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The 84th
84 years. A phone full of love. Three dogs. One angel food cake made from scratch. Some weekends write themselves into the ledger.
May 11
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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The Sunday Summons — April 26, 2026
The dining table that doesn't get enough use. A pie made twice. A dog who hollers for the people he loves.
Apr 26
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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The Sunday Summons — April 19, 2026
On the week after the archive, a pie that needs to be made twice, and a perfect Sunday in the Coachella Valley
Apr 19
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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The Sunday Summons — April 12, 2026
On a full plate, a lounge chair in Hawaii, and four words typed into a search bar that sent me all the way back to 1769
Apr 12
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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The Sunday Summons — April 5, 2026
On Easter Sunday, champagne, family gatherings, and the joy of a day with nothing but good things in it
Apr 5
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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Doug's Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Asparagus
The dish that became an Easter tradition the moment it arrived at the table
Apr 1
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Jennifer Ann Blair
The Sunday Summons — March 29, 2026
On full houses, quiet mornings, and the Easter dish landing Wednesday
Mar 29
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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The Ritual: An Introduction to the Tables Behind the Ritual
From a Victorian oval room in Indiana to a quiet desert morning — what the tables we grow up around teach us about the ones we set
Mar 25
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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The Sunday Summons — March 22, 2026
On tables, rituals that don't announce themselves, and the everyday architecture of being together
Mar 22
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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The Keepers: An Introduction to the Hands Behind This Table
Clara, Jesse, and Helen — the Indiana great-grandparents, the recipe boxes, and how The Hearth began
Mar 18
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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The Sunday Summons — March 15, 2026
On the things we carry without knowing it — recipe boxes, handwriting, and the language of feeding people
Mar 15
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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The Sunday Summons — March 8, 2026
A Sunday letter about thresholds, quiet beginnings, and what a glass of Concord grape juice in an Anaheim wine shop has to do with a life in wine.
Mar 8
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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