Just eating the grayling I fished this weekend feels good. Like a small moment of pause in a season that’s been anything but quiet. Between fixing the soffits, gutters, dealing with knot rot, fencing the property, and becoming a dad, it’s been a full stretch! And somehow, in all that motion, I’m finding myself circling back to an old thread: making tech feel less distant, more usable, more human.
Years ago, that was the core idea behind starting this sit: to make technology accessible to people up here, in the North, where things often arrive late or not at all. Somewhere along the way, I drifted. Life got busy. The mission faded into the background.
But now, with my hands in real-world projects – solar systems, guest house wiring, infrastructure that matters – it feels like it’s all converging again. Problem-solving as a daily rhythm. And this space, this site, as a kind of open notebook for it all.
A few days ago, one of my front wheels sheared off on the highway. It could’ve been much worse, and it snapped me back to how fragile all of this is: the momentum, the projects, the plans… Life’s moving fast, and I don’t want to keep postponing the things that matter, including taking a moment to reflect and share.
I’m going to try posting a little more often. Project updates, reflections, lessons learned. Nothing polished, just grounded notes from the field. If you’re curious, or if you’re trying to figure out your own off-grid setups, home repairs, or digital tools, maybe you’ll find something useful here.
