All posts by “Eugene Knapik

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Ellie Mae RIP

We lost our fantastic Newfoundland dog Ellie Mae this morning. She was a fabulous dog – gentle, strong-willed, fantastically lazy, a great actress, and a delight to have around. In this photo, she’s just scarfed down the last of one of the cat’s dinner, and… Read More

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Shaggy Manes

The other day one of my colleagues spotted some shaggy manes growing on a lawn across the street from where I work. They are delicious mushrooms and there were lots of them. Unfortunately, I wasn’t going to be able to use them that day, and… Read More

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Another Ellie Mae update

Ellie Mae, our older Newf, is continuing to have a problem with her leg. She can’t really put any weight on it at all right now, even with her pain meds.  The underlying problem has not been diagnosed. If she doesn’t show improvement, we’ll take… Read More

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Soldier’s Joy

Back in late September I posted a few versions of Soldier’s Joy on this blog. I was watching a bunch of performances of it because I was starting to learn this one on clawhammer banjo. Tonight I recorded a bit of a practice session, so… Read More

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A mycological adventure

A fellow named Jamie commented here at the land of milk & honey….he was interested in finding someone to lead a little mushroom walk at his cottage. I’m no pro-mycologist but I can identify a good number of tasty edibles and quite a few assorted… Read More