Snail Mail
John PattisonA newsletter on slowing down, paying attention, and falling in love again with the real world. Featuring new writing and photography.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 19 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 17 days ago |
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Another Chance
For a long time, my favorite thing about our property was the maple tree in our backyard. Birds and squirrels made their home in its perfectly round canopy. Our kids built fairy houses at its base and swung on a rope swing from its branches...
"High and fast his heart beat"
Field Notes: February 2026
I know, I know—we are full-speed ahead into the second half of March, and I’m just now compiling my February Field Notes. Sorry about that. Textbook overthinking. I was on the fence about publishing a related art...
Is "Dracula" a Christian novel?
Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which I just finished reading for the first time, surprised me again and again. I was surprised at how accessible the language is for a book published in the late 19th century. Surprised at how slowly it moves, given...
In Praise of the Pencil
“It’s a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”
That maxim has always bothered me.1 It seems to imply that if someone is a real craftsman he should be able to overcome any impediment: a dull blade, shoddy materials, inferior ingredients. In...
“It’s a magical world, ol’ buddy!”
I’m a sucker for Januarys. I like the blank page of it, the clean calendar, the big plans, the new goals, the horizon.
“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been,” Rilke wrote, more or less. That’s nice, but to...
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Writer and photographer. Co-author of SLOW CHURCH (InterVarsity Press). Co-host of THE MEMBERSHIP, a podcast inspired by the work of Wendell Berry.
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