Notes from Frisco · October 23, 2026
Frisco Wassail Days 2026: a keeper's guide.
Nine days of hot spiced cider up and down Main Street, November 28 to December 6. What it is, how the 12 Sips card works, and how to do it slowly.
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The kitchen · October 23, 2026
High-altitude pumpkin bread, from a roasted pumpkin.
Two loaves, a whole orange, and the small changes that make it work at nine thousand feet. A Thanksgiving recipe from Come In. It's Already Warm.
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The kitchen · October 23, 2026
Orange scones, with cream cheese and cranberries.
Eight wedges, a glaze of fresh orange, and a dough you must not fool with. A holiday morning scone from Come In. It's Already Warm.
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From the desk · October 23, 2026
Quiet novels for a snowed-in weekend.
A short winter reading list for a cabin, a long weekend, or a house that has finally gone quiet. Books about small towns, old houses, and staying.
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From the desk · October 18, 2026
A gift for the one who keeps the house.
Every family has one, every inn, every office with a coffee pot that is somehow always full. A book for the keeper, and why I made it.
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The house, explained · October 18, 2026
A keeper and a storyteller.
Two old jobs that turn out to be one: making room. What I mean when I call myself a keeper, and why the stories came out of the front desk.
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The podcast · October 18, 2026
Still Here.: five readings for the end of a long day.
A small run of episodes on the podcast Avery Lane Maxwell., each one an Elias essay read slowly with its own song. The first is out now.
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From the desk · September 9, 2026
The water between places.
Episode Three went looking for my grandmother and kept finding water. A hot spring in Montana, a river in Colorado, a kitchen table in Georgia, and at the end, Mema's orange scones in her own measures.
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Notes from Frisco · September 9, 2026
Frisco in September.
The aspens have started, a few trees deciding early. Peaches in a bicycle basket, dried flowers on the Tenmile bridge, and the month the town belongs to the people who live in it.
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The house, explained · September 9, 2026
How to listen.
Every door the podcast has, on one page: the Alexa phrase, Amazon Music, Spotify and Apple with video, YouTube for the films, the browser, and RSS for any app.
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Notes from Frisco · September 1, 2026
Scones at nine thousand feet.
Altitude is honest: it tells you immediately what it thinks of your baking. The August that finished a novel, scored a podcast, and gave the scone recipe an address of its own.
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