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Hey hey! Congrats on making it through one year! That's one year of creative and cathartic expression Sandra :)

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CONGRATS ON ONE YEAR!!!

I really loved your pieces here. The pastel colors remind me of spring. The first purple one I sat and thought about for a long time. I had so many questions. Then I left and came back. That last one, WOOF, but also I'm happy to read and devour any parts of your soul that you are open to sharing!

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Apr 15, 2023Liked by Sandra Yvonne

Congratulations on one year, Sandra! I'm honored to have been here from the start. Your newsletter is one of my favorites, and I always look forward to it. Watching it and you evolve over the past year has been amazing. I'm looking forward to seeing where you take it.

The last line of your last fragment, “I promise you I'm not,” is shrouded in mystery. My question is, “Will you?”

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Cute! 💜

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Congrats on a whole year of Sunday Candy! That’s so many candies. I’m so proud of you and I can’t wait for more!

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Your colorful and textured Sunday Candy header brings me spring joy. It’s what I imagine a spring bewitching brew looks like.

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I love how visual your second fragment is, miss. I felt myself teleporting in and out of that memory in the church basement with you.

And I’m really resonating with this: “I’m thinking about who we all would have been if we were never harmed in the ways we were and I do wonder if we’ll always be left searching for and wanting something certain & safe,” because I am constantly searching for those two things even though I’m told they don’t exist. 😬 Do you think they exist?

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“& I’m waiting and wondering what you’ll selectively choose to see. And I want to ask you, what do you see?”

I see a fragment of your soul beautifully rendered on this screen. And I do sit here, stare at it, and try to analyze it. I try to understand why you are writing it. I catch myself assuming things, putting my impressions on it. So I stop thinking that.

Then I pay attention to what it triggers in me. But then I stop that also and try to appreciate it for what it is. And I really appreciate the mixed media of writing and visuals. And I become really inspired.

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I love this: “it’s a container of opportunity, where I get to decide that something from me, by me, is worthy of being made, said, and existing, and sharing with others. And I think that’s a beautiful and necessary thing for me.”

You are hellla inspiring. Thank you for sharing your candies with us! Each issue is a gift I treasure forever <3

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Love the mono font and color scheme! And congratz on the 1 year anniversarie! No small feat to push this forward :) now onto more years!

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Congratulations on your one year anniversary 🎉! That is no small feat. You did it and you're doing it.

Today, I've selectively chosen to see "you know you've got nowhere to be". It's a reminder that life is just life and anything extra comes from me.

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Apr 11, 2023Liked by Sandra Yvonne

I see a theme around the changing of seasons, which I have only recently become attuned to. I like how they don't provoke in you the traditional response, but certainly something.

It inevitably makes me think of the Japanese and how much they're attuned to it, from clothes to food to work. The spring equinox is a national holiday!

Or even Ozu, and how many of his movies titles are named after specific parts of seasons.

Maybe I can ask for a haiku of yours?

I'm always hurrying but also don't have anywhere to be.

Also, congrats on one year!!

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ONE YEAR! Big congrats. ❤️

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"The archaeologist of mostly myself . . . self-excavating in public" - wohoo. well done Miss.

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Your notes to self create a space of intimacy and safety; a space to feel vulnerable without fear 💜

I love how you curate a playlist to match the mood of each SC edition. Thanks for sharing these lil soundtracks into your life

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