Dispatch #19 (September 2024)

By David Eisinger · View original post

Highlights this month were our annual trips to Rehoboth Beach and Beaufort. There’s something I really like about travel traditions, especially with kids. You get the benefits of breaking the normal routine, but you’re able to build familiarity and not feel the need to see and do everything. It’s different than visiting some place you probably won’t see again.

Half-marathon training is going well. The timing of the Rehoboth trip couldn’t have been better, hitting at 4 weeks into my 12 week training program. I love running up there – the weather’s better, the terrain’s flatter, and the gravel trail at Cape Henlopen is just perfection. Felt like I could run forever.

We got Nev’s art table set up in the living room. It’s been a delight to see her take to it, defaulting to creative pursuits during downtime. I added some LED lighting and coat hooks. That’s the nice thing about making your own stuff: the freedom to modify and adapt.

Musically, I found a good deal on a pretty nice polyphonic analog synthesizer which I think will be helpful in properly learning how subtractive synthesis works (though this thing has a lot going on). So far just enjoying poking around w/ all the various settings. I’m also slowly working through a book on drum programming.

I finished Moonbound – I liked it, though it didn’t knock me over. It was definitely unlike anything I’ve read before, which I appreciate. I also listened to the Brotherhood of the Rose trilogy during my runs and long drives. I liked these a lot – tight, efficient spy thrillers.

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