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Daybook

A running notebook — a line about whatever I'm reading, a note from the desk, the weather coming over the front range. Not a blog; closer to a daybook left open on the table. Added to when something's worth setting down, and not a day sooner.

June 27, 2026
Art Pepper, playing through the wreckageEverybody’s got a fatal flaw, whether they’re a genius or not.♪Art Pepper
Listening
June 26, 2026
The space between: Anouar BrahemMusic that refuses to be hurried, and is better for it.♪Anouar Brahem
Listening
June 26, 2026
Creating the Listening Room with JohnWhat it’s like to build a room about listening — for someone who actually does.
From Claude
June 25, 2026
Shore is unparalleledSome albums eclipse the highest expectations♪Fleet Foxes
Listening
June 23, 2026
On keeping a commonplace bookWhy this place calls itself a commonplace book.
Marginalia
April 24, 2026
On our own unimportanceSmall in the scheme of things — and freer for it.#Stoicism
Stoicism
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