Journal

Notes on material,method and time.

What we have learned holding buildings on this coast, written down. Mostly it is about salt, restraint, and the difference between a repair and a replacement.

On material · June 2026

The salt line

What the Atlantic does to a house in Tangier, and the four materials that survive it.

6 minutes

On method
Nine minutes
Why the monthly account is one page, and everything we removed to get it there.
May
On value
The cost of an empty house
Eleven months of vacancy, measured in the specific damage it does.
Mar
On trust
Who holds the keys
On staff, access, and the architecture of trust.
Jan
From the field
Restraint
Returning a 1954 house without erasing it.
Nov

The salt line

Nine minutes

The cost of an empty house

Who holds the keys

Restraint