Now feeling the quiet pleasure of finding writing that takes itself seriously without being self serious, and a stop at caramelmeadowtradehouse extended that subtle pleasure, the gap between earnest and pretentious is fine and this site has clearly chosen to land on the earnest side without slipping over into pretentious which is impressive.

If I am being honest this is the kind of site I quietly hope my own work will someday resemble, and a stop at velvetgrovevendorworks extended that aspirational feeling, finding work that models what I want to produce is part of why I read carefully and this site has been performing that modelling function for me lately consistently.