A Sip Above
Making sense of work, motherhood, and what’s actually in our water.
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Drink good water. Eat whole foods. (opens the original)
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There’s a certain thrill in making a meal at the cold / hot bar, if you’ll allow me. Unlimited mixing of vegetables, raw and roasted, a couple french fries that don’t count because it’s just a couple, mystery meat in one of the corners, a random ravioli wilting the small amount of lettuce you’ve included to designate your diaspora as a salad, and a reality check from the cashier when you’ve exceeded a pound in the medium-sized box (blame tomatoes, they’re heavy).It’s a joy that I was, for most o
Raffi is my top Spotify artist and Martha Stewart is still queen (opens the original)
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I listen to a lot of Raffi. His cover of Day O is an absolute banger. And while I’ve now mastered what the various constituents on a school bus do, including the wheels, there is more to learn from him.Oh, I remember the days when the rain fell cleanInto the valleys and into the streamsClean through the air and clean to the earthThey say that the rain fell clean<p st
The corners they wouldn't cut (opens the original)
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I still can’t quite believe a bottle of water I help make ended up in the Wall Street Journal. I read it a few times just to be sure I wasn’t hallucinating, and I keep coming back to how strange and lucky it is that something I started in the depths of postpartum is now out there in the world.<d
Trying to have a slow summer (opens the original)
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It bears repeating: it is hot. We’re in the trenches of peak summer beverage demand and I have paradoxically been trying to have a slower summer. So this is both delayed and not particularly well written.What follows is a breezy (see what I did there trying to stay cool) roundup of the things getting me through the heat.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OHCf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amaz
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