Now

What I’m doing now.

A /now page, after Derek Sivers: what has my attention this month. Updated 8 October 2026, from the desk in Hebden Bridge.

Writing

Writing

Chapter four of the notebook book. It is going slowly, which is how I know it's working.

Reading

Reading

The Peregrine, twenty pages a night, and a field guide to mosses.

Walking

Walking

The Calderdale Way, one section a week before the weather turns.

Learning

Learning

Bookbinding, at the library on Thursday evenings. My first notebook is crooked and I love it.

Not doing

Not doing

Social media, until the book draft is done.

Listening

Listening

The rain, mostly. And the radio on Sunday mornings.

As read in

  • The Guardian Country Diary

  • BBC Radio 4

  • Slightly Foxed

  • The Northern Review

  • Granta

  • Caught by the River

  • Countryfile

  • The Bookseller

  • The Guardian Country Diary

  • BBC Radio 4

  • Slightly Foxed

  • The Northern Review

  • Granta

  • Caught by the River

  • Countryfile

  • The Bookseller

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