Do the Boring, Ordinary, Right-There Things
or, embrace the Took side as much (if not more) than the Baggins
The Commonplace
Essays on places, books, & growing up — noticing what's still (and always has been) true, good, and beautiful.
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5 Quick Things #421 🏋️♂️
Jane’s table, education gaps, k-rations, & seven movements
Book Chat: August '26 📚
…in the transition from summer to autumn reading
5 Quick Things #420 ☀️
a short screen break, merino wool, a prayer of trust, & ordinary life
From the Highlands to Tuscany… 🥃🍷
words never suffice
5 Quick Things #419 🪕
conversion, movies, banjos, & not neglecting your own life
5 Quick Things #418 🍫
rootedness, symbols, terrible chocolate, and remembering to play
Book Chat: July '26 📚
the peak of summer reading...
5 Quick Things #417 🧨
old restaurants, movies, strawberry ice cream, & patriotism
5 Quick Things #416 ☀️
Roots, immaturity, embracing the heat, & nothing new under the sun