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Every essay belongs to one thread. Pick the one you want more of and read it from the start.

An open notebook and a cup of coffee on a wooden table
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Topics

Every essay belongs to one thread. Pick the one you want more of and read it from the start.

An open notebook and a cup of coffee on a wooden table
  • Topics5
  • Essays8

Topics

Every essay belongs to one thread. Pick the one you want more of and read it from the start.

An open notebook and a cup of coffee on a wooden table
  • Topics5
  • Essays8

The index

Five shelves the essays sit on. Point at one to see where it starts, or open it to read everything filed there.

All essays
  1. 01EssaysLong pieces on attention, memory and the ordinary day.02 essays
  2. 02TravelCities walked slowly, mostly in bad weather.02 essays
  3. 03NotesShort things written down before they got away.02 essays
  4. 04CraftHow the writing gets done, and why it sometimes does not.01 essay
  5. 05LettersLetters to people, places and the person I was.01 essay

The index

Five shelves the essays sit on. Point at one to see where it starts, or open it to read everything filed there.

All essays
  1. 01EssaysLong pieces on attention, memory and the ordinary day.02 essays
  2. 02TravelCities walked slowly, mostly in bad weather.02 essays
  3. 03NotesShort things written down before they got away.02 essays
  4. 04CraftHow the writing gets done, and why it sometimes does not.01 essay
  5. 05LettersLetters to people, places and the person I was.01 essay

The index

Five shelves the essays sit on. Point at one to see where it starts, or open it to read everything filed there.

All essays
  1. 01EssaysLong pieces on attention, memory and the ordinary day.02 essays
  2. 02TravelCities walked slowly, mostly in bad weather.02 essays
  3. 03NotesShort things written down before they got away.02 essays
  4. 04CraftHow the writing gets done, and why it sometimes does not.01 essay
  5. 05LettersLetters to people, places and the person I was.01 essay

Field notes

Photographs from the places the essays were written: a street at dusk, a cliff, a cabin above the clouds.

01Alfama, Lisbon · 2024I followed the light downhill and found the first line.
02Cornwall · 2023Someone had carried an armchair to the edge of the world.
03The Dolomites · 2025Above the weather, the sentences got shorter.
04Matera · 2025A city of stone that holds the day's heat until midnight.
05Vejer, Andalusia · 2022A white door, an old olive, an afternoon with no clock.
06Achill Island · 2024Where the essay on leaving was finally finished.
07Glen Etive · 2023Twelve miles of rain and one good idea.
08Porto · 2025The shop stayed open late, so I did too.

Field notes

Photographs from the places the essays were written: a street at dusk, a cliff, a cabin above the clouds.

01Alfama, Lisbon · 2024I followed the light downhill and found the first line.
02Cornwall · 2023Someone had carried an armchair to the edge of the world.
03The Dolomites · 2025Above the weather, the sentences got shorter.
04Matera · 2025A city of stone that holds the day's heat until midnight.
05Vejer, Andalusia · 2022A white door, an old olive, an afternoon with no clock.
06Achill Island · 2024Where the essay on leaving was finally finished.
07Glen Etive · 2023Twelve miles of rain and one good idea.
08Porto · 2025The shop stayed open late, so I did too.

Field notes

Photographs from the places the essays were written: a street at dusk, a cliff, a cabin above the clouds.

01Alfama, Lisbon · 2024I followed the light downhill and found the first line.
02Cornwall · 2023Someone had carried an armchair to the edge of the world.
03The Dolomites · 2025Above the weather, the sentences got shorter.
04Matera · 2025A city of stone that holds the day's heat until midnight.
05Vejer, Andalusia · 2022A white door, an old olive, an afternoon with no clock.
06Achill Island · 2024Where the essay on leaving was finally finished.
07Glen Etive · 2023Twelve miles of rain and one good idea.
08Porto · 2025The shop stayed open late, so I did too.
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Essays, notes and a Sunday letter on books, cities and the quiet work of paying attention.

© 2026 Mara Lin. Written by hand, published with Framer.

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The Sunday letter

One letter a week: a short essay, the notes from the week and what I am reading. Written slowly, sent at eight.

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Afterword

Essays, notes and a Sunday letter on books, cities and the quiet work of paying attention.

© 2026 Mara Lin. Written by hand, published with Framer.

A window at night, lit from inside by a single lamp

The Sunday letter

One letter a week: a short essay, the notes from the week and what I am reading. Written slowly, sent at eight.

Free · one e-mail a week · unsubscribe any time

Afterword

Essays, notes and a Sunday letter on books, cities and the quiet work of paying attention.

© 2026 Mara Lin. Written by hand, published with Framer.

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