The weekly letter
A short note every Friday, numbered and kept. 8 issues so far, from the first (a letter written in pencil) to the latest.
- No.8
Saved for later
What went into the drawer this month: a finished book, an essay on stones, and a short list of small questions.
- No.7
A plane in October
An hour with an old plane and a board of ash, an announcement about what is coming, and a very small confession about a stool.
- No.6
Flour, again
Feeding a starter that does not care about your schedule, a loaf with a lopsided crust, and the finger test.
- No.5
Notes from the book press
The cased book comes out of the press, what the spine remembers, and a small defence of the thing you cannot unmake.
- No.4
What I would mend first
The inventory of a mending drawer, why visible repair beats invisible, and a note about buttons.
- No.3
Ink on the thumb
A visit to a letterpress shop in a former dairy, a drawer of spaces, and the one thing the printer asked me not to say.
- No.2
The sound of a stitch
Sewing signatures by ear, the first folded sheets, and a surprising amount of correspondence about paper grain.
- No.1
A first letter, in pencil
Why a weekly letter, what it will and will not be, and a ream of paper that has been sitting on the table for a week.