Sunday Stuff

A sleeping hummingbird snoring. I mean, come on. via Juniper Moon Farm

15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy. via Juniper Moon Farm

I wish I had a number of extra hours everyday. I'd dedicate one of them to TED.  via Eating From the Ground Up

The Wrong Rock. Hilarious. 

Read Meat's Heart Risk Goes Beyond the Fat.

Cooking for Hugo: A French Food Education. Guilty as charged for continuing to offer different items until something "sticks." This is good inspiration to make some changes.

These posts on Mother's Day crack me up.

The Week in Photos

 Moments prior to beheading by toddler.

My iPod didn't last quite as long as expected.

Our random backyard field of tulips in full swing.

Mint - fighting to break free of its container.

Strawberries and dog feet.

A summary of my week.

Sunday Stuff

I had no idea that I'd been eating apples all wrong.

Retirement at 33.

High-fructose corn syrup tied to colony collapse disorder in bees. via Sassy Radish

The rise of genetically modified crops in 2 charts. via Sassy Radish

60 thoughts about turning 60 via Dooce

The History of Typography – Animated Short via Dooce

The Week in Photos

Josephine leaves piles of stones everywhere she goes.

 More fun in the garden.

See-through slug.

Forstuckia.

Best ten dollars spent of the week.

Sunday Stuff

I don't believe in work/life balance, I believe in managing energy. via Shutterbean

30 abandoned places I want to visit. Except the ones in Antarctica. via Shutterbean

“From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” is one of my all-time favorite books, so I was saddened to learn that the author E. L. Konigsburg passed away this week. If you haven't read it, pick it up, but in the meantime, here are 10 life lessons from the book. via Go Fug Yourself

Over four years ago (?!) now, I wrote about my frustration with getting called by my husband's name. It still irks me to no end when I receive mail with my husband's name and a Mrs. slapped in front of it. I took his last name, not his first, and dang it, I want equal billing on envelopes. Given the lively discussion in the comments of Design Mom's post on surnames, I'm not the only one with names on the brain.

Watch the Video that Coca-Cola and McDonald's Hope You Never See

Somewhere between 30% and 50% of all the food grown in the world never makes it to the plate. 
via Shutterbean

Sunday Stuff

Food

Your banana may not be vegan. Really?! 

Is organic better? Ask a fruit fly.

We all know that eating less meat is beneficial for the environment. Here's another reason to cut back. (Or to start a grassroots movement.) via Food52

And if you need a little guidance in the realm of vegetarian cooking, check out this roundup of recent plant-based cookbooks. A number of these are going on my wishlist - for research purposes of course! via Food52

Non-Food

I love this post. This is how it feels to be a mom. via Shutterbean 

40 Inspiring Work Spaces of the Famously Creative. It make me wiggle with glee that one of my bosses is included! via Shutterbean

Portuguese Man o’ War as you've never seen them before. via Dooce

Sunday Stuff

Non-Food
I am absolutely matching my wardrobe to my book cover for my book tour. (After I write a book.) 

Why I'd Rather Stand Up Straight Than Lean In

Yes. Just yes. via Shutterbean

A Short History of the GIF 

20-yr-old Brian Oldham’s flickr stream via Dooce

Mesmerizing: rhythmic ability in a California sea lion via Dooce

a “Back-to-the-Camera Shot” supercut via Dooce

Yikes. Weight of the World  via Dooce

What kind of music the French kids are listening to.

Comfort in; dump out. via Corinna

"The reflection you see is never more and never less than a perfectly present moment."

Food
Vegetables You Can Grow From Food Scraps

Reason to play with your food

How Animals Eat Their Food

Complementary Flavours

44 Food-Themed SNL Skits

A Project to Rescue Pantry Puzzlers Before They Hit the Trash

Please Don't Ask Your Vegetarian Friends Any Of These Questions

Sunday Stuff

Food

The Washington Post's food editor comes out as a vegetarian. via Chocolate & Zucchini

Prepping food for the week. This is extremely impressive.

I think I've been cooking quinoa wrong. Giving it another shot to win me over this week.

Gorgeous food collages. via The Wednesday Chef

I love her "Dating My Husband" series (Once a week she and her husband cook together and have a date at home). The cookbook is going to be lovely.

Ashitaba: Tomorrow's Leaf, Today


Non-Food

Save the Arts! 

Dr. Seuss had a secret hat closet. via Go Fug Yourself

Money Panic. I love #3. 

Jimmy Fallon’s 10 Best Late Night Moments. via Shutterbean

This is a really cool idea (to do yourself!) via Shutterbean

The Week in Photos

 

I don't know when to give up on my orchid. Probably soon. 

Two very ripe avocados that went on my hair instead of toast. I'm not sure it was worth it.

Green Zebra tomatoes, shallots and butter. About to go on rice.

Clothing swaps are fun. Especially when you swap more than just clothing.

Banana cake.

Tired stuffed animals after a legendary living room dance party.

Sunday Stuff

 
Food
I'm obsessed with pickled celery. It's all due to Smitten Kitchen's recipe for fingerlings vinaigrette with sieved eggs and pickled celery in her new cookbook. It is what potato salad aspires to be. But pickled celery is also great in egg salad, on sandwiches, or straight out of the jar. I absolutely cannot recommend that like me, you eat the entire jar in one day, and then reuse the vinegar pickling goodness for quick-pickling thin cucumber slices. It probably breaks a thousand food safety rules. But if you were to ignore me and do it anyway, your cucumber slices would pick up the celery essence and taste like a party in your mouth.

Happy Easter! Here's more proof that UK Cadbury Eggs taste better than the US version.  via Not Martha Better yet, have you made your own yet? Please share one (or 10) with me.
 

The Written Word
Why Blog Writing Should Be Celebrated.

I will be sad if USPS stops delivering on Saturdays (although I'm fully in support of the idea), because I too really like checking the mailbox.

Courting Your Long-Lost Writing  via Sassy Radish

Life & Love
Life Lessons We All Need to Learn.  via Shutterbean

Your Phone vs. Your Heart via Sassy Radish

One of the very few downfalls of becoming a parent is that everything rips at your heartstrings. You're always thinking about situations through a new lens. Every time you turn on the nightly news, listen to a human interest story on the radio, hear a touching song....or read a story about elephants. Slaughter of the African elephants.  via Sassy Radish

Sleep of the Beloved. via Design Mom

Why the rich don't give to charity. via Sassy Radish

Just Cuz
Bill Cosby is having a Cosby Sweater-Off to determine the best Cosby sweater. Rules. via Go Fug Yourself

This. via Sassy Radish