The Garage Light

A monthly newsletter for dads. Mailed to your house.

No app. No feed. No notifications. Just a real thing in your mailbox once a month, written by another dad.

A stack of stamped envelopes ready for the mail.

Each issue is printed, stapled, and mailed. It’s written for dads who’d rather be present than online — dads who are doing the work and quietly figuring it out. Inside you’ll find a project to build with your kid, real questions to ask them, a field guide to what they’re going through this month, and stories from other dads who are in it with you.

It’s not a content drip. It’s not optimized for engagement. There’s no app to download and no archive to scroll. Once a month, it shows up. You read it on the porch, or at the kitchen table, or in the car waiting for school pickup. Then you leave it somewhere your kid might pick it up.

That’s the whole thing.

An issue lying flat on a kitchen table.A hand holding an open issue.
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per month
$97
per year
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Get a free sample issue.

We’ll send you a PDF of a recent issue. Plus the occasional note about deals or discounts — that’s it. This is not an email newsletter and we will not send you regular emails.

A note from the founder.

[FOUNDER NOTE GOES HERE — to be written by Mark. Will include his story as a dad and a veteran, and the connection to Children of Fallen Patriots, who receive 10% of every subscription.]

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— Mark