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Our holiday letters are so late they're early
Opening portals, pulling threads & a breakfast recipe
 • Asha Dornfest
Backlog January
Incremental improvement, a protest sign I can't stop thinking about, and newsletter changes for 2026
 • Asha Dornfest
Three prompts to reflect on what went well this year
An exercise to look back on a terrible and beautiful year
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Adventure is out there -- and in here
Visiting a place in my childhood imagination
 • Asha Dornfest
You, too, can be an urban sketcher
Plus a holiday subscription sale 🎁
 • Asha Dornfest
Believing my eyes
Lessons from mushrooms & medieval Spain
 • Asha Dornfest
Will our next home be in another country?
We're thinking about living abroad
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Why "intentional amateurism" is so powerful for parents of young adults
My Substack Live conversation with Karen Walrond, author of "In Defense of Dabbling"
 • Asha Dornfest and Karen Walrond
“It doesn’t matter how it happened.”
On regrets, loopholes, and beginning again
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