Adam Wood

Pinned post from February 18, 2024

What is Syzygy Business?

Hi, hello, how are you? My name is Adam Wood, and I've been writing on the web for more than two decades, so it would be crazy to stop now. My main outlet these days is a public notebook, which gets updated semi-regularly with all manner of notes, links and photos. Alongside that, however, my practice has been to put together a newslet...

April 24, 2024

Syzygy Business #003 — Tuppence for Paper and Strings

This issue is also available on the web → Hi, hello, how are you? Has it been a month? To me it feels like a couple of weeks at most, but — in case it feels like longer to you — a reminder: this is Syzygy Business, a newsletter miscellany inexplicably tied to the lunar cycle; your author is Adam Wood. I have a host of smaller notes to ...

March 25, 2024

Syzygy Business #002 — Wonderfully Red Shoes

Hi, hello, how are you? The moon is full, and this is your friend Adam from the internet, dropping into your inbox once more. I hope you’ve had a fantastic month of March and have shaken off the last of winter. This month I want to tell you about a literary event I attended, a couple of games I played, and a book with my name in it. To...

February 24, 2024

Syzygy Business #001 — The Bird: a Nest; the Spider: a Web; the Man: Friendship

Hi, hello, how are you? If you’re reading this, we both survived a cold, dark winter — may this missive kindle the smallest flame in your inbox. Re-introductions are in order, not least of all because this newsletter has a new title. My name is Adam Wood, and at some point — for reasons all your own — you signed up to get occasional di...