I’ve been revisiting the 1990s of late, between catching a new rewatch podcast of an old favorite sitcom (Boy Meets World) and voting in the ’90s One-Hit Wonders bracket in the Bracket of Champions group my friends started a few years ago. The nostalgia is big and the t-shirts are even bigger. It’s kinda nice to go back to […]

It’s a hot summer day here, one of those lazy, hazy, crazy days. We’ve got stuff for you—books, poems, funny letters from the internet, encouragement, and more. Everything you need for a lazy hazy day, here in one email. Around the Web A Garden Maker’s Creed: How to Make a Garden and Tend Your Soul […]

I generally write these emails the evening before you get them. Sometimes, my day is ordered in such a way that I’m done preparing the email by about 5:30 pm. Other times it’s 10:30. Tonight’s one of the latter, but it’s been a rich evening, full of talk on books and language and writers and […]

I have a cat in front of me. I’m typing this message around his tail. He is determined to get my attention, and I’m determined to write an email. We may find ourselves at an impasse, my wrist pinned by his weight, but fingers free to type. Never have I been more grateful that my […]

Is your family hitting the summer doldrums yet? Or do you feel like you’ve just barely started? I think it’s one or the other with no middle-ground option. Either it’s flying by in a whirlwind of crazy or you’re not sure what to do tomorrow, but it will probably look a lot like today. Whichever […]