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hells bells
A monthly missive from Michele Christle

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21
Mar
a young stuffed bear inside a historical museum with varnished wood and a wall of photographs of Maine guides behind them, canoes displayed

Extra Credit

You don’t get your picture on the wall until you pass away.
3 min read
18
Mar
A gas station lit up in the fog at night, from behind bushes, litter on the ground.

Another Trip to the Convenience Store, This Time with Birds

8 min read
24
Feb
Photograph of snow covered blueberry barren. Most of the hill is covered in shadows.

Hi, I'm Somewhere Else Now and You Are Here, Too.

6 min read
17
Feb
A white t-shirt with black embroidery spelling "hells bells" hanging on a tree in a forest with snow on the ground.

hells bells is on Ghost now (bye Substack)

This is the new hells bells, a newsletter by Michele Christle (me) that's in the process of being
1 min read
08
Feb
photo of white femme wearing neon yellow beanie, on a beach

Let's Give Them Something to Talk About

In which I explore the value of having/"giving them" something to talk about, visiting Washington State, being off Instagram (boring), coyotes in supermarkets, and fail to stay on topic, generally.
10 min read
06
Jan
Yeah Righ

Yeah Righ

December was a doozy. I do not have a tiki problem.
7 min read
19
Nov
I was driving in the dark.

I was driving in the dark.

An ode to the convenience stores of New England—from the Gulf station in Perry, Maine to the 7-11 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
11 min read
16
Oct
Pine Cones Keep Falling On My Head

Pine Cones Keep Falling On My Head

Behind the scenes and backstory from my recent eel story: "Swimming Upstream"
9 min read
25
Sep
Hannah and the Broken String

Hannah and the Broken String

I return to the upper floors of the house I researched for many years, details take on new meanings.
7 min read
26
Aug
F(eel)ings

F(eel)ings

Missed deadlines, training regimens, and unpredictable injuries.
8 min read