Two-Bit Alchemy

Welcome

I'm glad you found your way here.

Two-Bit Alchemy isn't a portfolio, and it isn't really a blog.

It's a place where I keep the things that have taught me something, surprised me, or simply seemed worth paying attention to.

Some of those things are projects. Others are photographs, field notes, experiments, stories, or people who left the world a little more interesting than they found it.

Think of it less as a collection and more as a workshop with well-used shelves. Everything here earned its place because it taught me something, solved a problem, inspired a question, or reminded me to slow down and notice.

I don't expect every shelf to interest every visitor.

But if something here sends you down a rabbit hole of your own, helps you solve a problem, or simply makes you stop and look a little closer, then this little corner of the internet has done exactly what I hoped it would.

Come in. There's something I'd like to show you.

Latest Field Notes

Black Willow Propagation

Black willow cuttings were originally obtained by mistake after ordering weeping willow.

Water used to root black willow cuttings appears to dramatically improve rooting success in other plants, including lavender, based on practical observation rather than controlled experimentation.

Latest Workshop Journal

No Workshop Journal entries have been posted yet. The bench is ready for the first build note.

Explore the Cabinet

A growing place for artifacts, tools, references, photographs, and other useful traces of curiosity.

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Reflection

The useful discovery is often the one that teaches you to look again.