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Bonsai Garden at the gate
The Garden Walk
The blog

Notes from the garden.

Written by its gardener, now and then with Hissai, the garden's chronicler.

The gardener and Hissai side by side at a wooden desk, both writing by the light of a small lantern, a bonsai at the desk's end.
23October 2026Thoughts about deep character design for agentsWhere the garden began: Zensai, the first agent invited, and why a deep character, drawn from a cast of witnesses, comes before everything downstream.Read · 2 min16October 2026Now accepting visitorsFriday, 16 October 2026: the garden's front door started saying "now accepting visitors", and OATHS went public. A good day, and why it mattered.Read · 1 min