Still on the cruise ship, headed south back to Seattle. Much to report (when back home) about our few days in Alaska. Great weather, fun excursions, glaciers and whales and otters and eagles and bears!
On the Quantum of the Seas heading north to Alaska. On the pool deck giant screen this morning was a documentary about volcanologists rappelling into Benbow Crater on Ambrym Island (Vanuatu). Surreal to see that - I stood at the crater lip in 1999.
Arrived in Seattle late last night. Woke up this morning and looked out the hotel window (43rd floor) and there’s Mt Ranier floating. My goodness it is majestic.
As we construct a new house on the back lot, a variety of trucks have parked in front of our house. Today the power company is installing a new underground transformer and cables.
Box turtle crossing the driveway last night. 🐢
The FMail app (for my Fastmail account) continues to give me a spinning beach ball. Not sure why this app has degraded over time. I’m on up-to-date Mac and app is current version. Concerning me.
Long travel day yesterday from Rhode Island to North Carolina with too much time sitting in cramped airplanes. I’m glad to be home.
I had the best father-son day today on our trip to Block Island -Oliver and I biked and talked and shopped and body surfed. Great weather, beautiful setting, sweet ice cream, good memories.
I want to use Font Awesome icons in a post. Maybe I have misunderstood the FA plugin, which states “Adds Font Awesome icons to your blog, available to use in templates.” If that means only in templates, can we rewrite that sentence to be clear? @help
Are there instructions for how to use the new Font Awesome plug-in? I have a FA Pro account; is there a need for me to connect it to Mb? How do I call an FA icon? As a test, here’s the ferry icon because tomorrow I’m going on the Block Island Ferry: @help
Biking with my father and son to Snug Harbor for breakfast, through a neighborhood of new houses, and back to Jerusalem. #rhodeisland
Flowering milkweed in the Trustom Pond wildlife refuge, costal Rhode Island. Beautiful day today after yesterday’s soaking rains.
Travel day: flying from Raleigh-Durham to Rhode Island with my son. Prepared for whatever delays may come so wearing my favorite Reyn Spooner Hawaiian shirt. ‘Fly with aloha’ is my M.O. today.
Got today’s Wordle on fifth line, but questioned whether it was a real word so I opened the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and did find it at the end of the root word’s entry. Love my dictionary.
I’m on the porch with my coffee (in the Flyleaf Books mug) and the new issue of The Atlantic. I’m reading Ed Yong’s piece on on animal senses — blue jays are chatting about but I also hear a noisy leaf blower in the park below, and a rock saw on our building site.
Asking this great Micro.blog community for recommendations of what to see, do, eat, or drink in Skagway, Juneau, and Victoria. (Yes, Erin and I are hopping a cruise in Seattle next month.)
I get sad to my core when I come across a smashed box turtle on the gravel driveway.
Up early this morning to monitor the concrete pouring into the footings of our new house. First truck pulled up at 6:15. Both exciting and nerve wracking to watch the preparation and construction of this house-to-be.
Wow. Today’s session of the Select Committee on Jan. 6 was riveting and powerful. I stand in awe of the Americans who have stood strong for our democracy.
After lunch with Erin, I went out to the wood pile to split firewood (sourwood, maple, princess tree) and think about the Juneteenth holiday.
