Nostalgia, parenting, and contemplation.
To my daughter on the first day of sixth grade.
The Anchoress Archives
A commonplace collection of things I like & things I write. History, culture, writing, with special attention paid to archives, textile history, mysticism, children's literature, and struggling to live authentically in a machine-driven world.
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In search of Ceremonious Inactivity.
In which Byung-chul Han makes me have a panic attack.
Hodgepodge: Dorothy Newkirk Stewart and Pictograph Press.
One of the many rabbit-holes I travel down at work, and some links to articles I've read this month.
From the Archive: Web of Childhood: Notes on juvenilia, from the Brontës to girls on the early internet.
Miniature books, collaboration, html theft, subaltern counterpublics, and girlhood.
Halfway Through: Personal Archive Update
There have been some changes to my system since January.
Some notes on Alphabetical Order.
I read a book about the history of alphabetical order and now it's all I want to talk about
A Thinking Ahead to Summer List
Not things, but vibes.
Personal Archive: Some Notes on Index Cards.
Exploring how creatives and thinkers of the past used the humble note card.
Hodgepodge: Finding inspiration in the back pages.
A little bit of distraction as I embark on an exciting work trip.
From the Archive: Musings on the miniature.
I really, really love tiny things.