Every home keeps a note.Every home keeps a note.

11 postcards

1. SamMONTFORD AVE · ASHEVILLE, NCOCT 16 '26Our dog is buried under the dogwood. His name was Biscuit. He was very good. You don’t have to do anything about it. I just wanted someone to know.Read
2. TheoECHO PARK AVE · LOS ANGELES, CAOCT 15 '26The lemon tree out back gives more than any one family can use. We left bags on the gate for the whole block. Please keep doing that. They’ll love you for it.Read
3. DevGROVE ST · JERSEY CITY, NJOCT 14 '26From the roof you can see the whole skyline go gold around six. I proposed up there. She said yes before I finished, so I never actually asked. Take someone up there.Read
4. CalINDIAN BEND RD · SCOTTSDALE, AZOCT 13 '26Sit on the back wall in July after the monsoon comes through. The whole desert smells like creosote and rain. Nothing else like it.Read
5. MaraLINDEN ST · BOSTON, MAOCT 12 '26We painted the hall Sunday yellow. Keep it, please. Our girls measured themselves on the pantry door every September, and I couldn’t bring myself to paint over them. Open the bay window on the first warm night. You’ll hear the whole street.Read
6. LuisHEIGHTS BLVD · HOUSTON, TXOCT 11 '26The porch faces east, so mornings are yours and the evenings belong to the neighbors. My mother grew tomatoes along the fence for twenty-two years. They might come back. Let them.Read
7. MargaretHALSEY ST · BROOKLYN, NYOCT 9 '26The radiator in the front room knocks twice before it warms up. Don’t call anyone. It’s just saying hello. We raised three kids on that stoop, and every Thanksgiving the table went all the way into the hall.Read
8. JuneCATHARINE ST · PHILADELPHIA, PAOCT 7 '26Third step from the top creaks. Every teenager who ever lived there learned to skip it. I’m telling you so you know what you’re listening for.Read
9. PriyaLAMONT ST · WASHINGTON, DCOCT 5 '26My father visited every spring and slept in the small room facing the garden. He said it was the best sleep of his life. I hope it’s yours too.Read
10. NellBENEFIT ST · PROVIDENCE, RIOCT 4 '26The house is older than all of us put together. It has outlasted five roofs and one very bad hurricane. Be gentle with the front door. It sticks in August and it forgives you in October.Read
11. RuthROUND HILL RD · GREENWICH, CTOCT 2 '26The kitchen light is best on Sundays. My husband built the window seat the winter Paul was born. It lifts up. There are forty-seven years of drawings in there. Add yours.Read