Time for some Wanda Jackson. Well, anytime is time for some Wanda Jackson, I say….
Monthly archives of “October 2010”
Osteria Ciceri e Tria
Last night we enjoyed a fantastic dinner at Osteria Ciceri e Tria, here in Toronto, as guests of dear friends celebrating their 25th. Dinner included 5 delightful little antipasti, followed by a choice of primi, secondi and contorni. Antipasti were: mixed bean and leek soup;… Read More
Seek and ye shall find…
Search term of the day Somebody found this cave in the eye of the hurricane by searching Kojak Colombo. It occurred to me that it would be a great name for a band that played 70s music: Kojak Colombo and the Bad Detectives.
The Back Door
Storytime
I was asked a while back if I would tell stories and play squeezebox at the Roseland Horticultural Society’s annual awards banquet, which happened finally last night. A few years ago, I did quite a bit of storytelling, as a regular at 1001 Friday Nights… Read More
Surf’s Up
I don’t even know anyone who’s ever surfed (except the inner-nets of course) Dick Dale Eddie and the Showmen The Challengers The Chantay’s on Lawrence Welk Related Articles Dick Dale’s Guitar Screams With Pain And Pleasure (npr.org)
A New Bird
We’re starting a new mosaic for the front of the house. This one is going to be a six foot tall owl. We’ve done the initial drawing and we’ve cut out the owl shape. We’ll get the mosaic done over the next few weeks. This… Read More
Jerry
The best cat you’ll ever meet…
Big buttons, little fingers…
This is Basque music, Trikitixa. Whoever this player is…nice job.
Danger in the woods
I’ve mentioned here that I’m really careful about going into the woods with my dogs in the fall because I’m worried about hunters. Here’s why. Thanks to Salvelinas for sending this my way. I’m not an anti-hunting advocate, although I don’t hunt and have no… Read More