Towse

New location is http://towse.com/wordpress/ . That should be the last move for a while. I was able to scoop up all my old posts, but my comm...

So, whilst trying to add Disqus comments (in lieu of Blogger comments which filled up with spam in no time at all), I discovered I had to mo...

Blogger comments have been up for eight hours or so ... and already I have spammish content. Why? I've enabled comment moderation, which...

Between having to move the blog over to Blogger and having Haloscan spittle a bit and go to for-pay mode, I seem to have lost all of my Halo...

 

I came home from my time away with yearnings for rice noodle soup from the hotel breakfast buffets -- broth-based rice noodle soup with mixe...

Let's see how this works.

Delicious winemaker dinner at Acquerello Restaurant last night. The winemaker brought wines that the chef wanted to pair with her food. It ...

The fog was burning off this morning, after a morning much like the ones we've been having lately. If it's not raining, it is =reall...

A red tailed hawk hanging out down the hill     Until a three-some of crows dive-bombed it until they chased it away.

 

 

My blogging world is shredding around me. First up, the folks who handled my comments said I'd have to pay for the service. Um. No. Whil...

  Horizon Falcon at the end of the rainbow. [26 Jan 2010]

  Cliff Way. Just south of Noyo Bay. One of a handful of photos taken through the Mini's windshield. Too wet and windy out to play with ...

  What does this photo show? Planes coming in for landing from the north , which means the wind's from the south, which means the expect...

Last night we used up the last few pieces of chicken from the rotisserie chicken I bought for the book club meeting here 04 January. That me...

 

Chop. Chop. Chop. Garlic. Onions. Carrots. Celery. Brown a bit in olive oil. Add bay leaves, 8C water, leftover bits of a denuded roast chic...

Haloscan started charging for their comment processing as of the turn of the year. I am changing comment processors and ... soon everything ...

  I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full. -- Arthur Ashe A lone sailboat o...

Soon ... some time after the holidays, I'm planning to temporarily abandon my "decline to state" status and signup as a Republ...

Last night I cooked kohlrabi for the first time. (Gee. That reminds me of the first line of REBECCA: Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley...

Last Saturday was the last but one dinner for the Dissident Chef. He's putting his pirate ship into drydock so he can focus on the new r...