Journal
Thoughts
Essays, rituals, art, and quiet notes on slow living, sleep, and softness.
October 2026
The Dance of the Nymphs and Cupid (c. 1900) — Édouard Bisson
Love shows up, and most of them don't even look.
October 2026
The Swing (1767) — Jean-Honoré Fragonard
She kicks her slipper into the trees and lets the garden look.
August 2026
Diana and Cupid (1761) — Pompeo Batoni
Diana lifts her bow out of Cupid's reach — but she isn't struggling. She gazes down at him with a soft, knowing tenderness, more caress than refusal.
July 2026
Vanity (1907) — Frank Cadogan Cowper
A red-haired woman in Renaissance dress, absorbed in her own reflection — and the ripe grapes behind her, about to turn.
July 2026
My Sleep Ritual — A Circadian Rhythm Reset
I don't have a complicated sleep hack. I have a rhythm — the same handful of things, in the same order, until my body knows what's coming.