We live between 2 really special parks. East of Twenty Third Street, there is Colonel Sam Smith Park, and west of Forty first Street, there is Marie Curtis Park and the Arsenal Lands, which I visited today. I saw the highlight of my walk as… Read More
There is a time-honoured tradition in Canada of loading up omnibus budget bills with all kinds of legislation the government of the day wants to quietly sneak through. The Ford government here in Ontario included proposed changes to the Conservation Authorities Act in their recent… Read More
What are you reading these days? I’m just starting The Pigeon Tunnel, John Le Carre’s memoir. My co-host on The Agency Podcast, Candy Minx, is reading it as well and we’ll be discussing it on the podcast once we’re both finished. Perhaps you’d like to… Read More
Townes…..
I’ve been listening to some of Earl Johnson’s music on YouTube. Earl Johnson was a fiddler from Georgia. He had a couple bands, the Dixie Entertainers and the Clodhoppers. Mr. Johnson only recorded until 1931 but continued to perform right into the 60s. He passed… Read More
Champion Jack Dupree. You have to have a lot of confidence to call yourself Champion.
The Edmund Fitzgerald the Witch of November took down the Edmund Fitzgerald….. let’s listen to Gordon Lightfoot
The new episode of The Agency Podcast is now available. Listen to Dangerous Rivers here or find it at all the good places. At The Agency, we talk about all aspects of arts and culture. Today’s episode goes from cakes and cookies in the Comfort… Read More
Every day in the park is unique. Sure, there are those extraordinary days when you see unexpected birds, or many species of birds, or perhaps a coyote or a fox. Other days you might just see the usual suspects and that’s ok too. Today we’re… Read More
It was such a lovely afternoon so we packed up the Partners and drove over to Lambton Woods for a walk along the river and through the woods. We weren’t the only people taking advantage of the unseasonably beautiful weather. There were plenty of walkers,… Read More
27th Street 