This morning I met up with naturalist Miles Hearn and his Monday group for a nature walk in Marie Curtis Park and the Arsenal Lands. This marked the last of our walks for the fall session. Miles will continue with a group of winter walks… Read More
Our Premier got himself re-elected with ease, and can pretty much do as he pleases, and what pleases him is to open up the Greenbelt around Toronto to development, even though he promised he would not do that. His reasoning is that we need more… Read More
Bucky Pizzarelli and Pearl Django. Ya!
Lucinda Williams’ version of the fab Bob Dylan song…
I met up with naturalist Miles Hearn’s Monday morning group for a walk at Ashbridges Bay. This location is east of downtown Toronto – the entrance to the park is from Lake Shore at Coxwell. It was sunny this morning, but chilly, with gusty winds.… Read More
I came across this version of Richard Forest’s Reel de Mattawa on the YouTube this morning. I like the harmonica/button accordion combination. I think I’ll do some work on this one on fiddle.
from the seabala channel on YouTube
I’ve had a Twitter account for a long time, though I haven’t Tweeted much in years. I have been cross-posting blog posts from this space to Twitter, but to be honest I don’t think I received much if any traffic because of that. Mostly, what… Read More
Montreal artist Karine Giboulo makes fascinating miniature dioramas in clay. Currently at the Gardiner Museum, she has created a fantastically creative reimagining of her home. From the museum website: Housewarming is Giboulo’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020, and the waves of… Read More
Yesterday we visited the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) to see the exhibition Kent Monkman: Being Legendary (included with General Admission to the museum). This remarkable exhibition presents an extensive group of Monkman’s social realist paintings juxtaposed with some artifacts from the museum’s collection. Interpreted by… Read More
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