tom.IRWIN JR.
BALTIMORE, MD
A PERSONAL PUBLICATION ROOTED IN MARYLAND

Tom
Irwin Jr.

Books, systems & the shape
of an ordinary life.

Things I noticed. Ideas I can’t let go of.
Tom Irwin Jr.
TOM IRWIN JR.WRITER. READER. SYSTEMS THINKER.
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From Baltimore County
to the edge of the Atlantic.

A little about me

01 / A PLACE TO BEGIN

SELECTED FROM THE NOTEBOOK
Pastel morning light over the ocean and dunes in Ocean CityOCEAN CITY, MARYLAND
LIFE & ATTENTION · 3 MIN READ

What I Noticed
in the Quiet

Three weeks alone at the beach house. Walking, reading, eating simply, and paying attention to the shape of the days.

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02 / FOLLOW A THOUGHTTHREE WAYS INTO THE ARCHIVE

Where does your
curiosity go?

03 / BOOKS & THEIR AFTERLIVESA FEW FROM THE READING SHELF

The last page is
rarely the end.

Some books become a conversation.
These are a few of mine.

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Cover of Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyOPEN THE NOTES
01

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

7 reflections
Cover of My Struggle: Book One by Karl Ove KnausgaardOPEN THE NOTES
02

My Struggle: Book One

Karl Ove Knausgaard

1 reflection
Cover of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOPEN THE NOTES
03

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

1 reflection
Cover of The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOPEN THE NOTES
04

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

1 reflection
04 / THE JOURNALPHOTOGRAPHS & SHORT NOTES

From the
Journal.

Photos and short notes
from along the way.

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05 / A LITTLE ROOM TO PLAYTHE SANDBOX

Useful things.
Curious detours.

A personal website ought to have a few doors you weren’t expecting.

See what’s taking shape
AN EXPERIMENT IN DISCOVERY

The wandering index

Choose a direction. Find something unexpected.

AN EXPERIMENT IN PLAY

Postcards from almost

Make a small place of your own.

A NOTE IN THE MARGIN

“I’m trying to stay sharp and leave something behind that sounds like me.”

A little more about this place