📍provisions from nowhere: #19

when fridge crap becomes coulis and the perfect, chilly lake

Good morning residents of Sunday and welcome to September ☁️ ☁️ ☁️

I know I just made a speech about my deep love for August, and I stand by it. September, though, must be the most agreed-upon best month of the year. It always makes me laugh when I’m talking to someone about their city, and perhaps the question of the best time to visit comes up. They’ll get that I’m-about-to-let-you-in-on-a-little-secret look, and say, you should really visit in September—it’s beautiful. And I’m like yes u guys that’s because September is objectively excellent don’t act like u invented September!!!

But I don’t say that, because what makes September incredible, no matter where in the world you find yourself, is one topic I will never tire of hearing about. Please share the juicy details of what makes yours exquisite.

lakes fed by snowmelt are hottest in September—though still icy in their deepest pockets. Grand Lake is Colorado’s largest and deepest natural body of water, fed by snowmelt off the Continental Divide, and was the perfect knee-deep standing temperature last weekend 🛶

Joy blaaast

Joy-blast winner! The transition from August to September has challenged me this year, an experience I am coming to understand as common for parents as this season, once again, becomes marked by the return to school. Nova started school for the first time a few weeks back, and watching her bravely struggle to adjust to a new environment has been harder than I thought possible. So when our nanny¹ Alex left this in the fridge as a weeknight treat, I almost lost me marbles with joy. I highly recommend zooming in to get the *~full menu experience~* she created for Bo and Nova—not only hilarious but so impressive given the random crap from my fridge she used as inspiration. Just woooow.

“a bed of whipped yogurt mousse” don’t mind if I do

Runner-up: Nova picking raspberries straight from the vine. She was obsessed and I get it!!!

Reads, cooks, shorts!

• 📖 Though our fam hasn’t yet gone deep in the universe of children’s TV, I’m looking forward to when that time comes exclusively because of what I’ve heard about Bluey, and

  Leonora Epstein
  ’s essay The Emotional Architecture of `Bluey’ was the perfect lead-in. Such a delight.

• 🥄 I am not trying to rush us into fall here people but if you find a chilly night upon you, this sausage tortellini soup from

  Ali Slagle
  for NYT Cooking was very easy, very delish, and has green stuff in it!

• 🩳 Inspired by this post’s suggestion that the end of each season is the perfect time to assess what’s in your closet, I looked back at what I loved wearing this summer and these shorts topped the charts. They’re a blend of hemp and organic cotton and wearing them always made me feel like I’d just gone surfing. I have them in a seafoam color that appears to be no longer but I’m digging the vibe of this galaxy blue 🌌

A poem share

No poem this week, but I’d recommend forgetting where you left your phone for six-to-forty-five minutes and spending that time standing outside resolutely without it. That’s poem enough for me.

turns out parents are still tired in the mountains but the air feels so dang good. also, hugging!

🌲, Becca

1. And friend, family member, queen of my soul—this woman is everything