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The Brough of Birsay
When people ask me what I did for two weeks in Orkney, I tell them:
“I walked through the most dramatic landscapes, I saw the most beautiful sights, and I ate at so many warm, family-run cafes. I had a lot of soups of the day with cheese s...
Recommendation Maps!
A while ago an old friend reached out and asked me where he could find my food recommendations online, and I didn’t have a quick answer.
You can technically find lists here in old Pen, Ultimate! articles, but individual addresses and links...
CONSUME THIS LIST 25
REVIEW.2025.CONSUMPTION.
MOVIES.TV.GAMES.MUSIC.
CONSUME.STAT.
MOVIES
These are the best films I watched in 2025, in order of strength of recommendation. Movies from prior years qualify if I saw them for the first time last yea...
The Gist of Orkney: Audio Edition!
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Woah! You can now listen to me(!) reading(!) Pen, Ultimate! instead of, or in addition to, reading it yourself!
This is the inaugural episode of the Pen, Ultimate! Audio Edition. It’s admittedly a little rough...
The Gist of Orkney: Mornings at Riff Farm
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Orkney is here.
“The Gist of Orkney” could be an extraordinary geological feature. Something like a long, deep, narrow hole plunging down into the earth of a coastal cli...
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