View from the Potting Shed

We didn’t have access to the internet while we were in Seattle, hence the hiatus in our live broadcast. But we flew in to San Francisco this evening after an amazing weekend in grunge-tastic Seattle.
Thankfully (and disappointingly) the BBC weather forecast for Seattle and SeaTac airport was awry: we had no snow; we had no […]

Last night I was woken again by my mobile phone; this time from a couple of text messages from Jane’s sister Soo. Now those I didn’t really mind, but tonight I’m switching my phone to silent.
We’re now packed and ready to fly to Seattle; we’re just taking a couple of small bags so won’t have […]

I was woken at 03:30 (PST) this morning by my mobile phone ringing out the melody to “Ashes To Ashes” by former San Francisco band Faith No More.
“Hello?” I questioned, blearily.
“Is that Alan Tillich?” said a male Yorkshire accent.
“What!?” I said, two-thirds disbelief, one-third bad line.
“Is that Alan Tillich?” the Yorkshire accent said again.
“What?!” I […]

Another gorgeous day in SF. I spent much of the morning sitting at the desk in my room on my Psion, writing. Months ago I promised Will Reynish’s folks that I’d write my recollections of Will; well, now I’m getting around to it. I’m making good progress on it.
In the afternoon I set out for […]

I love San Francisco! Char drove me down to the city this afternoon; and a more perfect afternoon you could not hope for. When we rode across the Golden Gate Bridge the sun was shining, there was a very light breeze and the sky was a deep blue. This is what California is all about; […]

I got an e-mail from Rich Olyott today asking me what the weather has been like here. Well, today is warm and sunny; a blue, cloudless sky. It is the kind of weather that I think we are fortunate to have on a good summer’s day in Scotland. The temperature is maybe around 60-65 degrees […]

Not much to report about today. Char and I travelled south to Santa Rosa this morning. Dropping me off at a shopping mall Char sped off to take care of some appointments and messages, while I wandered around a sleepy mall as it was in the process of waking up after a long weekend (yesterday […]