Check-In with Alison Matheny
Where are you quarantining? And who are you with?
Currently in Florida with my mother, but getting ready to road trip it back to my house in upstate New York.
Cooking / baking right now
Attempted challah. Wouldn't call it a success, but also wasn't a failure. My Brooklyn Supper Club has been passing around recipes, and I try to make at least three new ones each week. My favorite has been this Just-Keeps-Getting-Better Lentil Salad.
Shows you’re watching right now
Don't Fuck with Cats
Ellen's Game of Games
Jeanie Moos's segment on Erin Burnett Out Front
Movie you watched last
Unorthodox
Movies on your list
Fantastic Fungi (again). I cannot plug this movie enough, it is life-changing.
Any good books?
I finally read Where the Crawdads Sing, large-print edition, and loved it. I also read Yesteryear I Lived in Paradise: The Story of Caladesi Island which is the beach I go to down here.
and my grocery store crossword book
Podcast to share
Our Nature EP 22: How Nature Can Be Our Greatest Teacher With Biomimicry Student Azita Ardakani
Rituals or routines keeping you sane
Mid-day runs in the heat — good for the skin, good for the heart.
Anything new you’ve done with your newfound time?
@ryan.heffington's dance class in the backyard and sleeping in.
Quarantine motto
Abundance over lack. Also toying with the perspective flip of "this is happening for me" rather than "this is happening to me," very reminiscent of one of my favorite Oprah mantras "everything is always working out for me."
When this is over, what’s the first thing you’re doing?
Going out to a very long dinner. Going to the grocery store for fun. Walking on the beach.
When this is over, who’s the first person you’re seeing?
My body work masseuse, Grace Gilroy!!
What are you never going to take for granted again?
An email that could have been a Zoom meeting.
