blog series
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The Chronicles of a Furniture Alchemist – 6.10.2026
My comet‑bright Mari, Your last letter has not left my pocket since it arrived. I’ve read it three times in the workshop, twice in the kitchen, and once — disastrously — while stirring a pot of lavender broth, which now… Continue reading
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The Chronicles of a Furniture Alchemist – 6.3.2026
Letter 12 , Season 2 My chaos‑kissed comet Mari, The Cottage has been pacing. Not literally — though you know it’s capable of that when it’s in a mood — but in that subtle, atmospheric way it gets when something… Continue reading
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The Chronicles of a Furniture Alchemist – 5.23.26
My dear Clemmy, Your letter arrived this morning, and I read it standing in the doorway between the kitchen and the sitting room because I didn’t want to be any closer to the wardrobe than necessary. I don’t know if… Continue reading
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The Chronicles of a Furniture Alchemist – 5.20.26
Marigold, I read your letter slowly, the way one reads a map drawn by an unsteady hand — not because the cartographer is unreliable, but because the land itself is shifting beneath the ink. What you’re describing is not imagination,… Continue reading
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The Chronicles of a Furniture Alchemist – 5.16.26
Clem, I should have written about this sooner, but things have been… shifting. Not in the dramatic, thunderclap way (though the Cottage did flicker the lights twice, which I’m choosing to interpret as “concern” rather than “critique”). No — this… Continue reading
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The Chronicles of a Furniture Alchemist — 5.6.2026
Marigold, my incandescent disaster of a darling, Your letter arrived just as the rain began again — the soft, misting kind that makes the hedgerows look like they’re exhaling. I read it standing in the doorway with my boots half‑on,… Continue reading
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The Chronicles of a Furniture Alchemist 4.29.26
Marigold, my incandescent menace that I adore, I read your letter twice — once for sense, and once for the sheer pleasure of hearing your voice ricochet around this drafty old house. You’ve done it again. You’ve adopted another piece… Continue reading
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The Chronicles of a Furniture Alchemist ~ 4.26.26
Clementine, my thorny darling, You’ll laugh — or groan, or possibly both — when you hear what I’ve done this time. The Alchemist’s Cottage has been buzzing with activity ever since I dragged the chifforobe inside. You remember how this… Continue reading
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The Chronicles of a Furniture Alchemist 4.25.26
Clementine, my thorny darling, You’ll laugh — or groan, or possibly both — when you hear what I’ve done this time. The Alchemist’s Cottage has been buzzing with activity ever since I dragged the chifforobe inside. You remember how this… Continue reading