First Quarter

Oct
03
Variously sized pieces of grey and reddish stone held together by white mortar.

First Quarter: Hail to the stoneworkers

4 min read
Sep
05
Golden brown, rough-looking rope cords running all in the same horizontal direction.

First Quarter: Rope materials for newcomers

Hello. It's Friday, so I'm sending you the usual weekly missive; but it's also
10 min read
Aug
08
Clusters of bumpy berries in various stages of ripeness from green to red to black, hanging on thin green branches.

First Quarter (Again): Black raspberry jam

10 min read
Aug
01
Lush yellow inflorescences on green stalks with thin leaves, against a blue, nearly clear sky.

Solar Autumn + First Quarter: Blooms of the golden days

Hello. It's Friday and a holiday; since these two things coincide, I have ritual commitments that take some
8 min read
Jul
06
A colorful tempera painting. A woman in a kerchief waits over the naked body of an adult man, on a riverbank.

First Quarter (Zodiac Series): Not the mother they want

It's Sunday, and this is potentially the longest newsletter installment I will ever write, hence the unprecedented two-day
62 min read
Jun
06
Very tall, white-barked, slender trees with green leaves line a dirt road under a blue, partly cloudy sky.

First Quarter: Ash, aspen

7 min read
May
09
A spacious, open room with white walls, pale wooden floors and tasteful furniture that gives way to a square seating pit with colorful cushions.

First Quarter (Zodiac Series): The form is the function

Hello. It's Friday, and after a decidedly false start last month, I'm making a fresh attempt
9 min read
Apr
11
Two young white lambs on green grass with a blurry rural background.

First Quarter: Toward the pastoral, with difficulty

Hello. It's Friday, and around this latitude, a traditional marker of early spring is generally drawing to a
10 min read
Mar
07
Green and brown curled up fern fronds. They are very small, just barely rising from the soil.

First Quarter: Morel & fern

6 min read
Feb
07
A log cabin exterior with a lantern over a doorway and a sign with the French phrase "cabane à sucre."

First Quarter: Sugaring time

Hello. It's Friday, and for the first time since last June, I am circling back to the theme
11 min read