Margaret's Nearly Thanksgiving News 2025
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm going to be on Jeopardy! Plus books, movies, and the Duolingo Dystopia.
October 2025 Spooky Edition!
Like the regular newsletter, but spookier. (But mostly like the regular newsletter.)
Margaret's Nearly September Nearly Monthly News
Is it fall yet? No? Sigh...
Margaret's Nearly Monthly News - Summer 2025
It's been a summer. Not a bad one, but a lot.
May 2025 - The Nearly Merry Monthly News
This month: ceramics and more French than I expected
NMN April 2025 - So Full. So Filled.
The usual updates, plus my thoughts on this summer's three Black Widow movies.
Margaret's Nearly Monthly News: Ides of March 2025 Edition
Is it just me, or is this March Ides-ier than usual?
MNMN: January 2025 "Not On Fire" Edition
tl;dr: I'm not on fire! Places to support those who have been displaced by the LA fires followed by the rest of the usual nonsense within
Margaret's Nearly Monthly Annual Wrap-Up 2024
2024 end of year wrap-up and we ponder the nature of time in the Duolingo dystopia
Margaret's Nearly Monthly News - November 2024 Edition
Thoughts on the end of an era for my alma mater, plus the usual news, updates, and the Duolingo dystopia
Margaret's Nearly Monthly News - October 2024
Happy Halloween! Also, one of my short stories got a nice review, plus brief thoughts about twelve angry cardinals.
Margaret's Nearly Monthly News - September 2024
Los Angeles weather, films that celebrate the end of summer, and my readings in a very specific post-apocalyptic sub-genre
Nearly Monthly News End of Summer Wrap-Up
Greetings! I've been on the road in August, heading to the UK to visit friends of the NMN Alasdair Stuart and Marguerite Kenner, and then visiting friends...
AMCmageddon Wrap-Up! A Special Report from Margaret's Nearly Monthly News
So, I recently got an email from AMC Theaters with the headline: "Take advantage of your A-List benefits!" Oh man. Been there. Done that. And now I’m writing...
New Story, Series Incoming; It's the July Nearly Monthly News!
Hello! It’s July and Margaret's Nearly Monthly News has officially hit the big time with triple-digit subscriber numbers, whoo hoo! Welcome newcomers, and...
Margaret's June Nearly Monthly News!
Hello! We're halfway through June, which means I'm three weeks and nine films into my #AMCmageddon quest to watch fifteen movies in theaters over thirty one...
Margaret's May Nearly Monthly News!
Happy May! It's Memorial Day weekend here in the US, when we remember our fallen servicemembers with cemetery visits, cookouts, and all-day mattress sales....
Margaret's April Nearly Monthly News!
It's April and spring is springing here in Southern California! Probably because I've been juggling multiple deadlines this month, I've also been crafting....
Margaret's March Nearly Monthly News!
The Nearly Monthly News Marches on with the last edition we'll see before the next total solar eclipse passes over the United States. What does that mean for...
Margaret's February Nearly Monthly News!
Happy February! The shortest month is a little longer this year, but that's no excuse for a lengthy intro. On to the news! From My Desk In keeping with our...