New year, new CMS
After years of hosting my own site on Wordpress I have moved it to Jekyll.
What I’ve seen in five years of owning a Tesla Model Y
I’ve just hit five years owning a Tesla Model Y Long Range, one of the earliest owners to hit that mark with a Y because the first ones were only delivered in mid-March 2020, just as COVID was beginning to shut down much of the economy.
A mostly forgotten medical first on June 14, 1965
June 14th of 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of a little-known medical miracle involving one of my cousins.
Ella V. Costner: Poet, nurse, veteran, storyteller, bootlegger
In the spring of 2015 I participated in a GoSmokies group hike near the Cosby Campground that included a stop at a cemetery that includes the grave of Ella V. Costner, known as the “Poet Laureate of the Smokies.”
Tennessee schools have a book ban cheat sheet of nearly 400 titles
A list of some 390 books banned earlier this school year by school officials in one Tennessee county is being used as a “cheat sheet” by other school districts to vet their assessment of which books to ban.
Exiting the freak show X
I’m joining the crowd rushing out the door at X. I will no longer post at the freak show, but I plan to keep my seat to lurk until the sports accounts I follow find the exit sign.
Riding out Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina
Today, two weeks after Hurricane Helene it is hard to comprehend the scope, scale, and fury of the storm that hit western North Carolina, East Tennessee, the Upstate in South Carolina and parts Georgia and Virginia.
DIY: How I converted a dumb home security system to a smart system
This month I replaced an ancient security alarm system with a combination of DIY solutions.
Taylor Swift’s Bench: A bench for Taylor Swift … where she’s never sat
Here’s a photo of “a bench for Taylor Swift,” one of the odder features of the popular Centennial Park in Nashville.
North Carolina BBQ: Lexington and Eastern NC BBQ in one weekend
I managed to eat at two iconic BBQ restaurants in North Carolina in one weekend featuring two of the most popular types of North Carolina barbecue.