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Feel better soon! And I had to come here to tell you that this NYT Cooking recipe that also uses tomatoes and basil is just as stunning and easy as the gnocchi one!

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024075-dumpling-tomato-salad-with-chile-crisp-vinaigrette?algo=identity&fellback=true&imp_id=1095175793307230&req_id=2254719131417096&surface=cooking-search-web&variant=0_relevance_reranking

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Fell better. I love the photo of you and your doggy sleeping. So sweet!!! 🥹

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If you forgo, sit still, new life shall arise, one that is within you but you don't know yet.

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Wow Julie, first I hope you're feeling better (I assume you are because you got your newsletter out). Second I could never be so productive with COVID. I get the spins and I can barely get out of bed. I usually lie in bed semi-comatose and listen to True Crime podcasts. If the door isn't firmly shut the cats get in. They're very determined. As always I love your extraordinary ability for self-reflection and observation. I think this is a gift many writers have.

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Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery!

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I hope you feel better soon, Julie!

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Oh my gosh, I LOVE sew liberated!! I haven't made one of their patterns yet, but I love their style. Congrats on making such lovely shorts 🎉 They look great!!

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Feel better, Julie!! xo

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"REST and recover"! says Nurse Nancy. You'll thank me next week. When you can, try taking a warm Epsom salts soak. It will take away much of the muscle aches and make you feel relaxed.

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Sending all the quick healing vibes!

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How are you always in my head? 😂 I just recovered from COVID last week after catching it at ALA. It took two weeks to recover. I was so bored. It is hard to confront how bad I am at resting and I feel guilt about being “lazy” too. I hope your time with COVID gives you a huge rest epiphany that makes it easy for you to rest here on out and then you can share it with me 😉 Anyway, I hope you feel better soon!

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Two weeks! Ok, that's good to know. I think I have accepted that it's better to rest than it is to try to do something, and then take longer to recover.

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The two weeks was due to a lingering cough so if you can avoid that, I bet the recovery will be faster ❤️ Sending healing and restful deep freeze vibes your way!

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Also that deep freeze message was WILD. So perfect.

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