Author Archives: canoelover

So you grab a half-gallon of egg nog.  Usually, you grab the no-fat egg nog that uses seaweed or something to thicken it to fool your tongue that you’re drinking something with fat in it. But this time you grab … Continue reading →

The final score: Canoelover: 83 Moules: 0 You need to understand this. I love mussels. If I had a choice between chocolate cake and mussels, I’d take the mussels in a heartbeat. If I had a choice between eating mussels … Continue reading →

This might be the 20th pair I’ve built in the past couple decades.  This pair, however, is the most fun because I’m blowing off the pattern rules and just playing with it, experimenting with different crossings.  I hope to finish … Continue reading →

I got thirsty last night around midnight.  I walked downstairs to get a drink of something-or-other and stopped dead at the front door at the bottom of the stairs.  The moon was very, very bright and I could have easily … Continue reading →

Gracie the Snow Dog decided to chase tennis balls into a snowbank.   Good to be a dog.   Canoelover

It was very good to spend time with my brother and a few thousand of this kids.  Okay, so there are only four of them, but they get around.  Vance (seen below, front left) is a subatomic particle…hard to predict … Continue reading →

Portland is an eminently walkable city.  It’s pretty compact, and even without light rail I was able to walk from the outskirts of the city to downtown in a half-hour. Portland’s Pearl District is the swank-yet-hip warehouses-to-loft-condo district.  Plenty of … Continue reading →

Portland has at least two good things…fantastic duck, and a mighty fine light rail system. Thanks, Portland. Gastronomically submitted,   Canoelover

Paper valentines never worked very well for me.  They’re either cutesy-sick-lovey-dovey or they attempt to be “naughty” in the British sense.  So instead, I tend to write messages in the sand or snow to my valentine. This was a big … Continue reading →

This long. I am ready for some light.  Tired of going to work in the dark and leaving in the dark. Photophilically,   Canoelover