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Ten foot hollyhocks and sunset on the longest day of the year: celebrating Litha in 2026
Hello dear readers, I write to you from my office, a glass of iced tea¹ half-drunk in front of me. It’s not yet ten in the morning and already the house is sticky-hot in a way that makes me wish, not for the first time, that I lived near a mountain lake. I fully intended…
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Let’s just call this foreshadowing: a writing update
Hello dear readers, I write to you from my office, which is far too hot despite the window being wide open. Unfortunately I am not helping matters, drinking my second cup of coffee for the day, but it’s a second-coffee kind of afternoon. I have sat down to write this blog post multiple times, and…
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The final gourds have gone in, despite the weather
Hello dear readers, I write to you from my kitchen desk while a storm brews outside. The last few days have been more October than June, and I can’t say I’m not enjoying it. I’ve never been all that fond of summer, with my opinion only changing in adulthood once I became a gardener. Speaking…
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Exploring historic homes & sprouting too many sunflowers
Hello dear readers, I write to you from my office, my basil and pear candle burning next to me. I’ve just spent a wonderful, busy day with my family, touring heritage homes in a nearby city before sitting down for sushi in our backyard. I’ve been enamoured with old houses, especially their floor plans, since…
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Archival practices and a new writing-related journey
Hello dear readers, I write to you from my office, an incredibly large coffee on the desk in front of me. This week was a large coffee kind of week for a number of reasons, mainly because it was so tumultuous. But here I am at Sunday morning, with the entire day stretching out before…
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