Jules & Nini parcel — chapters of a real novel, a personal letter, postcards, recipe cards, and art prints, mailed from Cumberland, Maine

We're waiting for you. You belong here.

It's a moment you look forward to every month. An escape from the chaos. A parcel arrives by hand. Inside are surprises - tea, recipes, deeply personal letters, and more, along with chapters of a story that unfolds and captivates more each month, written by a mother & daughter, shaped by the people who read it.

I'm in

People who were previously strangers, scattered across the country, holding the same parcel and opening at their own pace — connecting in the ways that feel right.
Peace and togetherness.
Waiting for you.

"Every parcel is made to inspire...:

What arrives each month...

The unfolding story

The next chapters of a captivating story unfolding — still being written. Fiction drawn from real memory, shaped along the way by the people who read it

Personal letter

A personal letter to you from Jules or Nini — what she's thinking, what inspires her, what she's making, signed by hand and sealed in wax

Chapter Notes

Chapter Notes — the real-life memories that inspired the fiction. Sometimes the inspiration comes from the Reading Room, making co-authors out of Keepers

Small things made by hand

The keepsakes for Keepers. Art in forms that fit the parcel. Changes each month. Always with ties to our community, to real life, to you. Could be recipe cards, teas, real art and postcards from local artists from around the country, and other small things made by hand

Journaling prompt

A journaling prompt — a small invitation to write something of your own. But only if you want. Wherever you want

Your invitation

With your first parcel: your invitation to The Reading Room, where Keepers gather between mailings. Make new friends — or meet people who feel like old ones. Share what you're thinking. Debate where the story should go. Or simply read along quietly. All of it counts

The practice is mostly between mailings.

The Reading Room is the room in between.

The Reading Room is where the Keepers find each other between mailings.

Some share what they're thinking. Some debate where the story should go. Some write back to Jules and Nini. Some read along quietly, never posting a word. Some simply receive the parcel each month and let the rest pass by.

All of it counts.

Make new friends. Or meet people who feel like old ones. The Reading Room is offered, not required.

I'm in.

By hand.

Everything that leaves Cumberland, Maine, was touched by a human before it reached your mailbox.
Written for you. Designed for you. Prepared for you. Personal for you.
Just Jules. And Nini. And family. And the kitchen table.

  • Made by hand

    Each parcel assembled at the kitchen table — the booklet, the letter, the small things, all gathered for one Keeper at a time.

  • Signed and sealed.

    Every personal letter signed by Jules or Nini, then pressed with the J&N wax seal.
    Every one.

  • Sent by name.

    One Keeper.
    One parcel.
    One name on the envelope.
    It's you.
I'm inGive as a gift

From Cumberland, Maine, and Woburn, Massachusetts.

Jules and Nini. Mother and daughter.
They started this on a drive to Florida — for reasons that didn't have anything to do with writing a book.
Her grandkids call her Nini, and it stuck.

A few notes that found their way back to us...

  • Kris Boule

    "You have got to meet these two! Jules and Nini ... oh the stories they could tell! Can't wait to see their investigtive skills come to life. So excited!!"

  • Emily & Greg

    "Two partners in crime! Excited to learn what the dynamic mother/daughter duo will do next"

  • Emily Reynolds

    "I only met Nini once, but by the end of that hour I felt as if her deadpan commentary and grounded experience as a New England matriarch were long-time friends.... their stories are about to keep me up til' 2am ... with silent laughter!
I'm inGive as a gift

Your words.

In the book.

Some of what Jules and Nini write each month begins with something a Keeper said.

A memory shared in the Reading Room. A suggestion in a letter back. An idea that showed up at the right moment.

When a Keeper's contribution shapes the book, that Keeper is named in it. By first name. By initials. By a pseudonym. By whatever you'd rather be called — or not at all.

A book made by Jules and Nini. A few of its corners made by you.

Something

to look forward to

Parcels ship in the last week of every month — Maine to mailboxes across the country.

Book One closes in January 2027. Book Two begins in the same parcel.

The Reading Room stays open between mailings. A place to share what a chapter stirred up, or just sit with what other Keepers shared.

I'm in.Give as a gift

Twelve dollars a month. Yours.

Cancel anytime.
No tiers, no add-ons,
no upsells in the parcel.

Come in.

I'm inGive as a gift

Still thinking about it?

No rush. We'll send you a letter — a real one, by mail — so you can hold it before deciding.

Send me a letter

Mother's Day is May 10.

There's still time to send one to her, too — sealed, hand-addressed, ready to arrive.

Send as a gift

Want the longer version?

Before any of this had a name, Jules wrote a letter. About her mom. About a drive to Florida. About why they're mailing a novel instead of publishing one.

It's two pages. It says everything.

Read Jules's letter

We're waiting for you. You belong here.

Peace and togetherness,
Jules and Nini