Hello and happy holidays! It’s been a minute since I last sent you all a message. If you've just been added to the list, welcome. I’m writing to you today from frozen-cold, white, wintry Minnesnowtah — surrounded by family, friends, pets, and whānau. How good it feels to be home — all the nostalgia: snowmen, frozen lakes, pond hockey rinks in the neighbourhood, ice fishing, cutting down little pine trees, stocking caps, mittens (leather choppers), long johns, and warm puffy coats and pants. I hope you, too, are surrounded by those who make you feel warm and most loved at this time of year.
Over the past year, since you last heard from me, I’ve been writing. I’m excited to share that I’ve recently revamped bennysip.com and just self-published two new books. I’d love for you to check them out — and hey, right in time for Christmas! If you’re anything like me, you’ve still got a few gifts left to purchase, and at $8.00–$12.00 NZD ($4.60 - $6.90 USD) a pop (the cost of a snooty Starbucks Xmas coffee), why not give a Benny Sip original or two to your favourite family member, best friend, or — better yet — your beautiful bloody self?
A River Runs: Reduxed, Rewritten
This is the original book that so many of you loved — rewritten, refined, and expanded with a bunch of new additions. I think — I know — you’ll like this version even better than before.
Butterfly
An adult children’s book (yes, that’s a thing) for grown-ups who still believe in becoming something brand new. Think The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse — but Benny Sip style.
As much as I’d love to have physical books to sell, these are currently available in electronic format only on my website. It’s a lot easier this way for the time being — and let’s be honest, most of us have a Kindle, Remarkable tablet, iPad, smart phone, or some handy contraption we can easily download and read e-books (glorified PDF's) on.
These books — full of proems (prose poems) — are the greatest gifts I could ever give, and it would be an amazing exchange (and mean so much to me) if you purchased one or both of them. Also, if you know someone who would love one of these, please feel free to forward this email along (or buy them a gift card) — or pass on their contact details so I can add them to this list.
Only love, and wishing you happy holidays,
Benny Sip
P.S. I’d genuinely love to hear from you — especially if we haven’t seen or spoken to one another in years.
