Issue 22, containing: Odd Housemates, Syllabub, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.

April is a cruellish month, forgoing lilacs in this dead land and therefore being not much fun.

April 27, 2021 0

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.

February 23, 2021 1

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.

February 7, 2021 2

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.

January 24, 2021 0

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.

January 1, 2021 0

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.

December 12, 2020 1

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.

October 31, 2020 0

Issue 12, containing: Unforeseen Errors in Home Rearrangement, Local Happenings, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.

With the assistance of some careful time management tools (otherwise known as "a polygonal box I spent 20 minutes cutting out and coloring with highlighters"), I have found myself back on track with this issue of the magazine. It's astonishing the things you can trick your own mind into doing.

October 17, 2020 0

Issue 11, containing: Some Considerations Toward Window Treatments, Further Notes on Saints and Statues, A Long-Withheld Definition, More Saint Hilarity, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.

Well, hello.

October 9, 2020 1