$11 / month · ships every month
Art & stories from a quiet little town on Route 66 — delivered to your mailbox every month.
Small-town stories. Original art. Real mail.
Wish you were here!
What’s in every envelope
Five small things, hand-packed, mailed once a month.
5X7 Art Print
A photo or painting of something wonderfully weathered. Think “if a road could write a poem…”
Route 66 Sticker
Every month, a new interpretation of the iconic road sign — designed by yours truly.
One letter in two parts.
The Road Trip — the story behind this month’s print. The Journey — the triumphs & struggles of a working artist on Rt. 66.
Creative Project
One of my original coloring pages or projects to encourage you in your own creative journey.
Seasonal extras
Creative inserts. Small surprises. No two months are exactly alike.
A word from db
The Long Way Home
I live in a town most people drive through without thinking about. The old highway runs straight down the middle of it. There’s a diner that opens at six, a hardware store that still sells things you actually need, and a sky that does something different every evening. I’ve been making art here for years, mostly for myself, sometimes for the people on this block.
I want to send some of that to your mailbox. Not as content. As mail. A print I made on a Tuesday, a letter about what the week was like, a coloring page I drew while the coffee got cold. Eleven dollars, twelve months, one envelope at a time. That’s the whole deal.
The dogwood out back finally gave up its last white petals this week. The wind got them, mostly. I swept some off the porch this morning and the rest are doing whatever petals do when nobody’s watching.
I made this month’s print sitting at the counter at Ruby’s. She let me stay long after my eggs went cold because she could tell I was on a roll. The little roadside chapel on the print is real. It’s about a mile past the old gas pumps, and almost nobody stops there anymore. I think about that building a lot.
The coloring page this month has a line from a hymn my grandmother used to hum when she was wringing out laundry. I won’t spoil it. Color slowly.
db
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