Field Notes on Culture and Everyday Life

Some places stay with us. Not because they’re extraordinary, but because they quietly reveal how people live.

By Moonlight is an independent publication of essays and field notes about the places, objects, and rituals that shape everyday life. Each story begins with something ordinary—a meal, a neighbourhood, a hotel, a record shop, a conversation—before opening onto a larger question.

Written by Toronto-based writer Sury Kim, By Moonlight observes the cultures of everyday life through places, people, and the details that often go unnoticed.