Treasures in the ordinary.
Treasures in the ordinary.
A delicious combination, the coming of spring, Parisian treats, a deep sea mind, uncovered knitted treasures, art and music are global...
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Can you hear the magpies warbling in the video below? I love how they sound.
Magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) are one of my favorite Australian birds! Did you know they can recognize human faces, and they can befriend people too?
They can mimic other birds when singing, and they have a range of four octaves!
One thing that’s always fascinating to me is how complex life can be. You think you know something, but then you learn something new that surprises you!
It brings to mind this fascinating look by
at a painting we think we know well: The Girl With The Pearl Earring.That’s why I love putting these Sunday Scrolls together. It’s a perfect way to explore my curiosity and have something interesting to share with you!
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In this week’s issue.
This is such a delicious-looking and unique combination, the blooming and the coming of spring, and all the Parisian treats one could dream of.
A deep sea metaphor for the mind, a knitted treasure uncovered in an archive, it’s changing all the time, and the kindergarten of many colors.
Get a guide to rediscovering the museum, art from everywhere, music is global, and a little optimism is good for the soul.
The fascinating is often in the details, cheese galore with this wonderful recipe, the Biblioburro, and the world through a cat’s eyes.
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A delicious and unique combination!
You might have heard of the cinnamon bun, often made with delicious brioche, but have you ever considered the lemon and poppyseed bun?
It’s an intriguing combo, but it looks delicious.
, the recipe author, also gives you instructions on how to make a vegan version.She’s a baker with years of experience, despite being in her early twenties.
She, with her father, started The Orange Bakery (in Watlington, Oxfordshire, the UK) when she was 15!
In addition to the bakery, and her aforementioned newsletter (Gluten Morning), she also runs a charity called Breaducation, where she helps people discover the loves of making bread. I love the name she chose!
If that weren’t enough, if you live in the UK, you can also buy the kits she donates to community groups from her charity. And these earrings are too cute!
The blooming and the coming of spring.
is such a thoughtful and generous writer. In her latest letter, she writes a beautiful ‘ode to emergence.’As the weather gets warmer in the Northern hemisphere, and plants start to embrace the changing season, she lists some reminders to herself around this theme.
Two of my favorites where:
“You’re allowed to make the wrong decisions, fail, mess up, start over, get in over your head, need help, need your own depth of compassion and forgiveness while you emerge. You’re allowed to emerge and realize your emergence needed to take another direction. You’re allowed to emerge and recognize what still isn’t working. Emergence doesn’t require perfection or permanence. It just requires your willingness to keep going, to keep unfurling into your most real shape.”
“Small, simple acts of care are not small, especially during times of change and emergence. Your weekly batch of granola is an act of care. Setting clothes out the night before is an act of care. After-dinner family walks around the block are an act of care. Journaling instead of going on your phone in the morning is an act of care. These small, daily choices add up to a sense of feeling cared for by yourself. It matters more than it might feel in the moment.”
I've always believed learning to live well takes time, and her writing reflects a deep understanding of this concept.
All the Parisian treats one could dream of.
Let
take you on a tour of her latest trip to Paris, particularly the lovely foods she tried! I adored seeing the delicious baked goods she sampled.The Tarte Tatin Cake looked delicious, as did what at first I thought was a baguette, but it was actually an apple turnover! What a clever idea.
A deep sea metaphor for the mind.
As
puts it, there are two characters living in your head. She says:“Imagine that your mind is a sailboat. There are two characters on this boat, and they are both there with the intention to make your life better.”
She goes on to talk about how we all contain multitudes, and how we process things in life differently depending on the state of mind we’re in.
My favorite passage from this clever essay would have to be:
“Only then can I remind myself to stop, take a deep breath, and spend just a few moments going deeper and seeing what’s right in front of me. Otherwise, life is all surface.”
A knitted treasure uncovered in an archive.
Isn’t this wonderful? Researchers at the National Archives in the UK found a mysterious package among a collection of letters from the 19th century.
It contained… a piece of knitting history!
As mentioned in the article:
“A 200-year-old sweater in a traditional Faroese knit has been discovered in a parcel among a stash of 19th Century letters at the National Archives.
The jumper, handknitted in brightly-coloured fine wool, was intended for a woman in Denmark.”
The parcel also contained some more fascinating pieces of textiles…
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