https://micro.davegullett.com/ en Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:31:47 -0500 https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/02/28/coffee-bar.html Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:47:29 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/02/28/coffee-bar.html <p>Coffee Bar.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/883b9c17df774e55b0b87c372e75c551.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A coffee bar with flavor syrups, signs and such in the background. "></p> Coffee Bar. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/883b9c17df774e55b0b87c372e75c551.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A coffee bar with flavor syrups, signs and such in the background. "> https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/02/23/penultimate.html Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:38:08 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/02/23/penultimate.html <p>Penultimate.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/bd4499a399034bdc8fab84649c3a2013.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="The best index cards ever made. "></p> Penultimate. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/bd4499a399034bdc8fab84649c3a2013.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="The best index cards ever made. "> https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/01/04/125528.html Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:55:28 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/01/04/125528.html <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/7a2fc41dff.png" width="600" height="337" alt=""></p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/7a2fc41dff.png" width="600" height="337" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/12/25/christmas-eve.html Thu, 25 Dec 2025 09:34:32 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/12/25/christmas-eve.html <p>Christmas Eve.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/8c034d88527d4c5e9a86d9aebfbcd751.jpg" width="600" height="216" alt=""></p> Christmas Eve. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/8c034d88527d4c5e9a86d9aebfbcd751.jpg" width="600" height="216" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/12/18/182516.html Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:25:16 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/12/18/182516.html <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/19a49500b9.png" width="600" height="337" alt=""></p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/19a49500b9.png" width="600" height="337" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/11/12/interesting-article-about-the-intersection.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 06:31:51 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/11/12/interesting-article-about-the-intersection.html <p>Interesting article about the <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/dungeons-and-dragons-elon-musk/684828/?gift=-9FQI0ZwtVnHB-o4FbMJHL4pKwFimj0zy_TaUJiNXSs&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share">intersection of Tolkien, D&amp;D and racism</a></p> <p>“An early D&amp;D concept was the idea of “alignment”: Certain creatures are good, neutral, or evil, and, within those categories, are lawful, neutral, or chaotic&hellip;”</p> Interesting article about the [intersection of Tolkien, D&D and racism](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/dungeons-and-dragons-elon-musk/684828/?gift=-9FQI0ZwtVnHB-o4FbMJHL4pKwFimj0zy_TaUJiNXSs&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share) “An early D&D concept was the idea of “alignment”: Certain creatures are good, neutral, or evil, and, within those categories, are lawful, neutral, or chaotic...” https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/11/06/a-liturgy-a-legacy-the.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 20:13:07 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/11/06/a-liturgy-a-legacy-the.html <p>A Liturgy, A Legacy &amp; The Songs of Rich Mullins</p> <p>All the feels. 🎵</p> <p><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-liturgy-a-legacy-the-songs-of-rich-mullins-live/1839639150">Listen here</a></p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/2e9510ae96.jpg" width="600" height="573" alt=""></p> A Liturgy, A Legacy & The Songs of Rich Mullins All the feels. 🎵 [Listen here](https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-liturgy-a-legacy-the-songs-of-rich-mullins-live/1839639150) <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/2e9510ae96.jpg" width="600" height="573" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/11/02/in-times-of-change-learners.html Sun, 02 Nov 2025 11:49:57 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/11/02/in-times-of-change-learners.html <p>“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”</p> <ul> <li>Eric Hoffer</li> </ul> “In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” - Eric Hoffer https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/30/the-stuff-of-earth-competes.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:05:50 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/30/the-stuff-of-earth-competes.html <p>“The stuff of Earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the Giver of all good things.”</p> <p>-Rich Mullins</p> “The stuff of Earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the Giver of all good things.” -Rich Mullins https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/26/weekend.html Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:46:27 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/26/weekend.html <p>Weekend. 🏕️</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/69fa7cd860.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="Two tents are illuminated in a dark forest at night.&10;"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/2dbe070ccc.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A campfire burns brightly in a metal fire pit surrounded by chairs on a dirt surface.&10;"></p> Weekend. 🏕️ <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/69fa7cd860.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="Two tents are illuminated in a dark forest at night.&10;"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/2dbe070ccc.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A campfire burns brightly in a metal fire pit surrounded by chairs on a dirt surface.&10;"> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/21/last-saturday-night.html Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:42:34 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/21/last-saturday-night.html <p>Last Saturday Night.🎵</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/8289391d12.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Karin Bergquist playing the piano and singing into a microphone under soft lighting in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm."><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/772f2926b5.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Linford Detweiler playing an acoustic guitar while singing into a microphone in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm "><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/501ce51473.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Linford Detweiler is playing an electric bass in a rustic in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/99b30f8380.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Over the Rhine on the stage in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/0690b9aa40.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Karin Bergquist playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm"></p> Last Saturday Night.🎵 <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/8289391d12.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Karin Bergquist playing the piano and singing into a microphone under soft lighting in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm."><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/772f2926b5.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Linford Detweiler playing an acoustic guitar while singing into a microphone in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm "><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/501ce51473.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Linford Detweiler is playing an electric bass in a rustic in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/99b30f8380.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Over the Rhine on the stage in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/0690b9aa40.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Karin Bergquist playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm"> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/18/anticipation.html Sat, 18 Oct 2025 17:58:46 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/18/anticipation.html <p>Anticipation.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/7c38f4986f834694ba1032ae8cf96407.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt=""></p> Anticipation. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/7c38f4986f834694ba1032ae8cf96407.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/15/tyrants-messing-with-our-caffeine.html Wed, 15 Oct 2025 05:23:11 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/15/tyrants-messing-with-our-caffeine.html <p>Tyrants messing with our caffeine is the last straw, right?</p> <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/coffee-tariff-prices/684545/?gift=-9FQI0ZwtVnHB-o4FbMJHN-jBVc_IAuWLs0MHws2CLg">www.theatlantic.com/culture/2&hellip;</a></p> Tyrants messing with our caffeine is the last straw, right? [www.theatlantic.com/culture/2...](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/coffee-tariff-prices/684545/?gift=-9FQI0ZwtVnHB-o4FbMJHN-jBVc_IAuWLs0MHws2CLg) https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/05/ive-used-multiple-ipads-pros.html Sun, 05 Oct 2025 05:30:06 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/05/ive-used-multiple-ipads-pros.html <p>I’ve used multiple iPads Pros and Minis for years. Primarily a Pro 13 for work stuff and a Mini for personal stuff.</p> <p>iPadOS 26 may have broke me.</p> <p>It’s useable on the 13 but on the Mini, not having Slide Over and Split View is painful.</p> <p>I have to spend so much time trying to launch apps and manage windows that it’s easier to go grab my MacBook Air.</p> <p>These may be my last iPads.</p> I’ve used multiple iPads Pros and Minis for years. Primarily a Pro 13 for work stuff and a Mini for personal stuff. iPadOS 26 may have broke me. It’s useable on the 13 but on the Mini, not having Slide Over and Split View is painful. I have to spend so much time trying to launch apps and manage windows that it’s easier to go grab my MacBook Air. These may be my last iPads. https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/09/28/as-kingfishers-catch-fire.html Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:42:10 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/09/28/as-kingfishers-catch-fire.html <p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44389/as-kingfishers-catch-fire">As kingfishers catch fire</a></p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/4a7677ff65.png" width="600" height="337" alt="A poetic excerpt explores themes of justice, grace, and divine presence, attributed to As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerald Manley Hopkins via The Poetry Foundation."></p> [As kingfishers catch fire](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44389/as-kingfishers-catch-fire) <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/4a7677ff65.png" width="600" height="337" alt="A poetic excerpt explores themes of justice, grace, and divine presence, attributed to As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerald Manley Hopkins via The Poetry Foundation."> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/09/27/blue-skies.html Sat, 27 Sep 2025 09:52:07 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/09/27/blue-skies.html <p>Blue Skies.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/1b6fb9b8d9.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A picturesque landscape features a grassy field with trees, a distant hill, scattered houses, and a bright blue sky with wispy clouds."></p> Blue Skies. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/1b6fb9b8d9.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A picturesque landscape features a grassy field with trees, a distant hill, scattered houses, and a bright blue sky with wispy clouds."> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/09/26/why-tv-exists.html Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:34:30 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/09/26/why-tv-exists.html <p>Why 📺 exists.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/94ada1008c.jpg" width="600" height="458" alt="A television screen displays the title Jeopardy! with a background of the Earth and space."></p> Why 📺 exists. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/94ada1008c.jpg" width="600" height="458" alt="A television screen displays the title Jeopardy! with a background of the Earth and space."> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/09/21/from-jesus-justice-joash-the.html Sun, 21 Sep 2025 16:40:22 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/09/21/from-jesus-justice-joash-the.html <p>From <a href="https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1188655&amp;post_id=149991945&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;utm_campaign=email-share&amp;action=share&amp;triggerShare=true&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=441wz6&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNDg2NzI1NjIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0OTk5MTk0NSwiaWF0IjoxNzI4NDcxOTU0LCJleHAiOjE3MzEwNjM5NTQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMTg4NjU1Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.ZPV16DuBuKyuwiuEIv5iVkZefwd4cHIzzKvGplUhVH4">Jesus, Justice &amp; Joash, The Beatitudes and Empire</a></p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/c6c0370da7.png" width="600" height="337" alt="The empires of this earth go out of their way to oppress those who don’t fit in. They oppress those on the margins.&10;&10;But the kingdom of God that is already but not yet fully here, the kingdom of God that Jesus will fully establish on earth upon his return, the kingdom of God stands opposed to the empires of this earth – by bringing comfort to those who are oppressed.&quot; &10;"></p> From [Jesus, Justice & Joash, The Beatitudes and Empire](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1188655&post_id=149991945&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&action=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=441wz6&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNDg2NzI1NjIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0OTk5MTk0NSwiaWF0IjoxNzI4NDcxOTU0LCJleHAiOjE3MzEwNjM5NTQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMTg4NjU1Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.ZPV16DuBuKyuwiuEIv5iVkZefwd4cHIzzKvGplUhVH4) <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/c6c0370da7.png" width="600" height="337" alt="The empires of this earth go out of their way to oppress those who don’t fit in. They oppress those on the margins.&10;&10;But the kingdom of God that is already but not yet fully here, the kingdom of God that Jesus will fully establish on earth upon his return, the kingdom of God stands opposed to the empires of this earth – by bringing comfort to those who are oppressed.&quot; &10;"> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/09/18/its-especially-important-to-remember.html Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:34:24 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/09/18/its-especially-important-to-remember.html <p>“It’s especially important to remember that people love hating their enemies — they love that more than anything. So the worst thing you could do to them, as far as they’re concerned, is to diminish their hatreds. To those of us who don’t happen to share those hatreds, their behavior might look like wearying, pointless repetition. But from the inside, those hatreds are the primary instrument of myth confirmation. They give security, and people want security. I can’t blame them for that, but I sure wish they chose different means to that end. I have no influence in the matter, though.”</p> <p>-<a href="https://blog.ayjay.org/a-slightly-embarrassed-announcement/">Alan Jacobs</a></p> <p>And for my reflection, because I fail at these so often:</p> <p>“Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.” ‭‭<a href="https://bible.com/bible/116/rom.12.21.NLT">Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭21‬ ‭NLT‬‬</a></p> <p>“Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.” <a href="https://bible.com/bible/116/rom.12.18.NLT">‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭18‬ ‭NLT‬‬</a></p> <p>HT @<a href="https://micro.blog/jabel">jabel</a></p> “It’s especially important to remember that people love hating their enemies — they love that more than anything. So the worst thing you could do to them, as far as they’re concerned, is to diminish their hatreds. To those of us who don’t happen to share those hatreds, their behavior might look like wearying, pointless repetition. But from the inside, those hatreds are the primary instrument of myth confirmation. They give security, and people want security. I can’t blame them for that, but I sure wish they chose different means to that end. I have no influence in the matter, though.” -[Alan Jacobs]( https://blog.ayjay.org/a-slightly-embarrassed-announcement/) And for my reflection, because I fail at these so often: “Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.” ‭‭[Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭21‬ ‭NLT‬‬](https://bible.com/bible/116/rom.12.21.NLT) “Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.” [‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭18‬ ‭NLT‬‬](https://bible.com/bible/116/rom.12.18.NLT) HT @[jabel](https://micro.blog/jabel) https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/09/04/finished-reading-washington-by-ron.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 05:01:39 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/09/04/finished-reading-washington-by-ron.html <p><img src="https://cdn.micro.blog/books/9780143119968/cover.jpg" align="left" class="microblog_book" style="max-width: 60px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></p> <p>Finished reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9780143119968">Washington</a> by Ron Chernow 📚</p> <img src="https://cdn.micro.blog/books/9780143119968/cover.jpg" align="left" class="microblog_book" style="max-width: 60px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Finished reading: [Washington](https://micro.blog/books/9780143119968) by Ron Chernow 📚 https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/09/01/fireside.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 08:20:53 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/09/01/fireside.html <p>Fireside.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/718acb6cc1d7419ca4921f834cc818c6.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt=""></p> Fireside. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/718acb6cc1d7419ca4921f834cc818c6.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/08/10/sunday.html Sun, 10 Aug 2025 10:27:06 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/08/10/sunday.html <p>Sunday.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/3ac7c66cb5854ebeb052bfb2b67df989.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt=""></p> Sunday. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/3ac7c66cb5854ebeb052bfb2b67df989.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/08/09/kentucky-banana.html Sat, 09 Aug 2025 11:14:23 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/08/09/kentucky-banana.html <p>“Kentucky Banana”</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/b74da5438c4d4661b47fbb0efd067a46.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A bottle of limited edition Pawpaw flavored Ale81, a ginger soda from Kentucky. "></p> “Kentucky Banana” <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/b74da5438c4d4661b47fbb0efd067a46.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="A bottle of limited edition Pawpaw flavored Ale81, a ginger soda from Kentucky. "> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/08/08/this-mornings-office.html Fri, 08 Aug 2025 07:41:15 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/08/08/this-mornings-office.html <p>This morning’s office.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/ebdf6cc256af4a519e906602dff99c93.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt=""></p> This morning’s office. <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/ebdf6cc256af4a519e906602dff99c93.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt=""> https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/07/29/213055.html Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:30:55 -0500 http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/07/29/213055.html <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/5b351289b9484cab8e6ead7a5dc6e24c.png" width="600" height="337" alt="As the future is to fear, the ones gather&10;into the many who must be killed&10;unendingly, at endless expenditure&10;of death for life, of money for death,&10;of weapons for money. And the economy&10;grows unendingly, a faith to borrow&10;unendingly against, as the future is to fear&10;-Wendell Berry"></p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/5b351289b9484cab8e6ead7a5dc6e24c.png" width="600" height="337" alt="As the future is to fear, the ones gather&10;into the many who must be killed&10;unendingly, at endless expenditure&10;of death for life, of money for death,&10;of weapons for money. And the economy&10;grows unendingly, a faith to borrow&10;unendingly against, as the future is to fear&10;-Wendell Berry">