Field Notes
The Things We Carry: England and Poland
Some places are new. Others are familiar. We bring something of ourselves to both.
Field Notes
The Art and Satisfaction of Breadmaking
A loaf of bread becomes an ongoing experiment in technique, tradition, patience, and the pleasure of making it.
Field Notes
Permission to Wander Without a Plan
An unplanned afternoon of wandering, record digging, and quiet time reveals how everyday life changes when it isn’t shaped by constant optimization. Field Note V: An Opening in the Day My wife had a massage appointment and the kids were at grandma’s, which created a rare kind of
Field Notes
The Art of Doing Nothing in Los Cabos
No ambitious itinerary, no boxes to check. Just a few days in Los Cabos with room to do nothing.
Field Notes
Inside the Reptarium: More Than a Reptile Zoo
A visit to a hands-on reptile zoo becomes less about the animals themselves and more about the environments they inspire and the spaces we go on to build. Field Note III: A Place That Started Small I have been coming here long enough to remember when it was just
Field Notes
Raising Kids Through Food, Travel, and Family Rituals
Sometimes the occasion isn't a holiday or milestone. Sometimes it's simply brunch.
Field Notes
Learning to Ski Changed How I Experience Winter
A spontaneous decision to try skiing turned winter from something I mostly endured into something I could actually enter, while giving my wife and me something genuinely new to discover together. Field Note I: Entering Something You Once Avoided I grew up in Michigan and somehow made it this far