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Newsletter · By Amy Tector · English · Official site

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Sep 13, 2026

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  1. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    Start a TV Club: Because Apparently “We Should Get Together Soon” Isn’t a Plan (opens the original)

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    Starting a TV Club. What is such a thing, you may ask? Well, it’s a regular meeting where you and some friends (and maybe a sister if you’ve got one handy) choose a TV show and then get together in one another’s houses every month or so. You chat and catch up while the food is being cooked/getting delivered. Once dinner is ready then you all take your plates, balance them on your knees and watch 1-3 episodes (depending on epsiode length) of your chosen TV show.Wha?!? This seems weird and I’m unn

  2. Issue · Sep 13, 2026

    My Summer Was Fantastic. Then I Discovered the Bug Zapper. (opens the original)

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    A handheld bug zapperI had a wonderful summer, my lovely Méli-Mélo-ers, and I hope you did too! I swam in lakes and rivers, I ate buttery corn on the cob and sweet fresh strawberries. I saw A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Anne of Green Gables Musical (unironically 100% culturally equivalent). I watched a Mennonite horse auction and the waves crash onto the rocks at Peggy’s Cove. I danced to CCR at a bar overlooking the Atlantic and ate three lobster rolls. I attended a summer wedding, panicked

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