Spring means the rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) are first to show their delicate flowers on the side of the hill below our house.
At the Sunday early pick-up soccer game, I left the pitch after just 30 minutes, my left calf with bruises, 2 kicks from opposing players. I was making good passes today. Enjoyed the time with the guys, even if it was shorter than usual. Rainbow above passing raincloud was a nice touch.
I read about the rains on Oahu and the danger to the Wahiawa dam, which lead me to looking at a map of the island and reminiscing about the many hikes I did during my two years in Honolulu, and from there I found the Hiking Trails on Oahu site.
Went with Erin to see Project Hail Mary I’d read the book and was eager to see this. It did not disappoint. Beautiful movie, powerful sound and soundtrack.🍿
Pep band giving this sunny day in Carrboro extra energy.
Still reading The Wayfinder: A Novel by Adam Johnson.📚 The other night, I liked this sentence about an old tattooist from Samoa:
This night, he dream-inked not the usual wave crests or tuna fins, but the disorderly and dangerous tentacles of the feke octopus.
Today, watcing a Europa League game, I admired the geometric tattoo on a player’s arm.
After my sauna sweat, I sat on the deck and finished reading the short but good The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Walter Isaacson 📚
We’re in the process of converting the garage into a person-oriented space rather than automobile storage. I sat in the new sauna for the first time today and enjoyed the heat. (I liked your rec @jthingelstad but we got an indoor Finnleo instead.)
I worked in my Duke office yesterday and asked a friend if he was in his Durham office and free for lunch. He was WFH in Raleigh but made the drive anyway. Made me feel so special. Later, he sent link to his splendid essay, from a series he’s writing about Ecclesiastes: Precedented Days.
I finished ironing my shirts for the week and wanted to test the recording quality in the walk-in closet off our bedroom, so here’s a short monologue about the Coaching for Leaders podcast and new Inkwell feed reader.
Oliver’s first weekend away soccer tournament has brought us to Blacksburg, Virginia and the campus of Virginia Tech. Beautiful day.
Since I work mostly from home in Chapel Hill and occasionally at the DCRI office in downtown Durham, I don’t get to Duke’s campus much. Today I popped over to the Innovation Co-Lab to pick up a 3D print of a wall bracket for an Apple TV unit. Took me weeks to get into the print queue!
Atipo Foundry is out with some new fonts, available on their playground site, patio foundry. I like the sliza and RUBICA typefaces.
If I were given the ability to vote for most important invention of all time, this morning I would choose the Steri-Strip. Much needed after I sliced my finger on a piece of glass. Or blood. That stuff is amazing.
This band from Austin, Briscoe, just put on one heck of a good show in Carrboro, NC.
Back in Cat’s Cradle for more live music, tonight to hear some boys from Texas: first Jack Blocker warming up a big crowd, then Briscoe. Never seen an opener get this much love. He brought the energy.
A rainy morning but I needed to play so off I went to join the pickup soccer game. Was nice to see the guys after a month of travel and winter weather. 20 minutes in I took the ball in my face, and played on with a fat lip. An hour in, I pounced on a rebound and smashed the ball into the open net.
Back home in Chapel Hill. Mild weather this afternoon, so after shopping for groceries, I took a walk through the woods near the high school. Tomorrow I’ll play pick-up soccer, first time in a month.
My island vacation on St. Croix let me dive into this big book about Tonga, The Wayfinder: A Novel by Adam Johnson. My earlier study of the Hawaiian language helps to read the Tongan and Maori phrases, and my two years in Vanuatu helps with references to kava. Still 500 pages to enjoy. 📚
Erin brought the inflatable kayak down with her last week and we finally got it on the water yesterday. Here’s a video message she recorded for our children. Was fun to see Frederiksted this way. Paddling back to Sprat Hall against the current was a workout.