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Listening and quite enjoying THIS, right now!

"2003" !!!!

Performed in the middle of Augusta Ave in Kensington Market, Toronto. Playing continuously and loudly for 45 minutes, they angering some but delighting most!

Caged Brats /// cafe80s

I just discovered cafe80s radio station, and it feels just about perfect for right about now.

CAGED BRATS = Tom Cops!

DAVY

This little treasure was only 25 cents (from Owl's Nest)!

Owl's Nest, Fredericton

One of the best, most chaotic and interesting used bookstores I've ever visited --------- owlsnest-bookstore.com

Cottage Projects.

Getting back into photography and film projects. It feels right.

Actually this is my very first time shooting super 8. I have two cameras that I purchased from suburban thrift stores as a teenager in the 90s and never used them. Then a little while ago I discovered a roll of unused (and most likely very expired, though there is no date to be seen) film. It was time, after all this time!

As for the results, we shall see.

SKIN: the seduction of surface // Mosom Maskwa - Pawakan (Grandfather Bear - Spirit-Guides) // On a Path to Learning: Early Nova Scotian Women Artists

[More from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia]

I nearly slipped on the floor near the front desk, my loafers were wet from the rain outside. It was a Thursday evening, free entry. Grey and rainy outside and perfect to be wandering alone inside the gallery on such a night.

At the gift shop I asked the lady if we could unwrap the plastic from a particular book on street art. I admit, I wanted to see inside because the author had a Finnish name. Turned out the book was mediocre, and I didn't purchase it though I felt obliged to.

SKIN:

Mosom Maskwa - Pawakan:

On a Path to Learning:

I love samplers and this one is disintegrating which makes it all the more lovely.

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I am currently on a little trip in Eastern Canada. On a rainy night last week in Halifax, I visited the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. One of the ongoing Exhibitions is "Show of Hands" - a collection of Nova Scotian folk art, and look at how great these are:

I find them incredibly strange and endearing:

Sales low, fun day.

It's true! I only sold one zine at Zine Dream last Sunday. But not to worry, the day was great fun. Thanks to Sarah Pinder for being my table buddy. And Shari for visiting and being incredibly amusing, as usual :)

Plus I'm super excited about what's going on over with these folks: paperpusher.ca - beautiful work.

Our table:

Random shot:

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