- Fungi is pretty.
- Ed Emberly’s home. (I can see his books in these pictures.)
- Journal ideas and writing experiments by Bernadette Mayer’s.
- Radio spectrum.
- This is so cool.
- Cooking trends in 2023 (the cilantro and lime flavor combo is big in our house).
- Top 100 lists in reading.
- Speaking of, Behind the Scenes of Barack Obama’s Reading Lists.
- Made me smile (and ALMOST want to learn crochet).
- I’ve been practicing this for a few months now and it’s helping.
- I want this.
- On being perfect.
- It goes so fast.
- These are beautiful.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Hi Kate,
As always, I am so grateful for a Friday Finds. Your lists make me smile, think, and wonder–three of my favorite things to do. I’m sure I’ve said it before, but you have a real talent for curation. I suspect your new employer is going to make good use of that.
I love the aesthetic of Ed Emberly’s home. I’d never want to maintain a house as large as his, but I love all that wood and history and homey-ness. His studio is *chef’s kiss*. What a dream space. The article about cooking trends helped me realize that, once again, I’m like most people. I have certainly noticed the rise in food prices, but I’m still prioritizing good produce and protein. My daughter has raised my awareness of food waste issues and their connection to the environment, and I’m making some shifts there. (I have room to grow, but I’m making progress.) Now that I have more time than I’ve ever had, I am not as concerned with efficiency, but I made my favorite easy recipe (Change Your Life Chicken from Kendra Adachi, though I do not bake as long/high as she recommends) this week, and I do so about twice a month.
The article I appreciated most was probably the one about Obama’s reading list. This, of all things, made me teary: “For one moment, I give you permission to forget about book bans, unlivable industry salaries, and diversity problems. For one minute, I give you permission to be grateful that one of the most influential people on the planet makes it a priority not just to promote books but to be personally moved by them.” It helped me see how deeply disturbing the weaponizing of books has been for me, and this whole article helped me understand why. Obama wasn’t perfect, but damn do I miss having a president who embodies his stance toward reading and learning.
Also loved Mayer’s list of writing prompts/exercises, but even more so when I got to the bottom and realized it was created in the 1970’s. 🙂
Thank you for sharing your finds. They made my Friday morning.
Rita, what an unbelievably kind and lovely comment to read! I think I’m much more comfortable as curator than a creator.
I can see how someone who is both a writer, and a curator of books, and an educator would struggle with the culture wars surrounding stories/books now. And yes, Obama wasn’t perfect, but he’s easy to miss. And unless the world gets really different, he will be my lifetime favorite.
I just looked up that chicken recipe and I’m adding that into my rotation. Simple, easy, yummy. We seem to go through phases where we are much better about cooking and using up the food we have. Environmentally and fiscally it makes sense but right now, we’ve been in a three people needing to be in four places so we aren’t doing quite as well. May sure does like to sneak up and hit you over the head with things to do.
As always, it’s wonderful hearing from you, Rita. Thank you!!
Here are my variations for the chicken recipe: I add a pat of butter under the chicken skin. (Is it necessary? I don’t know. But butter never hurts anything, does it? This was part of a chicken recipe from Half-Baked Harvest, and I decided to do that with this one.) I roast at 425, not 500, and for much less than an hour. I used a meat thermometer to test doneness (165) because I really do not like overly dry chicken. That it doesn’t really take an hour is part of its life-changing quality, imo. 🙂
Thank you for your variations. I definitely will go the meat thermometer route as I’m not a fan of dried out chicken either.
YAY!! When I saw this in my feed, I knew it was going to be THE BEST FRIDAY EVER.
I enjoyed every one of these finds.
Thank you so much for starting my weekend off right.
I wish you a wonderful weekend, Katie!
Thank you, Kari!! I’m glad I could brighten your weekend!! I’m wishing you a lovely one as well!!
I always love seeing your Friday Finds posts too, Kate.
Fungi are amazing, and that radio spectrum is beautiful. (It reminds me of the periodic table, which I also find beautiful.) Love those crochet fish. My daughter is a fish/water biologist; I think I’m going to send that link to her. (She can crochet, but she prefers knitting. It wouldn’t surprise me if there were also knit fish patterns out there!)
I did not know that Obama had yearly reading lists. I just love that.
Have a good weekend, Kate! 🙂
Hi Marian!! So good to hear from you!! I remember seeing Obama’s lists on IG when he was in office and thinking there was NO WAY he was reading that much – or even compiling the list. It makes me happy to think that he is.
The article on cooking trends is fascinating. Yuzu, black vinegar, and chili crisp are on the verge of popularity? I’ve never had any of them, but cilantro and lime I’ve very familiar with.
Also like the article about not being perfect. Rings true with me.
Mysteries to me too! Though I’ve at least heard of yuzu.
I really am working on embracing imperfection! In a twist, I’m rather imperfect at that.
I read 10, 12, and 7. Kate I think Obama is perfect by my standards. Curious what time did you find to be your wake up time? And do you wake up in the middle of your new spleen pattern?
I’ve been waking up naturally between 5:30-6:00 and I’m finding that’s a good time for me. It allows for a slow wake up time. I do sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, but not nearly as often and usually it’s because I went to bed earlier than I usually do. My site flags comments for approval if the post is older than a week, which is why it didn’t show up! Anyway, glad to see you, TD!! Hope you are doing well!!
I think my comment went to your spam. Anyway Happy Mother’s Day!