Kitchen·November 12, 2026
The loaf that would not rise
Four flat, sad loaves in a row. The fix turned out to have nothing at all to do with the recipe.
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The archive
Everything so far, in four piles.
6 posts, newest first inside each group. Nothing is behind a paywall and nothing gets deleted, so the bad sourdough advice from 2021 is still down there somewhere.
Kitchen
Bread, one pot dinners, and whatever the season is handing over.
2 posts
Kitchen·October 15, 2026
One pot, one burner, most of winter
Not a recipe. A case for the kind of cooking that heats the house and leaves you one thing to wash.
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Garden
Two raised beds, a gravel path, and a great deal of learning the hard way.
1 post
Garden·November 3, 2026
What the first frost took, and what it left
It arrived on a Tuesday at twenty eight degrees and settled an argument I had been having with the garden since August.
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Town
Ashgrove itself: the library, the ridge trail, and the people who keep both going.
2 posts
Town·October 24, 2026
Three hours on Harrow Ridge
The trailhead is nine miles out of town and almost nobody goes. Here is what the climb is really like.
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Town·October 2, 2026
How the book sale actually works
Twice a year the library fills its basement with paperbacks. There is a strategy to it, and now you have it too.
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Notes
Almanacs, margins, and the slow business of paying attention.
1 post
Notes·September 19, 2026
In defense of a paper almanac
My phone knows what Thursday is doing. I keep the almanac anyway, and it has made me much better at noticing.
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