In light of the holiday weekend the girls pledge their ongoing commitment to being nice and having fun.
To-do list:
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Links:
No but Dr. Trueman literally talks about Philip Rieff in his book I’ve been reading? Not reading this though Tablet mag articles are good but way too long.
Concerned about the implications this may have for period dramas.
[I was so excited to hear that “Atlas Obscura has a neat little gallery of some of the world’s oldest cookbooks.” but when I realized they didn’t publish any recipes I got bored. –Sarah]
At UnHerd Mary Gaitskill has an essay (with embedded audio of her reading in illustration) about contemporary reading and writing habits but we’re not reading all that.
Small Animals:
Well, would you????
Snacks:
Clare made a nice meal for herself and her mother of some of the fattiest, most luxurious salmon fillets she has ever had in her whole life. She messed up the skins on some of the salmon, and although she has forgiven herself, it’s still a sensitive subject for her, so please don’t mention it. She paired the salmon with a cucumber salad (a take on the NYT recipe (she adds sriracha and lime juice), and roma tomatoes. She had this memory from college when a friend of hers stopped by her apartment by surprise with some freshly picked roma tomatoes. They cut them up and seasoned them with salt, pepper, olive oil, and freakin’ Tabasco sauce and then ate them standing up in the kitchen. To date it’s one of her favorite food memories. She wanted to recreate it, so she did the same seasonings, plus dried tarragon and basil. It wasn’t as good as those fresh tomatoes of yesteryear, but it sufficed. Anyway now she can’t stop putting tabasco sauce on everything. The other images you’ll see below are of some sour cream and onion biscuits from a recipe written by Molly Baz when she worked at Bon Appétit. Her dad really likes them so she made them for him on Fathers’ Day. [Hey Clare sorry I could not fit all the pictures in. —Sarah]
Sarah made dinner Saturday night for Father’s Day! She made pasta from scratch and a caprese salad. She’s just going to link the tweets because photos are a hassle.
This one is a thread so you have to “scroll” for the finished product.
Tonight for further Father’s Day celebration she made an apple pie.
Amy (?) made this. [Sorry if this was someone else idk. –Sarah]
Music:
Sarah regrets to inform you that Judah & The Lion’s new album is actually good. She has been listening to this song that sounds like something they would play in rehab for a while, but this weekend she has played their cover of Landslide on repeat. She also is listening to this song that the managing editor posted on twitter.
Poem:
What we’re reading:
Clare is reading a self-help book that seems to be nebulously geared toward making people live better. Beyond that she is having a hard time discerning its exact aim. It’s called The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth. It was recommended to her very emphatically by a man who later quoted a mentor of his: “Unsolicited advice is abuse.” Clare did not solicit this man for self-help books, but she doesn’t feel very abused, either. Go figure.
Sarah is (inexplicably) back to Flannery O’Connor. She just spent twenty minutes writing about Till We Have Faces, which she said she would do for this newsletter, but decided she does not want to say anything further until after the Managing Editor reads it. [No hurry Chris! –Sarah]
Exhortations:
Go get some fresh air.
Request for approval:
Is this okay?