William
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Making things slowly, thinking things through

These days I’m mostly interested in travel, reading, photography, and making things in the workshop. I’m drawn to work that rewards patience, close attention, and a practical kind of curiosity.

A long-running interest of mine has been the pursuit of a simpler life through natural health, growing food, and making rather than buying. Over time that has become less of an idea and more of a way of paying attention to daily life.

Before retiring, I spent many years working in IT. I began as an electronics technician working on communications gear and mini computers, then moved into software development and later into software architecture and leadership. That background still shapes how I think: I like systems, tools, craft, and the satisfaction of things that are well made.

This site is where those interests come together. It’s a place for notes on books, places, photographs, tools, making, and the kinds of questions that stay with me for a while.

This Site

Writing holds the notes and essays, Reading keeps track of books that have stayed with me, and the Gallery gathers photographs from travels, walks, and quieter observations.

Built with Tinderbox, then exported as static HTML.

Design inspiration from many people including Mark Bernstein, Dave Rogers, Jack Baty, Carlos de Toro & Meandering Passage.

Site analytics handled by goatcounter. Book cover images come from Open Library & Google Books.