Congratulations to Aaron and the crew at Leatherback Brewing on St. Croix celebrating 7th anniversary today. This is me in NC wearing a shirt to join the party from afar.
Doing dishes and looked out to see squirrel upside down on oak tree, making its danger chirps. Since our cats are gone (coyotes this week) I wondered if a snake. Sure enough, this black snake around a tulip poplar sapling.
Morning coffee on the porch with birdsong and heavy smell of smoke. Exploring writings of @chrisaldrich I am delighted to have learned about waste books which explains my messy note taking practice. Now I see opportunity to translate these notes into more.
Dinner with Erin, Anna, and Malia at our favorite place in Carrboro, Pizzeria Mercato. Then over to Carrboro High School to hear Oliver solo in the Jazz Band’s concert. Home, a cold beer, rewatching The Bear ‘Forks’ (S2E7). Such a great episode, a challenge to make every moment meaningful.
One of our cats went missing last night. Something just got into the chicken coop and killed one of the hens (she had just recuperated from the last attack). The wildlife is winning.
After many months, my 2025 web strategy hits a couple of milestones: I’ve updated the look of Zuiker Chronicles Online, my main blog (on the Web since 2000), and also updated my personal about/bio page antonzuiker.com. Now I can get back to posting regularly on Micro.blog.
Finished reading this last night: Project Hail Mary: A Novel by Andy Weir. It’s the second space-based novel in a row that our Science Writers Book Club is reading. This one was fun. 📚
Anna saw this turtle earlier this week near where we park our cars. This was in afternoon sun.
This turtle was on the gravel drive closer to the main road so probably a new one for me.
First turtle of the year. Walking across the gravel driveway.
I spent the afternoon in Pittsboro participating in a fun 4x4 soccer tournament with the men and women with whom I play pick up games each week. Perfect Carolina blue skies and warm sunshine, great camaraderie, one goal for me, and grilled carne asada meal in the parking lot after. I’m so lucky.
Back from the beach, where I celebrated my birthday with family and friends, read a couple of books, and relaxed. This morning I was back on the pitch to play pickup soccer with the guys. Warm spring morning with so much pollen that my eyes burned. Felt good to run and pass and shoot.
Finished reading: Orbital by Samantha Harvey. Read this mostly at the beach yesterday, completed it this morning. Mesmerizing. Loved it. 📚
I am at the beach and I am reading Orbital by Samantha Harvey and I am mesmerized and awed.
Sitting on the patio of a beach house and just finished reading Aflame by Pico Iyer. 📚
It’s never possibility that’s not present; only me.
Now that I have a new brand for Zuiker Chronicles, I’m working on incorporating the logo, colors, and fonts into the site. First step was to update my offsite personal about/profile at antonzuiker.com, where I’ll keep a Now section (removing it from the Chronicles blog).
Early start to the day to work on the new chicken run. (Picked up 3 pullets yesterday to add to our 3 hens). I was in the garage gathering tools when I heard a bird shriek. I stepped out, looked directly up to see a juvenile bald eagle flapping its way toward University Lake.
TIL there are a lot of image placeholder options. Some fun ones here including bacon or beards or random Flickr images. Any favorites from the M.b community?
A couple of months ago I asked for recommendations for graphic designers. @pratik pointed me to @ningkantida, which was perfect. The result is a new brand for The Zuiker Chronicles. See it and get the background here. New site using the new brand in a few weeks.
Now that I have a new brand for the Zuiker Chronicles, I have begun to code the site to use new colors and styles. After all these years of managing my own site, I’ve finally taken the time to understand sass and how it will ease my fumbling with css.