🥧 Lil Treasures #101: Thunder In The Desert and an Apple Convertible

Plus Leonard Cohen and a great recipe for soup szn.

Welcome to November, errybody! We made it through October! And more importantly, we made it through the Monday-after-Halloween, God be praised.

It’s the end of Daylight Savings Time this weekend in most states, which means the sun will be not making many daily appearances here in the next few months. Make sure to stock up on your cozy blankets and Vitamin D this weekend!

Before we get started on the treasures, I have a ‘lil announcement to make:

Advent is coming, you guys! 🕯️ The season of Advent officially kicks off on Sunday, November 28th (the Sunday after Thanksgiving) and this year, I have written a study to keep you company on your Advent journey. The study is called Thunder In the Desert and will explore the text of Isaiah 40 during the 4 weeks of Advent (Nov 28-Dec 24). This is my first time writing a study on Advent and I am so thrilled about it! Maybe you’re a liturgical calendar pro, or maybe this will be your first time observing Advent - either way, this study will be a lovely companion for you as we enter the season of expectant waiting and celebration for both the birth of Jesus and His return.

Thunder In The Desert will be structured similarly to the Dis/entangle study, and will only be available if you’re in The Swipe Up+ community (again, just as a reminder -for Lent, the study will also be sold separately from the community as in years’ past!) If you want to go ahead and join the community, you can do so below for $6 a month, or you can wait until Advent begins!

Okay let’s do some treasures!

🐱 I have never felt so seen than in this video of this cat attempting to dance.

🤝 Amarillo Angels is an organization in West Texas whose goal is to support and empower those in the foster care community. They are doing incredible work to advocate for children in foster care and to create a support system for families who are fostering. This weekend, they are partnering with everyone’s favorite jeweler Kendra Scott for a Give Back event! The actual event is in person, but you can also shop on the Kendra Scott website and use the code GIVEBACK-AYGOE on Saturday & Sunday for 20% off your order. Christmas is coming, ladies and gents - and this is a golden opportunity to snag your KS jewels and also simultaneously support a good cause! I love Amarillo Angels because they are doing incredible work in one of my favorite places, the Texas Panhandle, and I also happen to love their director at lot (it’s my mom).

🍔 Chris Arnaud, a former Wall Street banker- turned photojournalist, spent 3 years traveling across the United States exploring places that you’re “not supposed to go to.” Through his experiences, he became friends with outcasts and those of low socioeconomic status and learned so much about human behavior, faith, and community. He also ate at a lot of McDonald’s restaurants. He was interviewed in this Plough article called The McDonalds Test and it’s one of the best things I’ve read in a while.

🍜 It’s No Move November, which for me means using my crockpot as much as humanly possible. If you’re feeling cozy this weekend and want a good crockpot recipe for soup - this Slow Cooker Loaded Potato Soup looks to meet allllll comfort food needs.

💍 Are you brunette? Do you enjoy your career? If so (or honestly if not, it’s funny either way) please watch this video from Dana Schwartz.

Tweets of the week:

ally @TragicAllyHere

7 year old son: mom, if you see a bump in my pants, that’s just the natural bump that happens sometimes Me: [not wanting to ask further questions] o…k Turned out he had a bag of Doritos shoved in his pants so he could sneak them into his room.

Lindsay Fickas @lindsayfickas

My favorite pastime is taking every little thing as a personal rejection.

Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto

Being middle-aged

Arlong @ramseyboltin

That elevated court was taking souls💀

Village of the Adamned @Browtweaten

cats when you pet them too long:

Michael Wear @MichaelRWear

Wish my toddler would leave me alone so that I could listen to this song about how kids grow up too fast and cry quietly to myself.

Theo ✡︎ טוביה ☭ 🏳️‍🌈 @jewish_activist

Since it’s almost Christmas music time I’d just like to remind everyone that Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen is just a Jew singing about sex and is not at all related to anything Christian.

Karen Swallow Prior (Notorious KSP) @KSPrior

No one has time to read everyone or everything. That’s why we are allowed to be quiet about things.

R. Eric Thomas @oureric

Pop stars who sing songs asking Santa for things.... who do you think you're addressing?

𝘁𝗶𝗺 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀 @TimBarnes451

today, all of my thoughts go to the random person who will be immortalized forever in this viral photo of Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian holding hands at Knott’s Scary Farm

R. Eric Thomas @oureric

But y’all ain’t ready for that conversation. 💅🏾

Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr

If you can see the apples from the side, it’s dessert but if it’s a convertible, it’s a breakfast pastry. Thems the rules.

Adam Cerious @Browtweaten

date: I'm an expert in genealogy me: *mouthful of bread* how does he fit in the lamp?

Lisa Whittle @LisaRWhittle

Also: kindness and niceness are not the same things. Just as boldness and rudeness are not, either.

Owl! at the Library 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze

I don’t mind paying ten or fifteen dollars for a book because I know the author likely spent five years staring at a screen in panic yelling “I’m a FRAUD, I have no idea what I’m doing!” and they are now entitled to compensation.

Alright pals, enjoy your Friday! I’m at the beach this weekend, but I can’t wait to read all your treasures as I lounge in the heated pool 😎 See you in the comments!