Hello sweet friends!
Can you believe? Can you believe weโre settling into another year and another decade? Feels good. Feels very much like a privilege.
Iโve been taking it slow and steady through this holiday season. Taking time to be reflective. Taking time to have important conversations that I might have let fall to the wayside. Trying to be generous and gentle with myself. I have a lot of goals for the coming years. Some goals are super self-driven and others require a long string of yeses from people I donโt even know yet. Making your own dreams come true is a balance of hard work and hopeโฆ and fun? And fun.
I hope youโre feeling hopeful this year. Hopeful and hungry for good food and new experiences. Me too me too. Letโs stay with it.
Tomorrow is my grandmotherโs 90th birthday. Isnโt that wonderful? Iโm going to LA for a few quick days to celebrate with the family.
The offering this week is below. As always, take only what you need. Take it easy this Sunday! Iโm really so thankful youโre here.
โข Amen amen: Pick a resolution you can complete in one day. Keep it fun. Keep it fast. (ManRepeller)
โข It feels like a world away but we just have the one world so: Australia Deploys Military as Fire Spreads. (The New York Times)
โข I ask a variation of the same question nearly every week โ are we ok? The Age of Instagram Face (The New Yorker)
โข Everyoneโs New Years costume homage to the roaring 20โs has me thinking about the Harlem Renaissance: Where Our Radical Black Foremothers Made A Room Of Their Own (Refinery29)
โข I wonโt knock it till Iโve tried it. The Couples Who Sleep โTogetherโ Over Videochat (The Atlantic)
โข How I Get It Done: StitchFix CEO Katrina Lake. I googled her. Sheโs our age. (Lol I imagine weโre all the same age, ok?) (The Cut)
โข This is a good month to take some time with tradition and ritual, even it itโs a new one. Of course mine is food related โ Iโm making my friend Jocelynโs Collard Greens. (Grandbaby Cakes)
โข The roasted chicken I made this weekend: Potato-Bottom Cast Iron Roasted Chicken. Of course it was good. (Bon Appetit)
โข Jon made Bloody Mary Deviled Eggs which is really such a good idea. (The Candid Appetit)
โข Iโm gifting this book to everyone I know who knows their astrological sign: You Were Born For This by Chani Nicholas. Here on Amazon or Here at The Last Bookstore.
โข Iโm late to listening but finally committed to the To Live And Die In LA podcast. Wow yโall. What a tragic journey. (LiveDieLA)
โข A new account on Instagram Iโm happy to follow: @werenotreallystrangers.
โข I know you may not be ready to hear this butโฆ tomorrow is the start of Mardi Gras. Is this the year you make a King Cake? Is this a year you try a Queen Cake Cookies? Yes and yes.
โข If weโre talking about things I want but donโt need, let us discuss these lovely perfect and simple dinner plates. (Crate&Barrel)
โข Weโre layering our sun protection this decade mmmkay? I love this powder mineral sunscreen from Tarte. (Sephora)
Have a wonderful Sunday and Happy New Year.
My love to you.
xo Joy
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Wonderfull picture Joy!
Happy new year!
Made the chicken last night and everyone loved it! Had to bribe the kids with the chicken skin to actually taste everything else but Iโll call it a win. We used TJโs onion salt as a dry rub since the article didnโt list one. It was easy with little hands on time, thank you for sharing!
I read your blog when I can, love he recipes and your comments..Yes it is disheartening all that is going on in the world..the bushfires in Australia make me cry daily, the loss of human and animal life is pretty overwhelming now the Iran thingieโฆNo peace in our world, also a presidential election which is totally important but in times in war the incumbent president always seems to be re-elected, I cannot understand that I it is not like he ever served in any military capacity and as the president he in my opinion Is just downright mean spirited and a bully..ongโฆI pray for the anti-semits to stop their attacks on jewish people all around this country, my husband and daughter are being totally affected not to mentin the hate..YOUR BLOG IS SO POSITIVE I READ IT AND RE-read it all the time..Keep up your positive influence in this frightening world and I wish you much peace love and joy each and everyday in 2020 and your family too..
I love your Sunday lists Joy! Happy New Year from Costa Rica!
Gorgeous photo girl! Happy New Year!
Thank you Julia! Youโre so sweet!
Thanks for think of us downunder โ it is a terrible time for so many.
โWe are all the same ageโ โ I REALLY donโt want to be your age again but I appreciate the sentiment behind this comment!
Iโm 38 and I here by declare us all the same age. Lol :)
โSheโs our ageโ made me smile.
Weโre in this together!
Why does the fact that a roast chicken is the perfect meal surprise me every time? Happy New Year!
I feel the exact same way!
Yes, layer sunscreen! No one should use that powder alone thinking theyโre well protected. Itโs a nice little bonus but not enough on its own.
Love your messages. I looked at the Collared Green website and tried to sign up and my computer
gave me a message that Grandbaby Cakes is not a secure website. Just sayinโโฆ.
Ah. Good lookin out!
Another great read. Just to let you know, I follow you for some time and love your recipes. Iโm 73 and bake at least once or twice a week. Thanks for all you do for us. Happy New Year.
Iโm so glad youโre here John!
Happy New Year Joy. I hope this new year and new decade holds wonderful, surprising, joyful opportunities for you.
Also, a happy, happy birthday wish for your grandmother.
To you too, Nancy! Letโs go get it!
Joy I love your Sunday blogs! I still canโt believe its the beginning of a new year AND a new decade. Hereโs to many more on this beautful, flawed, beautifully flawed earth
Happy new year Joy! I read that instagram face article with dismay! What a world we live in! And the bushfires are in my state so they donโt see so far away from Melbourne โ for now it is just a bit of smoke haze but there are lots of implications of tourism being so badly affected at the peak time of year for tourism as well as all the farmers so I think we will feel the effects down the line. BTW from what I hear not even the military can stop the fires but we are waiting for the rain expected at the end of January! But we need all the help we can get.
Iโm really so sorry! Youโre in my thoughts!
Is it strange that Iโve actually been thinking about King cake since mid-november?
I understand you on a deep level.
Wonderful picture!
Happy Sunday ?
xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
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