I scrubbed my kitchen floor today and, as always, it looks exactly the same now as it did before I scrubbed it. I scrub on my hands and knees because I don’t think one can really clean a floor with a mop, unless one is not wearing their glasses. Without glasses, the kitchen floor looks pure [...]
Just an early word about our fall dates…. October 19th @ the Carleton. Last time we were there, we did two great nights and we really glad to see so many people. The Carleton is about the greatest little listening rooms I’ve played. And you can eat and drink. Well, I can’t (guitar in the [...]
Her name is Serena. I’m not overly fond of her voice, but I’m obliged to listen to it if I want to stay out of travel trouble. I’m used to her now, having accompanied her on many forays into unknown territory. In unfamiliar regions, with hard deadlines to honour, Serena’s the gal. Some are not as [...]
Our great guitarist and all round wonderful guy offered up this travel tip. It may be one of the best I’ve heard in some time. It is: in hotels, slip the remote control into a ziplock bag to avoid the bugs left behind by previous guests. Very good tip. Thank you, Clarence Deveau.
We’re in the Calgary airport, departing for Saskatoon very soon. At least, we hope so. Some question about whether our luggage will arrive with us. Perhaps it will be two hour Q@A I think this is Day 10, not Day 9. Some confusion on my part, owing to my numbers phobia.
Bragg Creek. In many of these community arts centres, volunteers figure prominently in making the shows happen. They’re cheerful, enthusiastic, helpful. They sell CDs, make food appear in dressing rooms, attend to your comfort- they are the lifeblood of the venues. Bragg Creek is outstanding…in fact, all of our Alberta dates have been smooth and [...]
Cochrane – one of the good ones. These folks in Southern Alberta are friendly and easy- going. Another great audience, great presenter, and really good hospitality. Kind of lost track of what day of the week it is, but it’s all good, no matter the day. I guess my show at the Carleton was erroneously [...]
Over another few mountain tops and we were in Kelowna. Great theatre, the Kelowna Arts Centre. These good venues make it so much easier to relax on stage. Have to say, Raylene and Cindy are singing like angels, and I’m singing like an admirer of Raylene and Cindy. I’m a hanger on for dear life [...]
What a great time on Salt Spring. It left us with about four hours sleep to make the early ferry, but we’re holding up. After we dock, there’s a five hour drive to Kelowna. It will be a breeze after the drives from Airdrie to Rossland, Rossland to Salt Spring. But what drives they were. [...]
A long but spectacular drive yesterday. Arrived very late, missed dinner, ate some ill-advised food on the ferry. I say ill-advised food because if someone told it that someday it could become food, they were wrong. Nice drive out to Ruckles Provincial Park, and a very refreshing walk by the ocean. Saw an otter in [...]
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