For a year or more, I’ve been wanting to send cozy letters, little trinkets, pressed plants, and other tiny revelations from my walks, travels, and my own garden. So this fall I’m starting. Sign up for the waitlist below. Get cool mail from wherever I am in the world. forms.gle/3Y6vWhW3kBcD...

Dispatches from Daily Life mail club

Hi friend! Thanks for your interest in my new mail club, where I'll share little pieces of my daily life as lived on two continents and through lots of walks. Every month, you'll receive mail that'...

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Nontraditional but delicious letter of recommendation: sprinkle chopped marsh samphire on your fajitas just before serving. The briny crunch really brings something special.

One of my ‘I’m wealthy’ goals has been to set up a scholarship fund in honor of my best friend. Then I realized I already give scholarships and there’s no reason I can’t name them. Anyhow the Danielle Holliday Scholarship for Misfit Creatives will be opening soon. I think they’d be proud.

Cork! I’ve a book signing at the Patrick Street Eason’s at noon this Saturday, August 22. Come say hi, grab a book and let me personalize it for you!

Honestly I should start doing this

Alone Crawford@kellylink.bsky.social · 4w ago

My standard reply to all ai book scammers that I am a practicing witch and placing a curse on them unless they cease their wicked ways. Highly recommend this strategy to other writers & publishing folk. Twice now I've had scammers email back to ask me to lift the curse.

Had the sads this weekend but the whole thing turned around when two separate folks (a newsletter reader and a writing client) reached out to tell me how much they love my work and how much it’s helped them. If you’ve been waiting to send a nice message to an author or teacher, this is your sign!

I love the messy and generative early stages of a new project. I’ve written most of the intro text to my next writing project in the margins of a teetering stack of books I’m revisiting from grad school and the sense of elation I feel is like nothing else on earth.

Wonderful to talk with @bibliocook.bsky.social about all things food preserving for the Irish Examiner. If you’ll be at Cork on a Fork, come watch my demo on the 16th! www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...

How to make the most of seasonal gluts

Learning how to preserve fruit and vegetables while they're fresh and bountiful is an economical, sustainable and mindful way of holding on to nourishing and delicious foods even when they're out of s...

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Leaning back into being my 13 year old self by voriaciously poring over books, then putting lemon juice in my hair and sitting in the sun

Me: *sighs wistfully* Wife: what’s wrong? Me: just thinking about— Wife: Michael Collins’s wolf slippers? Me: yeah Wife: Me: *sigh* Wife: they’re really good slippers Me: so fucking good

Our sweet girl goes home to the stars on Tuesday and we will miss her terribly

Kath Ebooks@kathebooks.com · last mo.

Bonk will soon cross over to the cosmic realm, where she will beep and purr endlessly in sync with the universe. Wishes for her peaceful passing are greatly appreciated!

I’ve spent the day at Kitty ER with Bonk, where I have received not great news that I don’t really want to share online. But if you’ve been wanting to book a class or 1:1 session with me, get some Reiki, or just send me a tip or something for my work, now is a time I’d really extra appreciate it!

Fermentation is HOT but so many food preservation practices are not new — a fact that guides @bookishjulia.bsky.social’s latest book, “Essential Food Preserving.” She outlines how to use the tools of our ancestors to transform fresh, seasonal ingredients into ones that taste great and keep longer:

Beyond fermentation: A new book explores the many methods of food preservation

While fermentation may be the food trend of the moment, Julia Skinner's new book explores the full spectrum of food preservation techniques.

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Co-creating a very special mail club with @foodinjars.bsky.social, all about food preserving. Recipe zines, stories, original drawings, handwritten notes, plus the occasional surprise. We’ve opened the waitlist! Sign up below and we’ll be in touch when it’s ready to go:

Emergency alert! 🚨the pomegranates on my pomegranate tree are almost ripe🚨 (I am about to have The Most sensual and delicious August)

Can we please, I beg you all, stop naming laws after sympathetic victims? It is so much easier for politicians to work some nasty things into them. "This law will effectively remove important rights in very many situations." "So you want there to be more unfortunate children like Angela, then?"

I’m both a PhD and author, and an energy worker and mentor for creative folks. I started offering monthly, automatic energy work for creative people who need that support but do not need more appointments to remember and it’s already having a huge impact. I’d love to help you, too:

Knowing how to preserve food can help you save money, prevent food waste and ensure your pantry is stocked should the unexpected happen (like a power outage). Fermentation expert @bookishjulia.bsky.social's latest book can teach you how to master the many methods of food preservation:

Beyond fermentation: A new book explores the many methods of food preservation

While fermentation may be the food trend of the moment, Julia Skinner's new book explores the full spectrum of food preservation techniques.

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Real AF

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 2mo ago

See you tonight at Harvard Bookstore!

Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

DC, Boston, NYC, Atlanta, and Cork friends, please join me for my book tour stops this summer! More dates in more cities TBD: as always, reach out if you want to host me for a talk or event! root-kitchens.com/im-going-on-...

Tomorrow! I’m joining friend and fellow fermentation schemer and dreamer @wordloaf.org for an evening of conversation around food, preserving, fermenting, tradition, and more. July 16, 7 PM at Harvard bookstore. Head to www.harvard.com/event/julia-... for all the details See you there!

Julia Skinner at Harvard Book Store

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Today’s affirmation for creatives who have trouble moving ahead when the path is not yet clear: “Not knowing means something good is coming that I’m not aware of yet.”

Boston and NYC book tour stops this week! Boston: Harvard bookstore on the 16th NYC: midday fermenting and place class + ferment swap (optional but recommended!) in Brooklyn Come learn about food preserving and celebrate with me! Get all the details below: can’t wait to see you there!

NYC friends! Join me for a fermentation and place demo, ferment swap, and a book signing (bring your books with!) alongside my friends at Field Meridians. I’ll see you on the 18th! www.eventbrite.com/e/fermentati...

Fermentation 101

Connecting to place through ferments with Dr. Julia Skinner

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Once a month at least I have an at-home artist’s residency. A day where I shut off email, ignore anyone calling or coming by the house, and just make art and write and do whatever else with zero focus on end products, just on process.

NYC friends! Join me for a fermentation and place demo, ferment swap, and a book signing (bring your books with!) alongside my friends at Field Meridians. I’ll see you on the 18th! www.eventbrite.com/e/fermentati...

Fermentation 101

Connecting to place through ferments with Dr. Julia Skinner

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Who's coming to see @bookishjulia.bsky.social and me on the 16th at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social? Can't wait to hear all about her new book, just in time for the season of abundance!

Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

DC, Boston, NYC, Atlanta, and Cork friends, please join me for my book tour stops this summer! More dates in more cities TBD: as always, reach out if you want to host me for a talk or event! root-kitchens.com/im-going-on-...

Hundreds of my former students can attest to what a mind-shaping read The Cheese and the Worms is, especially when viewed through an LIS lens. Sad the world won’t receive any more of his thoughtful work.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago

Carlo Ginzburg obituary

Oh hey guess what, I’m hiring a very part time executive assistant! Looking for someone to support the day to day running of my biz + authorial work and the skills to both expand from where we are and keep things on track as we go. A GenAI-free space! Many details + link to application form:

Oh hey guess what, I’m hiring a very part time executive assistant! Looking for someone to support the day to day running of my biz + authorial work and the skills to both expand from where we are and keep things on track as we go. A GenAI-free space! Many details + link to application form: