🦀 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:
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!
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.
I am so glad this recipe is here! Also Anne of avonlea autumn!!!!! I’ve been so behind on reading Substacks. Thanks divorce, sick mother, teenager I chauffeur around, best friend with cancer, working in the ER.
Hello, lovely people! First of all, Erin, the tweets were spot on. :)
My treasures for the week have been:
-The Governerds' Third Semester Fun Book Club! We are reading 'Just Mercy' by Bryan Stevenson, and you all, I was not prepared for the levels of anger, sadness, and conviction that this book brings.
-I am also reading 'Jane Austen, The Secret Radical' by Helena Kelly. I came across this book while researching for my political philosophy paper last winter but didn't have enough time to read it in January. I got it from my local library (another treasure) and Miss Austen has some things to say!!! I will never look at Pride and Prejudice the same way again (in a good way).
-IG pages: @foldingmylaundry Rebecca has my dream wardrobe and her thrift store is a delight. @bethanyjoyful is such a sweet spirit and her dyes and garden are helping to cultivate so much creativity in me. @chainstitch (Dhara) makes beautiful embroidery magic.
-My first bake sale! So many generous local people have bought cookies to raise money for my friend who is fighting cancer, and it gives me all the feels. <3
Have the best weekend available to you! <3