Say hello

Notes from readers are read at the kitchen table and answered once the children are asleep. Slowly, but always gladly.

A note goes a long way

Comments are closed on the older entries, but the postbox is always open. Readers write in about their own kitchens and their own Tuesdays, and those letters have shaped this blog more than anything I planned.

Out and about

Places we keep going back to

Two corners of the map that turn up in the entries again and again.

The hill behind the house

Twenty minutes up, wind guaranteed, and the view that talked us into buying this house in nine days.

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The beach an hour west

Always colder than promised, always worth it, chips in the car on the way home.

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Say hello

Notes from readers are the best part of keeping this blog. Tell me what you cooked, what your Tuesday looked like, or which entry you read twice. I answer everything eventually, usually once the children are asleep.

Email

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The Sunday letter

One short email a week, no more

Writing hours

Most mornings, before seven

Replies

Within the week, usually at naptime

The Sunday letter

One short email at the end of each week. What got written, what got eaten, and a photograph that did not make it onto the blog.

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Read the archive

Six years of ordinary days, sorted by season. Start anywhere; the entries are short and nothing needs to be read in order.

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Say hello

Notes from readers get answered slowly but gladly, usually once the children are asleep. Tell me about your week.

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