Archive - The Commonplace

5 Quick Things #393 🎉

shorter goals, hosting dinners, reading more books, & happiness

Jan 9 • Tsh Oxenreider

Book Chat: January '26 📚

how are you literarily kicking off the new year?

Jan 5 • Tsh Oxenreider

5 Quick Things #392 👑

French hens, online “communities”, game nights, & tree takedowns

Jan 2 • Tsh Oxenreider

December 2025

New Year's Eve & Day Reflection Questions 🥂

first reflect on this year, then plan next year...

Dec 29, 2025 • Tsh Oxenreider

The Quincy Christmas Pannemale Invention of 1995 🫔

(Or, Why You Should Always Double-Check Your Shelves When Italian Bakers Are Involved)

Dec 23, 2025 • Tsh Oxenreider

5 Quick Things #391 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

loving good things, Jolabokaflod, mincemeat pie, and The Unweek

Dec 19, 2025 • Tsh Oxenreider

The Farthest Away Mountain & Kristin Lavransdatter

Listen now | ep. 199

Dec 19, 2025 • Tsh Oxenreider

37:35

5 Quick Things #390 🕯️🕯️🕯️

nature walks, carol lore, feminine soulcraft, & sugarplums

Dec 12, 2025 • Tsh Oxenreider

Little Men & Till We Have Faces

Dec 10, 2025 • Tsh Oxenreider and Annelise Roberts

30:23

5 Quick Things #389 🕯️🕯️

St. Nicholas, dried orange slices, whimsical paper scenes, & a boar’s head

Dec 5, 2025 • Tsh Oxenreider

Narnia & A Prayer for Owen Meany

Dec 4, 2025 • Tsh Oxenreider and Shawn Smucker

31:42

Book Chat: December '25 📚

reading anything holiday-specific this month?

Dec 1, 2025 • Tsh Oxenreider

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