Measure twice. Move once.
Every useful system begins as a set of limits. In the high desert, a good field note does not chase drama; it records heat, timing, and the exact point where a small correction changes the whole reaction.
That discipline shaped our first run in a borrowed workshop outside Santa Fe in October 2025. We logged each decision in plain language, cut the ornamental steps, and kept the yellow mark for the one variable nobody could afford to miss.