Hello my friends! It’s Catherine Greer, author of The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe, writing to you from Sydney Australia.
I don’t know about you, but I love everything about making a home wherever we are. The latest for us was carving out a spot in the back garden for a simple firepit, and spending hours out there with a bag of wood.
We have two young adult sons, one just finishing uni now, one who flies home on weekends with a suitcase of laundry and a desire to be in a kitchen (instead of living in a hotel with his a corporate job). And I’ve found this magical question to ask to make us feel a little closer.
Try with anyone and you’ll see them light up.
At work “What was the best thing about your weekend?”
In general: “What’s been the best thing about being at uni / a new mum / starting your job / moving house / traveling to Portugal / getting up earlier?”
It’s an easy way to get a little closer to the heart of the people you love.
Happy Sunday!
I hope something unexpected and absolutely lovely happens to you today. (If life’s been wobbly, I’m here in Sydney cheering for you. Nothing’s ever easy, but we’ll get there, my friend…)
Love, Catherine x
P.S. The Fun Stuff!
Hello, new people. Here’s where I list what I’ve been loving. 🩷 Disclosure: I don’t earn a commission, except every few months I might get a $5 Amazon voucher. So this is just the stuff I love…for fun…for you.
Gourmet Safaris: SO FABULOUS. Founder Maeve O’Meara is a beautiful reader who loved The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe and she invited me to be her blind date on a food safari in Marrickville. Maeve runs Gourmet Safaris…Sydney, Australian and International foodie tours. You guys, AMAZING. Better than amazing. It was a full day of meeting the artisans, sourdough English muffin bakers, Italian cheesemakers (burrata!), butchers, coffee roasters. Honestly, BRILLIANT. Please go! If you want to meet new friends, take a solo trip (worldwide) or learn more about Sydney, Australia or the world. I LOVED IT.
Get the sourdough English muffins from This is Us at Harris Farm. NO preservatives. Baked originally in a kitchen, now in a factory in Marrickville. Like eating HEAVEN. There is zero comparison between the grocery store ones and these. 10/10 recommend.
The travel duffle bag - everyone’s talking about this.
The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe is now in Indigo. Also here in Canada. In Australia, in all bookshops, at BigW and Amazon. Here in America and here in The UK. THANK YOU - your support means the world!
Finally, today, leaving you with a favourite Mary Oliver poem. Joy is not made to be a crumb.
