Closer to Home
Maggie PounceyA celebration and exploration of all things home—design, parenting, personal growth, relationships, rituals, rearrangements, and reframes. With a goal of feeling just a little more whole in the spaces we live in.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 16 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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On Un-Writing
Or, How to Tell Your Story Differently
In the spring of 2019, at the age of 41, I was facing multiple crises. My business, an indie children’s bookshop, while not failing, was not financially succeeding, and the pressure on my husband and...
Five Home Improvements
This weekend is the third anniversary of my father’s death and the 22nd anniversary of my wedding. May 30 must be an astrologically weighty day in my chart — my kids tease me that though I know little about astrology, I cite it often (fair)...
Home Team
Or, How to Rekindle Obsessions and Create Family Culture
No matter how much delight or lack thereof one discovers in the demanding days of early motherhood, it’s a time of profound disorientation. In a kind of whole life pin-the-tail on th...
Tickled Pink
Or, How to Play With Color
I grew up in a house filled with books—my father was a Professor of Classics and my mother, now a novelist, was part of a weekly reading group called Dickens, in which they read works of Victorian literature alou...
Spending Freeze
Or, How to See Stuff Differently
This is a story about quitting. It’s a story about an important transformation in my life. But it’s not an inspirational story. It’s a mixed bag: a little hope, a little insight, a little regret, a little g...
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Maggie is the author of books for children (A Fort on the Moon) and adults (Perfect Reader). She created Stories Bookshop + Storytelling Lab and has taught writing to students of all ages. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her family.
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