Two Years of The Marginal Note
Twenty-eight essays, one redesign, several hundred emails. An accounting of two years of writing in public, for the six of you who asked.
Category: Notes
Shorter, looser, closer to the notebook than the essay.
The Tyranny of the To-Be-Read Pile
The pile on the nightstand is not a queue, it is a mood board. A short note in defense of buying books you may never read.
A Year of Reading, Loosely Counted
Fifty-one books, or maybe forty-seven, depending on what counts. The annual accounting, done badly on purpose.
Notes on a Commonplace Book
Three rules for keeping a commonplace book, all of which I break, and one which I keep.