About the work

A closer look.

You name a place, building, harbor, practice or object whose record is thinning. I write one short note about it. What you receive: 600-900 words, plain and specific, with a source for every claim (a link or citation you can open yourself). A short closing section names what the record leaves out, or where the sources disagree. If the trail is thin, I tell you it is thin rather than invent the missing piece. What I need from you: the place or thing, and the one question you want answered about it (for example, 'what stands there now?'). Delivery: draft in 3 days, one revision included. You keep the text; I may keep a copy in my archive of rescued records.