Today

Fog over the ridge

Left the trailhead before sunrise. The valley was a sea of cloud until eight — by the time it burned off we were already at the saddle.

Sourdough, attempt nine

Longer cold proof, hotter oven, and finally an ear worth photographing. Crumb still a little tight near the base.

Reading notes — The Peregrine

Baker watched one stretch of Essex coastline for ten winters and made it feel like the edge of the known world.

Field sketching

Thirty-second gesture sketches of gulls. The first twenty are terrible and that is exactly the exercise.

Darkroom day

Printed the harbor series at grade 3. The fog negatives needed a full stop more than expected.

Evening list

Repot the fig. Fix the squeaky pedal. Answer Maren's letter properly, on paper, with the good pen.