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storytelling in the kitchen. curious essays are dispatched every other Thursday; Peels, a writer's almanac, comes out on the first Monday of each month
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- Sep 24, 2026
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- Jul 6, 2026
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crisis language (opens the original)
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Do you remember true happiness? Pushing warm baguette crust inside my mouth, or the taste of a new minty toothpaste. Blowing soap bubbles away while spinning and swirling, switching the lava lamp on for the first time. Being confident that I would grow up to become a pilot, until I took my first eye test. Braiding horse mane. Joining a friend’s giggle without knowing its cause. The drive from Nantes Atlantique airport, too.At the airport in the French western city of Nantes, I’m always and only
August Peels (2026) (opens the original)
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hello, and welcome to The Onion Papers. Peels are a writer’s almanac featuring bread, soil, reading, kitchen and sky updates, and are published on the first Monday of each month. i’m so happy you’ve joined us.<source type="ima
The Politics of Solitude: after Gwen John (opens the original)
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‘I think if we are to do beautiful pictures,’ Gwen John wrote in a letter to painter friend Tyrwhitt during the summer of 1910, ‘we ought to be free from family conventions and ties.’ Gwen John (1876 – 1939) could sketch and paint the same subject over sixty times. The Welsh artist insisted that an oil painting had to be complete in one setting, two at most, amassing plenty of unfinished canvas. She called them ‘study for X’, for she summoned herself to ‘Learn! Learn! Learn!’ Upon finding some o
July Peels (2026) (opens the original)
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hi, and welcome to The Onion Papers. Peels are a writer’s almanac featuring bread, soil, reading, kitchen and sky updates, and are published on the first Monday of each month. i’m so happy you’ve joined us. <div class="image2-
June Peels (2026) (opens the original)
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hi, and welcome to The Onion Papers. Peels are a writer’s almanac featuring bread, soil, reading, kitchen and sky updates, and are published on the first Monday of each month. i’m so happy you’ve joined us.<div class="image2-i
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