a week of meals no. 72
meal plan for the third week of March 2025
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Hello all! It’s Saturday morning, and here we are in the middle of March. I know many of you are essentially still in winter, but here it feels like the first part of spring is already gone- the early daffodils, the first tree blossoms, and early narcissus have dried up and brightly colored petals litter the ground like confetti. We march on in the progression of plants awakening—the redbuds are beginning to open and bloom this week, their riotous color happily washing the otherwise green landscape fuschia on bike paths, fields, and yards all over town. The hundreds of tulips which James and I planted in autumn are coloring up this week, flushing pink, apricot, and white. The rain has made everything lush and green, which is one of the best parts of spring for me. Soon enough everything will be dry and bleach golden as we head into the hot, arid season- spring’s reprieve always seems a magical and ephemeral time.
This week, I’ve been reading the novel Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán, a Chilean author who I’ve never read before. It’s the story of a housemaid being interviewed by police after the death of a young girl in the family she works for. It’s quite suspensful, building tension with each chapter/section. We don’t know much of anything at the beginning, and little by little things are revealed in a precise, mesmerizing way. I picked this one up at the library because the cover caught my eye, and on the back there’s a praise blurb written by Katie Kitamura, which made me think I’d like it.
Here are a few library picture books which I’m reading to James this week. We go to the library on Tuesdays, and it’s a cherished part of our weekly rhythm. If there’s one thing I’ve learning in my 16 years so far of parenting, it’s that having a rhythm makes things so much smoother for parent and child. Children love knowing what to expect!