Here’s a wonderful old clip featuring Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys from back in the 40s.
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Why traditional music #943
I was surfing about on the YouTube and came across this performance, which stopped me in my tracks. These guys are somethin’ else again.
Ruby Update
For those who don’t know what this is about, our Newf Ruby had surgery to correct a torn cruciate ligament on her hind left leg about 3 weeks ago. She’s continuing to get stronger and we’re gradually lengthening her walks. The ligament on her hind… Read More
A most unusual game of Go
I’ve been playing go almost weekly with my old friend Vox for over 3 decades now. The more we play the more interesting the game gets. I rarely write about individual games though. Go has few rules but it is very complex and each game… Read More
Paska time
Each year we make up a batch of paska, or Easter bread. Tuffy P’s mom was from the Ukraine and she used to bake paska each year in coffee cans – that’s the tradition we’ve continued. Paska is a delicious, light egg bread usually made… Read More
Isle of Dogs
We trundled off to our local Cineplex tonight to see the new Wes Anderson stop-motion animation flick, Isle of Dogs. To start with, the cast is remarkable: Bryan Cranston as Chief Koyu Rankin as Atari Ed Norton as Rex Liev Schreiber as Spots Bill Murray… Read More
It’s all over now baby blue
I read in the Toronto Star this morning that the Toronto Blue Jays are receiving a secret commission on tickets sold via Stub Hub, “allowing the club to profit on the scalping of its own seats” – without telling fans they are doing it. In… Read More
The Refugees
I started reading The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen on the plane on the way to Viet Nam and read a couple of the stories in the book while we were traveling. I put it aside when we got back and didn’t do any reading… Read More
Nesting
My sparrow friends have been really busy nesting over the past few days. I think some of them are already sitting on eggs. It looks like the main condo above the deck is full and the red house is occupied. The converted martin house has… Read More
There must be somethin’ in the water
Here’s a little Pokey LaFarge for a Saturday morning…
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