Archives Popular tagsoverland4routine4buying-less3habits3money3rereading3slow-travel3work3albania2borders2 2025NovemberThe case for a slower morningWhat I spend in a month in PortoSeptemberThirty-one things in my kitchenOn owning one good coatAugustThe two-hour rule for adminWhy I stopped keeping a to-do listMayCooking the same four mealsA quiet argument for the landlineFreelancing without a pipelineThe cost of a thing you already ownAprilCrossing into Albania by land, againMarchNight coaches I have survivedThe ferry timetable that does not existThree weeks without a flightJanuaryWhat I actually carry2024DecemberGetting lost in Belgrade on purposeThe border post that closed at fourNovemberTrains are worth the extra daySeptemberNotes from a very small islandHow to arrive somewhere badlyAugustReading The Living Mountain a third timeJulyOn abandoning books at page ninetyJuneSeeing Like a State, twenty pages a weekSix books about walkingAprilThe library card as a travel documentMarginalia I regretA year of reading only what I ownFebruaryAgainst the reading challengeJanuaryWhat rereading actually changesIndexing taught me how to read