Hi All! As you read this, we are enjoying our final hours on our little trip across the Channel. This round-up will be a little shorter, since I've been so busy with... living! There was all the Jubilating, and the planning and travel, and Amelia being home... I am looking forward to a more normal week, starting on Monday. Here are some reads I enjoyed this week, hopefully you will find at least one that interests you as well.
Photography:
I am relatively new to photography (in fact, it was only when I started this blog less than two years ago that I started trying it...) but I absolutely love capturing images of life and all that is around me. I loved this interview with photographer Sivan about how she only fell in love with Paris after photographing the city. (Wonderful images included, of course!)
This one is a little old, but since we're on the topic, I thought I'd share the TED talk given by my photography idol, Penny de los Santos. My throat ached the entire time I watched it, because she articulated what I it is to value life, to realize how sacred each moment is, and what an honor it is when our paths cross with strangers. It's SO good!
Food:
It seems there is no end to the number of incredible, beautiful blogs out there. I recently came upon Roost, where Coco shares all kinds of gorgeous grain-free recipes. It's time to start thinking about Amelia's 6th birthday party, and I think these donuts would be a big hit with the little girls!
(I know this is only one link. Don't worry-- lots more posts about food coming this week...)
Gardens:
I appreciated seeing an English garden in Dorset actually photographed in typical English weather conditions. Even in the gray mist, it's still just beautiful, don't you think?
Travel:
I posted over a week ago about punting in Cambridge. Our friend Sarah posted her pictures and perspective this week, so head on over to see her angles of our time together.
It's Sunday evening, and I am just now posting-- sorry the list is both late and shorter than usual! We had a great trip, but couldn't use our computers, and I'm sure I missed lots of good posts I would have added here on the last couple days. I will be looking through photos and sharing our trip with you, starting tomorrow. I hope you had a wonderful weekend-- we did!
Photography:
I am relatively new to photography (in fact, it was only when I started this blog less than two years ago that I started trying it...) but I absolutely love capturing images of life and all that is around me. I loved this interview with photographer Sivan about how she only fell in love with Paris after photographing the city. (Wonderful images included, of course!)
This one is a little old, but since we're on the topic, I thought I'd share the TED talk given by my photography idol, Penny de los Santos. My throat ached the entire time I watched it, because she articulated what I it is to value life, to realize how sacred each moment is, and what an honor it is when our paths cross with strangers. It's SO good!
Food:
It seems there is no end to the number of incredible, beautiful blogs out there. I recently came upon Roost, where Coco shares all kinds of gorgeous grain-free recipes. It's time to start thinking about Amelia's 6th birthday party, and I think these donuts would be a big hit with the little girls!
(I know this is only one link. Don't worry-- lots more posts about food coming this week...)
Gardens:
I appreciated seeing an English garden in Dorset actually photographed in typical English weather conditions. Even in the gray mist, it's still just beautiful, don't you think?
Travel:
I posted over a week ago about punting in Cambridge. Our friend Sarah posted her pictures and perspective this week, so head on over to see her angles of our time together.
It's Sunday evening, and I am just now posting-- sorry the list is both late and shorter than usual! We had a great trip, but couldn't use our computers, and I'm sure I missed lots of good posts I would have added here on the last couple days. I will be looking through photos and sharing our trip with you, starting tomorrow. I hope you had a wonderful weekend-- we did!
Oh my goodness - I immediately went and shared that blog Roost with that friend I was telling you about. I think she's going to love it! She's been doing paleoish eating for a long while but is just dipping her toe into baking that way - but she is so enthusiastic!
ReplyDeleteAnd oh - Ariana! That TED talk - thank you, thank you, thank you! Absolutely perfect. She articulated so beautifully some of my own thoughts and feelings. And the moment that photograph came up of the Iraqi refugees - I felt my heart swell and tears started tickling my eyes. THIS is the exact reason I find so much joy in cooking and baking - nourishing and sharing food with people is the deepest form of loving and connecting. And connection is the most important part of life - it IS life. One of my all time favorite quotes which is barely even a quote is from E.M. Forster's "Howard's End" - ". . . only connect." Actually I love that quote so much I hammered it into a silver bracelet at a jewelry making party. In any case - thank you so much for sharing this - a most beautiful gift for this new day :)
I'm so glad your friend can use those gorgeous recipes! That lady seems to really know what she's doing...
ReplyDeleteAnd Penny's talk-- I KNOW. I cried through most of it the last time I watched it. I do believe in making connections with people on a daily basis... That is why I have struggled a lot with British culture-- I don't feel like I can simply ignore the people around me. And the food thing, absolutely. I am definitely on the same page as you with people coming together around food, and nourishing one another and connecting. I love to eat with people, and to feed the ones I love-- or people I have just met! I am so glad you enjoyed the talk, and that it resonated with you. And thank you for telling me so!
She was thrilled with that website - THRILLED I tell you!
ReplyDeleteI've followed along with interest when you've talked about how difficult it is for you to connect with people in Britain. And it has made me wonder how I'd actually do there. Like you I yearn for connection with others and I start to feel really lonely when I don't feel it. I hope that for you it will simply be a warming up period. I mean - maybe the locals just take a bit of warming up time. Hopefully you will start to build more inroads and connections as time passes :)
I think people are warming up, and finding the right pockets of community is also key. I am really hoping that changing schools for Amelia will help-- there is more of an international population at both places we are deciding between. And, it will just take more work and patience here. Getting a job would also help, but that's a whole other beast!
DeleteOoh. I love Penny de Los Santos from her articles in Saveur. I have to do some lecture prep tonight for a summer course I'm teaching that starts next week, but maybe as an after work treat, I'll watch the talk. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteYep, the talk is really more about life and being human than about photography, but food and photography play beautifully into being human!
DeleteOops. I forget to mention that Roost looks astounding. I got an email from Marisa directing me to your post this week and telling me about the site because I mentioned to her that I'm glut-free. I'm now doubly excited about my work break this evening. Uh-oh, I may not sleep tonight.
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to find gluten-free food websites that are also beautiful, right? That's something I love about cannelle et vanille, too.
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