Every stitch tells a story.
Blackout poetry, a worldwide creative movement, charming drawings, a deep connection to country, a curious radio station...
Welcome! In this week’s issue…
Jazz up your Pizza with a delicious salad, every stitch tells a story, quintessential Latin American music, a quiet coffee shop, bread means home, and…
How blackout poetry came to be popular, embroidery on paper, sticks, and stones, and a cloud a day keeps the blues at bay.
Language shapes everything (more so than you’d think,) mesmerizing, paper collage-like animations, and what’s the world’s fastest language?
The wonders of the world through the lens of poetry, Indigenous artists with deep connection to country, and secret messages coded in a dress.
Plus, a musical time machine.
Before we begin, here are last week’s top recommendations.
Annie Mae Herring shared a scrumptious carrot cake recipe.
In this post, Maria Popova, a brilliant writer, collects 17 ‘life-learnings.’
Molly McLaughlin’s fine weavings are extraordinary!
Here are my posts from the past week.
What To Knit Next: Create a knitted world.
Yarnsiders’ Pet Of The Week: Bailey The Cat.
What To Crochet Next: Graceful simplicity and sophistication.
Fiber Friday: Psychology proved us right.
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Now for this week’s recommendations…
Jazz up your Pizza night with a delicious salad.
In this delightful issue of
, shares an intriguing new cookbook that just released this year, called: Pizza Night.It’s by
, who writes the aptly titled .As Emily describes it:
“There are 52 different pizza recipes in here, one for every week of the year, all arranged by season, and not a one of them fails to revive my dormant pizza-making instincts…
Stafford’s salad recipes don’t just complement the pizzas; they also pull off the trick of being the kind you won’t mind making while also focusing on stretching dough or making sure your pie doesn’t slide into the oven or your grill.”
If you’re curious, she shares two of the salad recipes from Alexandra’s cookbook. The Spring Wedge Salad looks delicious! And perfect for warmer weather.
Every stitch tells a story.
People with multiple creative practices on the go at once, especially mixed-media artists, always amaze me. They combine seemingly disparate mediums into a beautiful, cohesive body of creative work!
Maggie Grey is one such artist. She works with everything from watercolors and alcohol markers to embroidery and other textile arts.
And includes plenty of color!
The quintessential musical genre of Latin America.
Cumbia is a genre you may be unfamiliar with, but probably would’ve heard somewhere! With diverse origins, and almost every Latin American country having their own regional version, it’s rich with history and culture.
My husband discovered Los Angeles Azules (a Mexican Cumbia band) when we lived in Mexico, and my sons enjoy the artist Raymix, a Mexican artist who also makes Cumbia, but with electronic dance music influences.
For an introduction to the genre, listen to this NPR episode.
A quiet Japanese coffee shop.
Coffee is such a global thing, and I love how cultures have different ways of making and thinking about it. Kissatens are a Japanese example.
The word literally means ‘tea-drinking’ shop, and they also serve coffee. They’re usually quiet, calming places, and they serve delicious, simple breakfasts.
If I had drunk coffee while we lived in Japan, you know I would’ve visited them! It’s something to look forward to if I ever return. 😊
This short film by Craig Mod is a beautiful ode to them.
Bread means home.
is a baker at the King Arthur Baking Company in Vermont, and at his newsletter, . There, he shares delicious looking baking recipes with an accompanying, meaningful musing. This Mama’s Bread looks simple yet wonderful.
I resonated with this beautiful quote from the essay at the start:
“My wife says that food is my love language, and it’s true that meals make the best words. We say “I love you,” on plates. We say “get up,” with the smell of pancakes. We say “I’m sorry for your loss,” with pie, or fresh rolls. We stack and maintain the foundations and memories of home, one loaf at a time. Here’s one of mine.”
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