Another post featuring something I’ve drawn, read, and listened to.

Drawing

My son turned 10. Every year I make a birthday poster for my kids featuring something that’s been on their minds that year.

Reading

The San José was one of the most spectacular galleons ever built. And the most valuable shipwreck ever: its cargo of gold and silver is estimated to be worth billions. Its end was also spectacular; the British fleet sank the ship, making the San José one of the few galleons to have been sunk in a naval battle. Most sank due to storms or shallow reefs. This makes the ship the ultimate dream for both archaeologists and treasure hunters. But where is it?

Julian Sancton’s latest book is about the San José, but primarily about the search for the wreck’s location. At the center of the story is Roger Dooley, who, in the late twentieth century, dedicated his entire life to finding the ship. As a child, the American Dooley ended up in Cuba with his brother, just as the Castro era was beginning. The brothers loved diving, just like Castro, and thus became authorities in the field. Life in Cuba during this period makes for interesting reading, but Sancton does veer off on quite a few tangents.

It is not until the age of seventy that Dooley gets the chance to put his decades of research into action. Julian Sancton offers an interesting glimpse into treasure hunting, but it is not a thriller like his wonderful *Madness at the End of the Earth*.

Listen

Sometimes there are songs where you can immediately hear the quality—this is one of them. Folk artist Charlotte Cornfield recently released the album Hurts Like Hell. Feist and Big Thief’s Buck Meek are featured on the album.

See you next week!