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The Two Lives of Martha Washington
Martha Washington’s early years were just as eventful as her later ones.
 • Mariella Hunt
Martha Washington, the First Founding Mother
If there were Founding Fathers, there were also Founding Mothers. The first of these was Martha Washington.
 • Mariella Hunt
What Beatrix Potter’s Diary Taught Me About Writing
Why writers feel called long before they know what to say
 • Mariella Hunt
Reading The Language of Butterflies and Remembering My Garden
What I learned from planting flowers and reading slowly
 • Mariella Hunt
The year of reading old books
& why I now take to pages with pencil
 • Mariella Hunt
What Beatrix Potter can teach us about gardening
What we can learn from Beatrix Potter
 • Mariella Hunt
Things I’m letting go of
A new year & new colors
 • Mariella Hunt
The Tearoom Wishes You a Happy New Year
My 2026 plan for this blog, and new reading goals
 • Mariella Hunt
Chapter 10 - In Father’s Journal
Amelia opens her father’s journal for the first time since his death, and learns about a strange conversation he had overheard.
 • Mariella Hunt
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Welcome to The Tearoom, where I reflect on reading, writing, and art! Join me each Sunday for Steeped This Week, a segment in which I share great articles and update you on my bookish life.
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