Did your Covid vax experience look like this? Outside. Sunny, warm 72 degrees. Neighbors. Coffee and homemade snickerdoodles. Thanks, Palisades Village, for supporting local community. And thanks, Giant Pharmacy. @PV_Village @OurTowns @JamesFallows

"Boxing is what we do. Community is who we are," says Ian Franklin, CEO of Project Fighting Chance in San Bernardino. Featured in Our Towns HBO documentary. PFC's Terry "the Terrible" Washington, 19, now headed for Olympic trials. @OurTowns youtube.com/watch?v=IUaGHHzR…

Dallas-> DC: Surprising weather over Memphis. Screens inside cockpit: altitude, speed, heading, terrain; storms on scope; Landing in Leesburg: runway 35 (350 degrees); insect splatters on windshield; prop on bottom left. Happy pilot with beer, heading home @OurTowns @JamesFallows

XCountry, air and best-of-ground. You know you're in the South: biscuits and gravy bkfst in El Paso. Oil rigs over SW TX. Terry Black's BBQ stopover in Dallas (with family). Over Arkansas River near Pine Bluff. @JamesFallows @OurTowns @TerryBlacks_BBQ

Inland Empire warehouses on take-off from San Bernardino. Famous Route 10 across hot Mojave Desert. Up-close view of surveillance balloon along NM border. Build-up and T-storms heading to El Paso. @JamesFallows @OurTowns @Ten_Across

From Cirrus 435SR, north thru Cajon Pass. Why irrigation matters in the Central Valley. Looking east from right seat at the Sierras. Cal Firefighters staging in Fresno. 115 degrees today. @JamesFallows @OurTowns @CAL_FIRE

100.5 degrees, in the shade.. San Bernardino (SBD). Pilot Jim pre-flight checking blue Cirrus. To the right, fire clouds over Riverside County. We're heading for Fresno, 109. It's hot. @JamesFallows @OurTowns @LuxivairSBD

From grapes as they look today at Sustainable University of Redlands Farm (SURF). They're destined to become wine. Last year produced 48 bottles of California Red from North Cork Vineyard & Winery in Yucaipa. @OurTowns @UofRedlands @CalVolunteers

Wonderful to see Malaysia (our former home!) represented at the 18,000-strong, global Esri User Conference. Beautiful country. Beautiful people. Selamat datang! @EsriUC @OurTowns @JamesFallows

Hello Esri User Conference! Past:43 years ago, 11 attendees. Today: 18,000 in person, 10,000 more online. @EsriUC @OurTowns

Important NYT piece on sustainable gardens in the desert. nytimes.com/2023/05/08/dinin… In 2016 we enjoyed reporting on early days of this movement, experimenting w indigenous crops in Ajo AZ. ourtownsfoundation.org/farmi… I hope the white pomegranate trees are thriving. @Ourtowns