curiosity
is a lovely
habit
rosewater notes
for curious people with too many interests.
Read closely. Ask better questions. Make something. Follow the strange little thread until it becomes something worth knowing.
from a curious mind
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a little glimpse of the things around here
a website should feel like someone lives here.
Not perfectly curated. Not endlessly polished. Just full of things someone actually noticed, wondered about, made, saved, or wanted to share.
currently: making this place feel like mineRosewater Notes is deliberately a little hard to categorize. It is part magazine, part notebook, part research desk, part community bulletin board. One day the question is political philosophy. The next it is why a song gives you chills or how to make apple cookies.
the point is not to know everything.the point is to keep wondering.
pretty enough to pin.
interesting enough to stay.
This is not one particular kind of website. Bring the book, the playlist, the political question, the telescope, the sketchbook, the recipe, the weird fact, or the rabbit hole you cannot stop thinking about.
LOOK
ASK
discoveries
choose your doorway
Research & Writing
Original essays, research, questions, and work I am building over time.
↗ 03The Thinking Room
History, philosophy, science, politics, research, and arguments worth wrestling with.
↗ 04The Studio
Poetry, art, photography, writing, and the work of other curious people.
↗ 05The Kitchen
Recipes, drinks, bakes, and the tiny science of making something delicious.
↗ 06The Common Good
Organizations, local work, causes, and concrete ways ideas can become action.
↗ 07The Observatory
Black holes, astronomy, quantum questions, and the strange physics behind the universe.
↗ 08Found on the Internet
Political cartoons, history, English lit, art, maps, science, and things worth saving.
↗ 09The Study
A little private library. Click a book to open it and see what it left behind.
↗ 10The Archive
Weird, true history worth remembering — researched and written by a human, not AI.
↗questions worth staying with
Who Decides Who Is Wicked?
A musical I love becomes a way into a much bigger question: who gets to decide what is good, evil, dangerous, or worthy of being believed?
Black Holes: Where Does Information Go?
An essay-in-progress on event horizons, information, and one of physics' most famous puzzles.
in the notebook · 02 THOUGHT FRAGMENT · NATURE + LIFESea Foam
A little stream of questions about waves, sandcastles, Mother Nature, growing up, and the things that never quite have answers.
in the notebook · 03flashcards are still elite.
For facts, vocab, dates, and formulas, make yourself retrieve the answer before you flip the card. Testing yourself is usually more useful than rereading the page.
Turn notes into questions and make your brain pull the answer back out.
things to discover
the realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.
Why do people need villains?
Start with a question, then follow it into history, philosophy, politics, science, or culture.
tiny tricks worth keeping
It is popular in lash care, but it is not proven to make lashes grow. If you use it, keep it out of your eyes.
Moisturized skin can help fragrance cling longer. Let the lotion sink in, then add perfume.
You absolutely do not need to spend more than $30 on a lip gloss to get a good one.
the rosewater tree
✦ every leaf holds something different — click around ✦
what I'm into
Not a permanent list. More like a snapshot of what is currently taking up space in my brain.
Saved locally in your browser.
Is morality discovered, or constructed by the people with the power to define it?
one organization worth knowing
Hopelink
My first Common Good feature is about Hopelink, serving North and East King County, Washington. The idea of this section is simple: learn what an organization actually does, understand the problem it is addressing, and make it easier for someone to find a way to help.
hopelink.org ↗this week's bake
WEEK 01
Apple Cookies
Flour, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, apples, butter, eggs, and pecans or walnuts, with an optional powdered-sugar glaze.
open recipe →make something worth sharing.
A rotating little gallery for poetry, art, photography, writing, and ideas from other people. The best kind of website has fingerprints on it that aren't all mine.
keep wandering.
There is no prescribed route through Rosewater Notes. Follow the thing that catches your attention.