@NightShade Pretty dang close, yeah! I get why the owners are such happy people here.

@Kelly_and_puppers Yeah, stunning doc! And thanks. It’s really amazing in this part of the world. Hopefully we can keep it that way kn climate change times.

I’m very blessed to be housesitting for a few weeks. Here’s what it’s like in daylight. This is Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.

The nature here is amazing. If you’d like to watch a stunning nature doc set here, Netflix’s new “Island of the Sea Wolves” takes place a couple hours north of me, on this same side of the island (east side).

@KWilsonMG I signed up in April when the Twitter sale was announced but clung to the hope that the sale wouldn’t go through. Decided to return this week. Alas! But I kinda like this place more the more I use it. You’re new though?

@MCGIRLNEXTDOOR That view is all over Vancouver Island, if not better. Netflix has a new nature doc series called Island of the Sea Wolves shot on this island, couple hours north of me. It’s a stunning series, if you want to see more. This is this area in daylight:

@MCGIRLNEXTDOOR No! Vancouver Island, Canada. Thanks. :) Outside a town called Duncan.

@KWilsonMG Since you mention Chris Gailus and Canucks, we may be in the same region — I’m housesitting outside Duncan on Vancouver Island, and that’s the view here. Fun. But I’m a Victoria person in normal times.

I have a view of the surrounding hills over the water, and the odd fireworks. But the moon over the water is beautiful tonight, with light clouds.

When I was young, I believed the spin when some media talked about how Do The Right Thing was anti-white or whatever the fuck they said.

But I recently realized I never gave it a chance. I was only 16 at the time, but I know now that I was being ignorant.

I also know now it’s considered one of the best movies ever on race relations in America. And Spike Lee is a national treasure.

So, I’m righting a historical wrong and watching it tonight.

@Infectedtemple Aw, nice! I came close to it when I was a nomad but it wasn’t feasible at the time. One day! You got some great writers and amazing wine there. :)

@Infectedtemple Oh, wow. Pretty much the opposite side of the planet from me in every way. You should put your region on your profile page. I’m on Vancouver Island on West Coast of Canada. South Africa is a travel goal. One day.

@Infectedtemple haha. Well, I’m full, so that’s a you-problem. Are you in the UK, given I saw a 4:15 mention?

@Red_Painter I doubt they have the staffing/bandwidth to handle that during rapid growth right now. But you can be a pro user.

So it turns out that letting my pasta dry in piles was Not Smart so I got weird clumps. This whole housesitting-kitchen thing is quite the learning curve.

Luckily I had enough unclumped pasta to get some dinner together.

Learning lessons are great but also a pain in the ass.

YOU HAVE JUST SPILLED A LARGE GLASS OF WATER ON THE FLOOR.

Is this…

I’m an avid cook so if you’re into food, you’re probably my people. I’m about to have another plate of this for dinner — homemade pasta with Bolognese sauce I simmered for 8 hours.

I did a mix of Bon Appetit’s recipe and Marcella Hazan’s. It’s the kinda stuff you make on a rainy Sunday but double the batch because it freezes great. Vermouth (dry/white) is a great wine substitute for this, BTW, & keeps better for later, if you don’t have wine around. #CoSoCooks https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015181-marcella-hazans-bolognese-sauce

@LyndaSteele I've never heard it and I was born/raised in White Rock by Maritimer parents.