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Newsletterversary VI

Today, I'm celebrating the sixth anniversary of my publication, which has resulted in 314 weekly sketches and mini-essays being published over the past six years.1

Frank Harmon’s Native Places blog is one of my greatest inspirations for this project. The formula is simple: pair a sketch with a mini-essay, share it online, and repeat.

I send this newsletter once a week, but I sketch and write every single day.

Every year, I have a different feeling about what I do here.

I’m figuring it out. But I enjoy every bit of it and will continue writing, drawing, and publishing for years. (I encourage you to discover the power of writing: start with one word per day.)


I'd love to hear your thoughts, feedback, comments, and suggestions, and invite you to write a comment, reply, send me a voice note, or send me a private message.

Thank you, as always, for pushing me to keep going.


Happy newsletterversary.


314 hand sketches by Nono Martínez Alonso.

  1. 313 weeks between July 2, 2025, and my first sketch and mini-essay on July 2, 2019. 

July 2, 2025
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