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Rendering of an early experiment with magnet, wire, and motion by Author

Field Notes №4  —  The Boy Who Lit the World

And How AI Helps Us Flip the Switch to Reframe Thoughts It was the early 1800s. The boy, son of a blacksmith with limited means,...

Field Notes №3  —  The Two Rivers

Navigating Grief: Choosing Between Destruction and Creation An 8-year-old survived. His 11-year-old brother did not. Cities were dirty then, and even the capital had no...

A rendering of Pierre and Marie Curie in their lab by Author

Field Notes №2 — The Radiance of Alignment

Connections That Live Beyond Loss He was a quiet man. Serious. Focused. Marie was deliberate, driven, and precise. They met in Paris in 1894. He...

Image of Explorers with their canoe beside a river by Author

Field Notes №1 ­­­ — The River Ends

Navigating Life’s Unexpected Challenges You don’t get a map for this life. You get hints. A bend in the river. A flicker of light through...

Field Notes №0  —  Why I Write Field Notes

I’ve spent a lifetime learning—through books, through choices, through starting over. I never had a clear path. I made decisions that felt true at the...