Sunday Edition: I Can't Stop Making this Bitter Fall Salad

Heading west, at last!

The Sunday Edition is Tuesday’s little sister—off-the-cuff updates I’d bring up over a coffee catch-up with a friend.

Good morning, from a trailhead at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona… which means I finally made it out of New Mexico! Don’t get me wrong: It isn’t that I didn’t like New Mexico, but closer to the opposite. My plans to stay for a few days turned into three weeks, as I kept extending my trip to spend time with old friends and new, in a part of the world I’ve come to love. I can see why so many people call New Mexico not only the “land of enchantment,” but the “land of entrapment.” Something about it pulls you in and keeps you there!

A few shots from my final day in Santa Fe (Ozu, Tourist, and my camping spot)

Even on my last day in Santa Fe, I had every intention of leaving at the crack of dawn, but then a chance meeting at a coffee shop led to another, until found myself sitting down to a late lunch with a new friend at Ozu, researching nearby campsites for that evening. I’m too much of a coast and forest girl to ever consider living fulltime in the high desert, but I’m so grateful to have a growing community in New Mexico I can always come back to. I’m already looking forward to my next visit! Read on for:

• My daily, 10-minute meditation practice

• Three grocery store finds, including two matcha recommendations

• Possibly the best bagel I’ve ever had on the west coast (seriously)

• The only skincare product I use (and it happens to be 20% off)

• My new favorite fall salad and our December book club selection!