It isn’t often we get snow before the Shishigashira sheds its leaves. By this afternoon, the snow was gone from the trees but there were still traces on the ground, and forecasts suggesting a little more is on the way. Well, bring it on….
I wonder how many river songs there are? The other day I shared a tune called Going down to the River. Today, it’s Down the River I go (Uncle Joe) performed by Cathy Barton and Dave Para. Do you have a favourite river tune? How… Read More
Have you heard Doug Seegers?
I envy painters who can make a drawing then translate that drawing to a painting. In all the years I’ve been painting, that approach has been foreign to me. In fact I don’t make many drawings at all. For me it’s all one. When I’m… Read More
It’s been a couple months since we installed the Magnolia Bench, and we wanted to do a quick technical check – just to make sure all the tesserae were solidly in place and there were no issues with the grout. I drove out for a… Read More
Our Shishigashira, or Lion’s Mane Japanese Maple is one of the last trees to turn colour each year around here. Up until just a few days ago it remained a deep green, Then it changes quickly over just a few days, and hits us with… Read More
I featured Calvin Vollrath the other day. Now let’s here Manitoba fiddler Patti Lamoureux (Kusturok) along with Sabin Jacques on accordion and Jeremy Rusu on guitar, performing a Quebecois medley.
Enjoy a taste of Calvin Vollrath‘s fiddle music. He’s a fantastic fiddler in the Metis tradition, from Alberta.
I stumbled across videos about Wesley Willis after seeing a couple of his drawings in a folk art auction. I had no idea Mr. Willis was also a musician of sorts. Mr. Willis was born in 1963 and passed in 2003. I don’t know a… Read More
27th Street 