Vox and I have been playing Go together since sometime in the mid-80s. It started as a chess game, and then eventually we tried go, just to see what it was all about. We would play a few games of chess and then perhaps one… Read More
Not much to say tonight. My brain is running on empty and needs recharging. I’m tired, and I think I might just play some banjo for a short while and hit the hay early.. While I do that, why don’t you listen to some blues.… Read More
Yes friends, we’re going to do a little time travel. I shot a video of my time machine in action. People of my generation are going to say, aw c’mon, that’s just a record player, but in fact it’s a time machine. Today I’m taking… Read More
No I’m not talking about the company, I’m talking about the song. Song, what song? I had forgotten about it myself but I accidentally stumbled into it during an improvisational YouTube travelog. I remember listening to this tune back in the 80s. I think I… Read More
Sometimes my paintings take years to complete, but ususally, once I decide they’re done, they’re done. However, I finished a painting perhaps a year and a half or more ago that has been bothering me since. I posted it on this blog back then. I… Read More
I was in a hardware store the other day, one of the old school small ones, not one of the giant warehouse stores that dominate the retail landscape today. We were standing at the cash when I noticed a bin full of these oddball metal… Read More
We stopped by our vet’s clinic tonight on our after dinner walk so the dogs could get weighed. Memphis has been keeping a consistent weight for some time. She’s 137 pounds. Georgie tipped the scales at 87 pounds. When he joined the family on December… Read More
Tuffy P came across Valerie June’s music recently and we’ve been giving her recording, Pushin’ Against a Stone a good listen. She sings with a lot of confidence, strums guitar and uke, and carries around enough hair for 5 or 6 performers. I think maybe… Read More
In like a lion, out like a lamb, is that it? I just finished shoveling the overnight snow, maybe 6 or 7 cm of fluffy goodness. It’s cold and crisp, with little wind and the neighbourhood looks beautiful covered with fresh snow. It’s March though,… Read More
It’s been a while since I’ve posted any hurdy gurdy music here. Time to change all that. Here’s Matthias Loibner… If it seems like a confusion and complicated instrument, that’s because it is. Here’s a great demonstration of how these beasts work.. How about a… Read More
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