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Small blue souvenir clogs in a paper bag beside an open travel notebook, with Dutch houses and a bicycle path visible through a bus window.

Slice of life · Sep 30, 2026

Three Weeks of Research, Two Provinces of Holland

Audrey visits an old friend in Utrecht armed with three weeks of research. Bicycle traffic, supermarket yogurt, and a pair of souvenir clogs expose a few gaps in her preparations.

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A Sense of Occasion displayed upright at Silverdale Library beside a card reading “Not for everyone. Worth discussing.

Reviews & Finds · Sep 6, 2026

A Sense of Occasion: A Book I’m Still Not Entirely Comfortable Recommending

Brodie Crellin’s debut is perceptive, darkly funny, and deliberately uncomfortable. Audrey Keller admires its portrait of family self-deception—even when she questions how far the novel chooses to push it.

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