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A Bored Kid & a Famous Ceiling
Ordinary places often mean the most to us as children, unbeknownst to the adults around them. Tsh has the pleasure of talking once more to one of the most repeated guest requests: her daughter, Tatum! In this one, Tate shares a childhood bo...
5 Quick Things #429 ✍️
While I wait for my next round of book edits (a new non-fiction book! coming May 2027! get ye ready!), I’ve dusted off my novel and am plugging away. This is a story that slammed into my brain in December 2014—I know exactly where I was: at...
An Orphan & A European City
Why are kids drawn to stories about orphans? Has childhood always been the way it is now? Writer and historian talks to Tsh about two books + two places that have shaped her.
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Book Chat: October '26 📚
a cozy month for reading
Our October here in Central Texas has come in like hi, I’m fall weather—not exactly cold, but a definite drop in temps and several days of rain. It’s been glorious! Very often early October is still in the 90s and...
5 Quick Things #428 🍂
Last weekend I added wallpaper to the smallest wall in my new office-library, and even with a sizable portion of said wall being overtaken by a set of French doors, it was still so much work and I’m not sure if I want to ever do wallpaper a...
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