Weekly Round-Up

January 19-26

Last week when I created my Substack bio I said I wasn’t a writer, and after some time contemplating that, I decided to take it off my bio line, because here I am being a writer. I’m not a writer in the professional sense, but I am writer in the sense that I love sharing my life with others through words and photos.

I’m still trying to decide what this space will be used for, and I have a few ideas. I’d love to hear your thoughts! I do envision this being more of a general space, so not necessarily focusing on one thing, in particular.

• Outfit features because I like putting together outfits and dopamine dressing

• Midwest outdoors and nature content

• My favorite recipes and cooking adventures

• Book reviews

Ok, onto my week in review!

What I read this week:

• There There by Tommy Orange — this book is absolutely beautiful but also absolutely devastating.

Still in the process of reading:

• Greta & Valdin by Rebecca Reilly

• The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

• The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe

What I ate this week:

This week was all about convenience and comfort

• The soyrizo from Trader Joe’s made it into nearly every breakfast bowl I made last week.

• 10c from A Dong at a dinner out with friends

• Chicken pot pie from Costco was our comfort meal on Inauguration day — I needed all the comfort I could get

What I did this week:

• This week was a lot of work-focused activity

  • Hosted a trip release party for Wander Women. All of our trips go on sale tonight and I’m super excited but also super nervous!

  • Hosted a weekend long reading retreat for Wander Women. More details on this event to come in a separate post, but in the meantime please enjoy the photo of the participants being super cute!

• I took down Christmas and rearranged our dining room and living room a bit. I moved our record player into the living room and I’ve been listening to a lot of records this week. Here’s what I’ve been spinning pretty much non-stop:

  • St. Cloud Waxahatchee

  • The Past is Still Alive Hurray for the Riff Raff

  • Born to Die Lana Del Rey

  • Midnights Taylor Swift

  • Trail of Flowers Sierra Ferrell

What I’m planning to do this week:

• A couple long walks

• Prepping and packing for our Wander Women winter adventure to Duluth

• Gentle vinyasa yoga at Rooted

• Making soup

• Maybe treating myself to a pedicure and manicure

• Sunbathing on the couch with my cats