Notes on Patience, Persistence, and Ice

Digging through old notes, finding forgotten inspiration, and putting old techniques to new use.

Notes on Progress Your Own Way, Iridescence, and Writing the Long Way Around

Notes on uneven progress, fleeting beauty, and trusting the long way around.

Notes on First-Time Filming, Rereads, and Redbirds

A week of crochet experiments, first-time filming mishaps, rereads that still surprise me, and red birds calling.

Notes on Fear, Creative Interpretation, and Small Steps

Notes on making creative progress, reading for emotional resonance, and the inevitability of fear.

On Birds, Blogs, and Books

Notes on loving libraries and books, blogging well, and how birds can nudge our decision-making.

On Winter, Woobles, and Websites

Notes on the wonder of birds, teaching a child, and worth as more than monetary value.

On Building a Small, Human Website

Notes on building a small, human corner of the internet—one that values learning in public and resists the pressure to be bigger than it needs to be.

Feeling Frozen

You know that feeling of horror you get when starting a new notebook? Well, I do. Starting this blog feels at least ten times worse. What I've found is that simply putting words on the page helps release things again. These words may not mean much to the