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Strawberry banana bread and bell hooks on the work of self-love

Welcome to installment #57 of GetSomeJoy’s Daily Breakfast Situation, a weekday check-in with recipes, joy-flavored stories, and tools for thriving. I been gone for a minute, now I’m back with the jump-off. Shoutout to taking breaks when your spirit feels ashy and weary. This past Sunday, GetSomeJoy launched another four-week…

Daily Breakfast Situation

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Strawberry banana bread and bell hooks on the work of self-love
Strawberry banana bread and bell hooks on the work of self-love
Daily Breakfast Situation

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Plantain empanadas and tips for engaging with your inner hater

Welcome to installment #58 of GetSomeJoy’s Daily Breakfast Situation, a weekday check-in with recipes, joy-flavored stories, and tools for thriving. It’s hand pie week around here. Whether baked, fried, crimped, rolled, store-bought, or handmade, there are no losers in the portable pie game. (Unless you find a chicken bone in…

Daily Breakfast Situation

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Plantain empanadas and tips for engaging with your inner hater
Plantain empanadas and tips for engaging with your inner hater
Daily Breakfast Situation

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Glazed blueberry empanadas and the language of supportive friends

Welcome to installment #54 of GetSomeJoy’s Daily Breakfast Situation, your weekday check-in with recipes, joy-flavored stories, and wellness tools. Chile, I made another batch of empanadas the other day. Batch number two. They taste better than they look and go great with a cup of Café Bustelo. For this batch…

Daily Breakfast Situation

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Glazed blueberry empanadas and the language of supportive friends
Glazed blueberry empanadas and the language of supportive friends
Daily Breakfast Situation

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Creating a Sanctuary in the Age of the Rona

I wasn’t expecting her until Sunday, but when I jumped out the shower and into some clothes after Mr. UPS buzzed and fled, there she was, at the top of the stoop under Downstairs Woman’s maxi single-sized package, here to pry open the creative floodgates and end the Age of…

Getsomejoy

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Creating a Sanctuary in the Age of the Rona.
Creating a Sanctuary in the Age of the Rona.
Getsomejoy

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·Sep 7, 2022

Sweet plantain hash and resting for resistance

Oh, hey. Welcome to The Breakfast Brief, a check-in with recipes, joy-flavored stories, and tools for coping and thriving. I’ve been gone for a minute, but I’m back like that cousin who only calls when they need something. September is National Suicide Prevention Month. At the end of this sentence…

Food

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Sweet plantain hash and resting for resistance
Sweet plantain hash and resting for resistance
Food

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·May 25, 2022

What are your favorite songs about (or that inspire) joy or celebration?

One of the questions we ask on our traveling Community Literary Therapy Wall is “What does joy mean to you? How does it look, feel, sound, taste?” and I’m always impressed by the vivid descriptions people use to describe joy as a multi-sensory experience. “Homemade gumbo in my slow cooker,”…

Mental Health

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What are your favorite songs about (or that inspire) joy or celebration?
What are your favorite songs about (or that inspire) joy or celebration?
Mental Health

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·Feb 4, 2022

Turkey kielbasa and spinach quiche and Literary Therapy for Black Joy

Welcome to installment #61 of GetSomeJoy’s Daily Breakfast Situation, a weekday check-in with recipes, joy-flavored stories, and wellness tools. We back up in this thang. Just in time for Black Folks Month. I needed to let my spirit recharge a bit. I knew I was fucked up in the game…

Daily Breakfast Situation

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Turkey kielbasa and spinach quiche and Literary Therapy for Black Joy
Turkey kielbasa and spinach quiche and Literary Therapy for Black Joy
Daily Breakfast Situation

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·Dec 28, 2021

Breakfast samosas and setting boundaries with friends, family, and at work

Welcome to installment #60 of GetSomeJoy’s Daily Breakfast Situation, a weekday check-in with recipes, joy-flavored stories, and wellness tools. On Sunday, I drove home from Brooklyn to Hampton, Virginia to visit family and support my mother as she recovers from a recent hospitalization. While recharging, helping out with caregiving, and…

Daily Breakfast Situation

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Breakfast samosas and setting boundaries with friends, family, and at work
Breakfast samosas and setting boundaries with friends, family, and at work
Daily Breakfast Situation

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·Dec 22, 2021

Sweet potato turnovers and art therapy for stress relief

Welcome to installment #59 of GetSomeJoy’s Daily Breakfast Situation, a weekday check-in with recipes, joy-flavored stories, and tools for thriving. As part of my weekly GetSomeJoy Twitter Spaces, I’m hosting a mental health check-in and sharing resources with some wonderful folks tonight at 8pm EST with writer and family caregiver…

Daily Breakfast Situation

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Sweet potato turnovers and art therapy for stress relief
Sweet potato turnovers and art therapy for stress relief
Daily Breakfast Situation

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·Dec 8, 2021

Lemon tarts and literary therapy for navigating this raggedy moment in history

Welcome to installment #56 of GetSomeJoy’s Daily Breakfast Situation, your weekday check-in with recipes, joy-flavored stories, and wellness tools. What’s better than vanilla, lemon, and chocolate tarts? Free vanilla, lemon, and chocolate tarts. The surprise and joy of unexpected deliciousness makes the mouthparty more magical. …

Daily Breakfast Situation

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Lemon tarts and literary therapy for navigating this raggedy moment in history
Lemon tarts and literary therapy for navigating this raggedy moment in history
Daily Breakfast Situation

4 min read

Alexander Hardy

Alexander Hardy

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Grits-powered writer, home chef, & mental health warrior. Founder: GetSomeJoy + The War on Spiritual Ashiness. getsomejoy.com + thealexanderhardy.com

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