Pals, good morning! My dad and mom are coming to Texas subsequent week, and I’m counting down the times. The final time they have been right here (final Thanksgiving, to be precise), I’d roped them into serving to me pull off a shock marriage ceremony earlier than the large household dinner which was, as you’d think about, no small feat. The time earlier than that, they spent days unpacking containers with me in the summertime warmth, making this large previous Victorian home really feel like house.

This go to, I promised to be extra chill… however who’re we kidding? Chill has by no means actually been my model. They’re coming to assist me put the almost-finishing touches on the pop-up storage bakery, which I’m hoping to soft-launch later this month. I’ll have extra official particulars on The Bakehouse right here on the weblog very quickly.

Earlier than the flurry begins, just a few tremendous hyperlinks in your Sunday.

• Trending information from the entrance traces of The Web:  having a boyfriend is… embarrassing now? The web has turned soft-launching your companion right into a full on gymnastics routine all within the identify of not dropping cool factors. Perhaps it’s age or perhaps it’s peace, however I’ve formally reached the section of life the place different individuals’s opinions on who I really like and whether or not I put up them is totally moot however – this can be a very fascinating/spot-on learn:  Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? (Vogue)

•  We fell again an hour which sounds dreamy till our our bodies decides 4 a.m. is the brand new 7. Seems, our circadian rhythms don’t get the daylight financial savings memo. Assume: jet lag with out the holiday.  Apparently a bit of prep (and perhaps much less scrolling earlier than mattress) can save our sleep this week: How To Preserve This Weekend’s Time Change From Wrecking Your Sleep (Self)

•  I can’t inform you what number of inventive ruts I’ve dragged my ass via through the years. I very a lot associated to The inventive’s hunch and might attest to the truth that inventive whimsy does return. When you’re feeling in a rut, could I recommend taking over a bit of vacation present craft or open a bakery in your yard (that’s what I’m going for, lol).(Substack)

•  Worry is a shapeshifter.  In Find out how to Really feel the Worry and Do It Anyway, playwright Bess Wohl shares how braveness is just ever 51% stronger than worry (and the nice information is – that’s sufficient). I can attest: studying to experience a bike, and truthfully, each large transfer I’ve ever made, required simply that tiny fringe of bravery over doubt. That’s the key! (Substack)

•  I would like a hambone stat: Navy Bean Soup (The Kitchn)

•  I’ve been loving Nicole Svenson’s content material on spending $300 on groceries per 30 days. How she outlets solely as soon as a month, cooks, gardens, makes bread, sneaks lentils into floor meat, andcouldn’t care much less concerning the haters (as a result of really why?). (TikTok)

•  The slight chill within the air has me insisting on a flavored espresso creamer the place my common splash of two% milk merely won’t do.  I don’t love the store-bought stuff so this Selfmade Pumpkin Espresso Creamer has turn out to be a powerful contender for what to make with my further hour this Sunday.  (Sally’s Baking Habit)

•  Talking of pumpkin issues – this pot of Rooster and Pumpkin Dumplings looks like the transfer this week. (Pleasure the Baker)

•  My favourite hear of the week was Kate McKinnon on Good Cling with Amy Poehler as I too would need to final a protracted weekend’s size of the apocalypse.  (Apple Podcasts)

•  I completely have to schedule an ear-piercing good friend date as a result of I’ve needed a second gap in my ears for years now.  Really, I’m wondering if my mother desires to do that with me. Really, I’m wondering if my mother may really simply pierce my ears. Too far?   From Platonic Love: 10 Pal Dates You’ll Keep in mind (Substack)

And that’s the place we’ll shut this chapter.

For the previous ten years (since 2015) I’ve written a Let It Be Sunday put up practically each week, sharing hyperlinks and ideas that stretch far past the world of butter and cookies. If we’re doing the mathematics, that’s a decade of Sundays – a decade that has held all of it: divisive politics, a world pandemic, elections, shutdowns, Olympics, fires, cross-country strikes, weddings, new properties… really, all of life in its problems and beauty.

I’m so grateful you’ve welcomed me as a part of your Sunday routine, or perhaps your Monday morning scroll earlier than the workday begins. You’ve expanded me in coronary heart and thoughts. After ten years of those Sunday posts alone (and eighteen years of running a blog whole!), I feel it’s time to softly shut this Let It Be Sunday chapter to make room for what’s subsequent.

I’m working diligently on opening The Bakehouse Texas, a month-to-month pop-up bakery that’s slowly coming to life in my Bellville yard (we’re hoping to mushy open November twenty second, yay!/yikes!). I additionally need to create area for one thing new to take the Sunday put up’s place.  To determine what that shall be, I’ve to let this lengthy and wonderful custom conclude.

I need to thank Amy, Toby, Kim, Abby, and Karlee for lending their hearts and voices to Let It Be Sunday over the previous few years, and thanks for welcoming them as associates. You possibly can click on their names above to comply with them throughout their very own inventive corners of the web.

I’ll nonetheless be proper right here on the weblog with new recipes and updates, and I’ll even be sharing a great deal of free newsletters and extra private writing with paid subscribers over on my Baked In Substack, the place paid subscribers additionally get ad-free entry to joythebaker.com (a candy bonus).

From my complete coronary heart – thanks for spending your Sundays with me for all these years. Extra from me quickly.

My like to you.

xo Pleasure