Monday Jan 1, 2007 the annual Fog Bowl will again be held at Lake Columbia near Portage. Visit the MadCity Paddlers For More Info. This is usually a good day on the water. You dress for the air as the water should be bath tub warm. If you’re near by and have any questions just flip me out an email. After the big event we all head on over to a local tavern called “The Cactus club” and proceed to put the color back in our cheeks. Hmmm, I can’t decide what boat to take. . . Sad, I know. . .

Meanwhile a few miles away friends at Terra Santa are getting ready for their 6th Annual Symposium from Jan 12th through the 20th. Now that they are bloggin up a storm I’ll just send you right over there.

So that’s today’s stuff.

As for nonsense. . . Oh, don’t get me started on the nonsense! . .

Well here’s the thing; I’ve added a new page to the site as a starting point for all things Puerto Rico which as you know will be a major topic around here in the coming months. I will be adding material there as I go. I’ve already got some nice links to share and people to credit and wine to drink. . . (wait, scratch that bit about the wine.) But then life is life and it seems silly of me to start a new blog for the trip. At least up until the point we are actually there and on the water. So I’m just going to keep chatting about the trip right here and using Google’s fancy “labels” (Puerto Rico specifically) feature to sort them out for people who’d rather avoid my comments about Welsh maid servants. . . In fact if I can I might break away to post a bit on the preparations today.

Happy “Winds-day”, OWL!

“Winds-day?” Bah! This is just a mild spring zephyr compared to the big wind of ’67. Or was it, uh, ’76? Oh, well, no matter. Oh, I remember the big blow well. It was the year my Aunt Clara went to visit her cousin. Now, her cousin was not only gifted on the glockenspiel, but being a screech owl, also sang soprano in the London Opera. You see, her constant practicing so unnerved my aunt that she laid a seagull egg by mistake. . . .