Welcome to the Forest.
A newsletter for those who want more connection to handcraft, land and each other.
If you’ve made the perilous trek through the weeds and into the wild along with me, I welcome you to sit and warm yourself by the fire. I’m glad to have you.
Since this is the inaugural post, I’d like to set out some things you can expect from this newsletter. The first promise I’m going to make is to deliver regular essays from my corner of the land, bi-weekly. These, I hope, will inspire some thought and response that go beyond a letter count quip, or a fire-breathed Kali-esque dealth blow. No need for that here. We’re all human and all deserve some love after the past few years. Grab a bit of wood and settle down to carve or your beloved knitting needles and craft your life along with me.
Being a crafts person and a wood carver, I’ve relied heavily on social media to get the word out about what I’m doing and why it matters, but a few years ago I really lost interest. It was clearly manipulated and also steered users into certain behaviors in order to be seen. Where are we now? Oh yes, now we have to make videos and add music to show up in a feed. What’s next? Who knows. Maybe we’ll all have to get VR headsets to be seen.
Personally, I’d like to have a place that is free from big tech and AI that pidgenhole and manipulate my “feed”. I’m fed up with what they’re feeding. I’d like something better, please.
I’m going to delve more deeply into the grit of what it means to be human; grappling with land, handcraft and messy humans.
Will you join me? The fire is lovely.