Why subscribe?

I first dreamt up this newsletter several years ago, and it's been on my mind ever since. But I've waited to launch it, because I wanted to make sure the finished product was worth your time—a product that you will hopefully enjoy reading, and see as a respite from the crazy 24/7 news cycle we've gotten used to. (I've also had two children and been writing a book during that time, so life hasn’t been dull!) 

Here's what you can expect from this newsletter:

  • It will be monthly. I think the incessant updates we've gotten used to in the internet era can impede real thoughtfulness. Important stuff regularly gets sidelined or forgotten. So this newsletter will strive to cultivate the opposite: unrushed attention on a handful of stories, topics, and issues that are longer-term in their focus.

  • It will focus on farms, community, home, food, family, and books. These are topics that really matter to me, topics I have absolutely loved discussing with many of you. They speak to important dilemmas that need attention: issues like the decline of the family and/or associational life, rural blight, climate change, and others. They're bipartisan in a lot of ways, and so I also hope they can give us opportunities to explore common ground in a very polarized time. 

  • It will (hopefully!) cultivate community. My goal for this newsletter is to build a larger conversation. To that end, I'm hoping to have "guest hosts" who share their own thoughts, favorite articles/essays, and current reads/recipes. (Let me know if you'd like to be one of those hosts.) I am also hoping people will share their thoughts and feedback, as well as share articles and books they've been reading. Feel free to email me at granolanewsletter@gmail.com if/when you come across good stories that touch on the above themes.

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I am a writer, bookworm, mother, and gardener. My book is "Uprooted: Recovering the Legacy of the Places We've Left Behind." To quote C.S. Lewis, "You'll never find a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."