Sheila came across a watercolour today called Ron’s New Balance & Sock she made back in 1995. Join me in my time machine and I’ll tell you about what we were doing when she painted it. The Ron in the title is our old friend… Read More
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Lynda Sinclair
Hi Lynda, Tuffy P writing tonight. Maybe angels can read posts -maybe they can’t. I figure you might get this. Two nights before you left us, on Sunday – I dreamed you were in a big school bus. I was far away in the school… Read More
The Catio is Open!
For a few years we’ve been talking about making a cat enclosure or “catio” to give our indoor cats a chance to enjoy some fresh air and a challenging new environment. Well now it’s finally happening. The catio is an enclosure attached to our back… Read More
Peninsula – back to the movies
We went out to see a movie tonight. We wore masks in the theatre. There were just a few people at this screening and we were seated far apart. I felt quite comfortable and safe. It was really good to get out of the house.… Read More
Lobster Season (Hypomyces lactifluorum that is)
I love the strange-looking mushrooms we call lobsters. They’re actually not a species of mushroom at all, but the result of a fungal attack. A cup fungus attacks certain host mushrooms, turning them scarlet red and contorting them. The host mushrooms – there are 2… Read More
Go with Vox
Last night I won 4/5 games online. I’ve been giving 2 stones and receiving 6.5 komi. In July we played 42 games and I had a 62% win rate. Vox has consistently been a territorial player. That is, he tries to take early cash and… Read More
Studio Snapshot: UPG (Universal Poetry Generator)
The Universal Poetry Generator is a 2-panel painting, oil on canvas. Each panel is 24X24″.
Out on the Street: Special Bonus episode of The Agency Podcast with social activist Andy Thayer
For those of you who have already gobbled up this week’s episode of The Agency, we have a bonus episode this week. First we chitchat for a bit then move into an interview Candy did recently with social activist Andy Thayer. You can listen here… Read More
The Old Man and Jack Shadbolt

Birds out Back
This morning while I was enjoying my granola, I watched 2 pair of cardinals out back, along with several house finches, a chickadee, a few red-winged blackbirds along with the resident colony of house sparrows. I left to get a filling replaced at the dentist,… Read More