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  • Road To Improvement?

    I totally love sites like this one – 25weeks.now You set a weekly “thing” and publicly commit to doing it 25 weeks in a row (there is a option to keep it private but that defeats the purpose IMO). This is why I still love the web!

  • 8 Years

    8 years ago today Anthony Bourdain passed – we all need to look out for each other – Jose Andres puts it eloquently: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZUy_-uuldR/?igsh=MW9jaTF0MXAzeHpibQ== View this post on Instagram A post shared by David Eng (@davidengnyc)

  • Sound Files

    I migrated all my old entries (around 1400 or so) from Tumblr in April via a custom script. The transfer went great except for the sound files which I need to re-upload to the correct WordPress post. I suppose I could script this as well or maybe do it via Claude/Codex agent. Apparently I definitely…

  • Sunflower

    Gorgeous sunflower in a cut flower arrangement

  • Crepe Myrtle

    New growth from one of the Crepe Myrtle trees – nature is beautiful!

  • creative projects — May 2026

    Posted 12 creative project posts during the 31 days in May 2026. 12 of 27 total posts this month were tagged creative projects — 44.4% of all posts. 09182736 Jun 25: 0 total posts Jun 25: 0 tagged posts Jul 25: 0 total posts Jul 25: 0 tagged posts Aug 25: 6 total posts Aug…

  • Rockets – Haiku of the Day

    Today is June 1 in the year of our Lord 2026 (or however you prefer to keep track of time). June is a month of magic – the transition between the ascension and descension of the year. This haiku reflects a bit of musing on this time of year. Years move like rocketsHurling you towards…

  • Glistening Raindrops

    Raindrops just a’shining on our Chinese Fringe Flower plant…

  • Memorial Day Butt

    I made a BOMB pork butt for Memorial Day and I took a few pictures. On Sunday night May 24th I trim a little excess fat from the butt – scored the remaining fat cap in a diamond pattern and hit it hard with some Meat Church Honey Hog and Texas Sugar. Butt went into…

  • Sunday (A Pantoum)

    I heard about the poetry format known as the pantoum this morning from Pádraig Ó Tuama’s wonderful Poetry Unbound Substack. You can read about the format here (it is a free article on his Substack). As I am very found of restrictive formats such as Haiku I find the Pantoum fascinating. Below is my very…