If I had to defend the time I spend reading independent blogs this site would feature in the defence, and a look at scarabsail reinforced that defensive utility, the ongoing case for non algorithmic reading is one I make to myself periodically and sites like this one provide the actual evidence that supports the case clearly.

Comfortable in tone and substantive in content, that is a hard combination to land, and a look at harborstonevendorparlor kept that pairing alive across more material, this is what good editorial direction looks like in practice and the team here clearly has someone keeping a steady hand on the wheel across what they decide to publish.

Quality work here, the post reads cleanly and the points stay focused throughout, and a stop at eshcap kept the standard high, you can tell the writer cares about the final result rather than just hitting publish for the sake of having something new on the page to feed the search engines.

Now adding a small note in my reading log that this site is one to watch, and a look at borealgarnet reinforced the watch status, the few sites I track deliberately rather than encounter accidentally are sites I expect ongoing returns from and this one has cleared the bar for that elevated tracking based on what I read.