June, during a heatwave
On keeping a paper inbox
I moved my to-do list to a clipboard by the kettle. Productivity is down; happiness is way up.
analogessays
I write things down by hand, then put them here.
Writer, zine-maker, and keeper of one very stubborn houseplant. This page is everything I make, in one stack of paper.
still figuring most of it out, honestly
the short version
A bio you can read in one coffee sip
I'm Nell. I live in a small flat with a big desk, where I write essays about slow software, analog habits, and why paper still beats every app I've tried. By day I'm a freelance editor; by night I run a riso printer that my neighbors have opinions about.
I've been blogging since 2019 — 142 posts and counting, most of them written longhand first. The long version of this bio is, essentially, the entire blog.
places to go
Everything I make, one stack
↓ chunky buttons, as promised
Read the blog
Essays about slow living and tiny software, weekly-ish.
Letters from the desk
My newsletter. About once a month, honestly.
The zine shop
Riso-printed, small batches. Issue #3 just restocked.
Photo diary
Film photos of ordinary Tuesdays. Updated when the lab calls.
What I'm doing now
A now page, updated on the first rainy day of each month.
Say hi
Email me. I answer everything, eventually.
right now
Currently on the desk
A now page, because a bio tells you who I was and this tells you who I am this month.
last updated: July, during a thunderstorm
Reading
“The Shepherd's Life” — slowly, in the bath, the way it deserves.
Making
Zine issue #4: a field guide to the neighborhood's forgotten benches.
Listening
One album on repeat until it stops working. Currently: week three.
Tending
The stubborn houseplant. It grew a new leaf and I told everyone.
latest scribbles
Fresh from the notebook
May, two coffees in
Small software is a love language
Why the best tool I use this year is a 40-line script a friend emailed me, subject line “for you.”
software
April, still recovering
Field notes from the zine fair
Sold out of issue #2, traded a tote bag for a haircut voucher, learned what “perfect binding” costs.
zinestravel
“Nell's blog is the only tab I keep open on purpose.”
— Priya, reader since 2021
by the numbers
142
posts, longhand first
3
zines printed at home
7
notebooks filled this year
0
growth hacks, ever
Letters from the desk
One letter with the best of the notebook: what I wrote, what I printed, what the plant did.
about once a month, honestly
say hi
The internet is better with pen pals
Email is best — hello@nellwinters.blog. Tell me what you're reading, or send a photo of your desk. I answer everything, eventually.
↑ five doors, same desk behind all of them