@lindayoshida

Light, fluffy, aromatic, and just the perfect amount of sweetness, the Japanese soufflé cheesecake is one of my absolute favorite desserts. It has been on my to-bake list for years and years. I don’t know why I never made it until now! So here is my first (of probably many more) Japanese soufflé cheesecake, served on a vintage pressed glass cake stand and presented with a hand-lettered card. What’s the special occasion? It’s finally baking weather! Recipe is from the awesome Nami-san @justonecookbook. It takes a bit of prep work, and measuring everything precisely with a kitchen scale is key. I can’t wait for it to cool so I can have a slice or two. Nope, I’m not sharing. 😂

Participating in a fall postcard exchange with fellow letter-lovers from @iepvsocietyforcalligraphy and @sdsocietyforcalligraphy! 🍁🍂🧡 Yes, we have until the end of the month to send them, but I am *that* person who needs to start ASAP or it might not happen. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Thank you @winniepoonma for coordinating and for all the address-wrangling! I still need to actually write personal notes on the cards and that might take a while. 😂

I’m forever an 80s kid. R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen - long live rock and roll. 🎸🤘🏽⚡️

Happy October, friends. 🍁 How is it October already?!

Choose your corner. I penned this Eames quote years ago, but it’s one of my favorites and worth revisiting again now.

Tonight’s postcards @tovoters - going out to Georgia to support @jonossoff! 🗳 Early voting opens Oct. 12 in GA. Please make a plan to vote!

Squeezed in a bit built-up capitals practice this morning while I waited for my weekly sourdough to bake in the oven. This is my 19th loaf of bread since I started this journey back in May. My sourdough starter is now four months old! 🤎 it’s nothing like the incredible 50+ year old starters some of you have, but I’m still proud of it because I started it all by myself. I considered myself a decent baker, but wow, sourdough baking is not an exact science at all. So many times it would fail even though I followed the exact directions. I wanted to give up so many times. But I guess the stubborn side of me just kept trying. Finally, after loaf no. 15 I realized: okay, I am slowly getting better at this. I almost forgot that as of Sept. 17, I am starting my 10th year of calligraphy. I often ask myself why I keep at it even though I make progress at such a glacial pace. 🤣 I guess it’s like baking - I just want to keep trying to see if I can get better.

“…you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” –Jane Goodall

First day of fall. 🍁🍂🥀

I don’t know about you, but I really need to read some inspirational, call to action quotes these days. Been saving some to my “to write for practice” list, so there’ll definitely be more to come. This is my first Italic practice in weeks. I am using an ergonomic straight holder to see if it’ll help my hand. Back at it slowly but surely, with calligraphy practice and postcard writing. Sending ripples across the waters. 💪

Postcards to Voters, Civic Sunday edition. This batch is going out to Florida. 🐳 FL peeps, you can take your Vote by Mail ballot to an Early Voting site Oct. 19–Nov. 1 - please make a plan to vote! 🗳

Another batch of Postcards to Voters @tovoters ready to go - this one is going to NC! North Carolinians, Early Voting starts October 15th for the Nov. 3 election - please make a plan to vote! 🗳 47 days until Election Day. No pain writing tonight which I’m feeling positive about. Will see if I can get some calligraphy done this weekend. 🤗