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January is the month of hitting word counts (a writing update)
Hello dear readers, It’s been a while since I’ve checked in with you on anything writing-related, and so I wanted to give you a little update of where I’m at. I decided back in December that, throughout January, I’d focus on getting the first draft of my current novel finished. So far, this is going…
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Blue poppies, wheat, and pickled radishes; dreaming of the spring planting season
Hello dear readers, I’m writing this to you from the middle of a storm. I’m at my kitchen desk, which faces out onto a row of cedars, which are being thrown wildly about in the wind. The rain is coming down in sheets, and every so often a snowflake falls between drops. And yet, I…
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New Year’s Eve, 2025
Hello dear readers, I’m writing this to you on the morning of New Year’s Eve with a pot of turmeric tea nearby. I’ve been taking things slow the past few days after what feels like an entire year of being busy, and it feels so good to not have anywhere to be. After a month…
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Softening into the season: gifts from the kitchen & Yule celebrations
Hello dear readers, I write this to you from my favourite coffee shop with a gingerbread latte. B and I made a trip to the craft store—silver paint for me, chainmail materials for her—and are now settling in to write for a couple hours. Except we’re distracted, looking up unlined journals for our 2026 project:…
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Analog life, pomegranates, & festive cats | field notes no. 06
FIELD NOTES, December 2025 2. December 11, 2025: Woke late and drove to my grandparents’ home not long after rolling out of bed. Baked gingersnaps and shortbread with grandma while grandpa chopped wood behind the barn. Later, sat on the back step and watched the rain come down, then went inside to finish knitting a…
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