Fuelled by Coffee: quiet fuel for work that cares
A gentle, irregular letter for people doing thoughtful work in thoughtful ways
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Wishing on a Star (opens the original)
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I had a very cosmic day on the 12th August 2026 - I journeyed to Jodrell Bank and watched the eclipse and it was amaze amaze amaze to be among so many others wanting to watch the same rare event. Then I journeyed home, cooled off, and settled in the garden to watch the Perseids.I felt so fortunate to be able to witness these two events, to lay in my recliner chair, gaze up at the clear (for once) skies at the myriad stars and hope for at least one Perseid to cross my vision*.<a class="image-link
Little Observations Cards (opens the original)
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I am not, right now, in the business of selling anything you can hold. No shop, no shipping, no little padded envelope arriving next Tuesday. But I do like the idea of a small deck of cards, the kind you’d keep in a coat pocket or leave on the windowsill, so I’ve made one anyway. You just print it yourself.<d
A Ridiculous Taxonomy of Coffee Drinkers (opens the original)
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I named my consultancy after coffee, so I have clearly spent more time than is reasonable thinking about the people who drink it and the small ways they give themselves away while doing so. Not the coffee itself. The performance around the coffee. The ordering, the holding, the not-quite-drinking.Consider this a field guide. You will recognise someone. You will probably recognise yourself. Both are allowed.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_
Micro Journal Prompts (opens the original)
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The daft ones count tooI keep a running list of ideas that never quite make it out of my notebook. Most stay there for good reason, but this one lightened my day.It started with the usual kind of prompt, the sort I use in my own reflective practice and the sort I sometimes hand to people I work with. What did you protect today? What assumption did you let go of this week? Good questions. Useful ones. The ones we’re expected to use.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substa
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