Word verification has been turned on

Unfortunately, this blog has seen a rise in comment spam lately. There was a rash of 100 spam comments overnight several weeks ago, then it died down, but now we've been getting the same comment added to about six posts every day. To end this phenomenon, to eliminate the chore of deleting the bogus comments, I've had to turn on the word verification, just as most other blogspot blogs have done. Sorry for the inconvenience. Maybe I'll try turning it off in a month or so, to see what happens.

I'm hoping that the process won't discourage genuine comments, which we enjoy receiving.