All posts by “Eugene Knapik

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Off the Grid

Episode 104 of The Agency Podcast is up. Listen right here or find it at all the good podcast places. Nomadland, Berries in dessert, monster movie and other stories.Thanks for listening. Please let us know what you think – email us anytime. Special thanks to… Read More

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Birds out Back

We have house sparrows, starlings and chickadees nesting in the birdhouses out back (and up front too). We haven’t seen the next but a pair of cardinals has been hanging out in the same part of one of the spruces for some time. We can… Read More

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A fiddle gem…

I’ve been listening to a great deal of fiddle music these days. I think if you’re trying to learn an instrument it’s really helpful to immerse yourself in the music. This afternoon I stumbled into this little fiddle gem on the YouTube, the Yvon Thibault… Read More

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Biscuit-time

The robins alerted us that the Saskatoons (AKA Serviceberries) on the big bush out front are ripening. One at a time they fly in, land on a branch, pull a berry off the stem and fly off. Those birds know a good thing when it… Read More

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Missing Story & Ms. Bigelow

Listen to the latest Agency Podcast, episode 104, right here or find it at all the good podcast places. This week: special guest, Assistant Professor Cultural Studies, John Vanderheide charms the agents with his insights into pop culture. Eugene muses about upcoming canoe trip and… Read More

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Tired of Moving Stones? Walk Away

What do the movies Vertigo and Mulholland Drive have in common? How do you make Nuoc mam? Does the term “totalitarian agriculture” bother you? Or do you prefer “dominant economy”? We read a letter from a listener and we contemplate the contemplative life. All that… Read More