Author: Owen

Things around here have been very, very quiet for a while (or at least slow) because I have been up to my neck in three other simultaneous projects that are taking all my computer and…

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Much as I would like to believe that Kerry is going to (probably is right now – I don’t have TV so won’t know until later) make a better speech, in my heart I know…

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‘Is My Blog Burning?’ is now a monthly event for sure. The seventh edition of this collective blast of creative cooking is on the topic of dumplings. After a quick query to the founders of…

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I wonder what that headline evokes in my readers? How many think of Joseph Conrad? How many think of Africa? How many think of great evils? How many simply think of the night? I wrote…

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It was time – time for IMBB that is. Time for the grill. Time for smoke and flame and wood and charred meat and primeval smells. Time to return to the vast temperate zone forest of the…

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The next IMBB event is coming up next Sunday the 18th and it is one of my favorite activities of all time, grilling, so I am going to have to come up with some special…

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We’re going to the lair. The lair of the bear. That means we are going to our family camp in Pinecrest in the Sierras where we will go hiking, kayaking on and swimming in the…

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not statistics (well, not until November anyway). You have to try this.

A few of my readers (OK, there ARE only a few readers 😉 ) will recognize the title of this post and have at least a vague idea what I am talking about. Everyone else…

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Whew! I’m pretty busy at the moment. We are going on vacation in a few days and I also now have a fair amount of consulting work and I have to put the last finishing…

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