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The Long Way to Reykjavík
Three ferries, a night bus, and a fishing boat to reach an island most people simply fly to.
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Models Why I Still Build Balsa-Wood Boeings
The smell of balsa wood and glue is, for me, indistinguishable from happiness. An obsession, explained.
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Piano Practising Chopin at 30,000 Feet
Somewhere over Greenland I realised I’d been fingering a nocturne against the tray table for two hours.
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Writing Notes From My Second Book Launch
The second book is supposed to be easier. Nobody tells you it’s just the first fear in a nicer jacket.
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Museums The Museum of Grounded Aircraft
They call it a boneyard, but the planes parked in the desert are less dead than resting.
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Field Notes Hosting a Room of 400 Strangers
Four hundred faces, one microphone, and the terrifying silence right before the first word.
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finished model Models
The Model That Took a Year
I started it the week my first book came out. I finished it the week the second one did.
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