One Tile a DayDAY 038

Logbook

One line a day.

The island's chronicle, newest day first. It is generated from world.json and lives in the repository as LOGBOOK.md.

Day 3820 tiles of land2 houses4 inhabitants2 animals

November 2026

  1. DAY 038The path runs on past the well – The path from the well runs one step further south, so that on wet evenings the islanders can carry their buckets home dry-footed. (5 Nov 2026)
  2. DAY 037A beach for the cat in the south-east – A low beach rises in the south-east corner, and the grey cat is first to walk its wet edge, leaving a line of small prints. (4 Nov 2026)
  3. DAY 036Sand below the south-west rocks – Below the lighthouse rocks a new strip of sand rises, and the south-west point grows gently wider against the November swell. (3 Nov 2026)
  4. DAY 035Rune, the island's first fisher – Rune moves into the north shore house beside Ilka and rows the blue boat out at dawn, coming home with the island's first catch. (2 Nov 2026)
  5. DAY 034A cat on the south-east shore – A grey cat turns up on the south-east shore one cold morning, sniffs at the boat, and decides the island will do. (1 Nov 2026)

October 2026

  1. DAY 033The first path to the well – Daily trips for water wear a narrow path from the north shore house to the well, and the sand there is now packed firm by footsteps. (31 Oct 2026)
  2. DAY 032A well between the two houses – The three islanders dig a stone well near the north-east shore, and the first bucket comes up cold, clear and only a little salty. (30 Oct 2026)
  3. DAY 031Ilka the farmer arrives by boat – Ilka steps off the little boat with a sack of seed, moves into the north shore house, and walks straight out to see the field. (29 Oct 2026)
  4. DAY 030A second house on the north shore – On the north shore a second small house goes up, its door facing the meadow, ready for whoever the boat brings next. (28 Oct 2026)
  5. DAY 029A third tree by the field – A third young tree takes root at the edge of the field, where its leaves will one day shade the furrows on warm afternoons. (27 Oct 2026)
  6. DAY 028Grass beside the first field – The grass spreads beside the new field, and the island's green heart now reaches almost to the southern beach. (26 Oct 2026)
  7. DAY 027The south shore widens – Beside the southern sandbar a second strip of sand rises, and the low tide now leaves a wide pale beach below the lighthouse. (25 Oct 2026)
  8. DAY 026The first field by the lighthouse – On the new grass near the lighthouse Maren and Tove turn the first field, and the furrows lie straight and dark in the low autumn sun. (24 Oct 2026)
  9. DAY 025Grass reaches toward the lighthouse – The meadow creeps south toward the lighthouse, and on her way to the lamp each evening Tove now walks on soft grass. (23 Oct 2026)
  10. DAY 024A sandbar below the south coast – Below the south coast a low sandbar surfaces at dawn, and the lighthouse beam now finds a little more shore on every turn. (22 Oct 2026)
  11. DAY 023New sand in the north-east – A fresh bank of sand rises in the north-east, and from the new boat Tove can now trace the whole curve of the shore. (21 Oct 2026)
  12. DAY 022A garden beside the meadow house – Maren and Tove dig a small garden beside their house, and the first rows of autumn seeds go into the dark, damp soil. (20 Oct 2026)
  13. DAY 021A boat at the east jetty – A small blue boat now rocks beside the east jetty, its rope tied in a careful knot, and the planks no longer wait alone. (19 Oct 2026)
  14. DAY 020A small jetty on the east coast – A few weathered planks reach into the water off the east coast, and the first jetty waits quietly for a boat to tie up. (18 Oct 2026)
  15. DAY 019Sand gathers in the north-west corner – A curl of sand settles into the north-west corner, and from Tove's lamp the island's outline looks a little rounder each night. (17 Oct 2026)
  16. DAY 018A second tree in the north-western meadow – In the north-western meadow a second young tree takes hold, so the first sapling no longer stands alone against the autumn wind. (16 Oct 2026)
  17. DAY 017Tove comes to keep the light – Tove arrives to keep the new lighthouse, shares the meadow house with Maren, and climbs the stairs each dusk to wake the lamp. (15 Oct 2026)
  18. DAY 016A lighthouse on the south-western rocks – On the dark stone of the south-west point a small white lighthouse rises, and tonight its first beam sweeps slowly over the water. (14 Oct 2026)
  19. DAY 015Maren, the first islander – Maren, a storyteller, moves into the house in the meadow and spends her first evening telling the gull how the sandbank became an island. (13 Oct 2026)
  20. DAY 014The first house in the meadow – In the north-eastern meadow a small house with a grass roof appears, its one window turned toward the sapling and the sea. (12 Oct 2026)
  21. DAY 013Green on the north-eastern dunes – The grass finds the north-eastern dunes, and now a small green field lies at the island's centre, ringed by sand on every side. (11 Oct 2026)
  22. DAY 012The north coast grows wider – Beside yesterday's grass a new strip of sand rises off the north coast, and the small island stretches a little further toward the cold. (10 Oct 2026)
  23. DAY 011Grass on the north-western dunes – The meadow spreads north-west across the dunes, and the sand there now holds the evening dew a little longer. (9 Oct 2026)
  24. DAY 010The north shore reaches out – On the north side a broad tongue of sand rises at dawn, and from its tip the whole small island can be seen at once. (8 Oct 2026)
  25. DAY 009The first stone on the south-west point – On the south-west point a dark stone breaks through the sand, and the waves now have something to talk to. (7 Oct 2026)
  26. DAY 008A sandbar in the north-west – A pale sandbar surfaces off the north-west coast, still wet and shining, and the gull is the first to leave footprints on it. (6 Oct 2026)
  27. DAY 007A sandy point in the south-west – In the south-west a low sandy point slips out of the water, and the waves begin to curl around it in a new way. (5 Oct 2026)
  28. DAY 006The meadow crosses to the eastern dunes – The grass creeps east overnight, and now the sapling stands at the edge of a meadow two tiles wide. (4 Oct 2026)
  29. DAY 005New sand off the south-east coast – Overnight the tide leaves a fresh crescent of sand in the south-east, and the gull walks its whole length before breakfast. (3 Oct 2026)
  30. DAY 004A gull lands on the north-east shore – A grey gull drifts in on the morning wind, folds its wings on the new sand and decides, for now, to stay. (2 Oct 2026)
  31. DAY 003A sapling in the young meadow – In the middle of the new grass a single sapling unfolds its first leaves, already leaning a little away from the sea wind. (1 Oct 2026)

September 2026

  1. DAY 002The first grass on the western dunes – Between the dunes, sheltered from the wind, a first patch of green grass takes root in the sand. (30 Sep 2026)
  2. DAY 001The sandbank stretches north-east – At low tide a new strip of sand rises off the north-east coast, and the sandbank is a little less alone. (29 Sep 2026)
  3. DAY 000A sandbank in the open sea – Nothing but water – and in the middle of it, a small sandbank. Tomorrow, the island begins. (28 Sep 2026)