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The Bel Esprit Project, co. est. 2020
"Either you had Bel Esprit or you did not have it."
- Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
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JANUARY 2026
ISSUE 61
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BAY FC: The Chefs
(Click to expand recipe) Caroline's Cinnamon Rolls Ingredients For the dough: - 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour - 1/3 cup granulated sugar - 1 packet Rapid Rise Instant Yeast - 1 teaspoon salt - 1 1/2 cups milk (100-110 degrees F) - 6 tablespoons unsalted butter - 1 egg For the cinnamon sugar filling: - 2/3 cup light brown sugar - 1- 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon - Pinch of salt - 1/4 cup butter (softened/melted) For the frosting: - 4 ounces cream cheese (room temp)...


Life Under the Stove Light
There’s a photo of a man somewhere above an old obituary. The color picture has started to run and bleed. He is thinning on top and his...


LE TEMPS PERDU
There. The full Moon. A ghost. Pieces of you Falling to earth, walk Straight through me. My fingers clutch the sky, aching To catch your...


A Lunar Haiku
Moon shadow—tall, clear serenity brewing with depth—I am the moon. By Libby Hill Photograph and Poem by Libby Hill


A Small Breeze in October
Nothingness moves across the surface of the earth like a pack of hounds at hunt, sprinting snout first without a sound, and trammeling...


Seed of Doubt
I found cracked brown leaves in the bed we share and the window open, curtains blowing in the wind. Gray light filtered into the room; my...


The Woolly Mammoth
Remember back when you were young? You thought you’d get a diploma the old-fashioned way. The first voice of a new generation screaming,...


The Thing About Love
The thing is… I think I could have really loved you, And I think if we had allowed ourselves the possibility of that feeling I would have...


Vapor Trails
I wanted to go with her to the gate—or at least as far as security would allow—but she stopped me. Sarah held up her ticket, printed in...
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