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Let It Be Sunday!

A Toast to Summer

Taurus Season

What’s the word I’m looking for? Oh, help.

Mercury in Microbraids

Distraction Coping + Cartoon Shoes

Don’t Honk At Me I’m Already Crying

Hoppy Easter!

Transcendence, et al.

Hand to heaven + My favorite video on the Internet

let it be sunday

Catching Feelings (for Spring)

Can I Borrow A Parachute?

A Reverse ‘To-Do’ List + In Defense of Edible Arrangements

A Depressed New Bombshell Enters the Villa

Curiosity > Fear

A Legion of Cat Moms

Let There Be Light + People Who’ve Made Mistakes

Cheers To Us

Peanut butter cookie dough balls on a baking sheet.

Dylan Does Santa + Toby’s Top 10

Enrichment Time

We’ve Made it to December

stack of sweet potato pancakes on a small plate

A Sweet Potato Pancake Recipe

Fully fall + The best hour of TV

Maybe Broccoli Doesn’t Like You Either

Sliced apple pie with praline topping.

It’s Turkey Time (Almost)

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I’m a baker, photographer, cookbook author and teacher. I live laugh love in Bellville, Texas.

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Joy The Baker 2022 Summer Magazine

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