Diomarys  ·  studio
I.   The garden journal

Essays, field notes, and small returns. Published when the work asks to be shared, not on a schedule.

Writing,
in seasons.

●   Currently reading   ·   Featured essay
Retorna Práctica   ·   Apr 2026   ·   6 min

Cyclical time: planning by season, not by quarter.

Why I stopped running my year on the fiscal calendar, and what I use instead.

Read the full essay →Published in EN / ES
Plate · 01retorna
IV.   The journal

Smaller returns.

Weekly-ish. Short. Overheard sentences, three-line drafts, the part of a practice that doesn’t want to be an essay yet.

Apr 21N.° 06

Overheard at the studio.

“You don’t have to earn your own rest.” — my teacher, this morning, to nobody in particular.

Apr 14N.° 05

Three lines.

Draft the season. Price the season. Rest the season. I have been rewriting this sentence for a week.

Apr 02N.° 04

Clarice, again.

Re-reading Água Viva on the train. Underlined the same paragraph I underlined in 2019. Different reasons.

Mar 28N.° 03

On a client call.

We spent forty minutes on the P&L and ten minutes on what her practice is actually for. The ratio felt right.

Mar 12N.° 02

Estudio.

Touched the reformer for the first time as its owner, not its student. Cried about it. Made a spreadsheet about it.

Feb 28N.° 01

Feb 28.

An extra morning. Used it to do nothing. Counts.

◐   Patreon · launching soonV.   Become a patron

Support the practice directly.

A bilingual home for early essays, voice notes, drafts of Retorna Práctica, and the small studio updates she doesn’t share anywhere else.

  • Early access to every essay
  • Monthly voice notes from the studio
  • Drafts and works-in-progress
  • A direct line to me
✉   Free letterVI.   The seasonal letter

A letter, four times a year.

New essays, a studio update, and a small reading list. Sent at the turning of each season. Bilingual. Free.

4× per yearEN & ESNo tracking