Once upon a time, dusters were made of feathers, but these days they are made of some kind of miracle plastic crap that apparently attracts dust. I know this because there is one sitting in a bucket near my fly tying station. I barely noticed… Read More
The latest edition of the Lazy Allen Stories is up. It’s called Wildcat. I hope you enjoy it.
One way I know I’ve completed a series of paintings and I’m ready to move on to a new set is that I start thinking about doing a studio clean-up and re-organization. This is that time. I have a small studio in the basement of… Read More
Here’s Little Miss Higgens and the Winnipeg 5
I don’t know what the Chinese Mall is called. I never noticed. It sits on the east side of Dixie Road, south of the Gateway postal plant, south of the funeral home and the BMW dealership. There is an assortment of businesses. If you’re looking… Read More
Some of you will recall my Parking Sweepstakes Part 1 post. I have another installment today. On the way home from work I had to stop to pick up some food for the partners and also had to visit Silver Lion Framing. These Long Branch… Read More
Bathroom reno continues. When the south wall came off, it revealed some curious artifacts. These were part of an old window. They hung along the sides and must have been used as ballast to make the window function smoothly. When the old window was replaced,… Read More
This morning more trees are being removed from the west side of Twenty Seventh Street. I was out at the gym and when I returned, the middle of the three trees across the street at #4 was down and a climber was up in the… Read More
Today is cool but the sun is warm, and strangely, there is a break in the incessant construction activity next door and across the street. No forklifts, no generators, no saws, dump trucks, cement mixers, nada. I’m at home this week, enjoying my remaining vacation… Read More
Every year at this time we make up a batch of coffee can paska. We don’t do all the fancy braids on the top of the crust and we bake our Easter bread in old coffee cans which we use over and over again, a… Read More
27th Street 