Dispatch #42 (August 2026)

August 2026 marks two big personal anniversaries: 25 years in Durham and 10 years in this house. Who would&rsquo;ve thought? Certainly not Duke freshman Dave. Couldn&rsquo;t be happier to be right here right now, though I might have made some different decisions had I known I&rsquo;d be raising two small children in these increasingly cramped quarters. But that&rsquo;s not how things work, is it?…