Longhand: the weekly letterA short note every Friday on slow work.https://themes.furybee.org/enNo. 8: Saved for laterhttps://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-8/https://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-8/What went into the drawer this month: a finished book, an essay on stones, and a short list of small questions.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTSlow workWritingletters@longhand.example (Nell Hartigan)No. 7: A plane in Octoberhttps://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-7/https://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-7/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.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWoodworkToolsletters@longhand.example (Nell Hartigan)No. 6: Flour, againhttps://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-6/https://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-6/Feeding a starter that does not care about your schedule, a loaf with a lopsided crust, and the finger test.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCookingSlow workletters@longhand.example (Nell Hartigan)No. 5: Notes from the book presshttps://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-5/https://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-5/The cased book comes out of the press, what the spine remembers, and a small defence of the thing you cannot unmake.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTBookbindingPaperletters@longhand.example (Nell Hartigan)No. 4: What I would mend firsthttps://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-4/https://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-4/The inventory of a mending drawer, why visible repair beats invisible, and a note about buttons.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRepairSlow workletters@longhand.example (Nell Hartigan)No. 3: Ink on the thumbhttps://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-3/https://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-3/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.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrintingWritingletters@longhand.example (Nell Hartigan)No. 2: The sound of a stitchhttps://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-2/https://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-2/Sewing signatures by ear, the first folded sheets, and a surprising amount of correspondence about paper grain.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTBookbindingPaperletters@longhand.example (Nell Hartigan)No. 1: A first letter, in pencilhttps://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-1/https://themes.furybee.org/longhand/newsletter/no-1/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.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSlow workPaperletters@longhand.example (Nell Hartigan)