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Working notes from the desk.
FIELD NOTES

Working notes from the desk.

Half-formed observations, packing lists, the occasional rant. Shorter than a dispatch; longer than a tweet.

Field notes are what we write on the train back. Some of them grow up into dispatches; most of them stay short. The Pioneer Valley produces a lot of trains.

The 7-kg carry-on rule, after 12 years.
NOTE · PACKING

The 7-kg carry-on rule, after 12 years.

Why I still go a little under, even for a week.

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Tuesday flights, Wednesday returns.
NOTE · TIMING

Tuesday flights, Wednesday returns.

The midweek arbitrage that almost nobody uses.

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Why I print one map per trip.
NOTE · MAPS

Why I print one map per trip.

Paper survives a dead battery.

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Photographing in October haze.
NOTE · LIGHT

Photographing in October haze.

Why the worst days produce the best frames.

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The 4 p.m. lunch problem.
NOTE · MEALS

The 4 p.m. lunch problem.

How to survive the Roman afternoon.

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Forty kilometres a city.
NOTE · WALKS

Forty kilometres a city.

Why I treat distance like the menu.

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