What Is Something You’ve Fallen In Love With Lately?

Sunny Side Updates with The Brain is a Noodle || Week 56!

When people follow me on Twitter, I like to welcome them to my account with a follow and a question —

What do you love most about writing?

It’s been such a lift in mood for my day get these responses through the day writers reply and share what they truly love about writing.

I’ve also hopped on challenges where I write about the people I have fallen in love with, like this prompt from #ShansPoetryPrompt:

There’s something magical about discussing the things that are “approach” emotions, like curiosity and love, than to approach topics with a “withdraw” emotion, like fear or shame. While I still think the latter feelings are valid, especially amidst everything that’s going on, I actively also try to seek the first kind of feelings.

Today, I wanted to extend beyond love as applied to writing, or love as applied to romance and check-in…

What is something you’ve fallen in love with lately? Tell me all about it, with all of your passion ♥

For me, this was Squid Game! (You’ve probably heard of it!).

Can’t wait to hear about your new passion!

Until next week,

Lucy 🍳 EIC of The Brain is a Noodle* Podcast || Twitter || Instagram || Redbubble || Newsletter *This is factually incorrect. Please absolutely do not go out and eat brains. 📚 PS, I have a new book?????????

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🍜 Piping Hot New(dle) Pieces of the Week

Challenge: *highlight* the ones you bookmarked/ read and make sure everyone gets highlighted at least once! ❤

🧠🍜 [1] The hearty spud by Hilda Carroll ‘You can’t beat them roasted But that’s an awful lot of work And quite a long wait’

🧠🍜 [2] Painfully Beautiful by Cristi Ackerman Wells ‘The blazing sun dips below a blanket of low lying clouds. Blasting its last chance rays. Slanting across treetops. Brushing the underbelly of the clouds with rose-gold paint made of light.’

🧠🍜 [3] Now — The Present by Anastasia S. Manyonga ‘spreading my thought in my imagination’

🧠🍜 [4] Foggy Eerie Morning by Rachella Angel Page ‘🎃🎃🎃 A tiny piece that you should click on and read! ‘

🧠🍜 [5] Poetic Musing in the Shadows by Karen Schwartz ‘This is in response to Lucy Dan’s poetry prompt, “Write a poem that begins with “on this fateful morning”, and has a total of four lines.”’

🧠🍜 [6] Stuffed Capsicups by Carolyn Hastings ‘Yum in my tum stuffed capsicum a food cup filled with rice’

🧠🍜 [7] Life is Not a Dress Rehearsal by Anthony V. Lombardo ‘Life is not a dress rehearsal — this is probably it. Make today count.’

🧠🍜 [8] Ten Pathways to Improve Your Mental Health by Karen Schwartz ‘When I considered my life’s path, becoming a carpenter or a construction worker was never an option. I didn’t see myself as a hands-on gal — although I was artistic. ‘

🧠🍜 [9] 6 Pics & 6 Facts — Guess Where I Am Roaming! by Zsófia Sáfár ‘The meaning of the name of this city is “Wooden temple” which was derived from a beautiful temple built in the 15th century.’

🧠🍜 [10] Life Is Too Short To Not Reconnect With The Here And Now by B.R. Shenoy ‘Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” Buddha’

🧠🍜 [11] The Certainty of Trust by KSHernandez ‘My heart leans internally That — hurts sometimes Numbs sometimes — But Away from the hurly burly’

🧠🍜 [12] College is Over, So Why Do I Still Want This? by Rachella Angel Page ‘Perhaps it is the fact that my old best friend from college sent me a text that she’s starting graduate school.’

🧠🍜 [13] Perhaps it is the fact that my old best friend from college sent me a text that she’s starting graduate school. by KSHernandez ‘When the initial response to the unknown is curiosity — over fear’

🧠🍜 [14] That Moment by Dennett ‘There is that moment, when you read the horrific world news, after our coffee and repast, after corn and mealies for the ducks,’

🧠🍜 [15] Feeling Organized by America Zed ‘When you’re feeling organised and stepping out’

🧠🍜 [16] Why You Should Avoid Trans Fats by Isabel Young ‘Trans fats are unsaturated fatty acids that are solid at room temperature. They are often found in processed foods like margarine, shortening, crackers, cookies, donuts and many others.’

🧠🍜 [17] Whoever Heard of Rhyming Haiku? by Caroline de Braganza ‘Written no haiku’s Since I can’t remember when I will start again’

🧠🍜 [18] Painting by Ali ‘Painting is one of my favorite things to do. It is soothing. There are no mistakes in art (painting). If you don’t like something then you can always paint over it. Who knows what magic you’ll create!’

🧠🍜 [19] Let’s dance by Indubala Kachhawa ‘For a few moments each day, let’s dance. For dance is the eloquent vocabulary of soul, recited by the blissful body in tandem, clarifying and expressing ourself to ourself.’

🧠🍜 [20] My Brain as a Cityscape by Edward Riley ‘Ironically enough, I did not enjoy this book near as much as the rest of my book club when we read it this past spring. I won’t get too deep into the why’s of my indifference, but I had difficulty connecting with the main character.’

🧠🍜 [21] Hypoglycemic by Cameron Sidhe ‘Time is taffy stretching endlessly across 600 miles’

🧠🍜 [22] Unbound by Ravyne Hawke ‘Sweet daydreamer don’t let time tie you down let your mind flow’

🧠🍜 [23] Do We All Still Need a Pet Rock? by Nicole Sponsel ‘My Perfect Pet Rock Your constant wide-open gaze accepted all of me When I looked away sad or embarrassed, you never broke your attention’

🧠🍜 [24] Heavy Lifting by Dennett ‘My tears are tiny drops of superpower to sympathize and empathize to find common ground and hold the space’

🧠🍜 [25] Verse versus Voice by Niru ‘Words spoken are like arrows Can’t be recalled on leaving the bow. Written words are like statues What to craft we can choose.’

🧠🍜 [26] Remembering Professor Aaron Beck: Someone You Should Thank by Maia Sham ‘Professor Aaron Beck passed away on Tuesday, at the age of 100. Here’s a brief review of his significance and impacts on everyone.’

🧠🍜 [27] When Was Our (Un)defining Moment? by Evan Wildstein ‘At some point, we made an effort to look adversity square in the face. And while we did, we pursed our lips and nodded our heads, saying all the while, “Okay, you win.”’

🧠🍜 [28] Dear Time, by Rachella Angel Page ‘You are a mystery to me. I try to make the most of you- mixing things that will feed my soul with work. I know how little of you there and yet some days I just want to ignore you and lay in bed. I call those self-care days but do I take too many?’

🧠🍜 [29] Which Is Better — Allopathy, Homeopathy, or Other Healing Methods? Just Do What Works for You by Caroline de Braganza ‘My 25-year-old self was at her GP for the sixth month in a row. As usual, he pulled out the script pad and wrote up another course of antibiotics.’

🔊 Voices to Amplify

We don’t have to leave it to the algorithm to suggest our favourite pieces! Here are some of my archived faves!

Thank you to Hilda Carroll, Betsy Denson, Jasmine Poulton , Sharing Randomly, Allison Gaines for writing these pieces! ♥

🧠🍜 Thank you to the Noodle Team!

challenge: pick 3 writers you haven’t met yet and get acquainted with their pieces!

New writers: Hirdesh Matta | Edward Riley | Anthony David Vernon | Evergreen Eden | Teresa Young | Geeta Anjali | Alina Vrabie

Maia Sham | John Rehg | Anthony V. Lombardo | Anne Chisom | Cristi Ackerman Wells | Listy Jumar | Rane Kelze | Isabel Young | Ali | AK (Aaska Aejaz) | Matt Inman | Penny Grubb | Anastasia S. Manyonga | Nicole Sponsel | Brian Gilmore (aka — Bumpy J) | Asma | Leese Wright | Samah Fadil | Mittu Ravi | Lubna Yusuf | Deeksha Agrawal | Julladonna Park | Gauri Sirur | Ann Syson | Ellie Jacobson | Hogan Torah | Q U I N T E S S A | Misty Rae | Ravyne Hawke | Sai Kiran Ramarapu | Lola Sense | Glad Doggett | Dominick Bernard Francois | Colm Clark | Damilola Abiola | Penelope Mayfield | Pierce McIntyre | Abbey Streett | Kathy Jacobs | Mihai Brinas | Margie Willis | Jeanne-Erin | Troy B. Jordan | Zsófia Sáfár | Hal H. Harris | Greg Proffit | Rebecca Herz | Winston | Natasha Kurien | K S Fielding | Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles | Cori Holmes | Jee Young Park | Caroline de Braganza | Kate Lynch | Assumpta Nalubowa | Lisa Gerard Braun | Nes Laidler | Reanna Szeszol | The Positive Journal | Medomfo Owusu | Sh*t Happens — Lost Girl Travel | Obinna Uruakpa | Sean Peck | Susan Alison | Kevin Alexander | Sharing Randomly | Brenda Covarrubias | Jimmy Misner Jr. | Stevie Wright | Disha Choksi | Roselyn Violet | Dazzling Shene | Jennifer Leth | John Gobins | Karen Falcon | America Zed | CARMEN F MICSA | Karen Schwartz | MIGHTY MISCELLANY | Ajah Hales | Gisel La Fleur | Roselyn Violet | Marcus Chan | Jennifer Dunne | Cameron Sidhe | Earl Grey Sea | Rakshita Upadhyay | O.M. Fernandes | Beth Nintzel | Barbara Dalton | George Cloake | Nhi Diep | Tarun Gupta | HerPrivateLife | Sohrab Khandelwal | Nerissa Talique | Gracia Kleijnen | Betsy Denson | KSHernandez | Luke DeLalio | Rachella Angel Page | Teressa P. | VV Valentine | Bhavya Mehta | Suntonu Bhadra | Noah Levy | Suzy Hazelwood | Ashlea Morgan | LS | Jessie Waddell | Dave Logan | Candy Marie | Himanshi B | Zihan | Elle How | K.S. | Sherry McGuinn | Diana Dee | Rambling Rose | Doran Lamb | Avi Kotzer | A.M. Radulescu | Laurie Perez | Paul Mansfield | B.R. Shenoy | Nada Chehade| Coco Joan | Bingz Huang | Shreya Badonia | Kimberly Carter | Las siete y más | Warren Brown | Trista Signe Ainswort | Kyomi O’Connor | Kay Bee | MaggieLaFae | Alex Godley | Haider Jamal | Josie Elbiry | Anthony Jackson | Hannah M. Moore | Michael Hollifield | Yana Bostongirl | TC Hails | Orla Kenny | Samedra Carter | Tatum Hamernik | Thalia Dunn | Nia Simone McLeod | Josie Elbiry | Keegan Roembke | Noorain Hassan, BMS | Humaira Iqbal | Zachary Burg | Bob Pepe | Will Hull | Jason | Courtenay S. Gray | Sahil Patel | Meenal Gupta | Amy Lee Kite | Evan Wildstein | Hilda Carroll | Chloe Hill | Paola Perez | Matt Ray | Wolfie Bain | Dena Ogden | Tasneem Kagalwalla | Yan Huang | Tree Langdon | Stuart Englander | Jennifer McDougall | Aaron Kemp | Rachel Ramkaran (she/her) | LS | Lori Welch Brown | Nicole Jiang | Crystalclearcandace | Em Unravelling | Jupiter Grant | Elle Beau ❇︎ | Suman Sandhu | Adam Deitsch | Mia Z. Edwards | David Majister | JF | Zach Neuman | Chris Mooney-Singh | Toya Qualls-Barnette | Karen Lappa Haas | Alan Henley | Michelle Bonfils | Zach Klebaner | Anna | Deepshikha Bhagat | Carlos Garbiras | Katrina Bos | Lisa Bolin | Sohaib Roomi | The Dozen | Malik Bellamy | Olivia Th | Shaista Malik | Emily Wilcox | Brajendra | Eva Rotolo | Bhavna Narula | Shannon Hugman | Ryan DeJonghe | Ryan DeJonghe | Dennett | Swagat Choudhury | Vivian | Mark Tulin | Arslan Mirza | Amber Carlson | Urfa | Whatsinanaim | Amy Pierovich, Ed.D. | Carolyn Riker | Tally | Shivangi Patel | Giulia | ScienceDuuude | Rachael Ann Sand | Divina Grey | Sarah Paris | DISHA GARG | Jen Kleinknecht | janny’s heart | Penofgold | Blank Voice | Kele Mogotsi | Jessie London | Indubala Kachhawa | Radhika Ghose | Mil H. | Zeno Faber | Maziar Ghaderi | Julia Appa | Campbell Christensen | Allison Gaines | Lori Lamothe | Tima Loku | Kim McKinney | Baye Amina | Tom Fenske | Johannes Mudi | Kasun Ranasinghe | Just a Slytherin hissing | Dr. Fatima Imam | Ntathu Allen | Somsubhra Banerjee | Veronica Georgieva | Life is Amazing with Books and Writers | Dandy Lioness 🌻 | Mindsmatter | Michael Ranjitsingh | Anjali Samaraweera | Krupesh Raikar | Rusty Alderson | Dr. Preeti Singh | Punch Drunk Cola | Melissa Speed | Ntathu Allen | Denise G | Carolyn Hastings | Tej | Vijini Mallawaarachchi | Amy Marley | Jac Gautreau | Erivaldo Ricardo | Roz Warren | Melissa Bee | Pretheesh Presannan | Daniel A. Teo | Anuradha Wickramarachchi | Niru | Priyanka Mane | Em Hoccane | Synthia S. | Alexandra Forsyth | R. Rangan PhD | Jacobo the First | Connie Song | Fathiyah Zb | Not quite Steve Fisher | Amna Asif | Aimée Gramblin | A Fresh Pot of Coffee | Rebecca Stevens A. | Imad | James G Brennan | Mary Keating | Jay Avery | h.a wadi | Pablo Pereyra | Isaac | jenine bsharah baines | Rochelle Silva | Jade-Ceres Violet D. Munoz | Ruchi Thalwal | Clare Almand | Dana Sanford | Naomi Leilani Acosta | Dr. Jackie Greenwood | Fathiyah Zb |

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