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Welcome home! It’s the place you can rewind the day and give it a happy ending, or unwind and be yourself without pretending. It’s the rattiest sweats you own and the moth-eaten
Cashmere Sweater you wear to bed. It’s setting the thermostat on My Comfort Zone, playing music you’re embarrassed to admit you love, letting the world go about its busy-ness without you.
Home is the Place you’re meaning to unclutter, the rooms you’re thinking of repainting, the weeds still waiting for uprooting. It’s the place you long for when you’re sick in a strange city, or you failed to nail a job interview, or you’re stuck on a date that was a big mistake. Home is a midnight snack standing up at the sink, a nightlight down the hall, the flashlight by your bed in a blackout. It’s intensive care when life knocks you for a loop, a place for an emergency landing, a recovery room for your soul. And no matter how far you roam, you hope the key is still under the mat. Cover copy by Nikki Hardin, art by Mary Richardson
“Home is where my habits have a habitat.” Fiona Apple