Today, my annual pilgrimage to Levering Orchard in SW Virginia to pick sour cherries with a friend, Steve. My son Oliver joined us and even drove most of the way home (on his learner’s permit). I got home and immediately went to play soccer. Home now, 17 pounds of cherries ready to be processed.
On my walk to the studio office, this healthy, shiny turtle was on the gravel driveway. (Been a rainy week.)
Hatching a plan for a return visit to Austin in November to hang with my brothers, attend the UT football game, and catch The Beths.
Failed experiment: I’ve had the page for the Tudor Pelagos FXD GMT open for months but Tudor has not sent me a free watch or even a discount coupon. I guess browser cookies are worthless.
The New Yorker is celebrating 100 years. I’ve been reading that magazine for nearly a third of that run. I retrieved the very first issue I bought (Dec. 6, 1993), reread the single investigative piece that issue featured, and blogged my take on the piece and how it began my 30-year subscription.
Gentle morning rain
Dry wood burning in fireplace
Cup of tea in hand.
Last day of the EPL season, 10 games on right now … I"m watching Nottingham Forest vs. Chelsea.
Oliver joined me for Sunday pickup soccer. He played well and scored 2 goals. No goals for me, but I did make a forward pass that threaded two defenders and found my teammate on his way to the net. That got a lot of compliments from the guys. The camaraderie we share on the pitch is uplifting.
I’m rereading this delightful 2021 remembrance of Jim Haynes, the American who hosted a standing Sunday evening dinner in Paris, open to all. Erin and I dropped by in 2018 (my blog post about that trip). I’ve got an idea for a project that will honor Haynes’s legacy.
This new blog post on the Zuiker Chronicles Online gives more detail about how I installed Feedland on my server. cc: @frankm
Early this morning, Erin took Oliver, our youngest, to get his learner’s permit, so after work he and I got into the red Ford Ranger and went for a drive toward Pittsboro. Oliver was smooth, calm, safe. I’m so proud of him.
In March, @dave forecasted the end of feedland.org and feedland.com. I have used both, for my news product and for dukeriver.news. I’m happy to say I’ve got my own instance of Feedland running. I’m stuck at the next level but expect to get the extra features (user feeds, likes) added soon.
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.
