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 p...
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 frost...
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 moment...
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 outsi...
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 th...
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. Herebelo...
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.
A review of my first Blaugust event; the pros and cons, what to look forward to next year, and featuring some of the bloggers I enjoyed reading this month.
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 temperatur...
I look out to the trees around and I see a sea of green. The air was warm today; summer is still here. With that said, there are ever more signs that indicate the beginning of the forthcoming season. Every so often, I notice a tree whose leaves are yellowing. This morning, I ...
Thamara and I are doing an art exchange where we each sent the other person an art-related object to analyse. Thamara sent me a copy of “Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai & Hiroshige”, a book from the art exhibition of the same name being held at the Whitworth in Manchester...
The #indieweb is about making your own words translate to actions, especially actions like writing, editing, and publishing your words (or photos or other media) on your personal site. The IndieWeb community is a place to help and empower good faith folks to do so as well. Pe...
Natural light bathed the Royal Mile on the warm, summer’s morning. The Fringe is close to being finished, but there are still a few days of shows left. I was standing amid a city wakening up: where, hours later, there would be music and singing and crowds.
I gave my day to s...
For a “dead” technology, RSS is currently stirring up a veritable storm in a teacup. Antonio thinks Your RSS Reader Is Robbing You, because it doesn’t let you experience the effort someone put into styling their site just so. It robs you of the personality behind the words. ...
