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Abi's avatar

Hi there! I’m a long time reader of your newsletter but first time commenting! Your email made my morning today, I read your message over my coffee. Thank you. Abi x

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Marg, your thoughtful, excellent writing brings the books you read and the dishes you prepare to life, along with interesting tidbits about your life in Australia. It’s too bad that numbers come into the equation. Good work should be enough.

I also sometimes fall down the same rabbit hole of self doubt after comparing myself to others, both content and numbers. It’s self-defeating but hard to avoid. But you have to remember—no one does it quite like you!

I really enjoyed our little book club meeting—hopefully more folks will join next time. And I think you’re on to something with posting dishes that either fail or don’t look so great—happens to me all the time. And sometimes those make the best stories.

And I’m with you and Hoang—never waste anything! For me, it comes from being the daughter of Depression and WW2-era parents who lived through shortages and rationing and never forgot it, no matter how well off they became later on.

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