April is a cruellish month, forgoing lilacs in this dead land and therefore being not much fun.
Issue 22, containing: Odd Housemates, Syllabub, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
Issue 21, containing: Syllabub, Entertaining for the Uncertain, Remembrances, Commonplaces, &c.
Spring is finally coming, though not as fast as I'd like. It's taken almost forty years for me to finally decide it, but I think my favorite season is the one we're coming up on: the smell of wet ground, bright shoots of things peeking out, the colored fuzz on trees making everything look slightly out of focus. The sunlight. I'm a night owl by habit, if not by nature, but I'm happiest when I can actually manage to wander the world in the morning. The air feels different. I love it.
Issue 20, containing: Syllabub, The Return of a Recommendation, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
Is there more to the world than cooking? Only maybe. This week's issue returns us to the ongoing saga of perfecting various recipes that possibly only I care about, as well as the new exciting topic of More Things Maybe Only I Care About.
Issue 19, containing: Letters, Syllabub, Community Calendar, Commonplaces, &c.
I'm going to move around the sections of this issue! Why? Because it's my magazine. And I want to. Which is reason enough for anything.
Issue 18, containing: The Things that I Have Learned about Plants, Small, Nice Things, The Realizations of Adulthood, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
For me this month has been strangely harder than any in many years. Harder, because of numerous things of which we are all aware, but also because there is a chance at a better life ahead -- but only, perhaps, a chance.
Issue 17, containing: Historical Ephemera, Mysterious Sound Stings, Holiday Cards, A Short List of Things, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
Happy hollies, jolly joyeux noel, and many merry returns (though hopefully not of gifts). It is New Year's Eve, and I am watching German science fiction -- Dark, on Netflix, for those interested.
Issue 16, containing: At Home Witchery and Practical Magics, Whisking, Correction, Yet More Notes Regarding Various Recipes, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
At some point, I'm going to have to give up the ghost and stop trying to compose in the Patreon window.
Issue 15, containing: A Giving of Thanks, A Holiday Meal Plan, A Chili Recipe, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
It would be very nice if I could be consistent with these -- but then, many things would be nice. I think I can find some pleasure in the fact that I've made it to 15 issues. And that the weather continues fine, and that banana bread muffins remain delicious.
Issue 14, containing: Mom, Commonplaces, &c.
This will be a foreshortened issue.
Issue 13, containing: The End of an Era, Historical Ephemera, Regarding Cheerfulness in Magazines, A Recipe for Pumpkin Hand Pies, A Note to Gentle Readers, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
I could pretend that I have saved this 13th issue specifically for Halloween. But this would be a terrible lie.
Katherine Crighton 