Journal

My own writing, long and short. Subscribe via RSS.

2026

2 posts
The next chapter of my career: advancing the transition to sustainable energy at Enode

After a transitional year I’m joining Enode full-time.

2025 in music

The albums I kept gravitating towards over the past twelve months.

2025

13 posts
Aulus-les-Bains (VI)

Editing, re-reading, and wrapping up.

Aulus-les-Bains (V)

The fifth day. Simmering, languishing, then finding my feet again.

Aulus-les-Bains (IV)

Patterns are emerging, and I wrote a poem today.

Aulus-les-Bains (III)

Day three. Making use of the weather to climb up to Cascade d’Ars.

Aulus-les-Bains (II)

On day two of my writing residency, I made it to 2.647 words.

Aulus-les-Bains (I)

The first day of my weeklong writing residency at Camp, in Aulus-les-Bains.

TRANSCRIPT ISSUE FOUR: release and launch party

The fourth and final issue of our magazine just came back from the printer’s, and we’re hosting an evening to celebrate one last time.

Merging my RSS feeds

I’m making a small change to the RSS feeds on my site. If you use any of them, have a quick read.

A fresh coat of paint for Trema, my publication about the books I loved reading

After over two years of writing a book recommendation per month, it was time to design a new and improved reading experience.

Returning to RSS

Since launching my new website, I’ve found my way back to using RSS.

A residency in the Pyrenees

I’m traveling to the French Pyrenees in November for a week-long writing residency.

On building a home on the web (II)

On moving away from no-code tools to build my own website.

Murmurs ↗

A story on Les Archives des Cœurs, a museum situated on an island in Japan.

2024

2 posts
Lest I Forget ↗

A personal essay; a meditation on loss and the poetry of mistranslations, all based on one earth-shattering conversation at the oncologist’s.

Listening alone, together: The Smile’s “Wall of Eyes”

When was the last time you sat down and listened to a music album previously unknown to you, front-to-back, without interruptions or distractions? And, when was the last time you did so with 300 strangers?

2023

1 post
Designing the ground floor of our home

Our house was built in 1907, and we will slowly bring (parts of) it up to modern standards. This page highlights our thinking as we designed an aspirational version of the ground floor.

2022

2 posts
On the big screen, intimacy is what you’ll find

An ode to experiencing the incredible intimacy of seeing films in a movie theatre.

On building a home on the web (I)

About the decline & revival of the personal website, and on the progress our tools have made.