Dear reader

The house-keeping letter !

Welcome.

To those who have been recently added, if it’s not your cup of tea, there must be an unsubscribe button here for you somewhere. If not, you can just email me directly at paineite@gmail.com and I’ll happily take care of it. Zero hard feelings.

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Again welcome and thank you.