Last week was my annual Baxter Boys camping trip. We are a group of 5 guys, all close friends, with whom I’ve been camping (without spouses) once a year since the early 1980s.

In earlier years, we camped in Baxter State Park in Maine, most often at the South Branch Pond campground. This campground is my heaven on earth.

As we got older, we needed cellphone service to support our families and aging parents. Thus we moved our annual trip to Acadia National Park, where we have camped in both the Blackwoods and Schoodic Point campgrounds.

This year, for the 7th time, we camped in Blackwoods Campground. This campground is close to the scenic oceanfront, has easy access to some of the best hiking trails in the park, and has a free shuttle bus to the nearby town of Bar Harbor.

We were there for five nights. It was sunny and pleasant at the beginning of the week and later clouded up, with only a few daytime sprinkles. So, we have no complaints—another great trip for the books.

I live in Boston, and I subscribe to The Boston Globe. I get the paper edition seven days a week. It’s kind of like supporting public radio, which I also do.

I scan the headlines. I check the obits to see if anyone I know has passed on. I enjoy the comics, and I do the puzzles.

Although I own an OmniFocus 4 license, I find myself pulled back again to NotePlan, which I used for about half of 2023.

For those that don’t know NotePlan, imagine an app that took the best parts of Obsidian, Craft, OmniFocus, and Fantastical and combined them into a single, high-powered, capable of anything (with a little work) Trusted System!

It also has one of the best user communities I’ve ever experienced and a developer who is always helpful, available, and involved.

I am not a Christian, but I love the thought of a bright, sunny Easter morning.

I love the idea of little girls showing off their new Easter outfits on a bright, sunny morning.

I guess I’m a romantic.

I’ve been thinking of canceling my $5 monthly Micro Blog account.

Why?

I don’t post much. I almost never read other posts on Micro Blog, despite following some really amazing people.

I have accumulated a lot of subscriptions to web things. I have been trying to get them under control.

On the other hand, there are many “on the other hand’s”:

• This is the only place I post about myself, and I like the feeling when I write here.
• I hope my nieces and nephews will find these posts and learn about me someday.

Oh, heck, I’ll give it more time.

Andy