5 things for the weekend 25.24

smoked salmon dip, fixing pilling, books for foodies, handmade sketchbooks, making a garden

Gardening is an exercise in patience and flexibility. The former because you see the results of your vision down the line. The latter because you have to be good with things not working out the way you planned, adjusting your expectations, and making changes as you go.

It can be frustrating, but every year I also learn how absolutely fulfilling it can be.

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5 Things

1. This smoked salmon dip looks like a very refreshing starter for a leisurely summer meal with friends.

2. Tired of your knitwork pilling? Here are some tips and techniques to identify yarns that are prone to pilling, tighten up your knitting to minimise it, and when all else fails, fix those annoying pills.

3. I shrieked with joy when I saw that the new season of The Bear is imminent, and then I saw this recommended list of books for foodies. The universe is aligning for me!

4. Did you know that you can easily make your own sketchbooks? if you’re not sure where to start, here are four methods you can try. (via

Lisa Burda

5. I’ve been following

Lorene Edwards Forkner

and her Cultivating Color series on Instagram for years, and was happy to find her on Substack. In a recent essay she reflects on what it means to make a garden.

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News from the Callaloo Collective

• Just about six weeks left until our chat on The Island of Forgetting for the Caribbean Lit Book Club. Let me know if you have any questions about the club.

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I am:

Reading: Passiontide by Monique Roffey

Making: Stick Together Tee (a test knit)

Writing: some more every day

Picking: cherries and strawberries

Planting: sunflowers

Preparing: salad bar ingredients

What are you doING?

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

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