Issue #006 — A late August letter on a question I cannot stop turning over
Whether the work I am most proud of came from the seasons I felt most certain or the seasons I felt most lost. The honest answer surprised me.
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Issue #005 — An unscheduled note on something I keep noticing
An unscheduled note. The small linguistic move where, before you tell someone about the thing you are making, you weaken the sentence in advance.
Issue #004 — The freelance year I almost quit
Two clients went quiet at the same time. The drafted resignation that never sent, and what got me through the bad part of year three.
Issue #003 — A summer letter on slowing down without falling behind
July keeps getting recruited as a project. A short note on undefended afternoons and the boredom that grows ideas.
Issue #002 — On the cost of doing too much, too well
A friend has not taken a real weekend in eight months. The slow accounting of saying yes one defensible time too many.
Issue #001 — Why I started writing letters instead of articles
A first letter, slightly self-conscious. Why a newsletter, what it is for, and the two questions I am holding open this season.