Nathan Upchurch
Nathan Upchurch
I write about incense, life, music, tech, vegan cooking, and other things I find interesting.
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This post is another that I accidentally published before I had time to properly review and revise. I forgot to mark it as a draft. I meant to tone it down a little, but here we are. So, sod it, I guess? As I wrote about before, a person chose to use her economic power and privilege to displace six people from their...
Look familiar? I accidentally published an unfinished draft of this article earlier this month. Whoops. Moving on from a selection of fragrant wood-focused sticks, today I’m taking a look at some resin-themed sticks from the assortment of samples that Bhagwan Incense kindly sent me for review. Dragon’s Blood # The...
When Eugene of Bhagwan Incense first reached out offering samples I was hesitant to accept them; my experiences with Indian style incense at that point had been less than stellar. After Irene of rauchfahne.de sent me some very nice Indian sticks, however, my mind was opened, and I found myself keen to see what...
Content warning: sexual assault. Every year, I receive a glowing review from my employer, effusive, even. But each year, I dread the review. ‘This time, it’s going to be bad,’ I think. ‘I’m sure my boss was annoyed with me by the tone of their last teams message’. ‘I can sense that she wants to replace me’. ‘It’s...
It’s been a while since my last update; I wanted to finish refreshing the style of my website before writing anything. The update took quite some time. At first, I implemented a design with big full-width header images on blog posts, and it looked pretty good. But, for some reason, after putting in all of the effort...
Some time ago, I reviewed a variety of Wild Berry incense sticks and cones. If you don’t know how that went, here’s an idea: It’s the kind of smell that makes you feel that your lifespan is being reduced… off-notes are tremendous… beginning to feel as though I’ve french-inhaled my way through a pack of menthol...
If, like me, you have ever lived in the U.S.A., and if, like me, you are of a sufficiently distinguished BMI so as to rank highly the invention of comestibles, you will agree[1] that Ranch (enPR: rāyŭnch) dressing is one of the great American inventions—right up there with the cotton gin, surgical anesthesia, and...
In response to this recent post by gary online: I am absolutely not someone who derives their worth or identity by what they do to earn a crust. If I didn’t have to work, I’d lead a richness of life that would put to shame both the wastrels[1] of inherited stolen means who live by the labor of others, and the...
My last attempt at a sweet agarwood stick was okay but, as I noted, there was room for improvement. My goals with the original build were to create a decent amount of agarwood fragrance, while mitigating the harsh note that comes with cheaper wood. Following my notes from the old build, my new objectives are to...
In the interest of transparency: as readers may recall, I paid Dave a visit at the company’s workshop in 2024. Since then, I’ve been back several times and we remain friends, trading ingredients, incense, and knowledge. I also received this incense for free. Despite this, as always, I will do my best to be...
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