A Year Post-Fire

Hey Magic Maven!This newsletter might be a bit heavy, so I’m going to put the goodies first in case you want to skip over the heavy stuff. Enchanted snow, mischievous cats, and a stolen wish… A whimsical holiday mystery where love and community prove...

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Dec 01, 2025
Do you believe in ghosts?

Hello !Do you believe in ghosts? I'm on the fence. I *want* to believe in ghosts and magic and all the things. But I don't know that anything like that has happened to me--well other than the previous owners of our house sometimes shut door...

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Oct 06, 2025
That time even I jumped out of a perfectly good plane

Hello !Lodi is also home to ZinFest and the Grape Festival and is known internationally for... their delicious cherries? I still can't wrap my head around that one, but friends from outside the US have asked me, you're from Lodi? You must eat a lot o...

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Sep 08, 2025
We won the lotto and threw it away!

Hello !I've been thinking about some big mistakes, which got me thinking about why we don't play scratchers anymore. My partner and I used to play scratchers, not often, but we'd buy a lotto ticket or get one for Christmas--my mom does the cello...

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Aug 21, 2025
We won the lotto and threw it away!

Hello !Thinking about my big mistakes a few emails back got me thinking about why we don't play scratchers anymore. Doris likes scratchers. A lot. But she's got the money to burn on them, or is just lucky enough to get more than she puts in.&nbs...

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Aug 11, 2025