Athenaeum /ˌaθɪˈniːəm/

Salve!
Welcome to my digital garden and cosy gathering place. This space is a repository of my thoughts, ideas and explorations.
Think of it less like a traditional website and more like an open artist's notebook, a creative dalliance where I explore my many passions. Some things are deeply rooted, others are In Statu Nascendi (in state of birth). Feel free to start anywhere. Or click the links in the Scriptorium area below to start reading my main writings.

Here I develop ideas, engage in creative play, and gather notes and interesting ephemera. I also nurture and reflect upon thoughts and dare to dream and wander.
You'll find poetry and non-fiction writing in multiple formats, essays, links, curations, resources, and more. Navigation: each linked page below has an arrow linked back to this Athenaeum/home page to continue your exploration.

Thankyou for being here (Gratias tibi ago quod hic ades.)

(Nota bene: my digital garden is a creative endeavour borne out of love. I prefer to do things slowly and with intention, the internet is already fast enough.

I have a backlog of writing of several hundred posts and so many creative ideas. I'm slowly building out this site, including writing, links and creative projects at my own gentle pace.)

SCRIBA (Meet the writer and artist)
De me (About me: learn more)
Alibi (Elsewhere: other places to find me online & webrings)
Passions & Antipathies (What pulls my heart & what I keep far away)
Coniunge (Connect: send me a note or follow my writing)

SCRIPTORIUM (A cosy nook to hold my writing and thoughts)
Litterae (Literature: read my words)
Marginalia (Short notes: tiny reflections & one-sentence thoughts & unrefined notes that don't need to be essays.
Poemata (Poetry anthology, a birthplace for verses: poetry & micropoetry anthologies)


VITA INTERRETIALIS TRANQUILLA ET COMODA ( A calm and cosy online life)
Regulae Situs et Ratio Designandi (Site canon & design philosophy: making a creative, low-stress site)
Pertinacia (Recalcitrance: resources and strategies for resisting stress and online tyranny)
Manifestum contra intellegentiam artificialem (Anti-AI manifesto: reasons why i shy away from AI)


LUDICRUM CREATIVUM (Creative playroom)
Ars Laborandi (The Art of working : an open scrapbook for writing, digital garden related tasks, projects or ideas)
Difficultates (Challenges: personal and creative challenges)
Taberna Artium (Creative workshop: a cosy place to create art in peace)


OPES (Resources)
Index scriptionum (List of writings: writing from others I found interesting)
Volutatio situs (Site roll: links to websites I like)
Instrumenta (Tools: useful links, tools & resources)


TABERNA ARTIFICIORUM (Shop of artisan goods)
Libri (Books: author's page)
Index selectus (Curated lists: free and affiliate resources and tools)
Honorarium (Gift of appreciation: I appreciate a tip. It helps to greatly support my writing and art.)

• All non-English words are Latin | 100% human-written, no AI used.

• You can also sign my guestbook to let me know you stopped by & share any thoughts you don't mind showing up on it.