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Far Off the Path of Totality

Eclipse Day 2024. Some people planned road trips and vacations around the event; for others the whole thing passed without notice. For me, the most…

Apr 9 •

Marissa Flaxbart

December 2023

I have not been writing to you, but I have been writing. Every morning for the past couple of months, I open a medium-sized journal bound in yellow…

Dec 23, 2023 •

Marissa Flaxbart

September 2023

Of Sidequests and Souvenirs

Somehow, it’s been three weeks since I got back from my trip. They’ve been eventful weeks, every crack in the calendar filled with recordings and side…

Sep 12, 2023 •

Marissa Flaxbart

August 2023

The Archivist’s Welcome

When I last wrote you, I was on the precipice of a week of singing daily evensong services with the choir of All Saints’ Beverly Hills, first in…

Aug 16, 2023 •

Marissa Flaxbart

The Worst Chorus in Worcester

I didn’t sleep on the plane. Not more than a few minutes, total. This didn’t come as a huge surprise. I had hoped that maybe, since it was the end of a…

Aug 7, 2023 •

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July 2023

Now streaming: THE MIRROR GAME

I had a novel experience yesterday: my therapist started our session by telling me how much she’d enjoyed my movie. It was actually a pretty springy…

Jul 29, 2023 •

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Social Desserts

Monday before last, I made a cake. I’d been feeling lousy, emotionally speaking, and hoped baking might be a mood booster. Hours later, I unmolded a…

Jul 3, 2023 •

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June 2023

Familiar Vacation

What I ate and who I saw in Oaxaca, Mexico

Jun 6, 2023 •

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April 2023

The Fickle Appendage

A love/hate letter to my purse

Apr 25, 2023 •

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March 2023

A lonely poem on a scrap of paper

About six months into the life of this newsletter, I sent out a one-off Labor Day missive that was a kind of observational poem. I’d spent a chunk of…

Mar 28, 2023 •

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See If It's Raining

Enduring advice from Mama Berenstain

Mar 8, 2023 •

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Mama Berenstain knew

Mar 8, 2023 •

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