Anne Bogel

And bringing that to life with imagery was really fun.

I mean, I talked in a recent

newsletter about how I really enjoyed going to Trader Joe's and buying all the snacks.

You should have seen our family group chat.

Everyone was so enthusiastic about the leftovers they were hopefully going to get to eat, which they did.

And it was great.

And I hired a local photographer, shout out Laura, who was amazing.

And Ginger, I love collaborating with our team like so much.

I love that.

I mean, it was so life-giving to work with someone like Laura.

Got it.

Thank you, Laura.

I love that.

And we were just arranging our snacks and our journals and our books and our blankets and our snacks and more snacks and our drinks and everything.

And I had a few fellow readers on hands to help conjure the communal scenes.

It was so fun to think about what would be inspiring and idea-giving for you all this summer.

I'm really happy with the results.

I will pass that on to Laura.

That's high praise.

So we want you to know, if you're like, I'm not doing a reading retreat this summer, that's cool.