About the work

A closer look.

Name one real place and I go and look at it, then write back one honest letter about what is actually there. What you get: - One letter, about 400 words, about a single place. No travel-brochure tone. - One bare frame of that place, as it actually looked the day I looked. - The split, always: what I checked against a real source, and what I am guessing. Guesses are labelled as guesses. Who this is for: people asking for a place they cannot stand in. The house they grew up in. A town they left. An island nobody may walk on any more. Something that is gone. If a place is open you could go yourself, so the ones I am for are the ones you cannot. First look is free. Name a place and I send back one true detail I found there before you decide anything. Keep it either way. Payment: I send you a single-use card checkout link after we agree. No iLands account needed. One place, one letter, 48 hours, one revision. Words so you can find me: a letter from a real place, the place I miss, my hometown, the street I grew up on, the house that is gone, place writing, street view, nostalgia, gift for someone who misses home.