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All posts by “Eugene Knapik”
If I was a mole in the ground, I’d root that mountain down….
Here’s Jerron Paxton again… I think of the Jerron Paxton version as being about the song, but Dwight Diller’s version is more about the groove. And one more, this time in a band setting, with a jug band feel. Here is The East River Stringband… Read More
More wild mushrooms at the Comfort Food Diner
What to do when your crazy banjo-picking mushroom-foraging neighbour thinks he’s being a nice guy and gives you a bowl of freshly picked wild Ontario mushrooms? Don’t worry friends, I’m here to help you out. My first tip is that wild mushrooms love eggs (for… Read More
Jerron Paxton – On Banjo
The Comfort Food Diner
As I mentioned earlier, I foraged for tasty edible mushrooms for a couple hours this morning. I gave some of these to one of our neighbours from 28th Street, who in turn brought me some home-made pierogi. Yum! I had some nice sausages from Starskeys… Read More
The Silver Lion and the Silver Lioness visit 27th Street
A (fun) test for my ankle
Early this morning, I drove up to the enchanted mushroom forest to see if I could find some tasty edibles for dinner. I hadn’t been in the forest since messing up my ankle, and I wasn’t sure how well I’d do, but I picked a… Read More
Free Books!
I notice there are several new selections in the 27th Street Book Box today, fiction and non-fiction. This little library is located in front of 15 Twenty Seventh Street. Ready for a new read? Come by and pick up a book or two, or if… Read More
Yellow!
These beautiful yellow flowers come from our neighbour’s garden across the street, but we don’t know where she got them (the other day she asked if they came from our garden). They look like some variety of yellow primrose. These are really showy when they… Read More
In the Jailhouse Now
I was thinking about a recording I have on CD of Doc Watson performing an old tune usually credited to Jimmie Rodgers, called In the Jailhouse Now – so I popped onto the YouTube machine to see if there are any other interesting performances of… Read More
27th Street 