I’ve long had a soft spot for Hank Snow. It goes back to when I was a kid. My father and my brother taught me the words to Hank Snow’s version of the Wreck of the Old 97. Even as a child I knew there… Read More
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John Brown’s Dream…the devil is dead
Here’s an entertaining version of the old time standard John Brown’s Dream performed by the Turf Rollers, a band from Copenhagen.
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George is 9 months old now. I walked him and Memphis up to the animal clinic after dinner tonight to put George on the scale. He weighed in at 117 pounds, just 20 pounds lighter than Memphis. At this rate he will overtake Memphis in… Read More
Warning: Hardcore Old Time music
I stumbled across this great performance by Riley Baugus: Roustabout. Dangerous business.
Good idea
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Milestone
Georgie has loved the water since he first had a chance to splash around in it, but he has been reluctant to actually go out deep enough to swim. It happened today in Lake Ontario – his first real swim. You can see him way… Read More
How music works
I just finished reading How Music Works, the 2012 book by David Byrne. I’d like to thank Hobie Post up front for recommending this excellent read. For those who saw the name of the author and immediately thought the question, yes, it is by THAT… Read More
New mosaic project
We’re starting a new mosaic project. Actually, we’re starting three of them. Today I cut out the shape for a grackle mosaic and we’re starting to source tiles and crockery. Although the grackle is a black bird, there is lots of colour in this bird.… Read More
Whirligig
At some point in late fall or early winter, storm winds damaged the fisherman whirligig we had out front. I have to make one new part and replace another and it will be fine again. Meanwhile, today we decided to give the carousel whirligig a… Read More
27th Street 