Lately.

Lately.
Introducing

A weekly letter,
sent to close friends.

Blog with the simplicity of a chat, and the warmth of an email from a friend.

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  1. 01 Message Send notes to a WordPress Agent on Telegram throughout the week.
  2. 02 Review Every Friday, choose what to keep, edit, or leave behind.
  3. 03 Send Goes by email, only to the close friends you’ve approved.
Andrew Spittle Issue 04 · May 21

Lately.

The apple tree out front bloomed sometime between Tuesday’s rain and Wednesday’s morning light. They come back every spring, and every spring they still take me by surprise.

Now inBeta
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The product

Capture in Telegram. Review on Friday.

A Telegram chat with the WordPress Agent bot, sending a photo and notes through the week.
Send the bot a note, a photo, a song. It tucks each one away for Friday.
The Lately This Week view showing a draft letter grouped into Doing and Listening sections.
Friday morning, your week is already a letter, grouped and ready. Read it, tweak it, ship it.
A peek

This is what you are signing up to make.

A sample Lately Friday letter, Week 23, 2026, with Reading and Listening sections.

An actual Friday letter.

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Small on purpose.

Friends only. You approve every reader. No public timeline, no algorithm, no metrics, nobody you didn’t invite.

Capture is the work.

The letter is the byproduct. You don’t sit down on Friday to write. You’ve already written it, in moments through the week.

Yours to keep.

Lately runs on WordPress. Your letters live on your own site, in your own format. If you ever leave, you take them with you.

Style packs

Three ways to set the table.

Pick from three writing styles, with more coming.

Modern style pack
Modern
Pop style pack
Pop
Zine style pack
Zine
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Questions

How much does it cost?

Free during the beta.

Who can read my letters?

Only the friends you approve. Nobody else.

What if I miss a week?

Nothing happens. Lately doesn’t scold you. You just don’t send a letter that week.

Can I leave with my letters?

Yes. It’s a WordPress site, so you can export and migrate whenever you like.