An open notebook
Walks, weather, and the ordinary details that change when you take the same path twice.
Read the notes01 / Light
The path looked darker after a shower, but the river had caught a patch of sky. I stopped long enough to watch the reflection stretch and break under the wind.
On the walk back the light was gone. The damp marks on the stone were a better record than the photograph.
02 / Sound
There is a short stretch where footsteps sound twice: first on the path, then again from the concrete overhead. Past the last pier the echo gives way to water moving against the bank.
It's a useful place to slow down. The same walk feels different when you listen for where the sound changes.
03 / Weather
My notebook opened to a clean page, but the pencil took a while to warm up. A few reeds moved against the current of the wind; further out, the river appeared almost still.
I wrote down the weather and the hour, then tucked the notebook away. Sometimes that's enough for an entry.
Vistula Field Notes is a collection of short, informal observations from time spent by the water. The entries are arranged by subject, not by date. The journal is small on purpose: a page to read, with no account or downloads needed.