Birchwood Pages

Slow notes on books, walks and small things worth keeping.

October light

October 4, 2026

The birches go yellow from the top down. A few notes from a week of early walks before work.

Rereading Walden, slowly

September 12, 2026

Ten pages a morning, a pencil, and no hurry. What stuck the second time around.

A notebook for bread

August 21, 2026

Hydration, flour, room temperature, result. Keeping a plain log turned out to be the whole trick.