The Journal

This is where the house thinks out loud.

Not a content strategy. Notes from the classroom while I finish my hours, from the chair once the chair is open, from the people already in the community.

Everything here sits under one of the three pillars, because if a piece of work can't name its pillar, it doesn't belong to Rags No Riches.

Homecoming

What homecoming actually means

Homecoming isn't a place you go. It's a room where nobody asks you to explain yourself. Why that's the whole design.

1,000 hours in public

I'm building this where you can see it, unfinished. The case for being received before you're ready.

Heirlooms

Why the Cosmetology Master Notebook is an heirloom

A notebook is a strange thing to call an heirloom. Here's the case for it.

Mac and Greens

Mac and Greens: the everyday table as ritual

The pillar people underestimate. Sunday dinner, a standing appointment, the ordinary made sacred by repetition.

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