The new episode of The Agency Podcast is now available. Listen here or find us in all the fancy podcast places. This week, the Agents talk about the economy, culture and desire for truffles. Eugene watched The Truffle Hunters: this week, setting off a train… Read More
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Where the Ottawa Flows (Time travel Monday)
Hot Sauce on the Horizon
This is turning out to be a good season for hot chiles in our garden. We have a few plants, different varieties and they’ve been ripening faster than we can eat them. I thought this year I’d have a go at making some fermented hot… Read More
Chutney, Movie Stars and Trains
Listen to the latest from The Agency Podcast right here or find it at all the good podcast hiding places. This week, The Agents go to the movies for BULLET TRAIN. They also watch a pirate treasure hunt on Netflix. Who doesn’t like searching for pirate… Read More
Fab Métis Dancers
I could watch these fab Métis dancers all day. On piano is Patti Kusturok, one of top fiddlers around, and on fiddle is Morgan Grace, a wonderful teen-aged lefty fiddler to watch for, and her dad on guitar. The dancers are Arnold Asham and the… Read More
Hair Club for Sculpture
I noticed the grass I planted in the big blue head out back has established itself and is growing fast.
Ozarks Rabbit Hole
Listen to the latest from your Agents right here or find Ozarks Rabbit Hole at all the good podcast places. Special thanks this week to our guest, Lauren Willette. Lauren is a doctoral student in the Heritage Studies Program at Arkansas State University. Many of… Read More
Making Pesto (the normal way)
I grew plenty of basil this season, with the intention of making pesto. Somewhere I read that the flavour of basil is at its most intense when it starts going to seed. When I first see that happening, I cut it back and that extends… Read More
Hack the System
Episode 160 of The Agency Podcast is now available. I can hardly believe we’ve made so many episodes, and we haven’t missed a week since we started! Thanks for sticking with us. Listen to Hack the System here or find it at all the best… Read More
Old Tyme Fiddler’s Dream
I’m sure I’ve share this one once upon a time in this space, but I love it so much, I want to share it again. This is Mac Beattie and his Ottawa Valley Melodiers featuring Reg Hill on fiddle.