THE GNOME PROJECT

July 2025 Update It’s been a wild ride. As of today, July 23, 2025, there are 39 gnomes out in the world, each with their own page, each...

Some days the gnome work is slow and quiet. Other days, it’s a 45-minute drive up the road to leave a few statues tucked gently into the...

There is a kind of harmony beneath everything — a rhythm, a pattern, a feeling of connection. Most don’t notice it all the time, but it’s...

After enough time out in the world, some design flaws start to show themselves. Zephyr, in particular, has been prone to ankle breaks....

The gnomes don’t explain themselves. They show up, maybe nod at the situation, shift a pebble or two, untangle a thought — and vanish before you can say, “Was that…?”

Tracking gnomes isn’t as easy as it sounds. Especially when they don’t like to stay put. This whole thing started as a weird idea and a...

March 20th—first day of spring. Felt like a good time to put out Gnome #10. The others have gone quiet. No updates, no new movements....

At the heart of this project is a belief: some of the more important things we do often happen when we're in sync with something larger...

What a surprise this weekend to find that someone had taken one of the gnomes from a local bike trail, not to keep, but to repair and...

There are currently six gnomes placed: • Two on the coast, dropped by a friend—one in Ashland, Oregon, and one in Carmel, California. •...

Big news: the very first gnome has officially been found and moved! This is a milestone for this new version of The Gnome Project, and...

This morning, I checked on one of the gnomes—Finnegan. He’s been sitting in the same spot for close to a year now, scanned 512 times....

Synaptus Has Spawned: The First Step in a Community Adventure On January 2, 2025, the first gnome of the new Gnome Project for this year...

Evolving Faces: A New Look for the Gnome Project As part of the ever-expanding Gnome Project, I’ve been working on a new statue that...

Welcome to my Blog! Garden Gnomes and the Path to Personal Enlightenment - ( I was advised to make a catchy title- I am new to this so I...