This month, we begin our second Almanac of Blessings after completing the twelve cycles of The First Almanac of the Lesser Gods of the Ancient Forest Transmitted Through the Veil by Ants and Other Mysteries. Thank you for joining us on an entire spin around our Mysteriously Legged friend the Sun!

This First August, Second Almanac, we celebrate another important first by chronicling the Picnic at the Dawn of Time. In this book packed with gingham and watercolor illustrations, you’ll receive your belated invitation to the picnic (don’t worry, your ancient being was already there), discover the menu for both the dishes served and All of Creation, and meet the Fox of Nothingness that came uninvited and threatened to devour Everything. You’ll learn how to fold a picnic blanket to the size of a whisper, witness the moment when leftovers were born, and meet the lifeforms devoured by the Fox immediately after their inception (including the pocket rhinoceros, the pig with pigtails, and the iridescent moonflower). We hope this book might inspire your own picnic to celebrate All of Creation — or at least a celebration of apple pie, the noble potato, and sandwiches without crusts.

You’ll receive two pdf files: one formatted for screen reading (labeled “SCREEN”), and another formatted for double-sided printing (labeled “PRINTABLE BOOKLET”). Please don’t distribute this top-secret content!