Dispatches From the Little Yellow Cottage

Dispatches From the Little Yellow Cottage

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I've Signed with a Literary Agent!
More on the road to a book deal, plus a bonus Q&A.
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The 1725-era Stout-Manners Cemetery in Ringoes, NJ.
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All My Past Futures
How tarot found me.
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A tribute tour of the 1841-era Albany Rural Cemetery where my father is buried, for the 20th anniversary of his death.
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Dog-Eared and Premiered: May 2025
Seven books and one streaming show I loved this month.
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The History of Headstone Photo Ceramics
Invented in 1854, the technique was popularized in the late 1800s.
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The circa-1846 Hooded Grave Cemetery in Catawissa, PA.
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The circa-1730 Scotch-Irish Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Martins Creek, PA.
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Cutting to the Cottagecore
A Q&A about my life beyond the popular hashtag.
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Where Oh Where Is Sunday Pastries With the Dead?
Its subjects may be deceased, but the series is decidedly not.
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Meet The Hazmats
A Pennsylvania-based quilting group established in 1989.
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The est. 1668 Eastern Cemetery in Portland, ME.
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