Issue Nineteen

For this issue, we explore a theme of both beauty and danger. Here you’ll read a story about fire hiding inside wood, meditate on the fire in our bones, and play with the mess of charcoal. This magazine is a place to gather on a cold night, to sit together and share stories. Art and words keep us warm in winter! In this issue, we feature matchbox babies, which you can make, too! Download this template, print it out, and soon you’ll have a set of your own!    Instructions: 1. Wrap the outside of a standard, small matchbox in paper. Glue it on. Draw on it. 2. Color the baby animal and its blanket, then cut it out and glue it into the inside of the matchbox.  3. With the matchbox lid removed, pierce a hole through the lid (both in its front and its back) close to the top. 4. Run an approximately 8-inch string through the hole (we used an embroidery needle and embroidery floss).  5. Tie a knot at the ends of the string where they meet. 6. Slide the inside of the matchbox back into the lid,