I just grouted this scarlet tanager mosaic and it’s almost done. We still have to do a final polish, clean up the edges and install hardware on the back. This work was done with Italian Smalti glass tesserae on a wood ground. We do… Read More
As some of you know, I have an old fiddle at home and I’ve been messing around with it, trying to learn to play. That’s more or less how I approached clawhammer banjo and while it may not have been the most efficient approach, I’ve… Read More
I was out in the yard yesterday loading up the bird feeders, thinking I’m already ready for a dose of spring. I have a slew of garden projects planned for 2018 and I’m looking forward to getting to them. Our community will be hosting a… Read More
Here’s a new mosaic – a boreal chickadee, made from Italian smalti glass tiles, grouted, on a wood ground. Many more of our mosaics can be seen at the Long Branch Mosaic site.
The last couple posts on this blog have been about sourdough bread, so I thought I’d continue and show you the monster. I keep it in a Tupperware-type container. I’ve cut a couple holes in the lid because air circulation seems to be needed. I’ve… Read More
As it turned out my test loaf using the new sourdough monster was wonderful. The crust was nicely developed, the bread had that distinctive sourdough flavour and a beautiful texture with a nice bit of chew about it. We destroyed it in short order.
I’ve been occasionally baking no-knead bread in a Dutch oven over the past few months. A couple weeks ago I captured and developed a sourdough monster with the intention of using the same Lahey method only using wild yeast – the monster – rather than… Read More
Spotted in the Toronto Star this morning by Tuffy P, who sees everything: Happy birthday Mister Dickens.
The American Songbook is not for the feint of heart. Trains, cars, whiskey, sex, money, work, loneliness, death – even murder – and God, not necessarily in that order. Vernacular music, music of the people, perhaps the expression of a culture just before the great… Read More
I got a robo-call today from Doug Ford, brother to the late infamous Rob, former mayor of this great city. Doug wants to be the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and ultimately the Premier of the Province. He wants it really badly. … Read More
27th Street 