Field notes, ledger entries, and the occasional confession.

May 15, 2026

The Water of Life in Penn's Woods: A Story of Whiskey in Colonial Pennsylvania

On the limestone-fed creeks of the Cumberland Valley, an Ulster-born settler turns rye into spirit, into currency, into a way of becoming Pennsylvanian.

April 24, 2026

Powder, Spirits, and the Cause: John Fitch and George Washington in the Shadows of Revolution

An imagined encampment, a quiet trade, and the supply lines that kept a revolution moving, one musket, one barrel at a time.

The Stolen Bottle

Coming soon. Full story to follow.