David Sobotta

I was once a barn builder and cattleman with a degree from Harvard. As unusual as that sounds, it was good pr…

Back in January 2007, I wrote an article,What Jobs told me on the iPhone, for the Guardian Newspaper. It was …

The view from the top of the hay field at the back of my new home in St. Croix Cove, NS Thanksgiving during m…

The Beast This is part of a series on life and careers that that started with this post, An Unconventional Jo…

Internet Connectivity, August 1998 Things have changed a lot since the original iMac® introduced "simple" Int…

Our St. Croix Cove, Nova Scotia, House After Remodeling, Summer 1973 The glowing ember of that Nova Scotia tr…

Our John Deere Equipment in St. Croix Cove, Nova Scotia, as the morning fog is lifting Growing up in the roll…

Our Backyard In Davie County, North Carolina, March 2022 How did people manage in the first half of the twent…

North Deep Creek at Site of Styers-Shore Mill January 2022 with its snow and cold temperatures was a shock to…

Streaming Channel Portal on Amazon Streaming your choice of video channels is what the future holds. I spend …

Christmas is a very personal holiday sometimes surrounded with festive communities. In 1973, my wife and I ha…

My mother taught me to never start a fight, but in the same breath to be ready to stand up for what I believe…

There are lots of things that hold families together, but not surprisingly food is one of the best. I guess t…

Fiber connectivity can make a huge difference in your life. When we started planning our move in the fall of …

Technology changes like ATMs and self-serve gas pumps arise not because they were designed to immediately mak…

Many people have asked me how I ended up farming in New Brunswick. It is a fair question. I did not grow up o…

It is the rare storm that shows up on the radar and quickly decides where it wants to go. Isaias was typical …

I am not sure why, but breakfast seems more and more important during the current crisis. I cannot remember w…

Descriptions of and links to the five books that I have written.

Enticing Waters Near The Point, EI, NC Depending on where you grew up, you might or might not know about the …

There are posts, that you just do not want to write, but sometimes you know that it is better to speak now be…

The weather on the Crystal Coast was wet in early June with many areas receiving several inches of rain. Sinc…

I have always loved the news. Television news, articles in the newspaper, weekly magazines, and now of course…

This is our fourteenth year living on the North Carolina coast. The Fourth of July is pretty special on the c…