Now — 2024
Updated: Monday, 15 April 2024
Summer is here… early. 87° and very ☼.
It was a lovely weekend here in Durham. A few solid art hours with my older kiddo produced a few images I’m excited about, plus lots of nice memories. I’m proud of how observant and inquisitive she is.
Some of the images from this weekend will end up in my visual journal post this coming Saturday.
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Previous /Now Updates
Monday, 1 March 2024
I added a new section to my Archive where I am putting images from my visual journal, grouped by week.
Sunday, 3 March 2024
I’m realizing that I care far more about craft than I ever realized I did. This is a good thing. A lot is coming into focus.
Sunday, 25 February 2024
March is on the horizon; things have not settled down. But it’s good to have things to do.
Sunday, 14 January 2024
The first six weeks of the year have been intensely busy. Looking back over my notes, I’m realizing that this might be an emerging trend; the last four years have all had similar first quarters at work: massive change, incredible team-wide effort to meet new needs, long hours. If the trend holds, things will have settled down by March.
Personal Projects
These are things that I want to finish before the end of the year.
| Project | Status |
|---|---|
| Back Up Cloud Photo Archive | 45% done |
| Remodel Laundry Room | Not Started |
| Build new shelving | Not Started |
| Install new dryer | Not Started |
| Clear out old shelving | Not Started |
| Remove old door frame, sand and repaint threshold | Not Started |
| Purchase new dryer | Not Started |
| Design and build wall-mounted tool panel | Done, 2/25/24 |
| Remodel Office Ceiling | In Progress |
| Re-hang acoustic panels | Done, 2/19/24 |
| Paint ceiling | Not Started |
| Patch cracks and holes | Not Started |
| Build new panel frames | Done, 2/18/24 |
| Take down acoustic panels | Done, 2/18/24 |
| Design and build basement shelving | In Progress |
| Assemble and install | Not Started |
| Make Cuts | Not Started |
| Clean out basement | Not Started |
| Purchase Lumber | Done, 1/14/24 |
| Take Measurements | Done, 1/13/24 |
| Build new kitchen shelving; reorganize kitchen storage | Done, 1/28/24 |
| Rebuild new den shelving | Done, 1/28/24 |
| Design and build desk riser | Done, 1/21/24 |
| Build media library shelf insert frames | Done, 1/21/24 |
Reading
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
| The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall | In Progress |
| Archives of Joy: Reflections on Animals and the Nature of Being by Jean-François Beauchemin | 3/5 |
| The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei | 2/5 |
| Some Dreams are Nightmares by James Gunn | In Progress |
| Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Objects from Antiquity to Modern Times by Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck | 3/5 |
| The Unanswered Question: Death, Near-Death, and the Afterlife by Kurt Leland | 3/5 |
| The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins | 3/5 |
| Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke | 4/5 |
| On Looking: A Walker’s Guide to the Art of Observation by Alexandra Horowitz | In Progress |
| They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers by Gray Barker | 1/5 |
| Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier by Kevin Kelly | 3/5 |
| Intruders: The Incredible Visitations at Copley Woods by Budd Hopkins | 3/5 |
| When Souls Awaken; Real-life accounts of past-life and life-between-lives regressions by Pieter Elsen | 2/5 |