I look forward to.
So thank you for continuing the tradition. xoxo
Linda
Well, of course you need the shirt! I’m from Houston and yes, get the shirt! It’s really an investment for yourself! GET IT!
Meghan
It’s lovely reading everyone’s routines. I usually read mine on my teal green couch, up early before my partner. Today the windows are open and a breeze is coming through because it’s our first really warm weekend north of Toronto. I normally have a cup of coffee, on the weekends I blend a specialty bean. This week it’s, “Muskoka Maple” with almond milk and a splash of maple syrup. I love reading through the links and often return a few times throughout the week.
Thanks for asking. Ps. I love the shirt. It’s 20% off this weekend!
Isabel
What I used to do on Sunday: Go to the farmer’s market and spend an hour admiring vegetables and chatting with the vendors. Buy way more than we could possibly eat. Sometimes splurge on a bouquet of flowers. Haul everything over to my favorite mom-and-pop cafe and snag the good table under the bougainvillea. Treat myself to a cappuccino, lactose intolerance be damned. Settle in to read your offerings as a last moment of procrastination before preparing for the week ahead.
What I do now: Wake up before the rest of my house. Open all the shades and windows to let in the birdsong. Make myself a passable cappuccino, still disregarding the lactose intolerance. Settle in to enjoy a moment of peace and gratitude before the kids next door start screaming again. Probably cry while reading one of your links, but in a good way.
Lynne
Joy, I get up before my family and read this post while it’s quiet. With tea. Also, YES, splurge on the t-shirt!!!! Love it!
Lisa Ann
In this particular time of sheltering at home, I read you with three large ‘puppies’ surrounding me…. my mom reading the Sunday paper…..husband and kids upstairs still asleep………you just fill my heart every Sunday and I need that and your letter to us to make me feel connected to something important. Thank you Joy!
Kathleen
I try to have a mug of hot water (either with lemon or apple cider vinegar) first thing in the mornings, so I prep that, put my TJs chocolate croissant that I left out overnight in the oven (my Sunday treat – pretending I’m in a cafe, sitting outdoors on a bustling cobblestone street), and then drink my hot water while reading your Sunday post. I open up all the links, but just read your post while the apartment slowly starts to smell like a bakery. Then I take the croissant out, pour myself a coffee with lots of oat milk, and eat the croissant slowly while reading all your links.
And that’s it for my news for the day! I give myself Sunday off – your links provide my with news, deeply thoughtful articles and fun, beautiful things that spark ideas for afternoon projects. Thank you, Joy.
Terry
I so look forward to Let it Be Sunday. You take the time to do what we may not be able to do during the week. It provides a little slice of reflection, sometimes pathos and sometimes whimsy. It is always thought provoking! Thank you
Emily
This weekend I’m reading while sitting at the kitchen table, with a mug full of hot coffee and a slice of banana bread. I’ve already been grocery shopping early and got everything put away. This is my ideal way to spend reading this post. Oh and the dog is watching me eat. :) Thank you, and happy birthday!
Jenn P
Curl up in my corner of the couch, with the cup of coffee my husband pours for me when he hears me get up. Laptop on a pillow, I read through my blogs, leaving yours for last. Get a fresh cup of coffee, and open your Sunday post. Read through all of your words, and then take what I need, as you tell me, every week.
Marina
I liked the quote you posted on motherhood. I think its that necessity to nurture and also, to leave some sort of legacy, pass on what what we know, our values, leave something behind when we are gone. And as a 37yo woman with no children, that realization has come to me that the “obvious” path to do that is by having children. But there are so many more. Also, firstly, those children need not be yours biologically. Secondly, you can find that in all types of projects, leaving your mark on the world and sharing your love. I am so happy to see more and more people open to that realization… It goes deeper than just reproducing, it is about a self awareness of why you would do that.
Anon
I usually read this post laying in bed longer than normal, a nice slow start to my Sundays.
That Rebecca Solnit quote strikes a chord for me. I’m intentionally childless but get a lot of judgment from other women who say things implying that the woman experience isn’t complete without motherhood. In no surprise to anyone, my husband does not get the same judgment from.other men. If we as women could stop policing other women’s choices and/or experiences, the world would be a kinder place.
Megan
I wake up early on Sunday morning, make myself a cup of English breakfast tea with oat milk, open my Feedly on my IPad,settle on my couch with a blanket and my dog and look out at my garden. I look forward to reading your post and it’s my favorite to read on Sundays. I heard about you from Shutterbean – love her – and really enjoy the variety of postings you link to. Thank you for your weekly offerings!
Pam
Joy,
I read this Sunday offerings every.single.week. while drinking my Bullet Proof Coffee. I savor the time and the coffee. The variety of the offerings keeps my mind from getting stale. I often make the offered recipes. I think you should buy the shirt (I may as well), drink the wine an hour early and feed the cat early…life gets easier as you age and stress less over those little things.
Continue to inspire.
Pam
Linda
With my coffee within about 30 minutes of getting up! I peruse, read an article or two, and then make sure I save articles to read throughout the week. You know when I’m sitting at the kitchen table having lunch, I always need something good to read! I talk about your Sunday posts with my sister and daughter :-) And yes, I give you permission to buy the t-shirt, after all, you just had a birthday, didn’t you ;-) Thanks for your love and care for us!
Meggie
I am always on the toilet for my moments of peace (3 kids here) when I look at your Sunday posts. No shame.
Cannot wait to make that cobbler!
And heck yeah, hey yo shirt, girl. It’s adorable.
Nina
it’s my Sunday morning ritual: start the coffee, drink water, feed my dog… once the coffee is ready, I pour it into a big mug and settle into my favorite spot on the couch next to a window with streaked views of my quiet neighborhood in between branches of a curly willow tree. I pull up your Sunday post before anything else on my laptop and read it slowly in between sips of hot coffee :)
thank you.
Marilyn
Reading your blog is always my favorite part of Sunday morning. In bed, with coffee, adorable dog and husband. I pass on articles to friends, when I think they need to read them. I live in the mountains in Colorado, so today I am watching large snowflakes falling, contrasting with the vibrant spring Aspen leaves!
Marisa
Sunday mornings are the one day a week I get to wake up, make coffee, and read the Internet in my favorite chair, dog at my feet, cat nearby, the boys watching their shows. I’m a single working mom, and need to keep a strict schedule to get it all done. Any other morning, the itch to peruse the news and my email is strong, but I haul myself down to the treadmill, the boys wake up somewhere in there, and the day is off. I found you not long ago, and I love that these posts help me stay up to speed on things I’m likely to miss in my everyday, or just because I’m me and you’re you. They bring me joy. Thank you.
Also, love the shirt, wanted to make the cobbler but was overruled by two boys wanting homemade strawberry ice cream and blueberry pie.
Cassandra
Let It Be Sunday has been a staple of my Sunday morning routine for years! I wake up, make french press coffee, and then crawl right back into bed with my mug of coffee and tablet. I catch up on all the other blog posts that have gone unread throughout the week, always saving Let It Be Sunday for last. Saving the best for last, obvi. Once I’ve read through all your suggested articles, that’s my cue to get out of bed and start the day. Thank you for contributing to one of my favorite weekly rituals!
JoDee
Joy get the shirt. I would.. it’s super cute. Sadly, the oldest pro rodeo in Monte Vista, Colorado has been cancelled this year. The shirt reminds me how much fun I have at the rodeo.
suzanne
I too, sort through all my incoming email, bills, and “business”, such that it is right now, all week.. But on Sunday mornings, I do my yoga first thing,, then I settle in to enjoy your Let it Be Sunday post, along with Half Baked Havests, Nine Favorire Things post. You give wonderful inspiration and added some great new recipes for my Sundays! Thank you for sharing!!
John Popovich
I never miss reading your Sunday Morning papers. I am usually up by myself and after feeding my cat I dig out your stories. I always find articles you send to strike a cord somewhere in me. Thanks for doing the research every week. Have a great day and week.
Heather Sadoway
I grab a coffee, not tea, slap my forehead and ask myself can another week really have gone by and then I devour every word you write. You are a delight !
Rachel
Reading the other comments, I feel like we are all in a secret job reading your Sunday posts since we’ve adopted similar practices unknowingly. Like others, I tend to read it on Sunday mornings, before church if I have time. Otherwise it may be Sunday evening. I always find it an enjoyable read.
Nasreen
Well today, its Eid in this corner of the world. And also my baby girl’s first birthday tomm. I am grateful for all the joy (pun intended) in my life. I am plunging into some serious first times with cooking today. I am missing my mother who could not travel to see us because you know why. I am decorating the house with pink and black ballons to match my girlie’s bday outfit. It is a good day.
Maureen
Read all my other emails on Sunday and wait to sit and savor your Sunday offering, There are always links to thought provoking or other interesting articles. Thanks – really enjoy your efforts and the time it takes to put together.
Sally
I make a cup of tea, Thyphoo, settle on the sofa with my dog or sit at the kitchen counter with toast and my tea. I read your post on my IPad and I look forward to reading your words every Sunday. I enjoy the links that you you share. I learn something new every time and sometimes share with my daughter or sister. You are very inspiring and a bright light in the world. Thank you for sharing your light. Have a wonderful day.
Mary
Well, because you asked – no, – no the shirt.
But, in fashion as in life, we each have our path….
Nancy Walwick
I am sitting in my little studio apartment in Seattle, coffee on the side table and LouLou Garcia Navarro on the radio. I am usually debating whether I should watch the Sunday pundit shows after reading Let it be Sunday because I know it will not make me as happy. I think I will take a walk today instead.
Vicki
First I read the Sunday UK Guardian for new weekly recipes then head on over to find your Sunday post. I have to say it’s lovely having your weekly post to count on, to expose my brain to new things that I probably missed, but more importantly, in my isolate life as a widow with grown children who left home years ago, it’s like knowing a friend has dropped by to have a chat over coffee. Thank you.
kristina
honest to goodness, I look forward to these all week. they’re part of my weekly liturgy. I don’t even think about reading your sunday missives until after I’ve made my coffee and checked for (and swatted away) pesky emails. then I settle in with the coffee (either nespresso or metropolis beans in my chemex) and see what the weekly offerings are.
Cynetta
My routine for ‘Let It Be Sunday’
Daily, sometime after 0800, I open all my food related booked-marked blogs; there are 14. I do this on a computer, not a cell phone. I’m sitting at my desk drinking hot tea (12oz of boiling water over 1 Barry’s Irish Breakfast Tea Bag with 2 Sweet’n Low)
Betsy Aiello
Today I am sitting outside listening to the birds and drinking coffee.
A.
I love hearing how other people do their Sunday mornings. Is that creepy that I enjoy it so much? ;)
As for my Sunday mornings, every Sunday morning for truly as long as I can remember haha I’ve woke up and had Joy’s email opened before anything else. I’m too impatient to go make coffee before lol.
I love emails from Joy.
MB Manion Morell
I look forward to this post every Sunday morning. It’s such a gift, Joy – thank you- I have learned so much from the articles and perspectives you share each week. I make myself an espresso, curl up on my couch here in Virginia, and lose myself in each piece. This week’s collection is especially fabulous. It’s part of my Sunday morning ritual, (with the New York Times online… and more recently Maria’ Shriver’s Sunday Paper). And a very Happy Birthday to you… loved your gorgeous crown of flowers.
Maggie Battista
Hi!
Where is that Solnit quote from? It’s not in the review or excerpt. I ran to buy the memoir!
Maggie
joythebaker
Gosh I actually don’t know! It was from an email newsletter a friend passed on to me, attributed to her but without context.
Sydny
Make strong coffee. Feed the cat. Sit down with said coffee and cat (and Husband if he’s awake) and read the column. Open all the links, read some, and Pocket some for later. Happy sigh.
Jayme Brown
I laze around in bed with my husband and dog as long as I can because it’s the only day of the week where one of us doesn’t have to get up for work. Eventually I get anxious so I do get up, make myself some herbal tea, check the weather for the day, delete all other new emails except yours, and get to reading. It’s one of my favorite weekly rituals.
Erin
On Sunday mornings I wake up, sometimes light a candle. I make a cup of coffee and slowly drink it as I make my way thought the links. This was a routine I enjoyed in the “before times”; however, now that everyone is home all the time Sunday mornings are some of the only true me time I get, and, as such, I find myself looking forward to this ritual all the more. Happy early birthday, and thanks for significantly contributing to my self-care during quarantine :)
Kelly
I check my email in bed before I officially get up for the day, saving your email for last. I read it and then actually get out of bed, get my coffee, and peruse your list again, clicking and reading only on those offerings that I want. I LOVE your comforting words week after week, as you have become a truly important part of my Sunday!
Jane Bartow
We moved into our summer place this week and so we are isolating a while to make sure the trip to KS from AZ was safe. My husband brews us big espressos using Caribou coffee, and we sit in the living room, clouds rolling by (more rain, rain, rain) reading our mail. I read your entire letter to me and then go back to pick up the articles you find for us. They are usually interesting, emotional, newsy. Then it’s moving my old body to the kitchen to make a plum coffee cake and an omelet of whatever we have (mostly spinach and cheese today). And we’ll be off into the day. Thanks, Joy, for your contribution to our swell Sunday mornings.
Lina
Living in Germany, it usually is already Sunday afternoon when this post is online. So I sit down some time in the afternoon, a cup of tea or coffee with me and preferably something baked to read through your post, open up all the articles I want to read through the week. This way I make that Sunday feeling last a little longer.
Grace
Still in my robe, I sit in the middle of the couch after tending to our sweet diabetic dog’s morning routine. She sits next me to while I read the weekly offering, sometimes she sleeps. I value this quiet time in my week with just her and I. She doesn’t judge if more links than not leave me in tears. Thank you for the Sunday post.
Rachel
Coffee, muffin, dog on my lap. Read everything from the week by you, Cup of Jo and Cupcakes and Cashmere.
Jackie
These are my 3 main blogs too!
Kayla
OMG me too – what else can I add to the rotation?
Lauren P
Getting through your lovely list of reads. Living here in New Orleans you know I instantly went to Erin Kelly’s podcast and just loved it! Two energies just keeping each other company (insert goosebumps)!
joythebaker
AAHH isn’t it so great!?
Rosanne
Your Sunday post is a weekly ritual I look forward to and enjoy every week. Usually in the afternoon while taking a break from working the Sunday crossword puzzle. Your sweet spirit of bringing joy to your readers, along with what has inspired you during the week that you want to share always brings something to me I didn’t see during the week that I want to explore. Thank you for the time you take to share your thoughts with us!
Tara
I subscribe to my favorite blogs, including yours, on Bloglovin’. I wake up each morning, skim my email for anything that needs to be opened, check my TimeHop to see the daily photos, then scroll through my blogs. Weekends are the best as I am not rushed to get through my little routine. Thank you for the gift of your words!
Leigh
I wait for my son to get settled with cars and trucks after breakfast. He’s four. (We grew up together, you and me, Joy, and you are a BOSS and a friend even though we never met except right here.) Then I pour another cup of the good coffee, brewed on weekends only, and I dive in for a little me time at an empty kitchen table. And I always find something to lift me up.
joythebaker
I’m happy for our friendship, Leigh!
Cat
I sit down on Sunday mornings with my coffee and this post. I read through your post, open links of interest in another tab and then read through them. It it a nice, quiet way to start the day.
Beth
I LOVE Sunday mornings, reading your posts! I take the time to sit with my coffee and peruse the articles (that I can take or leave) and leisurely read what you’ve filtered and found for me. It’s the first thing that I do with my life after making coffee and I sit and read for as long as it takes me. I love reading your thoughts and your recipes and enjoy the photos.. I know that if I’d meet you, I’d like you! (And I’m old enough to be your mother!) Keep going, Joy. Belated Happy Birthday! XO
Jeananne
How lovely of you to ask. It is a comforting ritual for me on Sunday morning – breakfast made, French press brewed I sit down to sift through emails, looking for yours first. I get rid of everything that doesn’t matter then open yours. I so enjoy that quiet part of my Sunday Morning along with the sun coming up and the birds chatting at each other.
BTW – you should totally get the shirt!
Thank you Joy!
Merrilee
Make coffee. While it’s brewing feed the kitties. Then couch and coffee on Sunday morning and always excited to click my Joy email notification! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, recipes, and photos. Life is all about such connections.