Congratulations to the Atlantic, restored to a monthly printed magazine after crossing the million-subscription threshold. I’m holding the Feb. 2025 issue in my hands and reading the Note from the Editor in Chief. I’m proud to have been a subscriber for most of the last 30 years.
My night to make dinner. Went for a run first, saw amazing full moon. Came home, showered, started curried red lentils. Put Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. on the turntable. Such a great album. Music of my youth.
I’ll need supplies and advice for this photo project. Instead of supporting Amazon any more, I’ll head to our local camera shop, Southeastern Camera in Carrboro.
Commencing photo project, using flatbed scanner to begin digitizing many of the thousands of slides, transparencies, and prints that I have collected from my father, grandfather, and others. Testing scanner, picked at random these 120 medium format slides.
Just listened to On the Media show Public Broadcasting Is In Danger (Again) on our local public radio station, WUNC. My brother-in-law, Tom Michael, was interviewed about Marfa Public Radio, which he founded before he moved to Boise State Public Radio.
Now I’m listening to Melt on the turntable mingled with the sounds of melting ice sliding off the metal roof above.
A beautiful post-storm morning. Went for a run on the snowy trail along University Lake. Saw a juvenile bald eagle over the water. Now home eating an omelet made with eggs from our hens. Plenty of housekeeping and cleaning to fill the day ahead. Just put Son Volt on the turntable. Windfall my fav.
Sunrise meditation is nice.
I see a silver lining to the chaos of another Trump presidency: Chances might be good that he’ll say or do some shit on June 3, the world will be distracted, and I’ll be able to snag tickets to the BohemiaFC-Rovers Dublin derby.
Kevin Drum on the latest misinformation from Elon Musk:
In addition to having an audience about a thousand times the size of mine, it took him only five seconds to repost that comment. It took me two hours to write this one. It's not possible to keep up with his firehose of lies and misinformation.
I want very much to make a quip about being ‘unemployed in Greenland’ but I’m not quite ready to get in the path of a guy who ‘truly [has] a dizzying intellect.’
It’s time for Zuiker Chronicles to get a new brand. I’ve prepared a brief to describe what I want. Now I’m looking for a graphic designer. Who in the Micro.blog community should I reach out to? (I have a second design project so may hire more than one design pro to help me achieve my goals.)
My 2025 goal: secure 2 tickets to the BohemiaFC vs. Shamrock Rovers football match, a Dublin derby scheduled for June 23 (when Erin and I will be in Ireland). Suggestions welcome!
Sunday morning pick-up soccer was cold but fun. Great group of guys. Now home in front of the big screen to watch Fulham-Ipswich, then Liverpool-ManU. I’m drinking very good Gustos Coffee grown and roasted on Puerto Rican, gift of my stepbrother.
My tradition for last day of our visits to St. Croix has been to walk down to favorite beach early, set up hammock, and soak in the peace. Today Oliver joined me. A rainbow greeted us. #STX
President Biden and I are vacationing on the same island. Not sure what he did on St. Croix today but I enjoyed the beautifulSandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, open to public Saturday and Sunday. #STX
Today’s view, from the hammock beneath the sea grape trees. #STX
Rainbow for the start of our afternoon rainforest hike. Such a great walk up to Creque Dam. #STX
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 →
Laps in this pool on this day in this place is quite the gift. #STX
The Jan'25 issue of the Atlantic arrived earlier this week, and I immediately read the long feature about Hawaiian independence. I’m fascinated by this. I have a personal recollection of Iolani Palace that I don’t seem ever to have blogged, so must sit to write that soon.