Here at 27th Street we’re big fans of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. Sharon Jones died a year ago this week, but on November 17 one final album by Sharon and the Dap Kings – called Soul of a Woman – will be released.… Read More
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McMichael continues to impress
Yesterday, with our friend Suzanne in town from Halifax, we trundled on up to the McMichael Canadian Collection, north of the city. Once again there was a great deal of very interesting work to see, and as a bonus, we bumped into two old friends… Read More
Backyard Birds
Fi-Di Diddle Um-a Daisy
Time for a taste of the late great Jimmie Driftwood. If you don’t know Jimmie Driftwood’s music, here are a few of my faves. He wrote over 1,000 songs and played them on his home-made guitar. Here’s one for all my friends at the post… Read More
Tree Pruning
In our neighbourhood, which is being sliced and diced all over the place by builders and developers, it is unusual to see a tree crew that isn’t busy destroying mature trees. Today we had the guys from Towne Trees – but just to do some… Read More
Who was Rachel, anyway?
There’s a fiddle tune called Rachel. In some places and by some players it’s also known as The Texas Quickstep, but everyone I know who plays it just calls it Rachel. I don’t know who Rachel was though. It’s just one of life’s mysteries. I… Read More
Calling Long Branch Gardeners
In 2016, Sheila and her friend Nadia organized the first ever Long Branch by the Lake Garden Tour. It was a fun day, and it raised a good chunk of money for a local community health organization called LAMP. After a one year hiatus, garden… Read More
My high school is closing
I read in the Etobicoke paper that my old high school, a place called Scarlett Heights, is closing. I’m betting developers will replace it with some kind of housing development. I guess it was a good high school. I mean, I think I got a… Read More
Travel Immunizations and long, long flights
I haven’t traveled outside of North America a whole lot and I’ve never been to Asia at all, but Tuffy P and I are planning a trip to Vietnam in the not-to-distant future, so we both trundled off to a clinic to get whatever vaccinations… Read More
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