We ventured up to Kleinburg today for a visit to the McMichael Canadian Collection. This is their 50th year. I can remember my first time there as a child on a school trip. As a boy I learned it was OK to make expressive paintings… Read More
The next open mic at Fair Grounds – an excellent local coffee joint here in Long Branch – is Monday starting at 7:00 – 10:00 pm. I plan to bring a banjo on down and frail a few tunes. This is a low-key, friendly open… Read More
I had some fennel in the fridge and some cold basmati rice, so I thought what the heck, how about fennel fried rice? I sliced up about a third of a big fennel bulb along with half a small red onion and cooked it up… Read More
First, cheers to the cashier at the Sobey’s at Queensway east of Park Lawn, who this morning was spreading joy to her customers with a winning smile and a little conversation. Awesome! On the other hand there was the clerk at the gas station at… Read More
This space has been bare for a few days, an unusual condition – but for those who look forward to these posts I haven’t gone anywhere. I had some kind of stomach bug – I think it’s something going around because Tuffy P had similar… Read More
I just finished reading Bad Singer – the surprising science of tone deafness and how we hear music – by Tim Falconer. The book describes the journalist’s quest to understand why he’s a bad singer. He subjected himself to loads of scientific tests, talked to… Read More
I dropped off the work today for my upcoming exhibition at yumart gallery, here in Toronto. It’s going to be an eclectic show, including a suite of new encaustics (of which the painting pictured above is one), some new drawings, and as well, I’ve selected… Read More
There is a fiddle tune called Spotted Pony or The Spotted Pony, normally played in the key of D, which seems to be pretty common among old time players. I had heard a different Spotted Pony, a Missouri tune played in A, on a recording… Read More
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