Hi friends!
Me here. Joy. Joy Wilson. Joy the Baker.
That I greet us as friends each and every Sunday is no accident. That’s sincerely how I feel. If you’re here, if you’ve decided to come here beyond where google has landed you in search of a chocolate chip cookie recipe, I consider us friends. What I’ve seen the last few weeks in the comment section here has me feeling like we’ve forgotten we’re friends in baking, if nothing else.
Here’s the thing – I spend a lot of time in the kitchen making and sharing recipes that I’m proud of and my hope is that those recipes find their way to your kitchen and fortify you with the same pride. My work is to help you find joy and care to share in your very own kitchens. On Friday and Saturday I cull through the internet collecting links to things that struck a chord with me in the hopes that they strike a chord with you too, maybe give voice to a thing you’ve felt alone in or never even considered. It’s not groundbreaking, sometimes it’s just a purse I like.
I don’t want you to forget that I’m a person making my way through this year as best I can, just like you. This blog is free99 for you to enjoy and you have the agency to come here or not. Your declarations of disappointment in me, that since you come here and you’ve bought my books and now realize that we might have a political difference makes me feel like you’ve forgotten my humanity. This is me waving hey – it’s me, just a person with her own thoughts, feelings, and experiences. I’m glad you’re here. I want you to be here. It’s ok by me if we agree on everything just as it’s ok by me if don’t agree on much of anything besides cake. I’ve always thought that we have more in common than we have that separates us. Please don’t forget me as a person and not just a website. Please don’t turn this space that I’ve create for us into your political battleground. Please don’t forget that I consider us friends.
The offering this week is below. You know the rules, take only what you need:
• Why We Sigh and I am doing A LOT of sighing this year. (Vice)
• What A Simple Haiku Can Do for a Friendship (The Atlantic)
• What is the best compliment you’ve received lately? What’s the most thoughtful compliment you’ve given? I’m reminded of this old post on Joy the Baker this week: Compliment Club. Ok but like, why is it so hard to accept a compliment? (Joy the Baker and VerilyMag)
• Can I talk you into adding some Billie Holiday to your Sunday because The United States vs Billie Holiday looks incredibly beautiful! I love this version of All The Way. (Vanity Fair and Spotify)
• I’ve been saving this You’re Wrong About podcast deep dive into Princess Diana for a long gardening day and I think today is the day! See also: Princess Diana’s Most Underrated Style Moments (Apple Podcast and Elle)
• Made my dad’s sweet potato pie filling this weekend and needed to make sure it could stay steady in the freezer until the big day: How To Bake and Freeze Pumpkin Pie Before Thanksgiving (The Kitchn)
• If you’re thinking of making fresh rolls for the upcoming holidays, these tips from King Arthur are super helpful: Freeze and Bake Dinner Rolls. (King Arthur Flour)
• This Southern Panzanella Salad is going to be on my Thanksgiving table. It’s a small table this yea so… more bread salad for me. (Joy the Baker)
• We’re about to live that cranberry life: an Oceanspray cranberry harvest, my Cranberry Cream Cheese Rolls, and the sexy cranberry top I’m going to wear at home all winter.
• I’m brainstorming homemade holiday gifts and this a little off season but I want to make a few of these Basket Backpacks. (Delia Creates)
• This Chocolate Fudge Pecan Pie has stopped me in my tracks! It looks like it an underdone brownie pecan pie EXCUSE US! (Love and Olive Oil)
• While we’re talking about pie (and I’ll be talking about pie nonstop until the end of the year) let’s please discuss this Fall-Spice Pudding Pie with GF Nut Crust from queen Erin McDowell. She shared this recipe on Voraciously and if you don’t subscribe to the Washington Posts food section I really do recommend it. (Washington Post)
• My Sunday dinner is going to be these Crunchy Lentil Chicken Tenders thanyouverymuch Food52!
That’s what I have for us today and I’ll have a fresh pie recipe for you next week!
Enjoy this fine Sunday.
My love to you,
xo Joy
Faith Love
Joy, Thank you for creating and curating this space – your warmth and joy and love pours out of every post.
erisa stilley
I’m in catch up mode but, hugs hugs hugs for speaking what is needing to be heard and remembered. Thank you for your graciousness and the heart you pour into what you share. I hope you get a deep, long hug from someone in your circle (maybe while you were in TX!)
samantha campanini
I consider you a friend too! And most of all I consider you a human with ideas and thoughts!!
Alice
I´m a bit late leaving a comment, I just read your last two Sunday postings and I´m so sorry to hear that the polarisation of your country also has reached the beautiful, friendly space you´ve created. I live in Norway and I follow your country´s politics closely from afar. I´ve also followed your lovely website for many years. You bring me so much joy, I love your writing and your openess and your boundless humanity. Thank you so much for all you´ve offered us so far. Big hugs.
Alita
I’m a week late, but wanted to add my appreciation. Thank you for your recipes (especially your dad’s sweet potato pie), your kindness, your Sunday posts, and for sharing a sense of connection with your readers. Happy Thanksgiving!
Maggie
Yes, Yaara! I look forward to your thoughtful collection of links each week and I so appreciate your presence and how you show up here.
Alex
The You’re Wrong About Princess Diana series is so, so good and so heartbreaking (as is the OJ Simpson one), I hope you enjoyed it! (And, sorry about the haters, not sure who goes around just assuming people’s political views are one way and then throwing a tantrum when that assumption is shattered, but they won’t be missed.)
Amy
We’re all wired to hold onto negative comments more than positive ones, so let me add to the sea of positive ones: I look forward to coming to the blog every Sunday. I know that there’s a lot of work and thought that goes into the recipes and posts on this site, and I have nothing but heartfelt thanks to you Joy for making this warm space open to all. Keep doing you!
Cheryl
I’m just tired of people being ugly. Civility, respect, and sharing of ideas are a battleground now. Whining, victimizing, and cruelty have become the norm. Some people get their nourishment from hate and chaos. ‘Nough said about that. I have enjoyed your Sunday offerings forever. Thank you. And, I ‘take what I need and leave the rest’, as does the rest of your fan club. Hugs…
Molly in Nashville TN
We’re all different. We’re all the same. We can come together here for your gracious words and sweet posts (food included!!). This life is SO hard sometimes. We need each other. There’s no time for divisiveness. Love our neighbors…we’ll be the better for it.
Your blog is a treasure. Love always!
Nel
As a Mississippi Gulf Coastian (hi from Bay St. Louis!) we’re practically neighbors, and each Sunday as I read your blog I think of you as such. Covid has kept me away from NOLA, and I miss it terribly. Thank you for keeping me connected! And as for the naysayers, as Simon’s sign says, “Be nice or Leave!” (I love how well curated your suggestions are, and I enjoy seeking out the diverse paths they take.)
Sarah
Hi Joy – I, too, am appalled at the harsh language and vitriol that lives in comment sections these days. It seems no blog is safe, no social media post is safe and everyone wants the platform to speak their mind no matter what comes out. In an effort to understand I went back and re-read the comments on your Sunday post last week. Wow. From a very thoughtful dissenting comment met with accusations of homophobia, racism and xenophobia to a commenter on a young lady’s post telling her she “lost her binkie” in the most condescending tone possible to people saying they will no longer support you for your political views and this should just be a food blog. It’s all very…icky. I find that all people need to be held to a standard of decency regardless of their opinion. Freedom of speech is wonderful. You can say what you want, you can do what you want but that does not mean it goes without consequence. I think this election proves that very clearly. In the spirit of full transparency, I am a registered Republican and have not voted for a President in the last 2 elections. I really fall more in the independent category with conservative leanings. Anyways, what I hope that people will come to understand is that there are people who genuinely feel that Democrats do not represent their beliefs and also really struggle with where the Republican party has gone in recent years. If anything, these years have allowed for a thorough examination of what I hold to be dear and true. There is clearly a deep, deep divide in our country and my thoughts on how we got here are not for this comment section. All this to say that everyone on all sides needs to take a mirror and examine their hearts. If anything parenthood has taught me, it’s that you can’t dictate another human being. You can try to teach them what you believe and guide their decisions based on the foundation that you believe is right, but submission to your thoughts? Nope. Free will is real and people are free and should be free to make their own decisions. Should there be discourse on what we believe in an effort to come to a common ground or some semblance of understanding? Of course! Blatant disrespect, name calling, labeling, divisive, hateful language should be called out and addressed. No matter who it comes from. I feel like this is a safe space to share my thoughts and for that, Joy, I am appreciative. Keep on, keeping on and your recipes and insight really bring a light in the darkness.
Beth Pollock
I’m an occasional recipe browser – I love your recipes and I consider you a friend too! Thanks for everything you do.
xo
Bonnie Hobbs
Joy,
I always look forward to your Sunday posts and always think of you as a real person and a friend. I love your recipes, and also your outlook on life and the way you post specific things to make us think. But you’re never pushy; as you say, we can take what we want. Oh, and I also have two of your cookbooks! Yay! So, yes, there are lots of real people out here who think you’re terrific! Keep up the good work and keep enjoying life!
Bonnie
Carrie
It’s hard to imagine (although I guess not in what I’ve seen over the last few months? years?) anyone turning this positive, delicious space into a battleground. I’m sorry to hear that and I sincerely hope it hasn’t penetrated your soul too much. I have a hard time shrugging off political comments (from “well intentioned” family, of course), so I can empathize if it hitting you hard. Thank you for your kind words, although I wish you didn’t have to be another voice reminding people to be human and humane. Hugs to you and appreciate this space, recipes, thoughts, links, and Bakehouse pics all in one <3
Sarah
Thank you for this reminder.
I happen to agree with you politically, and that does make it easier for me to love this space. I must admit I have unfollowed some people this season, for the main reason that I don’t support what I believe they support. Thank you for this good reminder that we don’t all have to agree on EVERYTHING. (Though some things more important to agree on than others, like, say, racism and treatment of immigrant children, etc etc etc). At any rate, I’m thankful for you, and I am asking for your brunch book for christmas, and I am making your Pumpkin Pot Pie recipe this weekend :)
Evi
Dear Joy, hello from Greece. Even though we’re miles and miles away, thank you for considering us friends of yours… I really enjoy your blog (I’ve been a follower for some years now) and your instagram stories and photos… So, my American friend, a lot of people have expressed really nicely what your friendship means to us… I can’t express it any better… I just want to say “thank you”… xx
Jenny
Oh Joy, I don’t always comment but you make such a difference to my life with your wonderful Sunday posts and your relentless joy (your name is perfect!) my life feels difficult at the moment learning to be on my own after 15 years of marriage and during a pandemic. My ritual of reading your blog is one that I cherish and look forward to every weekend and there is always something that totally blows my mind!
Keep being you, you bring so much to the world. I’m here in my liberal bubble but I can’t get my head around things like wearing a mask, being careful, being an anti racist, a women’s right to autonomy over her own body and lots more that is hard to reconcile and doesn’t seem political.
Rox
Politics have no place in the kitchen: warmth freezes; inclusiveness closes; friendly voices become screaming yelling banshees – even if “just” in print.
There simply is no place in any activity surrounding food.
Here’s hoping that my first thing Sunday morning pastime of visiting this blog will never again be greeted by the insane viciousness of “politics as usual.” A most unwelcome invasion.
Politics have no place in the kitchen. Ever.
Sarah
Food is so completely political. The heritage of the recipes we choose is political, the brands we support are political (I’m looking at you Goya!), the way the farmers are treated is political, the chemicals they can use (or not) are political, the price of food (determined by government subsidies) is political, and so on. Perhaps we disagree on what the term political means, because from my point of view, everything is political in the kitchen.
Courtney
Thank you Joy for all that you do to bring joy through food and carefully cultivated literary journeys. Folks need to learn to be kind. I mean you literally say ‘take only what you need’ every Sunday post!
Sarah D
Been a subscriber to your blog since 2008 and I’m not only here for the recipes <3 we love you, Joy. Sorry for the haters. You are a spot of sunshine on any cloudy day.
Sarah Valentine
Yes! This! I look forward to your posts so very much Joy.
Lalena Daigneault-Mestre
I have been reading your posts for years. Every one. Thank you for saying this and I am sorry that you had to say it at all.
Amanda
Hi Joy! You are a delight, and yours is one of my favorite corners of the internet. You know, a while back you posted links that made your beliefs clear and THAT was what made me keep following you. We’re living in such dark, terrible times. You took such a gentle stand, but you needed to do so, because not saying a word would mean complicity. You were not complicit and you did so with your very own graciousness. Last week was no different. Your loyal readers will remain. Let the Nazis go.
And make no mistake. Anyone supporting this monstrous government is no different from any German in the late 1930s who said nothing. I should know: I’m a Jew.
Amanda
Oh Joy, I should have chimed in to say thank you more often. I’ve been reading your blog since the LA days, have purchased your books, and just got your magazine! Thank you for sharing your humanity as well as all the butter and flour. Sometimes its hard to know when our favorite “people we love on the internet” need to hear from the “quiet but happy” part of their readership, but this is definitely one of those days. Thank you for sharing your vantage point on the world, introducing me to linen dresses made in SoCal, and sharing a phenomenal chocolate-chip cookie recipe that I’ve made for friends across two continents.
Thanks thanks thanks for being you – I’m glad you consider us all friends. :)
Amanda
Hah! I’m another Amanda. I should have posted my last name’s initial; I hadn’t seen your post. But we share the same sentiment, as well as a name. <3
Daphne
Hello, Joy! As everybody has said above, thank you for your graciousness in creating this shared online space for all. AND, thank you for setting boundaries in this shared online space. That’s a hard thing to do, but I think you did it boldly and effectively <3 I think you're setting a great example for all of us readers. Take good care! We appreciate you and your thoughtful work.
Claire
Your little Sunday posts have been a highlight of my Monday for a very long time. Each week I read just the ones that appeal to me – and this week the haiku project one is exactly the content I needed. My dad has written in haiku all my life and we used to pass haiku notes back and forth in church. Apologies and thanks always in haiku form.
Let it be Sunday
Monday ritual, grounds me
Just take what you need
Read Joy the Baker
Came for the cookies, still here
An authentic voice
Melissa Decker
Joy, I don’t always comment, despite being a faithful reader, but, I do love your posts. As much as I enjoy the weekday posts, I really look forward to Sundays. I always find at least one thing that I take the time to read right away, and usually a few others that I bookmark for later.
I’m sorry that people have been ugly and I hope they either change or wander away. We don’t all have to agree about any topic, but, we can all be kind and, we may just be able to learn something by paying attention to those with whom we disagree about something. (It’s true that I sometimes just learn that that person is a jerk, but, more often I leave with food for thought.)
Thank you for being here, Joy.
Ruby the Baker
Your post is spot on. I didn’t know this was happening to you (new to your online blog), but handling it with grace and compassion is the best we’ve all got right now.
Thank you for continuing to share. Thank you for being a baking inspiration. Thank you for providing new insights and opportunities to learn new things from one another.
Joan
I echo all of the above affirming posts! I think you’re wonderful, and I look forward to your Sunday missives every week. Politics are important, but ideological differences must be respected, and I’m sorry you had to go through what was undoubtedly a difficult experience.
Here in Canada, we watch our neighbours to the south and worry about you. Let’s enjoy the friendships we have, and keep the disrespect out of it.
Thank you for everything you do.
Audra
I’ve never posted a comment on your blog, but I just had to today. I wanted to tell you that I’ve followed you for awhile, but your Sunday posts in the last year have helped me cope so much with the world. You sharing your personal feelings and struggles has truly been a comfort to me. It also inspired me to buy your book Over Easy, which I used with my fiance yesterday to cook a fabulous anniversary brunch (since we can’t do brunch at our favorite restaurants right now). You are a kind-hearted person, and a great baker, and if people don’t appreciate that then it’s on them. Please don’t stop sharing yourself with us. I am sure that for every poster expressing their disappointment in what they consider to be your “political views”, there are a lot more of us who appreciate the safe space you create to talk about values, morals, and our shared humanity. Thank you.
Amanda
Thank you for always being a source of kindness, generosity, and delicious treats.
Kim
Joy, I have followed your blog for several years. When I am scrolling through my emails, it is your that I always look forward to. I just want to say thank you for bringing some sweetness to my day and that is not only the great recipes. I like the links to things to read, podcasts to listen to. You bring beauty and serenity to my world which so badly needs it right now. Peace to you!
Anouchka
It saddens me to think that you felt this way, in a time that your country is so divided, you are brilliant, it comforts me to know that there is still honest, humble, human peeps out there like you! You are a Joy!
Kelly
I bake much less than I used to but I still appreciate your blog so much, mostly because of the warmth and humanity you put into every post. Thank you!
That cranberry top is Yowza!! Rock on!
Kelly Griffith
I love your Sunday posts! It feels like having brunch with a great friend and catching up, talking about life, etc. Keep on keeping. on :)
Ramona
Sometimes the beauty
Requires the protection
Hence the little thorn
Inspired by one of your posts my first ever haiku. Stay you
Rosa
I love your recipes but I like clicking through the Sunday links with a cup of coffee like an old school magazine…my favorite thing you say “take what you need and leave what you don’t” so I do :) keep up your honesty and lovely content. We are friends
Lucy Remitz
Love this week’s links and you! The first article about sighing is fascinating. I’m sighing that you have to explain that you’re a person not just a website, crazy how people forget how much words mean… or worse they remember and do so anyway. Sending you hugs, I look forward to these lists every Monday (I save them for something to look forward to on a Monday morning!) x Lucy
Cassie
Joy, I have been following you on this blog for so many years and I’ve always appreciated you and what you bring to this blog. I hate that you had to state the obvious to the haters that don’t have the sense to treat you like the gem you are.
Natalie Juenger
With you ALL the way Joy!!! In everything —– cakes included!!! Let the rest of life’s negativity just roll off your back. That can be hard…..I know. Just remind yourself that you are loved and appreciated. OX
Dottie
Joy, my niece told me about you years ago. I have your cookbooks and love your recipes and your blog! As everyone before has said, I can’t wait to read your Sunday shares. You are the definition of kindness. I was appalled at some of the comments last week. You rose above that. Brava!!! So happy that we have you here in New Orleans!
Thankful for you.
Jessica
Well who would go and spoil such a lovely corner of the internet as Joy The Baker? No one i would want to know, that’s for sure. Friends in sugar forever. Joy, we met at a book signing in Portland, so we are friends in two worlds, and I ‘ll have your back in either one.
Marty
Joy. You are so kind and reading your response to the ugly comments made me want to cry. How an we have come to this? You are one of my favorite bloggers whose recipes I love. Thank you for your recipes and especially for the Sunday blog. I appreciate you and I wish you and Shutterbean still had the pod cast.
Nancy
Ian and I were just talking about how much we love and miss you this morning, as I discovered your special holiday magazine on the Target app! I must have bragged about how wonderful you are to at least half a dozen Target associates, when I went to get it! Hugs and Kisses from “Beautiful Downtown” Burbank!
Lisa DeHoyos
I’m so sorry that you had to deal with such negativity, but you did it with grace.
Truly.
Bless you,
Lisa
Kara
I’m so glad you said what you did; it was so well-put. I have to admit, last Sunday I scrolled down into the comments for no reason really (I don’t usually read the comments), and after reading the first two that I saw, I had to click away and I was so angry. People saying they’re disappointed in you or whatever? Then why are they spending time on your blog? I was so mad, I really wanted to reply to the meanies, but couldn’t go down that rabbit hole, so I just had to click away. But please know that there were (always are) plenty of us here who think of you as a friend right back, and love what you’re doing here, including sharing links to things that expose your world view. Doesn’t hurt that your world view is on the correct side. Ha! ;) Thanks for carrying on even with the ugliness that has brought itself to your comment section.
Corky Corcoran Douglas
Very well said and sad to me that you had to say something! I do think people saying on social media whatever they want is appalling. Kind of the old adage, if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say it. I think what’s so cool about humanity is we don’t have to agree on the same thing, we can agree to disagree but that comes with life and age.
Thank you for your lovely blog/site. You work hard and it shows. Keep on keeping on and stay your authentic self.
Thank you.
Heather Rene
I’ve been following you since 2009 when I had a little cake business of my own. And even though I don’t bake as much as I once did, you remain a constant source of inspiration and optimism for me. I know you don’t know me, but I feel I know you, so thank you for sharing so much of who you are. Your weekly emails are something I look the most forward to (no exaggeration) each week. I have a cup of coffee, or glass of wine ifI don’t get to it until evening, and read through each of the links ( and I have even purchased a scarf you’ve recommended in the past – I love it). So again, thank you.
Esther
I look forward to your Sunday posts every weekend, Joy, and feel privileged to think of you as a friend. I’m sorry you’ve had to bear the brunt of cruelty that is running far too rampant in our world today. You don’t deserve that and I hope you don’t let it weigh you down. Your light shines bright and makes me smile. Sending love.
shauna
Joy, it never crossed my mind that someone could feel anything but kindness towards you.I look forward to your column every Sunday ,its my little quiet pleasure before my whole house erupts in chaos. Your suggestions and insight into things I would never have found on my own are truly appreciated! Don’t let meanness bring you down,you are amazing!
Carolyn
Love right back to you! Thank you for making this wonderful space and sharing your corner of the world! I’m here for all of it. And cranberries? Doubling down on the tart cranberry loveliness this season!
Lynn Glace
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” – Mary Oliver
Andria
You are such a light for me and I have learned so much from you, your recipes, the info you share, the links you offer and your voice. We will always always be friends, and I will always always turn to you when I need a beautiful thing to cook, and some insight through your Sunday posts. Keep doing you, because you rock!
Jeanne
I had a friend who worked in customer service. She said people came in each day and they had their “stamps”. Some were nice stamps some were ugly stamps. The stamps were their attitudes. The things they would say. The way they treated her. She said as a stamp collector, you have weed through all the bad stamps, and only accept those that are bright and beautiful and helpful. Then you fill your book with those. And don’t give the ugly stamps a second thought. You are worthy . You make a difference. Brush away the ugly stamps, and don’t give them a second thought.
sami
Love you, Love you, Love you lots!
florence dickenson
Look forward to your Sunday post…thank you…
Luna
Thanks for the all the joy you send out in the world, Joy. I’ve been reading your blog for 6+ years now and, along with your delicious recipes, truly appreciate your warm words and generosity that you send out from your corner of the internet, week after week. We’ve never met but your blog makes me feel like a valued guest at your (absolutely stunning living-edge) table. Please keep doing what you’re doing. All my love from New Zealand.
Amy Iversen
Oh, Joy, I hope you know how valued you are, and loved as well. The need for people to comment in negative ways is so deep right now, I hope you let it roll off your back. You are truly a treasure to all of us.
Samantha
Yes! I consider us friends, too. I’ve never commented before – I just quietly enjoy your posts and save your recipes and occasionally sing your praises in the real world – but it feels necessary today. Sending you love, and hope. Thank you for the light you repeatedly bring to so many.
Carol
Unfortunately common courtesy is rare in the world of comments. If unhappy people feel compelled to try and spread their negativity, we can just step around it and carry on with our personal missions. I appreciate the time and effort you put into this site. Thank you!
Linda M Herzog
I so love coming to your blog every Sunday to take only what I need. I have read and learned many things over the months and while I don’t read the comments below, the post (never really cared what others thought), You’ve become an online friend and resource for me and Sunday just wouldn’t be the same without you. Please keep on doing what you do. I know easy for me in my kitchen. Kep on keeping on.
Court
I’ve been reading your work and baking your recipes for such a long time – my family has an 8x recipe for single lady pancake that is our go to recipe :). And I used to make it as a single lady. Love to you and thank you for being political and human (we’re all both).
Amelia
I’m a wanna be, trying hard baker and enjoy your blog. Never left you a comment but now seems like a good time. Ignore those bratty commenters and know you have so many more people who enjoy and appreciate what you do!
Emily
<3 <3 <3
Your website and community provides comfort, warmth and joy even in the toughest of times.
Thank you
Ryann
Solid, solid response. I noticed the snarky comments after your beautiful (as always) offerings last week, and it bummed me out. You give so much and make this a joyful place to be. I must say I think I agree with you on most things political, but I’d like to think that even if I didn’t, I’d still appreciate your awesomeness.
AJ
I’m so sorry you’ve had to deal with this negativity, especially since you’re such a kind and open person. I hope you know what a positive impact you’ve made with your recipes and blog posts. ??
Kyra
It saddens me to think people have abused this space you’ve created. Every Sunday I’ve looked forward to this wonderful spot and always find several things of interest to read, ponder, and quite often to share with friends or family.
Thank you for you kindness and hospitality to us all. You are appreciated!!
While we’re here, maybe you could thank your dad for his fantastic sweet potato pie!
Katie Lee
Thanks, thanks and thanks again for sharing your time and energy with us each week, but also for holding firm boundaries for yourself. I really appreciate this bright spark in my week.
Amy Astrom
Sending you all the love today and everyday, Joy!
Penelope
Lovely Joy,
I love that you bundle any non-baking thoughts, feelings and links into a Sunday brunchtime grazing session for us to nibble, devour, or pass by. I do not live in the United States so I will leave only this: a big hug from an antipodean who resides across the pond.
Laurie
Well, darn. I guess those of us who so enjoy your Sunday and other offerings should just speak up more often. Thank you, Joy, for your warmth and humanity and openness and honesty. Yes, you are a friend for so many of us.
Ryan
Hi, Joy! I’ve been following since 2009 and just wanted to say that I love youuuu and your blog so much. I’m so sorry for all the hate you’ve received, as it is (obviously) completely unfounded. You are amazing and so many of us appreciate you!!!
Suki
I look forward to the Sunday and mid-week posts. You are so down to earth and I consider you my friend. Thank you for being you.
Meg
I’ve never commented on a blog post before! BUT I really wanted to on this one, so here we are! I just wanted to say that I look forward to your Sunday posts every week. It’s so clear you choose the links with care and thought and empathy. Thank you from me and all the other people commenting on here who also get so much from your work. Don’t let the haters get you down!
akbright
After reading your post, my first action was…a sigh.
I agree with what the others have said. We come here for the grace, the community, and perhaps stay “for that slice of pie”.
Robin
Your posts are such a welcome salve in these tough times. Your recipes have made me a better baker and your Sunday posts have made me a much more educated and informed person. You keep doing YOU Joy! Haters gone hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate…
Beckie
Protect Joy at all costs!! Even though you don’t need it because you’re a bad bitch. You are a precious light in my life, especially on Sundays. Although our beliefs are pretty much holding hands up and down the line, I personally don’t think you’ve ever presented them in a way that wasn’t clear but thoughtful, both giving and worthy of respect. Keep doing your thing, because it is valuable and important. And if someone doesn’t like it? They can stuff some pie in their pie hole. <3 Sending you much love from So Cal!
Sarah
We love you and are so grateful to you and for this space you’ve created. Thank you!!
LOIS M BARON
Joy. You are a blessing. Thank you for your thoughtful and caring response to harsh comments that no one should have to bear. I’m sure I would not be inclined to be so measured.
Thanks especially this week for the article about sighing. Sighing is one of my hallmarks, and it was really interesting to read about the science of it.
Christy
Joy, you are the one blogger I’ve seen strike the perfect balance when it comes to sharing political-minded content. You manage to be constructive and thoughtful with what you share, without being fixated on the unpleasantness that plagues that topic, and it’s commendable. I find it so enjoyable and knowing your IG page/blog are negative-drama free makes it one of the most enjoyable to follow and I truly look forward to your posts. Thanks so much for being a kind person, even towards those who don’t share the same opinions and show you the same kindness in return. You always respond to unkindness with kindness and it’s so heartwarming
Nathalie
This beautiful blog? It’s like being invited into your virtual home and it’s a privilege. It’s very personal, fun and honest! I would never tell anyone what they can and can’t say in their own home. If someone doesn’t like it, they can quietly get up and leave. I’m sorry that some people don’t get that. I love everything about your site, from the baking, the humor, the vulnerable moments and everything in between.
Sally
I agree with all these positive comments.. I look forward to your Sunday post and all your thoughtful shared insights and incredible recipes. My husband loves your lentil Swedish meatballs. I don’t care who voted for whom. I care about this world we live in and how we treat each other. You are great, don’t change. Thank you for being here every Sunday.
Amelia
Thanks for your Sunday posts every week. Today, I made your pear cranberry crumble pie from the magazine. Looking forward to digging it this evening!
JB
Hi friend. I see you, all the way from Colorado. Keep being you.
bonbonlimon
Joy, thank you for all of your posts. I love the recipes, and I LOVE your Sunday posts. I’m sorry many of your readers are getting sassy with you, but you responded wonderfully in your post today. We’re all living in this world together, and you do a wonderful job of sharing that message while also having opinions like a human should. Mad respect for you xo
Rebeca
Joy, I’m really sorry you had to write that, I truly wish you didn’t have to remind anyone that you’re just another human being with her own feelings. I, too, believe what unites us is more than what separates us, and things are hard enough as they are. I love this space you’ve created and I’m thankful for everything you share. Big hugs to you, friend!
Deb Christenson
I sigh for you and with you. I find joy in your company, Joy! I consider us friends, the highest compliment that I can offer. I am grateful for you and all that you do every day, not just in this season of gratitude. Be well, knowing that you have friends in SO many places.
Jess
I appreciate you and all the links you put out each Sunday, and I love the variety and vastness of topics. Some weeks only a few appeal to me, and some weeks every link gets pressed, and I love the little look into someone else’s life (as someone living alone in these time I also appreciate that I always know when Sunday is). I rarely look into the comments, let alone post one, since I’m a lurker, but your enthusiasm and honesty are what keeps me coming back week after week, year after year… Thank you for all that you do!
Micha
Thanks for your posts and recipes
Stephanie
As corny as it may sound, you bring JOY every Sunday. It’s a harsh world right now and your post is a good reminder of the importance of being kind and compassionate. It’s the least we can do, even though some days, it takes huge effort to just get dressed (or not yell “mother….f-er” at the person who flashed their bright lights in my eyes during a dark morning run. You, my friend, keep bringing the joy.
Ruth
I’m relatively new to your website, but I now look forward so so much to your post on Sundays. It’s so homely and your words provide great comfort. And the recipes are brilliant! I live in the UK, so a long way away, but it makes me feel connected during this difficult year that we are all experiencing. Baking is one of the great joys of life! It connects us all. I’m so sorry if someone has been unpleasant – unfortunately there will always be individuals who feel the need to vent their feelings on others. They seem to lack the ability to understand that someone may have a different opinion to them. I know it can hurt, but they are at fault, not you. Just keep on doing what you’re doing, because it means a lot those of us that read your blog. Looking forward to all your future posts xx
Joyce
So agree with what Carol said! We look forward to your posts. Enjoy many of your recipes. For me, I’m not GF and there are a couple of cheeses I’m not fond of, but the point is I’m free to change out the crust or cheese. Stay the same,we love you and all your opinions. That’s makes reading interesting.
Sheryl
I never post to blogs, but I love your blog, Joy, and am saddened that people would use your blog for a political platform. Thank you for all the happiness you bring to us, your readers.
stefanie
I so appreciate your website and your sweet self.
I’m about to make a bunch of pie too and liked that WashPo pudding one as well.
Also I was so excited to pick up a copy of your magazine yesterday! It’s a fun read and I will be using it.
Thanks for the heads up it is out.
Thanks also for the Sunday smile.
Joe
I look forward to your posts regardless of your race religion or political affiliation. It feels like were old friends even though we’ve never met! C’mon people, let’s exercise some peace, love, and understanding!
Liz
In a world, my world, filled with too much news and chaos, I have come to greatly look forward to your Sunday offerings. I follow a lot of bloggers, but your style in writing and finding gems, as well as your baking expertise, are singular to me. I made your peanut butter molasses cookies last night and woke up to them for breakfast. I made your 12 cupcakes so many times this summer I can’t count, and my family thanks you for that. And I absolutely applaud you for not hiding the despair these last 4 years have brought to so many of us. A belief in a leader who has never shown himself to be an honest man. We must stand up and share our beliefs, and you do so with care for all who listen. Thank you – and take good care.
BERTHA
Love your post and recipes, thank you for share .I have been fallowing you for a few years and I feel like we are friends thank with love
Dominique
I’m sorry that while you’ve given so much of yourself through your blog, people have taken you and your content for granted. Your Sunday posts have been part of my Sunday ritual for years and will continue to be for as long as you are willing to write them. Thank you for everything you do, see you (hopefully) next Sunday. :)
Sydny Miner
I look forward to your posts every Sunday. Always something to think about and somehtitng delicious to eat. Thank you for inviiting, and all of us, into your world.
Katie
Joy you are a joy and for every negative comment remember there are many out here who love you more but may not say it! I love your Sunday posts and your Instagram reels! Your authenticity is what we need on the internet!
Suzanne
As Molly mentioned earlier-my thoughts are already here! Just wanted to add a heartfelt Thank You for everything you do. Love every word! We don’t “know” each other, but I am so honored to be considered your friend!!
Angie
Love you, Joy, and I look forward to reading your Let It Be Sunday posts every week. Always thoughtful and sometimes thought-provoking in the best way. Strength and courage and lots of love. See you next week.
Poppy
Well…I must say…Joy, you look gorgeous in red and love the matching nails! You will look amazing in that Free People stretch top! Half my wardrobe is free people….my favorite store! Stay well and take care.
Meghan
Joy, I consider you a friend too. I’m sorry that you bore the brunt of polarization and entrenchment of political beliefs. Your space is something I look forward to every Sunday. Thank you for setting boundaries around how people interact in your space. Sending love from Toronto. Xo.
Barbara Pennell
Joy, as my mother used to say “Don’t let the turkeys get you down”!!! Keep doing what you’re doing. It is always a pleasure to read your offerings here.
Jocy
I found your site a few months ago and Sundays have been better ever since! Thank you for your graciousness and purse recommendations ;)).
Katherine Ludwig
I look forward to your posts every week. I think you’re recipes and your stories are great! Keep it up, you’re amazing!
Susan
It always frustrates me when people think that an athlete, a blogger, a celebrity, or anyone else shouldn’t voice their opinions and beliefs or advocate for causes they support. That they should “do what they are paid to do” and not be human beings, just people who are there to entertain.
If the person complaining is allowed to state their opinions and beliefs and advocate for causes they support, why can’t an athlete, blogger, etc.?
You are a living, breathing, thinking, feeling human who cares about things that impact you and your friends and family. You should be allowed to express that.
Cyndie
Beautiful picture of you. Thanks for your thoughts. I always look forward to your Sunday posts.
Liza
Thank you for being here every week. I love your Sunday blog. I click on your links and read them – smiling with joy, brought to tears, gritting my teeth with anger. I know that I will always feel when I read your Sunday blog. I also know that I will be cooled and comforted by your recipes, and sometimes I’m inspired to cook or bake my feelings and then everybody in my house (5 people now!) can enjoy tasting something delicious. So thank you for being here. I appreciate you.
Hollie Schmidt
Hugs to you, Joy, and thank you for all the love and kindness that you put out into the world. I’m so glad to be considered as your friend and think of you the same way!
I also have to comment on the ELLE compilation of Princess Di’s fashion statements. WOW — what gorgeous and timeless looks!
Kristin
Class act!!
One of the million reasons I adore you?
Terry S.
Joy, Let it Be Sunday is a favorite part of my Sunday routine. You do such a great job iin choosing articles that range from thought provoking, heart warming to whimsical. I am sorry that there are those who done appreciate the effort you take and the heart you put into this effort. I have read and learned things I might never have without Let it Be Sunday. Yes we are friends in baking, but also so much more! Stay strong and take care!
Cy
I have loved your blog since you started and the Sunday posts are the best! I don’t understand when people get upset at celebrities or bloggers saying how they feel. We are all people and entitled to our own feelings and opinions. We have a great divide in our country and I truly hope we can go forward in unity. Keep up the good work Joy, you brighten our days!
Manda
Came 10 years ago for cookies, now I come on Sundays for your encouragement and real talk. Your internet offerings, be they recipes or tough reads, have nourished me and I’m grateful. Thanks for letting us in and considering us friends- your realtalk is a gift. All the love, all the coffee. Xoxo
Tara Gutman
Hi Joy!
Not sure I’ve ever commented but you male me smile every Sunday no matter what. I have 2 of your cookbooks and have been following you since you lived in California. Then you won me over by moving to one of my favorite places in the world. I know what it means to miss New Orleans.
I try to stay away from the news and social media and walk a middle line on a lot of things. I like the perspective you share each Sunday. I read it like I used to read the NYT. I love opening my mind to new things and just feel a sense of peace when I see the words “Let It Be Sunday”.
Thank you ?
Rob Martin
Like several of the people who posted before me, I too have never posted a comment here. I hope what you see in these comments (and the ones that will surely follow) is that the vast majority of people who read your column each week really get what you’re saying. And because you have given so much to your readers, who you very generously call your friends, we are more than happy to come out in force and let you know you are not alone and we will support you.
I don’t remember when I started reading your column – it was maybe two or three years ago. I discovered it, as most of your readers probably did, while doing a google search for a recipe. Initially, I stayed as a baker, curious to see what recipes or cookbooks might be listed each Sunday. And every now and then, one of the other articles linked would catch my eye. And before I knew it, we were doing more than baking.
But more than any one article or recipe you’ve shared, even more than the “joy” you’ve shared, you’ve shared a life philosophy that I have adopted in my own life. “Take only what you need.” That phrase encourages each of us to be self-aware enough to find the things that we truly need, and set aside the things that don’t fulfill us, despite how trendy or eye-catching they might be. But, even better than that, your phrase and the intention behind it teaches us to share ourselves with others without any expectation of what comes in return. It says, “this is what I’m liking, but it’s 100% ok if you don’t feel the same.” As I said, I have adopted this philosophy in my own life. And I have no doubt that there are many of your readers, your friends, who have done the same, who are sharing of themselves, without judgement. In a time when conflict is being encouraged by so many forces, the impact of your genuine message of peace and acceptance is something you should be very proud of.
Robyn
That you needed to even say that blows my mind. People need to understand 100% of the people will now agree on 100% of everything 100% of the time. We can’t even agree on chocolate or vanilla. Personally I am glad for that – life would be boring. You are considered a friend to many you have not physically met. I had to stop myself from stopping you in the Quarter when I say you a while back – didn’t want you to get spooked by a random coming up to you like we were old friends. Stay well, you are a joy. :)
Sybil
I did wonder if you ended last Sunday with your head down on the desk. People eh? Isn’t it amazing we’re still here? It seems like our natural desire for connection manages to just outweigh our training in division.
I love that Billie Holiday piece. I share her birthday but alas, not her voice. I hope the film does her as much justice as it can.
Thank you for being here with us and sharing the cake.
Laura
Dear Joy, I’ve been reading your blog for years, never posted to comments but it sounds like it’s time. I love your Sunday posts and have discovered many interesting internet finds here (especially MFM!). Keep doing the amazing things you do.
MD
I’m thankful that you share your space and time with us, especially in these moments when everything feels so heavy. That Southern Panzanella Salad with cornbread and delicata squash combo?? Now, that’s gold. I propose we make thanksgiving a week or month-long go, there’s too much good food to smush it into one day.
Judy
Dear Joy, I look forward to your Let It Be Sunday every week, it’s sort of the way I ritualize the week, but settling in and reading what you have to share. I appreciate it so much, and do believe that it has been one of the silver linings of social media that has helped keep me “sane” during these unsettling times. Please let your voice ring out loudly it is much needed, the honesty you bring to the table is fabulous!
pat barford
HI Joy, Canada here. You have been part of my Sunday since you started your weekly round-up. I cried when I read your post this morning. We’ve been watching with horror and sadness what’s happening south of the 49th and your story makes it even more real. To see the polarization manifest in comments to a baking blog is beyond comprehension. I’d say I’ll pray for you, but as a Canadian, that’s not something we do ;-). Just know, friend, that I’m thinking of you and sending hugs and keep in mind that cakes rule…..always.
Bill
This is the ONE email I open and read each Sunday guaranteed. This is a sacred space, a respite from all that we face. As the saying goes, you’re planting seeds in a garden you’ll never see —inspiring us to cook, to think bigger and to be kind. You’re the best kind of friend and I’m very thankful for our friendship. And I’m not saying all this because you sent me home with your amazing chocolate cake in Portland one time. But again, only a real friend does that. :). Love to you, Joy, the person with the most perfectly suited name.
Cybelle
Thank you so much for this beautiful space Joy. I appreciate you so much! I’m so sorry that you were the recipient of narrow mindedness that doesn’t allow space for different points of view. I’m hopeful that the vast majority (fingers crossed!) of people are tired of this constant blind anger due to political opinions. We need to develop trust and see each other as fellow humans just trying to get through it in spaces like this, not spew anger about political differences. We all need a delicious cookie no matter flavor, butter or flour you choose.
Christine Couvelier
I love that I can wake up on Sundays and think ‘ wow, let’ see what Joy has to share !’ Your insights of things to share are wonderful & even though we are in strange times, your voice and smile and tastes come through, to make me smile !!
I have been going through past recipes and this week did a ‘virtual cooking day’ with my daughter and made your Olive & Feta Irish Soda Bread = wow !! — we actually made it a second time with parmesan, roasted red pepper pesto, olives and basil ~ so good.
Don’t stop being yourself !!
claudia
Joy–I look forward to your Sunday posts all weekend! I love the mix of political, cultural commentaries you find and of course the awesome shopping links. They are a lovely part of my Sunday morning and I thank you for them. I’m sorry that some of the comments have been rude and dehumanizing–it bums me out because your humanity shines through in all of your posts. It is what makes your blog one of my very favorites. Thanks again for all the work you do–you’ve created such a lovely corner of the internet here.
Kathy Luff
Dear Joy
I’m one of your readers in the UK and I’ve followed you since before you moved to New Orleans. I’m so sad you’ve been subjected to hateful comments! I love your blog. I read it every week and I love your recipes and your view of life! Stay true to yourself. Every best wish x
Brenda
It’s a difficult time to be a public figure. I’m sure you saw the backlash that Deb Perleman received after posting a family Halloween photo per her daughter’s request. Everyone’s sensibilities are heightened and passions run deep. Our public figures are being held a standard of perfection beyond the grasp of mere mortals. It’s exceptionally unfair. My sincere hope is that new leadership will help us to continue to fight the good fight, but in a more calm manner. In the words of my wise mother, “keep your chin up”.
Brenda
*Perelman
Dena
Joy! Long time listener, first time caller here <3 It is truly special that in a trying year, one that has come for you just as much as its come for us, you are still a source of love and light and laughs. Thank you for so generously sharing yourself and your recipes. I'm here every Sunday, first thing with my coffee and very grateful for this corner of the interwebs.
Trish
I tell my husband every Sunday how much I love your “Let it be Sunday” posts. Joy, I come to your site just because of that column and not necessarily because of the recipes. It’s not that I don’t like your recipes. I do. But during COVID I come here because of your humanity. I love the way you open up and show your vulnerabilities. It makes me feel like you’re talking to me or that you are one of us. Because you are. Many in this country have a “you’re with us or your against us” mentality. Or they despise in others what they themselves do. To be united, we must open up minds to people that think differently than we do. We don’t have to agree. But we need to find a way to work together. I feel like you represent that in your writings. You have touched my heart in many ways. And on other days you make me feel normal and that things are going to be okay. Thank you for that. I appreciate you, friend. Keep doing what you do so beautifully.
Marchell
Just kept being you. You the baker, you the daughter, you the kind sharing person who you are. Yes, I have all your books and have also learned something wonderful from you many years ago about Compassion International. By your example I sponsored a little girl for the past 7 years. Her life has changed and mine has too for the good. Thanks to you for “sharing” your thoughts on different things. This is one I picked up on from you and want to thank you. I now have 4 little girls I sponsor and think of YOU when I get letters from them. Focus on the good around and the others might in time find their own good in their world. Much love…
Kelly Meier
I love your Sunday post!!
The princess Dina podcast was great. I just finished it last night. Thanks for recommending your wrong about many weeks ago.
Stella P
Hello friend,
We love you just the way you are. Thank you for your insights, your generosity and your spirit. Most of all thank you for being you.
Sue
As someone who is in the receiving end of messages from constituents who forget the humanity of the reader, I feel for you, and I’m so grateful to you for writing this.
Sometimes it helps me to imagine where the writer must be in order to write such a thing, and sometimes that helps. Sometimes it just makes me more upset.
Sending you love and appreciation today as I prepare to go back to those messages tomorrow ,<3
Shannon O'Neal
Thank you, Joy! I appreciate your blog. I’m sorry you were discouraged this week. Some peeps just like to be angry. Dust it off like dirt off the shoulder and keep letting your light shine. :)
Babs
I look forward to your these posts each Sunday. I call them “Weekly Grace.” I think of the sign outside my neighbor’s house for the last few years, “Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In.” Your response to divisive comments is spot on. Don’t go changing.
Maggie
Friend, you are gold. Also, I’ve listened to all 5 Diana episodes on “You’re wrong about” and they get better and better. Deep into episode 2 of the new Crown now and she plays Diana beautifully.
Obsessed with Diana. Obsessed with Joy. All the joy you offer. ?
Carol Maurer
Yours is a unique voice which I am always eager to hear. I so look forward to the Sunday posts. A time to meet a friend each week. I bake and cook a little, have the magazine, bought your books but I visit Joy the Baker for the open, sometimes playful friendship. Thank you for all of that!
Amy
Hello friend,
Thank you for addressing this problem in such a friendly and classy way. Not sharing the same political views as someone doesn’t mean there is no common ground. It is very sad that different points of view so often end in hateful and hurtful comments. For me it doesn’t matter one bit what your political views are – that is not why I keep coming back to your little corner of the web. I hope this can keep on being a happy place of cake and other things good as this is exactly what landed me here in the first place.
Suzanne
Joy! I rarely comment but I wanted to join all these other friends who are chiming in. Thank you for your heart, your baking, your Sunday posts, and your Drake on Cake. I love to come to this site for baking ideas, sure, but also because your voice and your approach are charming and wonderful. Xoxo from a longtime reader
Laurielulu
J’adore your intimate daily talks to all of us. As I type, I’m listening to Billie, because she is so heartfelt and brilliant. Lady sings the Blues put a spell on me as a child. I too want reconciliation and peace, without waiting for 2021. Less politicalization of EVERYTHING and less chaos, which I know will not come until 2021. C’est la vie. ??? Chou Chou. Have a wonderful Sunday
Bonnie
Just shared your blog last weekend with a friend because I so love the fact that you are unapologetically you, but also are so open and hospitable to other people. Keep being you.
Lin
We are all more the same than we are different! I am sad that you were a target of this. My words for you are graceful and class! Thank you for making my Sundays brighter. You are appreciated Joy!
Liz T
I’ve only just arrived for my first Sunday blog post and discovered you this week, but this post speaks to my soul. So good. And thank you for being vulnerable enough to put it out there!
Amy
I look forward to all of your posts and I find it so hard to believe how long I’ve been reading them!
Carla
Thank you, Joy! I never miss a week.
Lisa
Your ‘Let it be Sunday’ email in my box early in the morning brings you to our breakfast table! Sometimes it’s a big breakfast with bacon and eggs, other times it’s just an english muffin. But, always with a big mug of hot tea!
Yet, the things you put in that email are often great fodder for discussion at that table — thought provoking, even. Often with us finding how different points of view matter.
Thanks for your thoughtful (and, often funny) Sunday missives!
Ruth Sadinsky
Joy, I’ve learned I’m somebody who loves eading recipes, more than I actually love making them. I cant really articulate the delight I feel from reading cookbooks the way others read novels. My love for reading about food and recipes leads me to consiume lots of it online, of which there is no shortage. Your blog is “a first grab” for me on Sundays, and I look forward to them with a cup of hot coffee in hand so much. Your recipes are gorgeous, fun to look at and read, and on the rare occasion I actually throw myself into my kitchen, always delightful to create and enjoy. More importantly, your writing is so relatebale and familiar. You come across as a friend. I’m sure your readers would all like to hang out in your beautiful kitchen with you. I know I would. Congratulations on all your successes and the beautiful work you have cultivated. I hope the heated blog comments cool it from here on out. Who needs that?
Abiella
I look forward to this post every week and am so appreciative of all that you do and share with us here. Your dad’s sweet potato pie was the first pie I attempted and will forever be a favourite. The biscuits from your virtual bake house class (which was fabulous!) have been a quarantine staple. With thanks from London, Canada ?
Emily
Agreed–well said! I am not much of a baker, but enjoy reading your blog and especially your Sunday posts, but haven’t commented. Thanks for sharing your efforts, labor, and thoughts. Much respect to you and warm wishes.
Marisa
A million times thank you. I’ve been coming to your site for a decade and I’ve learned so much. What I’ve come to love most is that Let In Be Sunday has become part of my Sunday morning ritual. I treasure it every week. I appreciate you and I appreciate you making this a space where we can all learn more, beyond baking. While we all have differences, we typically all want the same things at the end of the day – family, safety, comfort – we just have vastly different thoughts on how to get there. In my mind, this is where food can play a role, breaking bread has fostered many conversations and while by the end of a meal, minds may have not been changed, hopefully people are willing to listen and see different points of view. Doing that not in person is a challenge and so many are quick to judge and jump when they are simply a username and not a human in front of you. I firmly believe that if you can’t say it to someone in person, you shouldn’t say it at all. Unfortunately, civility has taken a backseat to anger lately and it’s not okay. So thank you for continuing to show up and encourage us all to push ourselves to think and understand.
Stasha
Joy,
I’ve followed you since the JTB podcast days. You’ve been nothing but generous and kind. You give so much of yourself to us each week and I wanted to, once again, say thank you. Thank you for making my days a little brighter and more delicious. Thank you for being so positive in a world that often seems so dark. Thank you for sharing your life with us. Be well.
Katie
Joy, thank you for acknowledging the elephant(s and donkeys) in the room. I took one glance at that comment section last Sunday and peaced. It was too much and I’m sorry you had all that energy dumped on you, but you addressed it here with grace and tact, as usual. One reason I’ve been reading your blog for the last decade-ish is that you ARE a real, whole person with a distinct voice. If you were a sanitized, Insta-perfect Stepford wife churning out photogenic yet impractical recipes, what would be the fun in that? Thank you for being you and sharing your life and perspective (and treats) with us every week.
Kristin
<3
Chris W.
You are one classy lady and I so look forward to your posts. We all need to take a step back and realize that we’re all people who may or may not have differing opinions – we are who we are and it’s okay if not everybody agrees. That would be SO boring! Please keep up the great work on your blog and for reminding all of us to just be kind…
Kristie
Your weekly curation of internet offerings is a blessing to my Sunday morning. Never stop being Joy. xoxo
Kelly Payne
Cake and politics do not mix!
Suzannah Kolbeck
It’s definitely a challenge in the comments sections these days. When I see only glossy pix of food and purses, I am inclined to dismiss that person (yes, a person) because to not talk about Black lives and the election seems a very privileged position. I know this is not your MO, Joy, and I appreciate that.
I myself have pressed pause on food writing and blogging because I cannot reconcile just writing about food with the current state of affairs, and I need to protect my nervous system with only judicious amounts of news/commentary. So I am in a bit of a pickle but thoroughly enjoy following those who have seemed to strike a balance.
It is so much easier to attack a person through a screen. I hope you are deleting and blocking appropriately. :)
Laurie
Hello dear friend!
I’m so sorry that you have been put into the position of having to remind people that you are allowed to have an opinion, and to voice it. I think it’s sad that some people seem to take such pleasure in attacking others who aren’t exactly like them. It’s our differences that make the world such a wonderful place.
I love your blog. I’ve been reading it since shortly after you started blogging. Sundays are my favorite. A long slow Sunday morning drinking coffee and reading Let it be Sunday is just bliss.
Several of my family’s favorite recipes are yours and we would be lost without them. I’m looking at you Baked Lemon Risotto. I own a couple of your cookbooks and just bought your magazine. The magazine is just wonderful and even my husband loved it LOL! There are several recipes in it that are sure to become family favorites. I also appreciate you sharing the recipes that are less white sugar and gluten free. I too have health issues where I need to watch how I eat most of the time and those recipes are greatly appreciated too. Though I still indulge in some chocolate chip cookies once in a while.
Hang in there. We love you just the way you are and appreciate all that you do. I look forward to many more delicious recipes and blissful Sunday mornings. You’ve created a wonderful space here. You are awesome!
Michelle
Thank you for your post today. I’ve been reading your blog for years (so much so that when anyone in my family needs a recipe we say “see if Joy has one” as if we know you). I think this is the first time I’ve ever commented but I felt the need to do so to speak for all of the quiet people who follow you and appreciate you. We love you and what you do!
JNH
Your Sunday posts have enriched my week for years. Thank you for crafting them; thank you for sharing them. I value the way you make your blog a space of warmth and welcoming—and, most challengingly, not a neutral or vacant space. Seeing and expressing our own humanity, our own disagreement, isn’t always comfortable, but it’s essential. Thanks for doing it so gracefully and graciously.
Meredith
I rarely read the comments after your lovely blogs but it is disheartening to read people in this day and age are still spreading ugliness. I know I am grateful to both you and Syd for opening up your house and lives to me. I am a better baker because of y’all. Definitely have more laugh wrinkles after some of my baking adventures such as baking the Galette des Rois which I thought was perfect. Looking forward to the time when the Bakehouse is open once again for in person classes so I can add more laugh wrinkles. Thank you Joy and Syd.
Bonnie
Thank you, Joy. I love your voice and your Dad’s pie. I love your grace and your fierce spirit. These difficult times have brought all sorts of free-wheeling, line-crossing that amazes me in its inappropriate gall. Thank you, friend, for dishing up the links and the pies and all. I always love them, and have always loved you!
Sara
Joy, I’m so sorry to hear about the negativity – I’ve followed your blog for ten years but never commented until now. Your message about remembering humanity is so appropriate. I love this paragon of positivity, real-ness and cake that you’ve created. Sending good vibes and baking enthusiast friendship your way!
Kay
I have been reading your blog for many years and it has always been the first thing I read and the reading I most look forward to on Sundays. Please stay positive and ignore the negative commenters – you are a bright and happy light in the world and we need more of you.
Marilyn
Every Sunday I start my day by reading this post. It is my weekend tradition, and I love it. I ditto everything that Annie said above, just cut and paste her comments here! I thank you, Joy, for what you share, both in recipes and in weekly reads.
Carolina
Thank you Joy, for this lovely corner of the Internet that you’ve created. Reading your Let it Be Sunday! post has become something to look forward to in my Sunday morning routine this past year (along with listening to the NPR Sunday Puzzle!).
Popovich John
I hope you can get past the comments some people make. There is a very large group of people who appreciate what you do. Sad that you have to defend your life to unthinking people. I don’t know why some people are so nasty and mean. I thank you for what you do and I know others do too. As you say “ Take what you need and leave the rest. “ This is me cheering for you in your corner. Take care.
Elizabeth
Joy, I’ve been reading for years and haven’t commented before but your Sunday posts have become part of my weekend routine and the work you put into them and this blog in general is wonderful. Thank you for sharing your work and parts of your life with us.
Caroline from Michigan
So grateful for all you are doing, my friend. Just this week I thought about the need to comment more on your site so you know you are not yelling into the great abyss, and it seems like that kind of supportive love is needed now more than ever.
Thank you for teaching me how to make my pie crust, for being the go to recipe for all banana involved items, for perfecting my choco chip cookies, for inspiring my ring collection, for being my partner in Everlane tee- shirts, and for being a part of my treasured Sunday AM ritual.
You are appreciated.
Suzonne Stirling
Well said, my friend. I am reminded of this quote by Rainer Maria Rilke, “Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.”
Catherine C.
Joy,
I have been reading your blog for years (since 2010 maybe?). The primary appeal is the warmth, openness, friendliness, and love emanating from the page. I read these posts every Sunday and look forward to your recipes in between. Thank you for sharing with us your humanity. Like others have said here, I am sorry you had to write this. Thankfully I had not noticed the comments, but it pains me to think anyone would feel it acceptable to post such negativity here. This is a happy, communal, loving place grounded in sugar, butter, and flour, but rounded out and beautified by your spirit. The act of cooking and baking can be political, but it is more than that- it brings us together and soothes. It nourishes. It is creativity. It is therapeutic. It can be the equaliser and the ice breaker. We have come here, connected by food, but also friendship. Thank you for your generosity and love and smile and joy.
Claire
Longtime reader and first-time commenter here! Joy, your Let it be Sunday posts are one of the highlights of my week. They are fun and light and food-filled but don’t shy away from the heavy stuff either; they speak to my soul. I always appreciate you saying “take what you need.” It’s such a nice reminder that in this age of information overload, we have permission to just… take only what we need, and leave the rest. Anyhow, just wanted to add some positive vibes here because I so appreciate all that you do!!
Joan E Bernstein
A baking friend is a precious thing. We share things no one else gets. I, too, don’t care about any other part of my baking buddy’s likes or dislikes, etc. Sharing a love of creating wonderful, edible things through kitchen chemistry is one of the delights of my life.
Love you, Joy!
Carly
Joy, I treasure Sunday mornings sipping coffee and seeing what you have to share for the week. Sometimes I read, click, listen, make—and sometimes I don’t. I think you’ve made it supremely clear that your offerings are simply that: offerings for anyone who wants them. Anyone giving you grief for sharing what resonates with YOU doesn’t deserve your time or energy. Thank you for bringing new things to my attention on a weekly basis. I appreciate you.
Carrie
Joy,
This year has been so hard and so ugly in many ways and your blog has brought a splash of sunlight and beauty to my weekly reads. It doesn’t surprise me that something as innocent as baking and sharing of weekly musings would draw fire in this divided time but you are absolutely right, we all need to see common ground! Thank you so much for your open and courageous spirit, sharing not only your expertise but your thoughts with us. Your are a bright light in a dark world.
Lyn
Hi Joy,
Just a home baker here in Virginia who has read and enjoyed your blog well before I knew what Instagram was, chiming in to echo what others have said today. We are bound by the belief that food is love, and by much more than is often given credit for…we’re all in this wonderful, messy thing together :) Thanks for what you do!
Teresa Bergan
Love. Love. Your blog. Your open and honest talk and sad for those who disagree have to be nasty. Keep on what you are doing because the rest of us look forward to your ideas and love but most of all your food!! Keep Calm and Carry on!
Vicki
I look forward to your Sunday post more than I can say simply because you are so authentically human and your kindness shines like a beacon in these crazy times. Thank you for showing up every Sunday and sharing things that touch your heart.
Adrienne
You have a voice and a platform that allows your voice to be heard, and that is a privilege. I am grateful for the thoughts and writings you share – they give me a deeper understanding on the why. And it’s comforting and validating to know you share many of the same concerns as I. I am privileged to read them every week.
Thank you Joy!!!
Yolonda
Joy, I’ve looked forward to your Sunday posts for 5+ years. I read it like it’s my morning paper. I come back for more than just cake.
I also have to mention that this season, my family is not gathering for the holidays. My (black, southern) mom had no idea how to make less than 4 sweet potato pies at a time and has no written recipe – she just makes it taste right. She was skeptical about using someone else’s recipes so I shared your dads with her and she’s thrilled to try it! We will both be making your dads pie this year for our separate celebrations and are looking forward to it. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us!
Barbara Stecker
You be you! You’re great! I appreciate both your weekly and Sunday offerings. Hope you and yours stay well!
Cori
I consider your corner a safe place these days and find myself migrating here naturally every Sunday morning. My hope is that some of the folks that have dipped a toe into the negativity rabbit-hole (which is REAL easy to do as of late) find their way out. Life is better here.
Ramona Puckett
Thank you for your words, your hard work, your Sunday posts I absolutely adore and yes, I do think of us as friends! I love all these comments! I look forward to reading the next pie recipe!
XO Ramona
Marsha Gibbons
You’ve always said to take only what we need. I find that so comforting. I look forward to reading just those words each week. I’ve taken one of your cooking classes, I use your recipes and I read you faithfully. I can assure you I will buy your book. We are probably more alike than different politically. Although I might be shocked to learn differently, I am so happy you posted this. I did just learn that another person I respect and follow supports a person I do not. It gave me pause. I didn’t say anything on her site, but just to let you know , it gave me pause. So I want to thank you for bringing home to me the importance of loving the person and all they offer and letting each individual have their beliefs. Unless you are mean to puppies and old people. I draw the liine there! Love you!!!
Deb Thompson
Joy, I’ve just finished another Sunday morning with you. Ditto to all the above stated!
Jill
I live for Let It Be Sunday with a cup of coffee. It’s literally the time I feel the most supported by my husband. He knows how much I enjoy these posts and always ensures I get quiet, alone time to read them without distractions from him or our kids.
Catherine
I look forward to these sweet, thoughtful posts every week. I’m sorry people aren’t seeing your humanity. You’re putting so much positivity into the world. Please know that it is seen and appreciated!
Laura Silberman
Joy, I echo all the positivity I see in the comments. Sunday mornings with ‘you’ through your Let It Be Sunday blog are always welcome. I often share them with my own circle and enjoy the conversations they spark. Keep on being you. Thank you for your friendship. xo
Jane
Keep being you! You are a bright spot on the internet and I look forward to hearing from you every day, and especially Sunday.
Sheila Perry-Long
Joy, your Let It Be Sunday posts are the first thing I read on Sunday morning. They are a happy, uplifting, thought-provoking collection of articles mixed with your personal thoughts that most of us enjoy immensely. They are a wonderful distraction in these crazy times. Thank you for being real – please continue doing what you do.?
Lydia
Joy, my Friend, you are fabulous! Keep being the phenom that you are, and don’t let the turkeys get you down!!
Giselle Gonzalez
Hello
I love your blog, it fresh and homey. I look forward to your “Let it Sunday” the articles the recipes are fantastic but I do love your writing, it’s truly from an old soul. With that said you are my escape from the everyday chaos and I thank you for that. So please keep writing, testing recipes and sharing them. Believe me when I tell you you are appreciated. Have an awesome week??
Valeria
Joy,
You are absolutely lovely. What you have so eloquently conveyed is exactly how I feel, where have civility and manners gone? Good on you for declaring your truth and asking for what you need and deserve, in the most gracious way. Thank you for creating this space, and allowing us to join you here. I look forward to Sundays now, partly because of the goodness you offer up.
I am so sorry that you have had to suffer other people’s negativity and pain. Remember that it’s really about them and not you. You are a gem.
Thank you for opening up, sharing the beauty you see in the world and making this place a little more human.
Fondly,
Valeria
#armyofjoy
Kelly
I love your Sunday blog post and all your posts. Thank you for being you.
Danielle Delomas
Joy,
I discovered my love of baking, and you, when I was newly married, jobless, living in a brand new city with very few friends. Those first few months of job searching and friend finding were made so much better by your website and recipes. That was almost ten years ago and I still make a few of your recipes every month. Like many, the Sunday reads are my ritual. Sometimes I have to leave a few articles behind. But on the whole, I am grateful for the gift you give me each Sunday and agree, we are only humans, just doing our best. Thank you for the reminder.
Lori
Love spending time with you each Sunday–thank you! We do have more in common than not, and it’s also “ok by me if we agree on everything just as it’s ok by me if don’t agree on much of anything besides cake.” Glad you shared these important reminders of what it means to be human. Best to you!
Angela
I love these Sunday posts! I have been reading your blog since you started. You taught me how to bake! I have never commented but I just had to send a little message to tell you that you are awesome and so appreciated.
Natasha
Let it be Sunday is one of my favourite weekend things. And your blog always makes me smile. Keep doing you.
Joyce M
Joy you are the best …positive energy and inspiration!
E
Just a note that I regularly read your Sunday post and find links that resonant with me. I appreciate this virtual space of community. Thank you Joy.
Sally
Thank you for your generous blog offerings, Joy! We love you!
Jocelyn Krodman
Thank you for creating this space, Joy. I’ve been reading your blog and using your recipes since 2009 when I discovered you on a search for cookies and I’ve baked the brown butter chocolate ones (evil) I found every year since. It’s such a treat to have this post to come to every Sunday morning. I appreciate all you do and I’m so so sorry to hear you’ve been receiving those comments. We have a long road of healing ahead indeed and I know I’m not alone in being grateful for your sweet little corner of the internet,
kellie Bowker
I’m sorry if people were unkind. I look forward to this round up every weekend (you can ask my partner who sits next to me and hears “in the Joy the Baker round up this Sunday…”) We are not very good as a country right now at being kind to each other – it is part of why we find ourselves in this mess. I find your kindness and generosity a safe place to lans each Sunday. Be well.
Casey
I’m a long-time blog fan but discovered this newsletter during COVID, and it’s become one of my very favorite weekly rituals <3 Thank you for continuing to bring warmth and joy and real feelings to my inbox.
Elana
Thank you for that fun list of inspiring things to see, do and try. I hope you will ignore the naysayers and negative folks who pass by your blog. The world has become too toxic and not everything one thinks needs to be said out loud or printed!! You bring a lot of “joy” for so many and that’s what truly matters. What our mother’s taught us is true, “if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing.” Of course you’re a person behind the blog…making your way through life just like the rest of us. I admire you for your creativity and cheerfulness. Keep on baking and inspiring all your FANS!
Amy
Joy,
You are a part of my Sunday morning ritual- wake-up, read Let It Be Sunday, discover articles I may not on my own, and collect recipes. Thank you for helping me to start my week on the right foot. I am a long-time fan and I simply adore you. I am saddened to hear that people are leaving anything but kind comments. I am sorry you have had to read their words.
Kelly Ann
You always make me smile.
T
I’ve been reading your blog since waaay back and I love your voice, your skills, your taste and your politics, too. It’s brave and cool of you to put yourself out there in Sundays. I often wish there was something to give back to you in exchange for all you give here, because I would be sad if you stopped blogging. Thanks for all of it!
Michele
I love your blog and it’s rather sad you even have to bring this up. We as people need to remember not everyone has to agree and we all have a right to an opinion, but not the right to insist other share that opinion- going through that in my own family. Such fun.
I’m being rebellious today and am going to make your strawberry blackberry shortcake for dessert since I was sent some lovely fruit this week.
Jo
Hi Joy – its such a pleasure to be internet friends with you. Thank you for your generosity of spirit and your thoughtfulness. Thank your for all the links you share, and for the lovely and humble way that you do it all.
Kelly-Anne
Joy, Thank you so. much for your blog! I love reading it every week. This week I especially loved the compliment club entry. We all need more of that in our lives. Yes please.
Laurie Reid
You are a joy. Simple as that. Let it Be Sunday is one of my favorite things about my week. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Lisa Hilker
Joy, don’t let the trolls get you down. I come to your site for everything you are doing. I love your writing, insightful thoughts, as well as baking. Just keep doing what you are doing. Push the “delete” button. I am happy that you stood up for yourself however…..
Kim
Thank you for making my Sunday mornings special. I look forward to this all week. Keep your head held high. We’ll all get through this together.
Amanda
Your Sunday posts help ground me and set my intentions for the week ahead. I often find content I wouldn’t see elsewhere here & love sharing the little nuggets you’ve discovered for us with friends. Two weeks ago you shared the beautiful story “Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts” that I found deeply moving.
Thank you for being you, a bright spot always but especially during these difficult times.
<3
Julie
I too am disappointed that you had to clarify your (our) mission last week for some of our friends. It’s a choice to wake up on Sunday morning and immediately go to your inbox every Sunday like I do. Your site is all about love. Of many things. I am recovering from a bad fall while out walking that resulted in both hands in casts and some surgery. Guess what I did last Sunday, which was my first opportunity to use my right hand? Made your cookie bars. Now that is why I love you and Sunday mornings!
Sheree Parish Knapp
Joy, thank you for being you. I visit your blog several times a week. I come here to find a recipe and learn more about baking. I come here to read your “Let it be Sunday” articles. I don’t comment much, but I wanted to give you a virtual hug. I’ve learned more than just baking from your writing. I’m from Louisiana but have lived in South Carolina for the past 30 years. I miss my family and friends living in Louisiana. You keep my love for home alive with your writings about New Orleans. Thank you! Also, I received your magazine. Thank you for signing it. I ordered a second one for my mom. Take care of yourself my friend. Be safe. xoxo
Rhonda M
I don’t even know how many years I’ve been reading your blog. I look forward to Let It Be Sunday more than you know. I enjoy it and it’s part of my weekend routine.
Like the song Haters gonna hate; know how many of us love and appreciate you. People don’t have to all agree but more kindness would erase some of the crazy going on.
We love you!!
Janet
Bought your magazine this week, Joy! And made the pumpkin tart you highlighted last week. I too look forward to Sunday mornings with you, and like many of the things you link to. Thank you!
Lene Svingel
Dear Joy
I enjoy you Sunday offerings of big and small things from the World of Internet.
It makes for both pleasant and interesting reading. Some of the links you share have led me to articels I would not have come across otherwise.
And that I like very much. I like to have my horizon broadend, to gain insight, to get a new perspective.
So have, please, a wonderful Sunday, secure and calm in the knowlegde that you are very appreciated.
Hugs, Lene
Sandy W
Add my support to the others. Yes, I see you as a person and a fellow human who is doing the best you can in a time that we are all trying to get to the other side. Thank you for being you & doing what you do, I look forward to your weekly email and take what I need from your offerings,
Sooz
I. Treasure. You. On Sundays and on every other day, too. Thank you for sharing all that you do, all that you think and feel, and for letting us be part of your wonderful life in New Orleans.
Kate
Love your posts and online presence, recipes, and general vibe! Know we’d also be friends in person. Know how appreciated you are! ??
Yaara
Joy, I’m so sorry you’ve been put in this position. You’ve thoughtfully, graciously, lovingly created a space here that’s so welcoming and open – I think so many of us consider you a friend, too (even if we don’t comment, guilty). This week is as good a time as any, then, to thank you for this space; for making it about more than baking, for making it about LIFE – there are so many places to find a recipe for cookies, I come here for those too, but mostly for your beautiful honest human voice. I appreciate your honesty so much, and your acknowledgment of the complicated life that we’re living and baking through. Thank you, friend. My love to you
Molly
I was going to leave my own comment. But, truly, my thoughts are already here, so I’ll just simply say, “I wholly concur with Yaara.”
Jess
Same same, ladies. <3 Much love to you, Joy.
Amy
I feel the same. Thank you for what you create for us and share with us. Thank you for being who you are.
Barbara
Layup. Me, too.
Paula
Jumping on this bandwagon. I’ve been here for … a decade? with you and this is one of only two blogs that I haven’t tossed to the wayside over the years.
Laynie
My thoughts exactly Yaara! Love you Joy.
Miranda
Ditto, Yaara. I have read so many insightful, eye opening articles from you over the years, Joy, and laughed at the silly pieces, and been reminded not to take myself too seriously, even if we are kickass baker’s because of the knowledge you freely share every day! I hardly ever stop to comment, but you bet I tell everyone where I got my recipe when they comment on it, and if I post what I’ve made, you’re tagged every time! Ignore the haters; it is unfortunate they aren’t willing to have an honest moment of introspection and see if they might learn something when they see someone they say they admire sharing different views, rather than jumping to criticize.. Keep sharing what you want to share. We want to read it.
adam
Thank you. I think you’re absolutely brilliant. My wife has decided to put the sugar down, so I bake less, but still follow your work which has brought me so much joy. (I smile especially a lot on Sundays). I enjoy being with folk who love what they do, and you have a keen affection for your work. Thanks for letting us all tag along and calling us friends. It’s an honor.
Angie
I really look forward to your Sunday posts! Thank you!!
carol t.
It’s becoming more disgusting to know of the beastliness revealed by the anonymity of social media….that what wouldn’t dared be said to your face is all too easily typed out and posted mostly for the perverse pleasure of the sender. I am sorry for your having to endure this and that your generosity is slapped back by the selfish.
Thank you for all the hard work you put into your weekly offerings.
Nik
Yes! What Carol said! Some people just suck (yeah, I said it, I am not as eloquent as Carol, clearly ?)
Let that be their problem. You let it be Sunday! Thank you for the time and careful consideration you spend to put this out every week.
Angela Gurney
Well said.
Darla
Hi Friend! Yes, I consider us friends. I truly get up every Sunday looking forward to reading Let It Be Sunday. It’s a beautiful escape from these crazy times. I often forward to family and friends nuggets that you share with us. Thank you for your offerings each week, whether they are articles that you find, a darling dress (yes, I have a website tab always open), or a recipe you’ve tested time and time again. I thank you ??
Susan
You stay just the way you are. You’re a breath of fresh air and positivity!
Cassy
I love you. I don’t care who you vote for. And I don’t care who you sleep with. I love you for who you are. And I love you for your funny Instagram stories
Charles
I hope that we can all be together as friends in these trying times. Let’s not forget that we are all in this too. I so enjoy your writings, it’s one of the best thing about Sunset…
Joy Dyson
Well I’m sorry you’ve even had to say that :-(
I love your Sunday blogs and very much look forward to them. And I love your cake :-)
Thank you XOXOXO
LB
Agreed, it’s so sad that you of all people even had to say this. Makes me sad for this world. :(
You’re a wonderful person doing wonderful things. Stay you!
Di
Thank you, Joy for your wonderful blog. I look forward to reading each new post. Keep on doing what you do, it is wonderful! Stay safe and well, and keep on cooking and blogging x
Rebecca
You have much graciousness. Thanks for the offerings this week and thanks for being you.
Carole Ichikawa
Joy, your grace and kindness and talent are so admirable. I’ve read your blog since 2009 but I’ve never commented until today. Your post today was the definition of STEEL!
You have created a beautiful site and I appreciate the connection to New Orleans. I lived there in1985 and I understand how it gets into your soul even if you’re not from there.
Thank you !
Annie
Joy, I loved the introduction to this week’s post. The points you make about people forgetting one another’s humanity struck a chord, and I’m sorry that you’ve been the target of some individual’s anger. Here’s hoping that sometime in the future we can all give each other grace, see one another as sisters, wives, brothers and family and less like “the other”. After all, every one loves cake, right?
Demethra Pinkston
Well said!
Lisa
Yes, very well said, Joy. Thank you for staying the course!