{"id":91840,"date":"2025-03-07T02:12:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T02:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/four-fun-things-cup-of-jo-10\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T02:12:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T02:12:59","slug":"four-fun-things-cup-of-jo-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/four-fun-things-cup-of-jo-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Fun Things | Cup of Jo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-333945\">\n<div class=\"entry-content article-body\">\n<div class=\"hero-image hero-image-main hero-image-main3 \">\n<div class=\"one-one-ratio\">\n<div class=\"hero-retio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-bedroom.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-image-hide=\"1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-bedroom.jpg\" alt=\"Joanna Goddard bedroom\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-bedroom.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-bedroom-386x483.jpg 386w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-bedroom-680x850.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-bedroom-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-bedroom-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-bedroom-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-bedroom-1272x1590.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-offset=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"1\" data-article-image-position2=\"1\" data-article-image-continuo=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/house-tour-liz-libre-artwork.jpg\" alt=\"Liz Libr\u00e9 artwork\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/house-tour-liz-libre-artwork.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/house-tour-liz-libre-artwork-386x483.jpg 386w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/house-tour-liz-libre-artwork-680x850.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/house-tour-liz-libre-artwork-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-offset=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"2\" data-article-image-position2=\"2\" data-article-image-continuo=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.16.51%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"Holly Howe bathroom London\" width=\"788\" height=\"834\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.16.51\u202fPM.png 788w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.16.51\u202fPM-456x483.png 456w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.16.51\u202fPM-680x720.png 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.16.51\u202fPM-768x813.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I love seeing a single family photo hung on a wall, or taped somewhere slightly random \u2014\u00a0it feels like a surprise treat. Above, I leaned a snapshot of <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2019\/04\/01\/funny-dad-texts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my dad and Anton<\/a> on my <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2023\/03\/16\/joanna-goddard-house-tour-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bedroom bookcase<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2016\/06\/23\/liz-libre-home-tour-brooklyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liz Libr\u00e9<\/a> taped up her baby\u2019s sonogram; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houseandgarden.co.uk\/gallery\/holly-howe-london-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holly Howe<\/a> put a wedding photo next to the bathroom sink. They all make me smile.<\/p>\n<p data-offset=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"3\" data-article-image-position2=\"3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.30.26%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"Jenny Rosenstrach care package\" width=\"1198\" height=\"1206\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.30.26\u202fPM.png 1198w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.30.26\u202fPM-480x483.png 480w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.30.26\u202fPM-680x685.png 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.30.26\u202fPM-768x773.png 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.30.26\u202fPM-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Our beloved <a href=\"https:\/\/dinneralovestory.substack.com\/p\/three-things-3b1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jenny<\/a> came up with a brilliant <a href=\"https:\/\/dinneralovestory.substack.com\/p\/three-things-3b1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">care-package formula<\/a>: book + beauty product + baked good. You make it personal by choosing items \u201cbased on the recipient\u2019s literary and baked good proclivities,\u201d she says. Thoughts? Two of my loved ones are recovering from surgeries, and I\u2019m grateful for this game plan.<\/p>\n<p data-bleed=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"4\" data-article-image-position1=\"4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-11.jpg\" alt=\"Joanna Goddard Cornwall\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-11.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-11-725x483.jpg 725w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-11-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/joanna-goddard-11-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to spring and summer, I\u2019m stocking up on my <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bucMjz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all-time favorite sunscreen<\/a> \u2014\u00a0with the <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2023\/07\/11\/the-random-thing-i-get-the-most-compliments-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best best best scent<\/a> \u2014 which is on sale right now. Any other beauty finds you\u2019ve been loving lately?<\/p>\n<p data-bleed=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"5\" data-article-image-position1=\"5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/r45675.jpeg\" alt=\"New Yorker short stories\" width=\"1704\" height=\"1199\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/r45675.jpeg 1704w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/r45675-686x483.jpeg 686w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/r45675-680x478.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/r45675-768x540.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/r45675-1536x1081.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/r45675-1272x895.jpeg 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1704px) 100vw, 1704px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The New Yorker\u2019s short stories are consistently excellent \u2014 like, Emma Cline\u2019s creepy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2023\/10\/30\/upstate-fiction-emma-cline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstate<\/a> and Rebecca Makkai\u2019s rollicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2023\/05\/08\/the-plaza-fiction-rebecca-makkai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Plaza<\/a> \u2014 and last night, I was DELIGHTED to climb into bed, flip open the current issue, and see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2025\/03\/10\/five-bridges-fiction-colm-toibin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn\u2019s byline<\/a>. The Irish author writes some of my favorite books (<a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/02\/12\/best-blush-chocolate-mousse-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long Island<\/a>, most recently), which chronicle the inner worlds of reserved Irish characters so vividly that they end up feeling like page turners. I passed out before getting too far into the story, but tonight my plan is to take a long walk and listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/podcast\/the-writers-voice\/colm-toibin-reads-five-bridges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T\u00f3ib\u00edn read it himself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/tag\/fun-things\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More fun things<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2024\/09\/05\/5-home-decor-ideas-i-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">five home decor ideas I love<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: If you buy something through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission or have a sponsored relationship with the brand, at no cost to you. We recommend only products we genuinely like. Thank you so much.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"article-meta aside-meta\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/03\/06\/best-sunscreen-vacation\/#comments\"><\/p>\n<p><span>43<\/span> COMMENTS<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/03\/06\/best-sunscreen-vacation\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love seeing a single family photo hung on a wall, or taped somewhere slightly random \u2014\u00a0it feels like a surprise treat. 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