books
New Collected Poems by Wendell Berry
a straightforward search for a life connected to the soil, for marriage as a sacrament, and family life
Jack Baty
Blogging
Ghost on Magic Pages
I've migrated this site from Ghost(Pro) hosting to Magic Pages
Some time over at Coping Mechanism
I'm still mad at Hugo, so I'm spending time in Opposite Land. Blogging with Ghost, that is. My old theme (Kyoto) was zipped up in an archive folder, so I dusted it off and will post over there until I'm bored with it: Coping
Journal
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
I spent 2 hours this morning trying to automate a task that takes me 30 seconds, once a day. I failed, so I'm giving up. This means that I've not only wasted all that time, but I don't even get the benefits of automation.
Journal
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Playing with daily notes here, while nobody is watching
Photography
2025 Roll 209 (Leica M3)
Yes, it's more snaps of my grandson. (But with a Leica! 😜)
Photography
2025 Roll 208 (Hasselblad 500C/M)
Using the Hasselblad as a snapshot camera with my grandson
Life
From BMW to Honda
I bought a new car today. Before we get to that, I'd like to tell you about my old car. Ever since I've been able to drive, I've been fascinated by BMWs. Reading Car and Driver magazine from cover to cover was a monthly
My Blot website: 2017-2025
I started using Blot for my blog in 2017. Blot is a really nice way to publish a blog from a folder full of Markdown files. Blot's author, David, is exceptionally helpful. This morning I made an offline backup of everything and deleted all the content from Blot&
Blogging
More breaking changes in Hugo
Hugo is actively developed and still gets a lot of attention. This is fine. What's not fine is that it seems like every third update introduces breaking changes. I updated to 0.146.5 and my site failed to build. This was a theme thing, and thankfully the
Photography
Pipes at Founders
I photograph these pipes outside of Founders Brewing every time I visit. I have no idea what they actually put through these things, but I love the numbers.
Music
FiiO CP13 Portable Cassette Player
Nostalgia is some powerful stuff, ain't it? My old Nakamichi cassette deck stopped working a few years ago, and I never bothered to replace it. I've been into vinyl and still have a good CD transport, so I didn't see a need for cassettes.