Field Notes

Short write-ups on tools, routes and small experiments.

Mapping a slow morning

Notes from a week of walking the same loop at different hours: what changes, what stays, and why the light matters more than the weather.

A small guide to keeping a paper index

How a plain notebook with numbered pages and a hand-written contents list outlasted three note-taking apps.

On repairing things

A short list of tools worth owning, and the repairs that taught me the most about how ordinary objects are put together.