Oliver interviewed me for his third-grade music report. We covered Doudou N’Diaye Rose, barbershop quartets, the oboe and shakuhachi flute, Josh Ritter and Steve Earle and Taylor Swift, and cruising songs (my favorite: Pain by The War on Drugs).
As we make our property bird, bee, and butterfly friendly, the carpenter bees are methodically making Swiss cheese of our house and even the new swing hanging from the oak tree.
Walking up the path from the bus stop, I overturned a rock and saw this earth snake.
Oliver is 9 today and requested ‘burn your lips chicken,’ the family name for the Chicken with Asian-Style Sweet and Sour Sauce (recipe in The Best Recipe cookbook). I’m cooking, in the sailcloth apron I bought on the Roseway Schooner in St. Croix.
Why can’t we have chilli tuna in the U.S.A.? Such a luxury after a long day in the yard and garden. I now have just one can left from my trip to Australia.
Reviewing details about my town, Chapel Hill, NC. Found a map of the urban service area. Wondering if I can embed an iframe here and see it on my micro.blog.
The blackjack oak on the mill made for some beautiful slabs.
Yesterday’s big storm just missed us. Sawyer Randall is running late today for our milling project - we felled a few oak trees last month - to take calls from folks with downed trees from tornado that hit northwest of us.
Zuiker Family is camped out in the hallway as our area is under a tornado warning. House is still, outside is calm. Storm approaches.
We successfully pulled off a surprise birthday party for my wife, Erin. Friends and family had a good time showing her how much we appreciate all she does for us.
Pulled into a space on top level of parking deck at Duke and the shiny exhaust tubes on the medical sciences research building caught my eye. The tip of the crane is part of a big new hospital tower.
Scripting News: Instant tech bootcamps for journalism
Monday, April 15, 2019
A really good idea from Dave Winer:Instant tech bootcamps for journalism: When journalism discovers a tech issue that appears to be a scandal, I proposed there should be a quickly convened flash conference, hosted by a university journalism department in conjunction with its computer science department.
I’m late to the game, no doubt, but am glad to have just learned about Snickelcasts from @johnphilpin
Photo from Frederiksted, iguana climbing palm tree.
That bloodroot I planted next to the big oak tree has been doing well. It’s sheltered by the shed. But shed is getting re-shingled & workers positioned ladder so it’s straddling bloodroot. Oy.
Spring snake season in North Carolina. Workers found a couple under the shed this morning. Will be using the Copperheads and Similar Looking Harmless Species page to identify.
Old house noises don’t scare me. They just worry me. What’s about to break? How much is that going to cost?
Sitting with my father at Leatherback Brewing Company first anniversary party. He’s having a passion fruit frozen lindy from Rosa’s Stand (St. Croix legend), I am drinking Backyard Guava IPA made with guava grown in backyard of Aaron, my step-brother & Leatherback co-founder.
What makes a great flight? Arriving in Miami, exiting plane at gate directly across from La Carreta Restaurant for plate of arroz imperial and a cold Presidente.
We’ve posted the 15th and final episode of the pilot season of Voices of Duke Health. This one is a conversation between two doctors, David Zaas and Aimee Zaas, and how a leukemia diagnosis gave them insights about what’s important to a patient with cancer.