Golden Trove Press · Season One

Life on the Pond

A memoir delivered one ripple at a time.

Before we get wet.

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— What It Is

A boy. A pond out back.
Two years that changed everything.

Life on the Pond is a coming-of-age memoir by Shawn Reed — the story of a boy who moved from a small west Texas town to a house with a pond out back, and the two years that changed everything.

The memoir arrives by mail, one ripple at a time, over twelve months. Each letter is printed on ivory parchment, hand addressed, and mailed to your door. Some months a small artifact arrives with it — an object true to the story. Something you can hold.

This is not a digital subscription. There is no app, no inbox, no algorithm. Just a letter, a stamp, and a story that travels to you the old way.

"12 months. 12 ripples. One story that might reach you."

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Season One

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12 months · Season 1

One letter per month on ivory parchment — hand addressed, mailed to your door.

Some months a small artifact arrives with the letter — an object true to the story. Something you can hold.

Ships on letter day each month.

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12 months · Season 1

Everything in The Ripple, plus:

Cedar box included — ships with Letter 1. The vessel that holds everything.

The full artifact collection arrives across 12 months, each object chosen for the moment it appears in the story.

Ships a few days early every month — Heirloom subscribers read first.

By month 12 you hold Season 1 — in a cedar box, with everything that came with it. This is something you keep. Something you pass down.

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The Gift —
Cedar Box

$129.00one time

The handcrafted cedar box — purchased separately as a standalone gift.

Ships with Letter 1 and the Anne Morton report card.

Perfect for giving to someone who subscribes to The Ripple.

One box. Built by hand. Meant to last.

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Letters and artifacts from Life on the Pond

— Something You Can Hold

The artifacts are real.
They come from the story.

Some months a small object arrives with the letter. Not a promotional item. Not a branded trinket. An object that belongs to the story — something Shawn held, or found, or lost.

A Pepsi bottle cap. A rooster tail lure. An empty 20-gauge shell. A rock that stood for something. These are the things that accumulate in a cedar box over twelve months, until you hold the whole story in your hands.

Heirloom subscribers receive the full collection. Ripple subscribers receive four artifacts — the ones that arrive at the moments that matter most.

— The Vessel

The cedar box.
Built by hand. Meant to last.

The cedar box ships with Letter 1 for Heirloom subscribers. It is built from aromatic red cedar with a sliding lid and a pull-out drawer in the bottom half — the drawer is for the artifacts.

Finished with a simple oil finish that lets the cedar breathe. The handle is braided pull cord — the kind that comes on a roll. It is not decorative. It is functional, and it fits.

By month 12, the box holds everything: the letters, the prints, the artifacts. It is a complete object. Something you keep. Something you pass down.

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Handcrafted cedar keepsake box with artifacts

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