Little Notebook

06/01/2026

"All of these are the kinds of things that usually end up in a drawer or box, and these probably will someday too, because what else are you to do with them? Put a frame around them, it turns out, at least for a while. A frame that turns a bunch or random, everyday things into something more like art, right there in the kitchen."

Putting a frame around it. Plus, links for your weekend.

12/20/2025

Every year I pull out this wreath and have to hot glue parts back on, which I continue to do because I love it. Some year it won’t be salvageable but this year is not that year. The wreath came from Pier1 and I really miss their stores. Maybe that’s why I continue to baby it.

12/17/2025

I don't know if Helena actually said this. I hope she did.

12/13/2025

I set out for the garden center yesterday to see what they had to make a wreath for out front door. I decided to stop into first and found Fraser wreaths out front plus two kinds of greens and some berries among their flowers. Saved me a trip!

I hope to add more to this as the season goes on because I like wreaths when they get kind of wild. I wish I could have live greens everywhere but I stick to outside where they don’t dry out so fast. The weather is doing its part today…it’s 21 degrees.

12/11/2025

So lucky that lunch yesterday took me to , my favorite Christmas spot in KC. Only wish I had had time to shop afterwards.

10/04/2025

This week’s newsletter:

https://open.substack.com/pub/juliemayfield/p/weekend-reading-1003?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

09/19/2025

This week's newsletter takes you on tours of two beautiful bookstores (and two houses), plus new type of journaling that's all the rage, the two memoirs I've pre-ordered for fall, and more. You can read it here: https://juliemayfield.substack.com/p/weekend-reading-0919

Have a great weekend!

09/14/2025

“I paid off my student loans and thought, ‘I deserve a career change’.” - Harley Hamilton, owner of Red Fern Booksellers. Here’s a little more about his store and also the books he’s recommending right now. Thanks for agreeing to this impromptu interview, Harley. I loved my visit to your beautiful store.

09/14/2025

This weekend took me to Salina, KS where I lived for five years as a kid. The trip gave me a chance to visit Red Fern Booksellers which is a *stunning* store in Salina’s downtown. Here’s a little tour to show you what I mean plus a pic of what I picked up while I was there. I also found myself asking if I could do an impromptu interview with the owner, Harley Hamilton, which I’ll post separately. If you’re ever near Salina, you have to check out this beauty of a bookstore.