While walking a new stretch of woods with Jack today, I came across a trail with about a solid mile of river access today, The water was shallow–probably fordable on foot–and likely would be best fished perhaps while a foot higher (the measurement was 1.2ft here @ around 43′ F) but while I was there, I observed a tiny midge hatch going off around 1:00 pm as the sun was high in the sky and warming up the cobbles just below the surface. While walking on the trail, the impending cold front we’ve been expecting arrived. A harassing wind simply began, like someone flipped a switch, and has kept up ever since — even now, hours later and many miles south, I can hear it outside the windows of my office, announcing colder air to come.

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currently reading: Landscape with Landscape by Gerald Murnane (1985)

last listen: ALLELUJAH! DON’T BEND! ASCEND! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (2012)

last saw: One Battle After Another (2025)