Gross, another newsletter
I know, who needs it? You have enough email. However:
Recently, I took some time to write about the pop culture I consumed and what I cooked (more on that another day, perhaps), and I enjoyed it. Call it a callback to the blogger days, or the even older — oh god — Angelfire days, but I’m a longform yapper at heart.
Way back when, I had a books and music blog called Glorified Love Letters, which was mildly popular for a little while and drifted off to sleep in the mid-2010s — about the time “Current Events” took over our lives and the internet changed a bit. Again.
Then a few years ago, I figured that I was still diligently entering my reading into Storygraph and Goodreads, still occasionally receiving review copies of books, still Living a Dream in My Record Machine, so why not be extremely late to the #bookstagram party and revive GLL over there? So I did. It’s a much smaller affair than the blog was, but since I keep my personal IG private, this gives me an outlet to talk about stuff I enjoy.
That said! Typing on my phone is a pain! I am with the boomers on this! So for additional thoughts, and also as a way to collect my various internet presencesinto one space, another newsletter comes crawling into the world. Unless my subscription numbers creep into “Now I Gotta Pay Real Money For This Thing,” I won’t ask you to pay to view any content. I am not even sure how regularly this will publish, but let’s say a 2-3 times per month. It’s a work in progress, and I’m still learning the Buttondown platform.
Books, music, food, stuff I’ve been watching. Glorified Love Letters.
Briefly then, after this long intro, here are some things I enjoyed lately:
“H.O.O.D.(2025 Mix)” by Kneecap
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
I made this Lemony Brussels Sprouts Pasta but with broccoli instead, and it was very good. I save all the recipes of interest to me via Copy Me That, and how I decided on this dish was knowing that I had a bag of lemons, broccoli in the freezer, and a few slices of leftover ciabatta (from the grocery store; I don’t make bread that often). It’s pretty easy to use your filters to narrow down based on type of dish and ingredients.
While, I’m not necessarily a food writer, I like to cook, so “What I’ve been enjoying lately” often comes down to what I made for dinner.
Speaking of, I’m going to try this veggie gratin because I have tomatoes and zucchini I need to use. I’ll let you know if it’s any good.
Farewell summer. Soup Season has arrived.
See you later.