Fall 2025
What am I up to right now?
Holding typewriter letter-writing events around Boston, Massachusetts, this fall. Next up, at Roslindale Open Studios, on October 18th, free and open to the public. Details at the link.
I’m working on a commissioned feature article of artwork, sketch pages, and story for Harvard’s quarterly magazine, Arnoldia: The Nature of Trees.
As I walk daily in Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, I’m getting back to a frequent practice of nature journaling. Time spent noticing and recording. It’s a solace.
Can I build a version of an ‘attention cottage’? What might that look like amid life’s chaos?
Current Reads
Reading physical books, offline, is one essential ingredient of rebuilding attention.
Make Every Day Creative: Art Anyone Can Do, Marion Deuchars
Meditations for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman
Thinking in Watercolor: A Daily Practice to Unlock Your Creativity & Discover Your Inner Artist, Jessie Kanelos Weiner
Exploratory Writing: Everyday Magic for Life & Work, Alison Jones
Leisure: The Basis of Culture, Josef Pieper
We Need Your Art: Stop Messing Around & Make Something, Amie McNee
