For the impossible-to-shop-for
They already own everything they want. What they do not have is a small, surprising thing to look forward to in the mail, twelve times a year. One everyday word a month, and the whole story behind it, beautifully printed and posted to their door.
The hardest people to buy for already have the gadgets, the candles, and the nice bottle. This is not another object to find a shelf for. It is a small surprise that arrives and is read and enjoyed, month after month.
That is exactly what makes it a gift. Nobody subscribes themselves to a beautiful little magazine about the secret lives of words. It takes someone who knows them well enough to think of it.
Most gifts are opened once and forgotten by lunch. This one lands in the mailbox again every month, a small treat to look forward to and then keep on the shelf. You are remembered twelve times, not once.
The big reader. The crossword-doer. The one who always asks where a word comes from. And the harder case: the person with taste and no wish list, who is a delight to know and impossible to shop for. This is the thing you give them.
There is no app, no login, and no screen. A printed issue simply appears in their mailbox, anywhere in the United States, once a month. No account to make, and nothing they ever have to remember to cancel.
Every issue reads a little like these short notes. Give them a look, and you will see what lands in the mailbox each month.
Why gift means poison in German
Why the turkey is named after a country it has never seen
What OK actually stands for
Why a doctor is really a teacher
Three months as a taste, or a full year as the gift they will not see coming. Either way the issues come one a month, starting with issue No. I at the start of next month.
$39
Not sure yet? The easy way to try, or a small gift. Three surprises in the mail.
Give three months$130
The best value, and the gift that keeps on arriving. Twelve issues across the year.
Give the yearAt checkout you add their delivery address, plus a short note that goes inside the first issue. On a phone, pay in one tap with Apple Pay or Google Pay.
Secure checkout through Stripe · ships within the USA.
Both are single purchases: nothing renews and nothing bills again. The year comes at a deep discount, so it stays final once it ships.
Give the year and they get twelve small surprises, one a month, each one a word they thought they knew. Your note goes inside the very first issue.
Give the year