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P.S. June in Review

Plus: a disco ball candle, an essay on fanfiction, and an excellent train video.

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Lizzie Campbell
Jul 03, 2025
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But Wait, There’s More is a blog + newsletter that features careful musings on culture, lifestyle, design, nostalgia, and how they all intersect.

P.S. is like the little sister to But Wait There’s More – a bite-sized love letter filled with things I’ve read, watched, enjoyed, or contemplated that week.

Dear Friend,

I’m writing this to you from the kitchen table of my husband’s childhood home. We’re visiting our quaint (read: tiny) hometown in Michigan (and yes I said “our” – we were high school sweethearts) for the summer, and I’m looking forward to doing all those quintessential small town summer-y things, like… eating a hot dog? And getting soft serve? And probably ending up at the WalMart late at night because there’s nothing else to do… You get the gist.

Anyways. Summer? Not my favorite season. It’s probably actually my least favorite season. I hate being hot, I hate the clothes, I hate trying to decide if I’m dressing for the blazing temps outside or the sub-arctic conditions that aw…

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