One of my favorite things is toddler-led walks. He chooses the pace and where we go. I follow his lead and cues. I love how much he notices and how curious he is. Afterward at dinner he recounted to us everything we did and saw, quite accurately.

Both Graft and Citizen Cider continue to impress me with the great stuff they put out. I turn to cider a lot more than beer these days.

For folks who like Manuel Moreale‘s People & Blogs series, I’ve updated the People & Blogs Reader on FeedLand with Taylor Troesh‘s recommended feeds.

The seeds are off to a great start. The only thing that hasn’t sprouted is Rosemary. (Thankfully this winter was mild, so I think our rosemary from last year might have survived.)

I have an oscillating fan blowing on these during the day to start the hardening process and prevent them from getting leggy.

Another batch of French cleat tool holders tonight.

• A cord holder so I don’t have to go hunting behind my Shopsmith for the cord.
• Clamp holder.
• Hand drills, push drill, and hand brace.

I turned these on the lathe from a cherry log in 2021. Check out how they’ve aged.

More progress in the workshop last night. I built a chisel/gouge/hook knife/carving knife holder, measure tape holder, and Foredom rotary tool holder, all on French cleats. I’m particularly excited about the Foredom being hung, because I ran the speed control pedal under the bench, so now I can just turn it on and use it rather than spend 5 mins getting it set up for a 30 second task.

I now read Al Franken as AI Franken and he becomes a lot more interesting.

All peanuts and peanut butter I can recall eating use the term “dry roasted” on the label. I’m assuming that is opposed to “oil roasted.” Has anyone had these and are they so horrible that every bag of peanuts and jar of peanut butter since has to specify that they are not oil roasted?

Charlie’s workbench! As he grows, we can hang it from higher cleats. He is napping right now and I can’t wait for him to wake up so I can show him.

I’m forever chasing the high of an afternoon in 7th grade where my friends and I were messing around with Dreamweaver and refreshing a webpage waiting for a new Homestar Runner video to drop.

Finally watching Mandalorian Season 3. What the heck is up with the celebrity packing in minor roles? Jack Black, Lizzo, Doc from Back to the Future, etc. Distracting and bad acting.

I love it when the tiki stars shine in my favor and I have everything on-hand to try a new drink. In this case, the St. Lucian.

‪A rare stirred tiki drink. It is a blending of the two types of drinks I like most: Amaro and tiki. This one is going on the short list. ‬

St. Lucian Cocktail Recipe | PUNCH

For this cocktail recipe, Brad Smith of New Orleans’ Latitude 29 pairs Creole Shrubb with dark rum, amaro and chocolate bitters.

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Worked from Automattic’s NoHo office today. Here’s the view down Broadway.

At Astor Wines today, I noticed a baseball bat readily accessible behind the register counter. So I had to ask:

“What’s the bat for?”
“Shoplifters”

These Ticonderoga Laddie Tri-Write Pencils are my favorite pencils for woodworking. They have thicker graphite than regular pencils, are triangular so they don’t roll, and they make a variety without an eraser so you can sharpen both ends. Unlike the flat carpenter pencils, these can be sharpened to a fine point for more precise work, or left blunt for rough work.

Nothing like the dopamine hit from the first seeds of the season sprouting. Tomatillos and cucumbers are the first ones this year.

A sign of spring. Skunk Cabbages.

Charlie loves the first weekday of daylight savings. There is enough light to play outside after daycare/work!