Tools
Three sticky notes and a cup of tea
I deleted the to-do app and allowed myself three notes on the edge of the monitor. The tea turned out to be the other half of the system.
Journal
Every story since the first issue, newest first.
September 2026
August 2026
Places
Four hours on a Saturday at the branch library
The small library in the old brick house opens from ten until two on Saturdays. I stayed for all four hours to see who else did.
Tools
A paper timetable at a small station
An hour to wait at a quiet station under a rocky hillside, and why the folded timetable in my pocket was more use than the app.
Places
What a café table is for
Laptops, lunches, first dates, and job interviews all share the same small square of wood. A morning spent watching them take turns.
July 2026
Places
Reading a lane by its doorways
One short cobbled lane, walked slowly, turns out to be a record of every owner who wanted a different front door.
Essays
Walking the same path for a year
Twelve visits to one stone path under the trees, and a slow lesson in noticing things that only change when you are not looking.
June 2026
Essays
The best lunch is eaten standing up
A warm roll, a spiced potato fritter, a green chilli and a square of paper napkin. In praise of food that asks nothing of you.
Essays
The list of hills
A notebook of every hill climbed since childhood, and what a thirty-year list teaches about finishing things.
May 2026
Places
Who looks after the pots on the lane
Every doorway on one cobbled lane has a plant outside it. All summer I tried, and failed, to catch anyone watering them.