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š Not Important: Thanksgiving edition!
Books, music, and recipe apps
āGaston was not only a fierce lover, with endless wisdom and imagination, but he was also, perhaps, the first man in the history of the species who had made an emergency landing and had come close to killing himself and his sweetheart simply to make love in a field of violets.ā
Iām delighted to share todayās Not Important weekend edition with everyone. You wonāt find anything about climate, pandemics, AI, or anything else remotely stressful here.
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ā Quinn
2 books
My book recommendation links are via Bookshop (print), Libro (audio), and Libby (library). Libby is a free way to check out digital e-reader and audiobooks from your US public library.
You can find the rest of my book recommendations at Bookshop here.
2 articles
Is Nothing Sacred? by Salman Rushdie. On writing.
Musicās Emotional Rollercoaster Enhances Memory Formation (UCLA). It just makes sense, doesnāt it?
2 playlists, albums, or tracks
The Last Waltz by The Band (Apple Music, Spotify). The perfect album (and concert movie) for Thanksgiving because, well, just read this.
Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas by Ella Fitzgerald (Apple Music, Spotify) Throw this classic on right after you fire up some Mariah Carey.
2 tools
NYT Cooking. Invaluable this week. I cook a lot of the same stuff every year, but thereās always something to try here. Also, itās fascinating to me that they mostly recommend their 4 star recipes in their newsletter. I wonder why?
Paprika app. Iāve shared this one before. Itās not the prettiest cooking app, but for scaling recipes and managing groceries, itās unbeatable.
2 things Iām grateful for
My kids. Went away for a couple days and then got sick when I got home. I was so excited to see them, but then couldnāt for an additional 24 hours, and it crushed me. Itās wild, isnāt it?
Low-sodium veggie stock, obv. And any other vegan substitutes that get the job done this time of year.
Have a safe and wonderful rest of the week.
ā Quinn
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