Journal

Star-by-star journal entries across the 36 ten-day cycles of the year. Each post belongs to a specific decan and its ruling star. Together they form a year of decanal practice.

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An archer silhouetted on a dark ridge draws a bow toward Orion, red Betelgeuse glowing at the Hunter's shoulder
• 11 min

Decan 31: When the Shoulder Draws the Bow

Ten days under Betelgeuse, where the creative push broke through in several places at once: code that compounds, content, telling real readers from noise, and being present for people I love.

Cover-style painting of a hiker on a rocky summit above the clouds, a bright star and the Little Dipper overhead, titled Direction Through Clouds
• 7 min

Decan 30: Finding Direction Through Clouds

Ten cloudy days under Polaris, the star I could not find until the ninth night: a crisis met without dropping the rest, dead reckoning through fog, and coherence drawn on paper.

Painting of an old astronomer writing beside a telescope, an orange star streaming light over a wave, and a man's silhouette watching the night sky
• 11 min

Decan 25: When the Hidden Star Teaches Vision

Ten days under Enif with the star hidden behind clouds until the last night: honey on the keyboard, a manuscript freed by turning it into a blog series, a 5am release, and a run that felt like joy.

A glowing blue-white star over translucent wireframe towers and crystals, the Great Square of Pegasus drawn in the corner, with the title Decan 24: Building Systems That Outlive You.
• 12 min

Decan 24: Building Systems That Outlive You

Ten days under Markab, the corner star of the Great Square: a barbell money system designed in a day, a blog pipeline that runs without me, and an outage on day nine that tested both.

A single red flower growing from cracked desert earth under a huge glowing red star, with the title Decan 23: Blooming in the Desert.
• 10 min

Decan 23: Blooming in the Desert

Ten days under Scheat, a dying red giant, when work, care, pain and a tested boundary all arrived at once. Reading Antifragile mid-shock, and showing up on the day it felt absurd.