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Volume 2, No. 24: I Want to Linger Here Forever + Early June Focaccia
Greetings, book and treat people! There was this glorious day over the weekend that was cool and breezy and felt like September and I’m still riding the high. Maybe if I close my eyes and tap my heels three times we can skip straight to fall.
Jun 22
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Volume 2, No. 23: Queer Friendship Is Sacred + Spiced Rice Pudding
Greetings, book-eaters and treat-makers! I’ve been slowly filling my garden with yarrow and bee balm and tulsi and sweet fern (my favorite). I’ve been transforming my porch into an oasis with pots of trailing nasturtiums and lots of basil and mint and two
Jun 15
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Volume 2, No. 25: What Fuels Us + Bacon, Fig & Mozzarella Scones
Greetings, book-chompers and delighters-in-treats. For the past week or so I’ve been watching a pair of downy woodpeckers, an adult male and a juvenile. The juvenile sits in a tree at the edge of my yard. The adult flies down to the feeder, collects some suet, flies back to where…
Jun 29
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Volume 2, No. 22: Hmmmm + Strawberry Rhubarb Ginger Cake
Greetings, book-gobblers and treat-inhalers! Today is the fifth day in a row that I have woken up and written at least 1000 words of my novel-in-progress first thing in the morning. I haven’t consistently worked on my fiction since February 2020. To say I don’t feel like myself…
Jun 8
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Volume 2, No. 24: I Want to Linger Here Forever + Early June Focaccia
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Volume 2, No. 13: In Praise of Indie Presses + Feta-Stuffed Rolls
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Volume 2, No. 14: Process Stories + Chocolate Brioche Swirl Buns
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Volume 2, No. 23: Queer Friendship Is Sacred + Spiced Rice Pudding
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Volume 2, No. 10: Voices I'll Never Forget + Orange & Cinnamon Skillet Brownie
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Volume 2, No. 21: Bodies of Language + Dill & Blue Cheese Biscuits
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Volume 2, No. 21: Bodies of Language + Dill & Blue Cheese Biscuits
Greetings, book and treat people! I took last week off. I planted a whole bunch of flowers in my garden, took my first many swims of the season, and…
Jun 1
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Volume 2, No. 20: Cultures of Place + Comfort Cookies
Greetings, bookish friends! I’m on vacation this week, which means I wrote this newsletter last week and proofread and scheduled it last night. This…
May 25
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Volume 2, No. 19: Let's Talk About the Bad Stuff + Rhubarb & Custard
Greetings, book-eaters and treat lovers! I have a goal for May: to spend thirty minutes every day doing something creative, generative, and/or new. I…
May 18
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Volume 2, No. 18: Best of the Backlist Part 3 + Rhubarb Crumb Cake
Greetings, book and treat people! Once again, I am burning up with rage and grief today. It doesn’t really go away. The sustained attacks on bodily…
May 11
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Volume 2, No. 17: Best of the Backlist Part 2 + Candied Citrus Peel
Greetings, bookish friends! I am incandescent with rage and grief today. I often am. I am going to be bleak here for a moment, and admit to you that I…
May 4
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Volume 2, No. 16: Best of the Backlist + Buttered Walnut Cake with Cinnamon Glaze
Greetings, book-eaters and treat-lovers! Before I launched this newsletter a little over a year ago, I came up with two months’ worth of themes. I…
Apr 27
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Volume 2, No. 15: Found Families Across the World + Chewy Raspberry Amaretti Cookies
Greetings, book and treat devourers! I decided to take a social media break this week and it’s been so lovely and quiet. I genuinely love the tiny…
Apr 20
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Volume 2, No. 14: Process Stories + Chocolate Brioche Swirl Buns
Greetings, book and treat people, and a big welcome to all the new folks! Over the weekend I jumped on the gay pirate bandwagon (the queer internet has…
Apr 13
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Volume 2, No. 24: I Want to Linger Here Forever + Early June Focaccia
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Volume 2, No. 13: In Praise of Indie Presses + Feta-Stuffed Rolls
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Volume 2, No. 14: Process Stories + Chocolate Brioche Swirl Buns
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Volume 2, No. 23: Queer Friendship Is Sacred + Spiced Rice Pudding
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Volume 2, No. 10: Voices I'll Never Forget + Orange & Cinnamon Skillet Brownie
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Volume 2, No. 21: Bodies of Language + Dill & Blue Cheese Biscuits
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