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Newsletter · By J. B. Velasquez · English · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 25, 2026
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Jul 10, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Field Notes on Fall (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!33EW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb761a43b-de45-4585-87a5-b7e1445651ad_5580x3720.j

  2. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    unfixable (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="3024" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vFQt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fda5ed90c-134a-45fe-9265-3d09ec8af180_4032x3024.

  3. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    Remember when . . . (opens the original)

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    My closest friends will confirm that I have always had a terrible memory. It’s true. They’ll often bring up some past event, some tomfoolery that I allegedly took part in, and I’m smiling because it sounds like it was a lot of fun, but I’m also shaking my head a little because, no, I absolutely do not remember that.My friend Kathy was laughing so hard at a memory of me driving her in a golf cart at full speed, singing “she’ll be comin’ round the mountain when she comes!” at the top of my lungs a

  4. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    Hey, do you like pancakes? (opens the original)

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    It was the summer of 1996 and I was just an awkward college kid with no cell phone and no game. I worked at this coffee shop at the mall and there was this young lady, who worked at a store called Gadzooks. Do you remember it? It was a very trendy clothing store. And she was a very trendy dame. I’m not going to tell you her real name because I didn’t get permission to write about her, so let’s call her . . . Falula.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/

  5. Issue · Aug 28, 2026

    Gila Bend (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="4000" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pmmf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c8f0ed5-d253-4e3e-93c9-4acd39434ea6_6000x4000.

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