@peiferlabunc.bsky.social Beautiful day for a walk in Chapel Hill. Found this pine on my property. FWIW this tree is on an old fence line so barbed wire could have been involved.

If you aren’t in @hawriverballroom.com tonight for Ketch Secor you are missing a fantastic performance. Intermission now and more to come. Congrats @heatherlagarde.bsky.social for another great show in this amazing space.

As a Peace Corps Volunteer, I took an oath to the Constitution. files.peacecorps.gov/documents/MS... #nokings

So damn proud to be an American today, exercising my free speech and patriotic duty to represent our Constitution. The #nokings gathering in Hillsborough, NC was awesome.

No Kings Day protest in Hillsborough, NC. Good energy, great signs, and abundant patriotism.

I finished reading The Poisoner's Handbook just in time for last night's science writers book club (a group of us here in North Carolina, meeting for 20 years). Very much enjoyed this fascinating science history by @deborahb.bsky.social

Great to see the turtles in @mkramer.bsky.social yard in Carrboro. A reminder for those of us on NC to follow the work of the Box Turtle Connection boxturtleconnection.org.

Carrboro Restaurant Directory Find your next meal here in Carrboro!

One of my early jobs was editing the restaurant listings in Northern Ohio LIVE magazine, so it makes me happy to see this directory of Carrboro restaurants in The Carrborean: www.thecarrborean.com/carrboro-res...

I'm glad the intersection at the bottom of Smith Level has new pedestrian crossing lights and markings. Too many close calls down there.

Super pumped to have found @trianglefoodguy.bsky.social and his Triangle Food Blog, which I've added to the Food tab on my river of news (news.mistersugar.com)

So many sirens in Chapel Hill today. Fire? Accident? Other? Hope folks are safe.

Papercamp 4 looks like cool event. Wish I could get to London to join this. It's the type of conference that @10ch.bsky.social would like. www.designswarm.com/papercamp-4/

Nice to see this new blog post from @gilestur.bsky.social - gilest.org/notes/wito.h... - I have multiple copies of The Agile Comms Handbook and even gave one to my colleague today. It's an excellent book and Giles is one to follow.

Safe travels and enjoy the anniversary.

This is brilliant. Reading and listening now ...

I stood up after my morning meditation, looked out the window to the wildflower garden below, and noticed this turtle so I walked outside to say hello.

Watched an episode of Ted Lasso (The Strings That Bind Us) and sure enough, there’s an embrace, this time between Sam and his father, Ola. The power of a hug - to show love, comfort, forgiveness, protection, or other bond - is a recurring theme across the show. To me, this is the power of the show.

One of the best shows I’ve been to recently was The Heavy Heavy (last year at Cat’s Cradle). Just saw the band will be back this way in September, at Motorco in Durham, so I snagged tickets for the family. Can’t wait. Fun band.

A New Podcast Revisits an Old Local Mystery: Who Killed Rachel Crook? Elizabeth Woodman's gripping podcast looks back at the 1951 murder of Rachel Crook, a mystery that's haunted Chapel Hill for decades.

This article by Sarah Edwards about Chapel Hill history (Crook's Corner) was fascinating. I had no idea about a murder decades before the famous restaurant. - A New Podcast Revisits an Old Local Mystery: Who Killed Rachel Crook? indyweek.com/culture/who-...

On my way to the mall to pick up my new suit, I caught a bit of the Sound Opinions show on our local public radio station, WUNC. A listener called in to hype the Irish bandDylan Flynn and the Dead Poets. Listening to their music on Spotify now. Running Away is bouncy good.

Biden admin. awarded a multi-million dollar resiliency grant to Hillsborough to move its facility away from the river. But Trump admin. cancelled it. Is this what they mean by "cancel culture"?

One more test post to confirm connection to Mastodon (I’m @mistersugar on opalstack.social).

Just a test post as I reconnect my Micro.blog account to Bluesky and Mastodon.

All the rain over the last few weeks has given me plenty of Eastern box turtles to note over on my Wan Smol Blog, smol.zuiker.com/categories/t.... This morning's turtle was old but spry.

Your backyard looked great for the graduation party. Nice work.

Stopped by the Carrboro Farmers Market this morning. It's Tomato Day. Big crowd, piles and piles of tomatoes of all sizes, lots of smiles on new faces (UNC graduate students). Reminded me of my first visit in 2001. Love this market. Thank you, farmers. 🍅

Played soccer in Chatham County this evening. We finished just as storm arrived so my drive home to Chapel Hill in was harrowing in the deluge. Take care all.

I agree. That stretch of street as pedestrian only is great. An time it's that way I walk down the center line to own it.

Black snake entwined in sapling

Cool! You’re in Chapel Hill? Here’s the snake in my yard also going high.

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