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Writing, editing, and life in Madrid, Spain - often all at the same time. The Useful and the Beautiful takes its name from an editing principle: remove anything from the page that is neither useful nor beautiful.

Jayne's writings on Spain provide an inquisitive, entertaining, and thoughtful perspective of a foreigner living in this wonderful country.

- Andrea Eschen

Geography of Home

By Sabrina Simpson

Thoughts about moving, resettling, and our sense of home.

Imperfect Appreciation

By Jeanne Marin

Existential musings, essays, letters and poetry from an American writer, textile artist and meditation practitioner living off-grid in Catalunya Spain.

Pieces of String Too Small to Use

By Marjie Alonso

Observations about life. And other things found in the attic.

Practical Globetrotters

Early retirees slow traveling the globe and sharing what we learn along the way

Practical Globetrotters offers useful, insightful travel tips with humor and perspective. I consider myself an experienced traveler yet through Practical Globetrotters, I see I have so much to learn and see. What about you?

- Andrea Eschen

Pitch Club

By Brendan O'Meara

Brendan O'Meara is a journalist, author, and host of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast. Pitch Club — combining text and audio — dissects pitches from the best longform journalists, how they framed their queries, and how they published their work.

Publishing Confidential

By Kathleen Schmidt

News and analysis about the book publishing industry that you won't read anywhere else.

Architecture and History of Chicagoland

By Rachel Freundt

Sharing photos and histories of Chicagoland's built environment.

Snippets from Spain

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