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16 entries, newest first.
Ternary Dreams is outLaunch day for Ternary Dreams: what the work asked, what I am proud of, and quiet thanks to the early readers who went first.Two weeks outIn two weeks Ternary Dreams meets the world. The first time the title and a real date sit together on this blog.Ternary on the Kitchen TableLate structural revision at the kitchen table: a notebook of ternary-logic diagrams, and the click when the book's three-way spine finally behaves.FeofanijaOn researching Kyiv’s Feofanija district as a frame setting, and why a live war can never be treated as scenery.A third stateEarly research notes on a new novel about Soviet computing, balanced ternary logic, and why a third state beyond yes and no feels like the right shape for hidden lives.The Twenty-FourthSix drafts, two letters to Kyiv, and no photograph.The Chapel on the EmbankmentA small golden dome against the black Dnipro, and the last quiet evening before the trip north.Thirty Seconds for the BBCA microphone with a famous cube on it, one question about why I came, and the strange mirror of being the story.The Field KitchenA blue gown, a ladle, and an hour of service in the tradition that fed a revolution.A Bench by the FireA seat offered at the memorial camp, a young woman wrapped in a flag, and warmth as the oldest form of welcome.The Barrel KeepersAnniversary week on the Maidan: veterans rebuild the camp in miniature, and the fires in the barrels are lit again.The Square, LitMaidan at night from the upper terrace: the stella, the lights, and a square that is never only a square.The Lavra, EarlyGolden domes under snow before the tour buses, and a monastery that has outlasted every catastrophe on its doorstep.Tea at Minus EightA plastic cup on Khreshchatyk, steam against the cold, and street tea as municipal infrastructure.Snow on the FoundersKyi, Shchek, Khoryv and their sister in a December whiteout, and a city calmly older than every empire that claimed it.Down Among the ChandeliersArrival in Kyiv: the deepest metro on earth, marble and chandeliers, and a crowd that carries you like a current.