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  • The ridge path in fog

    I left before sunrise, hoping to see the valley from the ridge. Instead, the fog came up to meet me, and for three hours the world was twenty metres wide.

  • Rebinding an old dictionary

    A neighbour brought me a 1932 pocket dictionary with a broken spine and a cover held by tape. Two weekends later, it opens flat again.

  • Books of the summer

    A hot summer means long evenings on the bench outside. Here are the five books that kept me company, from the one I loved most to the one I am still thinking about.

  • Why this site is static

    This blog is a folder of text files turned into plain HTML. No database, no comments, no tracking. Here is why I like it that way.

  • A better morning coffee

    After a year of small experiments, my morning coffee recipe fits on an index card. It is not perfect, but it is mine.