David Sobotta
@ocracokewaves.bsky.social
Hoping to leave a world where my grandchildren can thrive. Believe history must be respected as well as honor, truth, and duty. Writer, former director at Apple, former cattleman, now herding tabby cats in NC as I preserve memories with photography & words
Community was very important to us. www.crystalcoast.me/doingittheha...
December 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Community was very important to us. www.crystalcoast.me/doingittheha...
Used to be for a simple Sunday dinner, the operative phrase was "let's go out for a biscuit." But it is pretty easy to do it at home with good frozen biscuits. Easier to bake than make just four biscuits. I use the same pan to cook the Westwater Country ham and the scrambled eggs. One pan dinner.
December 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Used to be for a simple Sunday dinner, the operative phrase was "let's go out for a biscuit." But it is pretty easy to do it at home with good frozen biscuits. Easier to bake than make just four biscuits. I use the same pan to cook the Westwater Country ham and the scrambled eggs. One pan dinner.
The tabby cat's first playroom Sept. 2020. They loved the room.
December 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The tabby cat's first playroom Sept. 2020. They loved the room.
The real unanswered question is how much our crooked president is profiting from all these undeserved pardons. If you are trying to stop drug smuggling, why pardon a drug kingpin unless for profit.
December 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The real unanswered question is how much our crooked president is profiting from all these undeserved pardons. If you are trying to stop drug smuggling, why pardon a drug kingpin unless for profit.
I miss the days when our driveway was full during the holiday season. From when we moved back to the US in 1987 until my mother's death in Mar. 2004 at the age of 93 plus , we never missed a Christmas or Thanksgiving with her. Sometimes I would make the 4hr round trip to get her to our house & back.
December 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I miss the days when our driveway was full during the holiday season. From when we moved back to the US in 1987 until my mother's death in Mar. 2004 at the age of 93 plus , we never missed a Christmas or Thanksgiving with her. Sometimes I would make the 4hr round trip to get her to our house & back.
The hidden story behind this headline is that many more companies just closed their doors before they went bankrupt. I worked for one of those companies. I blame the chaotic changes in government policies and funding for our demise.
December 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The hidden story behind this headline is that many more companies just closed their doors before they went bankrupt. I worked for one of those companies. I blame the chaotic changes in government policies and funding for our demise.
December 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Gift article — Some good news for chocolate and coffee lovers wapo.st/48Wy0XX
New study sheds light on a beneficial compound found in coffee and chocolate
Theobromine, an alkaloid found in dark chocolate and coffee, is associated with slower cellular aging, a study suggests.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Gift article — Some good news for chocolate and coffee lovers wapo.st/48Wy0XX
We finished the feast with our traditional Key Lime pie.
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
We finished the feast with our traditional Key Lime pie.
Yukon Gold potatoes, gravy, carrots, & pearl onions nicely complemented our pot roast. Brussels sprouts needed less balsamic vinegar & maple syrup. The chuck roast weighed about as much as the standing rib roast we had five years ago but was twice as expensive. My wife make the best gravy anywhere.
December 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Yukon Gold potatoes, gravy, carrots, & pearl onions nicely complemented our pot roast. Brussels sprouts needed less balsamic vinegar & maple syrup. The chuck roast weighed about as much as the standing rib roast we had five years ago but was twice as expensive. My wife make the best gravy anywhere.
The meal was on the table at noon. It will serve as the only meal until Christmas dinner. It was a big breakfast that I might need some exercise to get hungry. We had cheese grits, country ham, fried eggs for me, scrambled for Glenda, sourdough toast from my latest baking, and red-eye gravy for me.
December 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The meal was on the table at noon. It will serve as the only meal until Christmas dinner. It was a big breakfast that I might need some exercise to get hungry. We had cheese grits, country ham, fried eggs for me, scrambled for Glenda, sourdough toast from my latest baking, and red-eye gravy for me.
This is a heartfelt wish for everyone. May the peace of a beautiful day on the White Oak be with you all through the next year.
December 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
This is a heartfelt wish for everyone. May the peace of a beautiful day on the White Oak be with you all through the next year.
A favorite Great Blue Heron in a twisted old Live Oak.
December 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
A favorite Great Blue Heron in a twisted old Live Oak.
If you don't want to go through Substack for my most recent post. www.crystalcoast.me/memoriesfort...
December 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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December 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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A few of trump's lies exposed. www.factcheck.org/2025/12/the-...
The Whoppers of 2025 - FactCheck.org
Our annual recap of the worst falsehoods of the year.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A few of trump's lies exposed. www.factcheck.org/2025/12/the-...
Back to 1936, my mother was visiting Douthit Herefords in St. Francis Kansas. Ranch might have been called something else that far back. Their advertising only says "over eighty years." I want to find out the connection between families. I believe a Douthit bought a home in Mt. Airy, NC near ours.
December 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Back to 1936, my mother was visiting Douthit Herefords in St. Francis Kansas. Ranch might have been called something else that far back. Their advertising only says "over eighty years." I want to find out the connection between families. I believe a Douthit bought a home in Mt. Airy, NC near ours.
The depravity continues.
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The depravity continues.
I have found the problem, 81% of republicans are so detached from reality they believe Trump puts the country's interests ahead of his own interests.
December 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I have found the problem, 81% of republicans are so detached from reality they believe Trump puts the country's interests ahead of his own interests.
Paul Krugman on Substack quoting Trump.
"One year ago, our country was dead. We were absolutely dead. Our country was ready to fail. Totally fail. Now we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world. And that’s said by every single leader that I’ve spoken to over the last five months."
"One year ago, our country was dead. We were absolutely dead. Our country was ready to fail. Totally fail. Now we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world. And that’s said by every single leader that I’ve spoken to over the last five months."
December 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Paul Krugman on Substack quoting Trump.
"One year ago, our country was dead. We were absolutely dead. Our country was ready to fail. Totally fail. Now we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world. And that’s said by every single leader that I’ve spoken to over the last five months."
"One year ago, our country was dead. We were absolutely dead. Our country was ready to fail. Totally fail. Now we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world. And that’s said by every single leader that I’ve spoken to over the last five months."
My mother is the middle of this picture taken in 1936 in Kansas. On the same trip she visited Niagara Falls and the World's Fair in New York.
December 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
My mother is the middle of this picture taken in 1936 in Kansas. On the same trip she visited Niagara Falls and the World's Fair in New York.
I am surprised that it is appropriate to name a class of battleships, The As_hole Class and to let someone who has sunk our ship of state have any part in the design of it.
December 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I am surprised that it is appropriate to name a class of battleships, The As_hole Class and to let someone who has sunk our ship of state have any part in the design of it.