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Over a Cuppa: Twenty (Welcome 2026)

Posted on January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 by Melissa

Hi, Hey, Hello, and Happy New Year! Thank you for joining me on this very blustery second day of 2026! I’m so happy to share a spot of time with you! How the heck are you?! What can I get started for you? I’m brewing up some black tea with milk and honey (obviously) but…

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Over a Cuppa: Nineteen (Welcome Winter)

Posted on December 21, 2025December 21, 2025 by Melissa

Hi, Hey, Hello! Thank you for joining me on this (still incredibly) unseasonably warm Winter Solstice day! I’m so happy to share this day with you! How the heck are you?! What can I get started for you? I’m brewing up some black tea with milk and honey (obviously) but also have coffee or any…

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Over a Cuppa: Eighteen (Analog Nostalgia)

Posted on December 13, 2025December 13, 2025 by Melissa

Hi, Hey, Hello! Thank you for joining me on this unseasonably warm (almost) Winter day! I’m so happy you’re here! How the heck are you?! What can I get started for you? I’m brewing up some black tea with milk and honey (obviously) but also have coffee or any herbal tea your heart could desire….

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Work(s) in Progress: On the Creative Ebb & Flow

Posted on December 10, 2025April 15, 2026 by Melissa

I have a confession to make: I have been unmotivated to make making a priority. I want to want to do things, but recently I just haven’t. I’ve not been sad or stressed or too darn busy, I’ve just been choosing to do other things that don’t involve active creativity… Like reading… Or playing Block…

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A Christmas Wishlist from 1902

Posted on December 8, 2025December 8, 2025 by Melissa

When he was seven years old, my great grandpa, Denzil (AKA Dutch), wrote a letter to Santa that was published in the Chronicle Tribune (Marion, Indiana) on December 23. Thanks to the work of one of the marvelous research librarians at The Marion Public Library, I can now carry his sweet heart on the pulse…

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Over a Cuppa: Seventeen (Snow Daze)

Posted on December 6, 2025December 6, 2025 by Melissa

Hi, Hey, Hello! Thank you for making the trek out here on this very cold and blustery day! I’m so happy to see you! How the heck are you?! What can I get started for you? I’m brewing up some black tea with milk and honey (obviously) but also have coffee or any herbal tea…

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