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What a visit to a landmark museum meant to a seventh grader in 2000.

Mar 10, 2026 09:59 PM

I love the metaphor Wilfred Stephen Anfield uses for blogging in this introductory post, “Why the porch”:

I designed this digital porch lined with Mason Jar Notes to work in a different way. Slower. Calmer. Spacious. Mine. Somewhere I could sit with an idea long enough to find out what I actually believe about it—or think I believe about it—not just what might potentially go viral.

Mason Jar Notes is that. Not a newsletter (yet). Not a content strategy. Just a porch with mason jars preserving what I’m thinking about. And because it’s a porch, I hope that it’s welcoming for anyone who may stop by for a spell.

Mar 13, 2026 05:53 PM
Likes Take your own pulse by Joe Crawford.
Mar 12, 2026 02:15 PM
Likes Everybody Needs a Rock by Naz Hamid.

The title is a reference to a wonderful book written by Byrd Baylor and illustrated by Peter Parnall. This book is displayed on my child’s bookshelf, along with a few others by the same author and illustrator. This post also references Ethan Marcotte’s worry stone post, another perennial favorite.

Mar 12, 2026 02:10 PM
Likes Icky by Gary Peters.
Mar 10, 2026 04:22 PM

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