Episode 104 of The Agency Podcast is up. Listen right here or find it at all the good podcast places.
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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 watch the birds bring food to their young and the little ones straining forward to get the first morsel. Next will be flight school before the juveniles go off on their own.
Junior Brown.
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 Breakdown with Danny Perreault on fiddle and Yvon Thibault on guitar, recorded at Pembroke in 2009.
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 presents itself.
I don’t mind sharing with the robins. There are plenty to go around. I picked a bowl this morning and whipped up the first Saskatoon biscuits of the season. We’ll also enjoy them with morning cereal over the next week or two.
There are different varieties of Serviceberry and some have better berries than others. I’m not sure which variety we have out front but I can say the berries are great! They are super-easy to grow and they are not fussy plants.
Not long after the Saskatoons are finished, the blackberries will start ripening out back. This season that plant has grown significantly and it’s starting a very heavy fruiting. Little things like picking berries for breakfast or lettuce and chard and kale and onions and herbs and tomatoes for a salad make me very happy.
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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 canoe recollections. The agents get two letters from a listener. Candy makes secret bread and is horrified not about a serial killer but about the Toronto cops failure to see through a manipulator.
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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 and ice cream!
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Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers. The dancing in this video is over-the-top fantastic!
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