There are 5 stories in this book. Longer short stories? Long stories. I’m not sure what to call them. Chronologically, they occur prior to the novels and they include Wallander’s first case, when he was a uniformed officer who wanted to be a detective. Although… Read More
Let’s take a whirl-wind tour…. From Texas, let’s visit the Dominican Republic for some Merengue Tipico …and now to Portugal …and on to Scotland and finally to Louisiana and Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds performing Johnny Ma Cabrille
Today I donned a pair of rubber gloves, sliced up Arno’s habaneros, and set them up in my handy dehydrator (I took the photo before placing the lid on the device). They should be dry by tomorrow evening. Although I didn’t eat one, I believe… Read More
My visit to the dentist this morning turned out to be quick and easy. He cleaned up the crown and cleaned up the base, and cemented the crown back on, just so.
I’m posting the following video for my button accordion student Elliot. This clip starts out with Mr. Hibbs performing Mussels in the Corner and then The Leaving of Liverpool, two tunes Elliot plays pretty well. Looking back in the fullness of time, Mr. Hibbs looked… Read More
I’m off work this coming week. This is your basic stay at home R&R kind of vacation. I have few plans, although there is the matter of a few items on the job list I have been ignoring. The whole business got off to a… Read More
Tonight’s Daily Dose continues on the “around the world” theme but this time there are no accordions. My good friend East Texas Red sent along a link to this video, which is available on the YouTube machine.
Here’s an assortment of nice button accordion performances from all over the place I dug up on the YouTube machine. Let’s start with a Norwegian player named Øystein Nicolaisen. And now over to Ireland with a performance by Conor Keane. And to Newfoundland…Danny Benoit and… Read More
My friend Arno came by today with a basket of beautiful habaneros from his garden. I’ll be slicing these in half and drying them in the handy dehydrator I also use for drying wild mushrooms. Then I’ll grind them up in a coffee grinder. Arno… Read More
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