Buddies, good morning! My mother and father are coming to Texas subsequent week, and I’m counting down the times. The final time they had been right here (final Thanksgiving, to be actual), I’d roped them into serving to me pull off a shock wedding ceremony earlier than the large household dinner which was, as you’d think about, no small feat. The time earlier than that, they spent days unpacking bins with me in the summertime warmth, making this large previous Victorian home really feel like residence.
This go to, I promised to be extra chill… however who’re we kidding? Chill has by no means actually been my model. They’re coming to assist me put the almost-finishing touches on the pop-up storage bakery, which I’m hoping to soft-launch later this month. I’ll have extra official particulars on The Bakehouse right here on the weblog very quickly.
Earlier than the flurry begins, a number of high-quality hyperlinks in your Sunday.
• Trending information from the entrance strains of The Web: having a boyfriend is… embarrassing now? The web has turned soft-launching your accomplice right into a full on gymnastics routine all within the identify of not dropping cool factors. Perhaps it’s age or perhaps it’s peace, however I’ve formally reached the section of life the place different individuals’s opinions on who I like and whether or not I submit them is totally moot however – it is a very fascinating/spot-on learn: Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? (Vogue)
• We fell again an hour which sounds dreamy till our our bodies decides 4 a.m. is the brand new 7. Seems, our circadian rhythms don’t get the daylight financial savings memo. Assume: jet lag with out the holiday. Apparently somewhat prep (and perhaps much less scrolling earlier than mattress) can save our sleep this week: How To Preserve This Weekend’s Time Change From Wrecking Your Sleep (Self)
• I can’t inform you what number of inventive ruts I’ve dragged my ass by way of through the years. I very a lot associated to The inventive’s hunch and may attest to the truth that inventive whimsy does return. If you happen to’re feeling in a rut, might I counsel taking up somewhat vacation reward craft or open a bakery in your yard (that’s what I’m going for, lol).(Substack)
• Worry is a shapeshifter. In Methods to Really feel the Worry and Do It Anyway, playwright Bess Wohl shares how braveness is just ever 51% stronger than worry (and the good information is – that’s sufficient). I can attest: studying to experience a motorbike, and actually, each large transfer I’ve ever made, required simply that tiny fringe of bravery over doubt. That’s the key! (Substack)
• I want a hambone stat: Navy Bean Soup (The Kitchn)
• I’ve been loving Nicole Svenson’s content material on spending $300 on groceries monthly. How she retailers solely as soon as a month, cooks, gardens, makes bread, sneaks lentils into floor meat, andcouldn’t care much less in regards to the haters (as a result of really why?). (TikTok)
• The slight chill within the air has me insisting on a flavored espresso creamer the place my common splash of two% milk merely won’t do. I don’t love the store-bought stuff so this Home made Pumpkin Espresso Creamer has turn into a robust contender for what to make with my further hour this Sunday. (Sally’s Baking Dependancy)
• Talking of pumpkin issues – this pot of Hen and Pumpkin Dumplings looks as if the transfer this week. (Pleasure the Baker)
• My favourite pay attention of the week was Kate McKinnon on Good Grasp with Amy Poehler as I too would wish to final a protracted weekend’s size of the apocalypse. (Apple Podcasts)
• I completely have to schedule an ear-piercing buddy date as a result of I’ve needed a second gap in my ears for years now. Really, I ponder if my mother desires to do that with me. Really, I ponder if my mother may truly simply pierce my ears. Too far? From Platonic Love: 10 Good friend Dates You’ll Bear in mind (Substack)
And that’s the place we’ll shut this chapter.
For the previous ten years (since 2015) I’ve written a Let It Be Sunday submit practically each week, sharing hyperlinks and ideas that stretch far past the world of butter and cookies. If we’re doing the maths, that’s a decade of Sundays – a decade that has held all of it: divisive politics, a world pandemic, elections, shutdowns, Olympics, fires, cross-country strikes, weddings, new houses… really, all of life in its problems and charm.
I’m so grateful you’ve welcomed me as a part of your Sunday routine, or perhaps your Monday morning scroll earlier than the workday begins. You’ve expanded me in coronary heart and thoughts. After ten years of those Sunday posts alone (and eighteen years of running a blog whole!), I believe it’s time to softly shut this Let It Be Sunday chapter to make room for what’s subsequent.
I’m working diligently on opening The Bakehouse Texas, a month-to-month pop-up bakery that’s slowly coming to life in my Bellville yard (we’re hoping to delicate open November twenty second, yay!/yikes!). I additionally wish to create house for one thing new to take the Sunday submit’s place. To determine what that shall be, I’ve to let this lengthy and beautiful custom conclude.
I wish to thank Amy, Toby, Kim, Abby, and Karlee for lending their hearts and voices to Let It Be Sunday over the previous few years, and thanks for welcoming them as buddies. You possibly can click on their names above to comply with them throughout their very own inventive corners of the web.
I’ll nonetheless be proper right here on the weblog with new recipes and updates, and I’ll even be sharing a great deal of free newsletters and extra private writing with paid subscribers over on my Baked In Substack, the place paid subscribers additionally get ad-free entry to joythebaker.com (a candy bonus).
From my complete coronary heart – thanks for spending your Sundays with me for all these years. Extra from me quickly.
My like to you.
xo Pleasure
