Our Days Have Edges. Our Year Doesn't.

Apr 06, 2026

Filed under: Circannual Rhythm, Lived Time, Lived vs Measured Time, Phenomenological Awareness, Seasonal Texture, Temporal Infrastructure, The Missing Scale, The Present Clock

You always know roughly where you are in the day. Morning has a feel. The light, the coffee, the slow engine of the mind turning over. Afternoon has a different weight. Evening has another one. Even without a clock you...

"None of Us Can Get to Lunch"

Apr 05, 2026

Filed under: Artemis II, Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, Temporal Orientation, The Missing Scale, The Overview Effect, The Present Clock, Visibility vs Information

It wasn't the view that was new. It was the scale.

Everything You've Ever Thrown Away Is Still Here

Apr 04, 2026

Filed under: Civilizational Consequence, Climate Perception, Environmental Consciousness, Indigenous Wisdom, Long-termism, Temporal Responsibility, The Present Clock, The Three-Second Window

Everything You've Ever Thrown Away Is Still Here

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children."

We Learned to Tell Time Young. Then, Never Revisited It.

Apr 03, 2026

Filed under: Adult Learning, Chronological Maturity, Henri Bergson, Seasonal Rhythm, Temporal Literacy, The Missing Scale, The Present Clock, Time Perception

We Learned to Tell Time Young. Then, Never Revisited It.

This post argues that most of us learned only the most basic, child-level version of time, and that while clocks and calendars give us precision, they leave out the larger rhythms and scales that help us actually feel where we...

Reverse Sunset

Apr 01, 2026

Filed under: Aesthetic Experience, Cesare Pavese, Moment vs Day, Seamless Gradient, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Temporal Awe, The Launch, The Present Clock

One full moon I'll never forget.

Time Flies

Mar 16, 2026

Filed under: Flow State, Human Experience, Industrial vs. Natural Time, Lewis Mumford, Temporal Synchronization, The Bigger Story, The Present Clock, Time Perception

You're laughing with friends around a lawn sprinkler in late summer. The world outside that moment fades away. Hours slip by unnoticed. Later, you realize you never once thought of time. Not because time stopped. Because you stopped measuring it....

A Soft Rebellion in Time

Dec 07, 2025

Filed under: Clock Tampering, Digital Sabbath, Saint Monday, Slow Movement, Standard Time Resistance, Task Orientation, The Present Clock, Time Rebellion

Hello, I created this report because rebellion doesn’t only look like protests, manifestos, or smashed machines. Sometimes it looks like something much quieter: refusing to accept the version of time we’ve been handed. The way we measure and obey time...

The Power of Physical Artifacts in a Digital Age

Dec 06, 2025

Filed under: Analog Revival, Attention Restoration Theory, Device Paradigm, Embodied Cognition, Extended Mind, Focal Things, Media Ecology, The Present Clock

The Power of Physical Artifacts in a Digital Age

In a world dominated by screens and notifications, physical objects still have a unique power to shape how we feel, think, and experience time. Throughout history, artifacts like sundials, compasses, ritual tools, and seasonal calendars didn’t just measure reality, they...

Temporal Bandwidth, Industrial Time, and The Present

Dec 04, 2025

Filed under: Gravity's Rainbow, Industrial Rationalization, La Durée, László Krasznahorkai, Mondaugen's Law, Temporal Bandwidth, The Present Clock, Time Mask

Temporal Bandwidth, Industrial Time, and The Present

"We are living in an era of 'Narrow Bandwidth,' where the industrialization of time has fractured our attention and thinned our sense of self. Drawing on the prescient warnings of Thomas Pynchon and the insights of Nobel Laureate Laszlo Krasznahorkai,...

Time. Reimagined.

Mar 06, 2024

Filed under: Chronostasis, Industrial Time vs Natural Time, Mindfulness Tools, Seasonal Living, Temporal Perspective, The Present Clock, The Present Moment

How we measure time is how we measure life.

A Meditation on Patience

Dec 27, 2023

Filed under: Burlington VT, Hand-Assembled, Kickstarter Fulfillment, Operational Transparency, Patience and Presence, Shipping Update, Small Business Challenges, The Present Clock

The Present currently ships within a few days. The following update outlines the expedited shipping options for any remaining pre-order customers who purchased The Present at a substantial discount. Hello, I hope this message finds you well and you can...