When I last visited the National Museum of Scotland, they had an ~A5 booklet of 10 ideas of things to do in an art gallery. I love the idea of a guide that helps you navigate a gallery space.
Yesterday, I decided to make a zine in a similar vein, except with some of my own ...
This is my second music exchange with V.H. (see our first exchange) in which we each shared songs with each other from which we would pick one to write about. I chose “Bridge Over the Stars” by Keiko Matsui from the options V.H. sent me, and V.H. chose “iPod Touch” by Ninaji...
Opening the window, a vivid dancing shadow of the trees between the glass and the sun appears the wall, illuminating yesterday’s ideas written across my whiteboard. The shadow is a temporary, moving work of art, detailing the contours of leaves and, when I stand in front, th...
Do you remember the moment when you first heard your favourite song performed live? Or a moment when a friend told you that a song you love was a cover and that there were many more versions to hear? Do you remember a particular street performer – a guitarist, a pianist, or ...
My website navigation bar varies on desktop and mobile devices. On desktop devices, the navigation bar appears to the left of the page with a list of links to pages on my website. My website tagline, from ;; james, appears in the sidebar, too. On mobile devices, the navigati...
After the IndieWeb Zine Pop Up in May, I decided that I wanted to make a zine. I had already made a zine before, Quiet Edinburgh, but the zine was more of a booklet. After the meetup, I started feeling inspired. I wanted to make a tiny paper zine, one that I could fit in my ...
I remember the moment I was standing before four or five of Monet’s Haystack paintings, each depicting a different season. I was in awe of the colour. I could move between each of them and see the same scene from a new perspective, from the warm sunsets of summer to the fros...
Flowers fade into fall. Every day brings us closer to autumn. I walk around for a while, admiring details I have seen a hundred times and yet, each time, find something new to see, and then stand for a moment and watch as people wander in the park, or sit and spend the momen...
This is my contribution to the September 2026 IndieWeb Fiction Carnival on the theme of "Moonlight".
“Fields glisten under the moonlight.” This is what John used to say whenever anybody asked why he liked to walk so late at night. “You can see way more stars if you are outs...
When you close your eyes and think of moonlight, what do you see? An author typing a story on an antique typewriter while burning the midnight oil? A musician who is perpetually unaware that there is moonlight outside because they are playing in an underground club? A person...
The seventeenth episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out:
In Episode 17, Mike interviews James, the author of "with words, wonder" (formerly James' Coffee Blog) about, among other things, identity and personal websites, writing on the web, communicating the potential of personal websites, and more.
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Wonders of Web Weaving also has an RSS feed you can use to follow along from wherever you get your podcasts.
What does it take to be on or be part of the #indieweb?As several have shared before me:* own your domain and publish some content on itThat’s the foundation. If you have a personal website on a domain you own and control, you’re on the indieweb or part of the indieweb or how...
Due to recent reports about “AI”/LLM/“agent” tools and services, I have growing concerns that the #security properties of the open web are changing, or have already changed, in practice, to a degree that we haven’t seen in many years.This past week’s articles / reports on fur...
Throughout August I have written a few blog posts about paintings (example). When I have written these posts, I have looked closely at a digital or pained photograph of a painting and written my impressions, sometimes with contextual background that I have researched.
For t...
One of the options for the Blaugust Community Award is to write a guest post for another blogger. Zachary and I wrote guest posts for each other's sites earlier in the month. Today I have the pleasure of Naty publishing a guest post here. The topic is Chinese idioms. Herebel...
Yellowing leaves blow over the path in front of me, making a sound as they move. Every leaf, a colourful reminder of the coming autumn. Looking up and around and straight ahead, I felt the fresh breeze blow against my face and my hair. The sunlit grass gleamed. Further ahead, the canopy of trees rustled with the wind. With every sound and colour and feeling, I feel alive.
I am sitting with a cup of tea by my side as I have been on many mornings this month. This morning, instead of being precariously balanced on the arm of the chair, the cup rests between the right arm of the chair and my right leg, keeping me warm in a way where the temperatu...
