• Wintering by Katherine May

    Wintering by Katherine May

    It’s my year of reading and I’m starting strong with Wintering by Katherine May. Yes, a book about winter in the middle of winter. It sounds like going to an ice cream stand on a snowy day, sure, but it’s one of the warmest books I’ve read in a while.

  • The importance of the daily log

    The importance of the daily log

    Keeping a log of my days and weeks is one of the best habits I’ve ever started and one I wished I started years ago. I wrote about daily logging in how I organize with Notion and a notebook, but it doesn’t matter what tool or system you use (and there are a lot out…

  • Installing a dryer in the shed

    Installing a dryer in the shed

    We haven’t had a clothes dryer since moving to Scotland three and a half years ago. Today, everything changed. The magnitude of this event cannot be understated and must be remembered in the annals of time. We now have a magical drying machine. All is right with the world.

  • Blistered green beans

    Blistered green beans

    I’ve declared 2023 the year of reading but I’ve got a few hobbies going at the moment, especially cooking wiht a proper wok and drawing on the Wacom. The latter two colliding for a food-inspired illustration after cooking some blistered green beans using a dry-fry method outlined in The Wok from Kenji López-Alt.

  • 2023: The year of reading

    2023: The year of reading

    Let’s talk about New Year’s resolutions.

  • Rebuilding a Lego Tie Fighter

    Rebuilding a Lego Tie Fighter

    I like puzzles and I like Lego, so re-building a Lego Tie Fighter model my son and I previously built using the original instructions seemed like a no brainer. We have all the pieces in a couple tubs, how hard can it be?!

  • Wintering to start the new year

    Wintering to start the new year

    “Once we stop wishing it were summer, winter can be a glorious season when the world takes on a sparse beauty, and even the pavements sparkle. It’s a time for reflection and recuperation, for slow replenishment, for putting your house in order.” (Katherine May, Wintering) I started reading this book recently called Wintering by Katherine…

  • Welcome back Wacom

    Welcome back Wacom

    The gift I’m most excited about this past Christmas has to be this Wacom Intuos tablet from my wife (thanks honey).