I am also a writer. A front-end developer. A gardener. A small-town Alabama kid just trying to figure out whatever it is that that folks are supposed to figure out on this journey. Welcome to my little home on the web.
I thought it fitting to end the year with a photo of a December sunset at Pleasant Grove, my home of the past five years. In the last month, I’ve moved on to a new city and new home with someone special. Yep, it’s been another adventurous year in the … Continue reading →
It seemed only fitting that I shell the last of the Bloody Butcher dent corn from this summer’s garden as I was reading Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple. Masa is a culinary expedition through the history of turning corn into nixtamal and nixtamal into masa, with … Continue reading →
Your photos, songs, and videos hold more information than you might think—camera settings, recording details, dimensions, and more. WordPress actually saves all of that data when you upload a file but doesn’t make it easy to showcase it. The Media Data plugin changes that. Over the weekend, I quietly tagged … Continue reading →
I feel like I’ve been writing some of the best code of my life lately. At least a few times a year, I have moments where I’m bursting with creativity. And I feel like I must work non-stop to let it all free. It’s quite addicting, taking over almost all … Continue reading →
When I was a teenager, I’d stayed over at one of my buddy’s house for the first time. He was the new kid in town, and we’d become fast friends. I don’t remember what all we did that night. Probably played some N64 video games and jammed to whatever the … Continue reading →
Nova is a space-faring, time-traveling creature from an unknown race who has ventured back to 2025 to build awesome WordPress plugins and themes. Or he’s possibly here to just cheer me along in the process. He came here entirely by a random act of fate. What I really means is … Continue reading →
As usual, I’m sitting behind my laptop on my birthday, attempting to think of something profound to write and share with the world. I don’t know if I have any particular life lessons this year, but I do have a story. This story began primarily during my college years—perhaps even … Continue reading →
I visited my father’s grave today, one year after his passing. I’ve never been one to go to the cemetery to see lost loved ones. For me, it’s merely a final resting place, and there’s little of the person left there. If I wanted to have a conversation with my … Continue reading →
With the roller coaster of 2024 and its ups, downs, twists, and turns, I’m not sure how good of an idea it is to make predictions for another year. But here I am. A new year, and it’s pretty much tradition at this point that I outline a set of … Continue reading →
Whenever someone asks how my year has been, I typically use the term “roller coaster” to refer to all the ups and downs. But it is such an underwhelming description of how 2024 went for me. Early in the year, my family found out that my father had cancer. Everything … Continue reading →