Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes and the City planning group held a public meeting last night at the Assembly Hall to address the growing frustration of Long Branch residents who have been coping with an explosion of applications from developers to chop up 50 foot… Read More
I only know the music of Meredith Axelrod via YouTube. I know she lives out on the west coast, and I also know she sometimes plays with another performer I really admire, Frank Fairfield. I don’t know if she has any recorded material available (if… Read More
Regular visitors here in the land of milk and honey know that from time to time I like to change up the look of the 27th Street blog. It’s that time again. I may mess with this a little along the way over the coming… Read More
For those of you who prefer a bow to a crank, there is this excellent Swedish instrument called the Nickelharpa… As I was listening to this, it occurred to me that it is only a matter of time until somebody tries an AC/DC tune on… Read More
I came across an excellent demonstration video about the Hurdy Gurdy. It’s quite the complicated Medieval instrument with drones, melody notes and even a rhythm device, but it is beautiful in its own way, with a hypnotic quality.
Exhibiting a group of paintings marks a natural end to what I think of as a cycle of work. For me that cycle really ends a couple months before the exhibition. Yesterday was the last day of my show at Yumart, Ways of the World,… Read More
….because lots of people are stopping by a post I made way back on August 18, 2012 called No Mushrooms in Southern Ontario. I made this post to poke fun at myself and others who guard their mushroom spots. However, some people were not amused… Read More
When I went out to physiotherapy this morning, I noticed our garden is starting to come to life. It’s about time.
I arranged for a primo table at Hugh’s Room for the April Verch Band’s CD release well before I tumbled from the front steps and broke my ankle – and we didn’t want to miss this show. There were some challenges. To start with, dinner… Read More
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