Friday Favorites from The Recipe Girl, The Suburban Soapbox, Feasting at Home and More

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Good morning friends, a very happy Friday to you. How are you? Are you seeing the light at the end of the tunnel? Although as I write that I am not sure what that means. Mother’s day is Sunday, do you have any plans? Will you be celebrating yourself if you are home alone? You should? Will you set up a Zoom call with mom or stand in her front garden and say hello from a distance? Whatever you do, don’t forget to make your mom and the mother figures in your life feel extra special on Sunday. 

I hope that you enjoy my Friday favorites.

Quick easy and delicious Tomato Basil and Brie Pasta from The Recipe Girl.

Lemon Garlic Shrimp from The Suburban Soapbox

Doesn’t this Spring Goddess Bagel Sandwich look delicious? You can find the recipe at Feasting At Home.

Flourless Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake from Cupcakes and Kale Chips! I cannot wait to make this. 

Articles

Have you seen the Forever Toilet Paper Roll? 

French People are Being Told To Eat More Cheese

Leaders are crying on the job. Maybe thats a good thing.

Fear is contagious. How to protect yourself from it.

All the Things You Are Allowed to Grieve During Quarantine

When The Small Things Are Everything

Grace O’Malley, the 16th Century Pirate Queen Who Stood Up to the English

Mother’s and Children in Art Throughout History

68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice

Books 

These are the books I ordered, read or am waiting to arrive this week. 

Currently reading Ask For More.

Negotiation is not a zero-sum game. It’s an essential skill for your career that can also improve your closest relationships and your everyday life, but often people shy away from it, feeling defeated before they’ve even started. In this groundbreaking new book on negotiation, Ask for More, Alexandra Carter—Columbia law professor and mediation expert who has helped students, business professionals, the United Nations, and more—offers a straightforward, accessible approach anyone can use to ask for and get more.

Flora: An Artistic Voyage Through The World of Plants

Potted Histories

Tells the stories of the adventurous botanist explorers who collected plants under dangerous conditions, which are now commonly grown in our gardens. The paintings have been selected from the archives of The Natural History Museum, London.

My Wife Said You May Want To Marry Me

An inspiring memoir of life, love, loss, and new beginnings by the widower of bestselling children’s author and filmmaker Amy Krouse Rosenthal, whose last of act of love before her death was setting the stage for her husband’s life without her in the viral New York Times Modern Love column, “You May Want to Marry My Husband.”

I preordered and am looking forward to reading The Jane Austen Society.

A powerful and moving novel that explores the tragedies and triumphs of life, both large and small, and the universal humanity in us all, Natalie Jenner’s The Jane Austen Society is destined to resonate with readers for years to come.

Finds

Blue and White Bag, the perfect piece for summer. 

Fun tropical dress from Brooks Brothers.

Lemon Slice Earrings

That’s it for this week, I hope that you found something that you liked. As always, please share your recipes, books, finds and whatever else you found interesting this week. 

Have a happy and safe Mother’s day weekend.