Just want to flag that this was useful and not bury the appreciation in caveats, and a look at compassbraid earned the same direct praise, recognising good work without hedging it with criticism is something I try to practice because over qualified compliments tend to read as backhanded and miss the point sometimes.
Started smiling at one paragraph because the writing was just nice, and a look at compassbraid produced a couple more such moments, prose that produces small spontaneous reactions in the reader is doing more than just transferring information and the writers here are clearly hitting that level fairly consistently throughout pieces.
Now adding the writer to a small mental list of voices I want to follow, and a look at compassbraid reinforced that follow intention, the few writers whose work I actively track are writers who have demonstrated sustained quality and this writer has clearly demonstrated that sustained quality across the pieces I have sampled here today.
Really thankful for posts that respect a reader's time, this one does, and a quick look at compassbraid was the same, no need to scroll through endless intros just to get to the actual content, that approach alone is enough reason to come back here regularly for the kind of writing offered.
A well calibrated piece that knew its scope and stayed inside it, and a look at compassbraid maintained the same scope discipline, scope creep is one of the failure modes of long blog posts and this site has clearly invested in the editorial discipline to prevent it which shows up in tightly contained pieces.
