Has the party started yet? Here’s Los Straightjackets…
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All posts by “Eugene Knapik”
Bird is the Word
My bird friends were waiting when I went out to refill the feeders in the snow this morning. It took Mr. Cardinal and his buddies all of 15 seconds to get on the feeders after I filled them.
OK, a Christmas song….just one, that’s all you get.
Here’s the most wonderful Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets performing Christmas at the Airport…
Improvisational cookies
I’m a pretty good cook, and I can bake a decent loaf of bread, but when it comes to fancy-assed cookies and cakes and pastries, I’m pretty much lost. I’m sure this is in part because I prefer to make it up as I go… Read More
All Night Long
This time of year, lots of blogs are featuring all kinds of Christmas music. That’s good and well, and I think lovers of Christmas music ought to enjoy it while you can. For those who would like to take a wee breath between carols, here’s… Read More
Mr. Eddy
Eddy Mumma was born in Milton Ohio in 1908 and passed in Gainesville Florida in 1986. He took a painting class at age 60 at the suggestion of his daughter, but abandoned the class, unimpressed by the instructor’s criticism. Mumma, or Mr. Eddy, as he… Read More
Guilded Splinters
A dose from the Dr…
Pierogi Day
I don’t make pierogi very often, because I’m slow and clumsy at making them, but I love eating them, and today I made up a batch for dinner on Christmas Day. The handy thing about pierogi is they freeze tremendously well. I place them on… Read More
The Source
Here’s a blast from the past. I made this large diptych back in 1998 and exhibited it in an exhibition we put together called Canadian Shield, in a large 2-floor warehouse space. It’s about 8 feet wide and 6 feet tall. I painted it with… Read More
Time Machine
Five-pin bowling is a Canadian phenomenon. It began around 1909 at the Toronto Bowling Club. For those who have never seen it, five-pin uses a much smaller ball than ten-pin, small enough to fit in the hand – without finger holes. We volunteer for the… Read More
27th Street 