Walked the land at my new house and came upon a box turtle with a black ant clamped to its eyelid. Later noticed this interesting plant. Also found many cedar trees that will make good posts for the garden we will plant soon.

I voted.

Building a house to blog in

These last few weeks of a major house renovation are insane, mostly for my amazing wife who is juggling most of the details. But she and the girls went to a weekend YMCA camp, and I took Oliver camping this weekend. Soon, maybe a return to saner schedule that will allow blogging, microblogging, microcasting, and more.

(Just noticed the way Micro.blog changed my entry to a blog entry after I hit the 280 limit. Smooth.)

Is anyone in the Micro.blog community living in Sydney, Australia? I’m taking my family there next month, and would appreciate recommendations.

Love the music that Arts & Health at Duke brings into the medical center. Today is the amazing Nathan Golub (http://nathangolub.com/about).

And now my 17-year-old daughter has joined me in the living room for this awesome Talking Heads music/film.

Watching Stop Making Sense and remembering the first time I saw it, with my father in the Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb, Illinois.

Oliver was mimicking me on our walk to the bus stop this morning. So I introduced him to Monty Python and Ministry of Silly Walks.

The Starbucks here in Duke University Hospital has a dark roast from Papua New Guinea, so I’m sipping that and listening to ‘Papua I Sisifo' by Te Vaka.

Out for a morning walk. Listening to microcasts. Noticed this heron.

Exploring our 4 acres

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Cherry blossoms

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Black snake under an old tent.

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It’s time to start planning the annual trip to Levering Orchard in Ararat, Virginia, to pick sour cherries. One day only, have to be there when they open the gate, find a ladder and climb high and don’t come down until the tree is bare.

Cleaned out the flower garden with its iris and peony, added zinnia, rhubarb, dahlia, and cana. This garden is in a perfect spot, with sun and water. Great placement by the family who built the house more than 50 years ago. My wife came by to pick me up for dinner, brought me a cold Fullsteam brew. Can’t wait to move up there next month when reno is done.

Friday voices 4/20/2018

At work, I’m standing up a pilot of the Voices of Duke Health listening booth and podcast project, and on Fridays I test my equipment, try my voice through the microphone, and record a short message as a way to start building my audio skills.

The Podcast Made In Prison

NPR has the story behind my favorite podcast of the last year, Ear Hustle. Great stories by inmates at San Quentin State Prison.

Thanks to Tom Michael, general manager of Boise State Public Radio (and my brother in law), for the link, and the 30 minutes he just gave me for a conversation about radio, podcasts, and ‘sense of place.’

A very tardy note of thanks to @manton for the ability to edit MB posts.

Podcast recommendation: the Seeing White season of Scene on Radio by veteran radio journalist John Biewen. Very enlightening and informative exploration of race, history, whiteness, and the ills of manifest destiny.

There’s a spiffy new website for The Monti, a storytelling organization here in North Carolina that celebrated 10 years of live storytelling with a splendid show last night. Kudos to Jeff Polish and the 1000 storytellers who have entertained us through the years.

Haven’t run or played soccer in two months now. Missing the Tar Heel 10 Miler tomorrow morning. Feeling very out of condition. Damn this sports hernia.

The Micro.blog community and conversations are reminding me of early days of blogging, and our BlogTogether meetups in Chapel Hill. Great to see ya’ll building tools, creating connections, exploring themes, and expressing yourselves on your spaces.