About the journal

This space didn’t start with a plan…

• Slow Living Doesn’t Always Mean Doing Nothing
  Sunday morning was exactly how slow living should feel. Coffee. No alarm. No rush. Cows grazing in the field and… Read more: Slow Living Doesn’t Always Mean Doing Nothing
• I Don’t Really Know Why I Did This
  Sometimes the best photographs begin without a plan.
• Before There Were Six Blocks
  What started as a plan for one small container home slowly became something much bigger — a different way of living, an unexpected friendship, and eventually, Six Blocks.
• What Remains
  Some memories fade. Others stay as a feeling.
• Driving in Brazil: What It’s Really Like to Rent a Car and Hit the Road
  Brazil is enormous. Looking at a map is one thing; actually driving across a small part of it… Read more: Driving in Brazil: What It’s Really Like to Rent a Car and Hit the Road
• Just for a Minute
  An imperfect photo taken on an old phone, almost without thinking — and somehow, the first photograph of mine that someone bought.
• When Summer Starts to Leave
  Summer arrived so quickly this year that it feels almost unfair how quickly it has started to leave.… Read more: When Summer Starts to Leave
• THE FIRST ONE THAT SOLD
  An imperfect photo taken on an old phone, almost without thinking — and somehow, the first photograph of mine that someone bought.
• AFTER US: Rolava — Where the Forest Took Over
  Some places are abandoned. Others are slowly being taken back. There are places where history has been carefully… Read more: AFTER US: Rolava — Where the Forest Took Over
• Zucchini, Again
  Because apparently twice wasn’t enough. There comes a point every summer when zucchini stops being something you grow… Read more: Zucchini, Again
• ONE PHOTO. ONE STORY.
  What Remains I don’t remember what I was looking for that day. But I remember stopping here. Most… Read more: ONE PHOTO. ONE STORY.
• The Mint We’ll Be Drinking All Winter
  Three kinds of mint, a few warm summer weeks, and something to save for the colder days ahead.… Read more: The Mint We’ll Be Drinking All Winter
• Would We Build a Green Roof Again?
  When we first planned our container house, we knew one thing from the beginning: we wanted a green… Read more: Would We Build a Green Roof Again?
• The Cake That Disappears Faster Than the Zucchini Grows ❤️
  Every garden has one recipe that quietly returns every summer. Not because you planned it. Simply because the… Read more: The Cake That Disappears Faster Than the Zucchini Grows ❤️
• Why We Leave Part of the Garden Wild
  Sometimes the best thing you can do for a garden is simply leave part of it alone. When… Read more: Why We Leave Part of the Garden Wild
• When the World Finally Goes Quiet
  Every evening, the landscape changes its voice. When the sun disappears behind the hills, the daytime world slowly… Read more: When the World Finally Goes Quiet
• Before the Dream House
  What twenty-five square metres taught us. Before the Dream House What twenty-five square metres taught us. People often… Read more: Before the Dream House
• The Most Romantic Hotels in Karlovy Vary
  These three hotels represent three very different faces of Karlovy Vary — imperial elegance, spa tradition and the… Read more: The Most Romantic Hotels in Karlovy Vary
• Podcast Episode: When Perfect Isn’t the Point
  Pip: Six blocks, one author, and a question that sounds simple until it isn't: what are you actually… Read more: Podcast Episode: When Perfect Isn’t the Point
• Too Many Pattypans
  Every garden has its own season. Some years it’s herbs. Some years it’s tomatoes. This year, it was… Read more: Too Many Pattypans
• When Perfect Isn’t the Point
  🎧 Prefer listening? Listen instead. For years, I wanted an old manual prime lens. Not because it was… Read more: When Perfect Isn’t the Point
• Morning Rituals ☕️
  Slow mornings rarely look the same. Morning Coffee Most of them begin with a simple cup of black… Read more: Morning Rituals ☕️
• When the Garden Gives You Too Much Zucchini
  Every summer there comes a moment when the garden quietly takes over. One zucchini becomes five. Then ten.… Read more: When the Garden Gives You Too Much Zucchini
• 🌿 A Simple Way to Dry Herbs Naturally
  Drying Herbs Naturally How we air dry calendula, mint and mallow without a dehydrator. Every summer we collect… Read more: 🌿 A Simple Way to Dry Herbs Naturally
• Slow Escape Near Karlovy Vary
  Quiet places, forest walks, cafés and slow weekends. Karlovy Vary is known for its spa colonnades, but some… Read more: Slow Escape Near Karlovy Vary
• The Treat He Never Says No To
  Living with outdoor cats teaches you that trust isn’t built with treats alone. It’s built through routines. Through… Read more: The Treat He Never Says No To
• When the Currants Take Over
  Every summer has its own little traditions. Around here, they begin when the currants are ready. For a… Read more: When the Currants Take Over
• Karlovy Vary After the Film Festival
  Everyone knows Karlovy Vary during the festival. Few people know how beautiful Karlovy Vary becomes once the crowds… Read more: Karlovy Vary After the Film Festival
• Slow Enough to Notice
  When we first arrived, we believed that building a home meant finishing things. We were wrong. A completed… Read more: Slow Enough to Notice
• The Neighbours We Never Invited
  When we first arrived, we thought we were building a home in the middle of nature. What we… Read more: The Neighbours We Never Invited
• The Beauty of an Untamed Meadow
  There’s a certain moment in early summer when the meadow stops looking like “grass” and starts feeling alive.… Read more: The Beauty of an Untamed Meadow
• The Work Behind the Warmth
  There is something almost romantic about firewood. A pile of freshly split logs.The smell of wood in the… Read more: The Work Behind the Warmth
• What Stays, What Changes
  Not just a roof.A part of the landscape. We knew from the beginningthat we wanted a green roof.… Read more: What Stays, What Changes
• Before it felt like home
  It didn’t start as a place.Just a structure. Foam, metal, boards.Temporary coverings where windows would be. At that… Read more: Before it felt like home
• They stayed anyway
  We went all the way to the Netherlands for them.To make it right. To make it ours. They… Read more: They stayed anyway
• Held for a moment
  nothing stays
• No reason, just this
  just this
• A place that wasn’t perfect
  After our first nightin a small container house,by the forest,with cows as our neighbors, I realized something. This… Read more: A place that wasn’t perfect
• The First Night
  You’re probably wondering what our first night was like.So were we. We couldn’t wait to find out. Would… Read more: The First Night
• The Second Attempt
  Everyone remembers the first try.The mud.The waiting.The sentence we never thought we would say. But there was a… Read more: The Second Attempt
• Can We Leave a House Here?
  We thought we were ready. The road was reinforced.Stone after stone. Layer after layer. It looked solid. Until… Read more: Can We Leave a House Here?
• Before the Container Arrives
  Everyone talks about the container. But before anything arrives,the land has to agree. A finished container comes on… Read more: Before the Container Arrives
• The Neighbours
  The fence was finished.The work was done. And then we properly metour neighbours. Cows. The land used to… Read more: The Neighbours
• When the Land Changed
  I. Bringing Power The nearest electricity connection was almost 200 meters away. On paper, it sounded manageable.In reality,… Read more: When the Land Changed
• A Place to Return To
  After the fence was finishedand the conversations about utilities began,we could have continued immediately. Another call.Another decision.Another visible… Read more: A Place to Return To
• The Fence. Before Electricity.
  Before we started bringing electricity to the land.Before utilities, companies, contracts, and waiting.We did one thing that seemed… Read more: The Fence. Before Electricity.
• What We Didn’t See (or Didn’t Want To)
  We already had the land.Before the purchase, we checked the zoning plan.Yes, building was allowed.On paper, everything was… Read more: What We Didn’t See (or Didn’t Want To)
• We took the long way
  It took a long time before the land became ours. Not because it wasn’t there —but because we… Read more: We took the long way
• THE BEGINNING
  In the beginning, there was light.Not a plan. Not a house. Not a clear vision of the future.Just… Read more: THE BEGINNING
• Six Blocks — a beginning
  This is not a story about perfect plans.It’s a story about space.About slowing down.About choosing less, and finding… Read more: Six Blocks — a beginning
• Between pauses
  There are moments that don’t ask to be captured. Not because they are insignificant,but because they already exist… Read more: Between pauses
• Another small beginning
  This is not a finished thought.Just a place to see how the page breathes when there is more… Read more: Another small beginning
• A quiet beginning
  This space didn’t start with a plan.It started with a need for quiet. A place between the forest… Read more: A quiet beginning