Squirrel Mail

Squirrel Mail – A Monthly Snail Mail Subscription

What is Squirrel Mail? Turns out this is actually a pretty difficult thing to explain.

It’s actual physical mail. Like, every month you get a literal letter in your mailbox. From me. That I wrote. Along with some other random stuff.

What kind of random stuff?

Yes well… that’s why I called it Squirrel Mail.

I don’t necessarily know yet. But as a general rule, it’ll be something completely unrelated that caught my fancy and felt like it would be fun to include.

Some things will always be the same though. Well, the same but different.

Every month you can expect:

• A letter from me about life, the things I’ve been thinking about, learning, questioning, or otherwise trying to figure out.
• A postcard featuring one of my photographs that I’ve dug out of the archives (did I mention I also have a thing for photography?) for you to keep or send to someone you’re thinking about.
• Four songs I’ve been listening to. Genre to be determined.
• A Squirrel Challenge.
• A few other surprises. Stickers, paper goods, recipes, tea, seeds, or whatever else seems like a good idea at the time.

What’s a Squirrel Challenge?

Just a challenge… but with squirrel vibes.

Usually it’s related to whatever I’ve been writing about, which generally means it’s something I’m also trying to work on myself. Could be something useful, something creative, something to get you out of your usual routine, or something that makes life feel a little more like living and less like a never-ending list of things to do.

Okay, but why does Squirrel Mail exist?

I think I’m supposed to put something convincing here about the benefits of slowing down and finding joy in the little things.

And yes, I do think those things matter.

But mostly, I got tired of everything feeling so fake. The perfectly curated lives, the constant advice, the feeling that we’re all supposed to be improving ourselves every waking minute.

I wanted to make something real.

Real letters. Real life. Real thoughts from someone who also doesn’t have everything figured out.

Something you can actually hold in your hands, read with your coffee, and maybe feel a little less alone in this whole business of being a person.

And also random things. Obviously.

A quick note: Squirrel Mail isn’t necessarily just for women. However, it is a woman writing the letters, and I tend to get talking (typing) and forget that not everybody is necessarily going through the same things I am. So there’s that.

IMPORTANT! The monthly cutoff is the 10th.

Sign up on or before the 10th and you’ll receive that month’s letter. Sign up after the 10th and you’ll start with next month’s mail.

I usually get everything sent out a few days after the 10th, once I’ve gathered enough of whatever I’ve decided to include for everybody.

Okay, that’s all.

(jk) P.S. I include my return address if you want to write me back. Actual pen pals in the year 2026. Imagine that.

(jk some more) P.P.S. ChatGPT keeps trying to make me sound more professional and watered down, and frankly, I’m not interested. These letters are written by me, with my own thoughts and my own words. Even if I run out of things to say (highly unlikely).

No AI-generated letters around these parts.