WANTED: A Sounding Board for the Roast & Roost Café! (Join my Snail Mail Club)

Hi, I'm Felicity "Flick" Matthews!

I have recently moved back to my childhood hometown of Bluebird's Rest, a quirky, historic little town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains. I've just purchased the old Mountain Laurel Fraternal Society building—which most locals just call the defunct town insurance building—and I am undertaking a massive, deep-bones renovation to turn it into a new community hub: the Roast & Roost Café.

For years, my late husband and I opened and ran a string of cafés together. I am deeply used to having a partner to think out loud with, and honestly, my dog Wolfgang is a great listener, but he isn't much help when it comes to finalizing pastry menus or picking out tile. Since I'm tackling this massive project alone, I am looking for a sounding board—and that's where you come in!

I'm starting The Roast and Roost Mail Club. If you sign up to follow along with my 12-month renovation journey, you'll receive a monthly letter from me, along with pages from my daily diary logging the ups, downs, and messy demolition days of cafe life.

I am absolutely thrilled to share that I'm partnering with The Cozy Post to make this snail mail club happen! They are providing their wonderful production and fulfillment support so that each chapter reaches your mailbox beautifully packed. I am so excited to have their support, making it possible for us to stay connected no matter how chaotic the drywall demolition gets here at the cafe site.

Because this building used to host secretive 20th-century lodge meetings on its upper floors, there's no telling what kind of hidden rooms, antique ledgers, or historical secrets I might unearth once I start tearing down these false walls.

If you love historic architecture, copious amounts of coffee, and small mountain town charm, I'd love to have you in the club. Sign up today and help me bring the Roast & Roost to life!