It has come to my attention that I haven’t posted any new recipes on the site in quite some time, so I decided to share two at once! These are quite different from one another, but are equally delicious. The nice thing is one could theoretically make lohipihvit (salmon burgers) for dinner and minikardemummakakut (teeny tiny cardamom cakes) for desert. Why not both?
I have been reflecting about what it means to be a business owner in America ever since I started Luumu in 2017, but aside from a few conversations with other women who are frustrated by our hyper-competitive system and a few men who, although may think they know what goes on behind the scenes in female-female professional relationships, are really unable to truly understand – and no, the movie Mean Girls hardly scratches the surface!
Instead of posting the very personal narrative I first typed up about my situation this morning, I will save that instead for another time – maybe even a book – who knows?! What you will find below is a wholly unemotional guide to succeeding in business – ok, so I tried. May you find it insightful!
Well, this is a day later than my usual post, but I blame vacation brain… Oh well. I am back from the UP adventure now and after a solid 8 hours of sleep am typing this while muching on Trenary Toast and sipping strong black coffee from a summer-themed Moomin mug.
During this trip — my first to the UP in about 7 or so years — we stuck mainly to the Keweenaw Peninsula, but also made a trip to the Aura Jamboree in Aura, MI and visited a few sites around that area as well. In summary, our week-long trip in the Keweenaw Peninsula of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was insightful and restorative. I met lots of people, each with a different conneciton to the area. Some were new to the area and others had family history there for generations.
We have hit the road! We are on our way right now to the Upper Peninsula of the great state of Michigan. We will be staying with our friend, born-and-raised Yooper and current Math teacher, Jodi Hyrkäs at the Finnish farmstead she wrote about in her guest blog post last summer.
What should we make sure to see this week?
