🦀 Lil Treasures #144: The Maryland National Guard and Cookies with Bacon

Plus some big news for all you Serial fans!

Hello friends,

I am forever indebted to the structure that school brings, but we are also deep in the throes of ALL THE SPORTS right now, so I am incredibly glad to have made it to Friday.

To be honest there’s not a lot of free time in the schedge right now for puzzling or relaxing, which has me feeling like this kid:

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A post shared by Trish Perrin (@trishoboyle)

Hopefully this week’s treasures will bring some amount of laughs and relaxation to us all. Let’s go!

This week’s treasures:

💃🏿Serena may be retired but she is still out there slaying at the Vogue World Runway and also at this dress rehearsal beforehand.

🌶️Some of the best dollars I’ve ever spent were to enlist the help of a parenting coach, my beloved Mary Van Geffen. Mary and her soothing voice have helped give me handles and tips on how to parent each of my children differently, which has been a game-changer. She is about to begin a new group program on September 24th for Moms of Spicy Ones, which will be 8 weeks of video lessons and coaching to help you “keep your cool and cultivate a warm connection with your intense child.” If you are a parent of a spicy kid/kids, be sure to check it out.

🕵️VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE for all you Serial fans! Read this article for some news about Adnan Syed’s conviction. (There is also a Serial Twitter hole right now if you want to swim a lil deeper)

🎤If you were a DC Talk fan in the 90’s then please don’t miss this perfect cover of nu thang.

🧑‍🏫This poem from Brad Aaron Modlin made me very emotional and appreciative of all the educators in my life! (past and present)

🍪 Okay guys, come in close. Let me let you in one of Erin Moon’s greatest claims to fame. Today I’m gonna share with you my favorite fall recipe, which is for these Ginger Bacon Molasses Cookies! I have it saved as a highlight on Instagram but you have to scroll like, so far, so I’ve finally compiled it into a faithful Google Doc for you to enjoy and (hopefully) use. There is bacon fat involved so if that’s not your thing, leave it for the rest of us! Bon appéti, bebes!

Heyyyyy, we’ve got the Tweets!

erin chack @ErinChack

you're never too old to achieve your dreams. prince charles is 73 and he just got his first job.

Moonlight Serenade🇺🇦 @SwingRhythm2

Behold, the Maryland Air National Guard

emma lord @dilemmalord

listen as a woman in her thirties i just didn't expect the curveball of taylor swift, a woman in her thirties, repeatedly releasing content at MIDNIGHT. i thought we we were in our bedtime era. our cozy sleepy time era. taylor .... taylor please

Will Choy @thewillchoy

Nations, everyone in England is distracted. It’s the perfect time to get your stuff back from the British Museum.

Ahmed Ali @MrAhmednurAli

Racism has grown men debating the nuances of how a mermaid is portrayed like it's their ancestor.

Manuel Aragorn, Non Fungible Tolkien Minority @Spacejunc

I think the Queen would want us all to live the way she did, with free public housing, basic universal income, and full government health care.

slate @PleaseBeGneiss

reservations are so embarrassing like hi i’m here for my spaghetti appointment

Soren Bowie @Soren_Ltd

Has anyone told ice cream shops about big napkins?

clair without the "e" @nastywomanatlaw

the feeling of forwarding an email you have been accused of not sending is probably the same as winning a duel

ອຮພັ @four27am

me after i put my dino nuggets in the air fryer

Trey Ferguson @PastorTrey05

A new commandment I give unto you: That you would not kill my vibe.

ari @AriWRees

Now that hot girl summer is coming to an end, Anne of Avonlea Autumn can begin. We’re reading an ungodly amount of fantasy. We’re climbing trees, swimming in lakes, and baking pies. We’re getting into wholesome trouble and telling mean boys to get wrecked.

Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick

I just heard about Leonardo DiCaprio’s 25 year rule. His loss. You don’t know what you’re missing.

Moira Donegan @MoiraDonegan

I see your “I was a horse girl” and raise you “I was a suburban child with an intense fixation on Henry VIII.”

Dadman Walking @dadmann_walking

one thing about adulthood i was not prepared for was how many cardboard boxes i'd have to breakdown and throw away all the time.

Please let know if you make the GBM cookies! Do you have a top-secret recipe that you swear by? Share it in the comments! Have the best weekend, pals.