Short Observations
Field Notes
A public notebook. Things noticed on ordinary days, questions that don't become essays, details worth keeping.
14 May 2026
Notes on Silence
There is a silence that arrives when a long project finally ends. Not relief exactly — something more like the sensation of a room after a conversation has been going for hours and then simply stops.
15 March 2026
The Coffee Order Problem
I ordered the same coffee at the same café for about three years before a change in the milk supply forced me to order something different. The something different turned out to be noticeably better.
28 February 2026
On Finishing Things
I finished a long piece of writing this morning that I have been working on for eleven weeks. The sensation that followed was not satisfaction, exactly, though satisfaction was part of it.
11 February 2026
A Tuesday in February
February in Vienna is the month that most tests whether you actually believe the things you say you believe about slow time and the value of staying in.
4 January 2026
The Lamp in the Corner
There is a lamp in the corner of a room I work in that I have never once turned off intentionally. I have been thinking about the objects in a space that you no longer see because they have done their job too well.