the direction of music; the music of direction.

I close my eyes and listen to the church bells reverberate through the city — the air, the street, the park; the hearts.Usually when I go into a bookshop, I find myself looking at all the books. Often, for nothing in particular, but rather to see what is new. Who knows what I might find; what stories might stand out...

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Naty is hosting a new Homebrew Website Club event on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 5:30pm to 7:00pm Hong Kong Time (UTC+8). If there is interest, the event may turn become regular!If the time works for you and you love chatting about websites, I recommend checking out the event. Homebrew Website Clubs are always...

At Homebrew Website Club this week, Thomas mentioned the term “tag healing” during a discussion about tags. The definition I caught was that tag healing is related to reviewing and, if necessary, consolidating, tags used for blog posts or documents. Someone (Tabitha?) said that “tag healing” sounded like a...

The tenth episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out:In Episode 10, I chat with Kristoffer and Elliott, the creators of the Internet Phone Book. We talk about, among other things, the history of the Internet Phone Book, the affordances of physical books for a community project, and more.I hope you enjoy the...

The valley, almost invisible. The most intense degree of aerial perspective whitens the distance below the sun. Looking through the trees I see haze. The hills fade into the ether. The occasional contour of a tree in the distance is visible. I have never seen a sunset like the one I have seen this evening.There are...

This evening I listened to Peter Gabriel’s New Blood, after seeing the album mentioned on Thomas’ blog. As I listened, I kept thinking “this is my favourite song so far!” There were so many tracks that I liked. Downside-Up, Wallflower, and Mercy Street were all terrific.Toward the end of the album there is a track...

Ruben and I are doing a collaborative writing challenge where we both write our thoughts on the poem “Repeat that, repeat” by Gerard Manley Hopkins. We’re not trying to do an academic formal analysis, rather share our own thoughts. You can read Ruben's post on his website.If you are interested in writing your...

Speaking of trains, I tell a story of Winter to my friend, of the train that stopped in the village station on an evening so cold my fellow passengers and I could see our breaths. The local pub offered refuge to all those who wanted to sit in the warmth. I wanted to feel a bit more of the cold – to see my breath; to...

At this month’s Homebrew Website Club Writing Edition (notes to come; will be shared likely on July 12th), the topic of audience came up. Who is the audience for our website? Do we have multiple audiences? Do we think of audience at all?In amongst this discussion, I started to define a distinction between the author...