Art & Story Club — January 2026 Issue | "A Bitter Pill"

A letter arrives. It smells like snow and sounds like first grade.

The January 2026 Issue of the Jan Dale Art & Story Club is a handcrafted mailing delivered straight to your door — no screens, no scrolling, just a beautifully printed letter and an original art print to hold in your hands.

This issue includes:

• A true story: "A Bitter Pill" — A funny first-grade memory of coming down with chicken pox right before Christmas, just when a certain holiday pageant was counting on her
• An original art print: "Dawn At Silver Creek Ranch" — Morning sun filtering through bare winter trees onto sparkling snow, rendered in soft, luminous blues
• A themed bookmark and wintry stickers

Written and illustrated by Jan Dale, rooted in the rhythms of rural life and the things we never want to forget

Ships via USPS first-class mail to US addresses. No tracking — just the quiet anticipation of something real in your mailbox.