I’m looking forward to hearing all of David Ford’s new album, due out soon. I first heard his song “I Don’t Care What You Call Me” from his previous CD, “I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I’ve Caused” on a Paste Magazine CD sampler, and immediately bought his whole CD and the singles associated with it. It’s a rare treat for me to find a CD I enjoy so much!
Did you ever stare into a fire late at night, and see images form in the flames and burning wood? Sometimes it happens looking at the clouds. Sometimes that’s how it is looking into my paintings. Tonight I was at the neighbors’ and they were burning some brush and old wood. A certain nut on a bolt through a burning piece of wood looked like a cross from where we sat on the damp ground.
photo by Madeline
When I was a little kid living in Ferndale, Michigan, I really wanted to catch a squirrel. I set up a box, propped up by a stick with a string on it, and baited it with peanut butter on a popsicle stick. My plan was to wait until a squirrel ate the peanut butter, and then pull the stick out, capturing the animal under a cardboard box. What I thought I’d do next, I dont’ know. But it never got that far. So lately, I’ve been trapping these little critters in my yard here in Northern Minnesota. In the last two weeks, I’ve caught 8 squirrels, 6 chipmunks, 5 mice and two birds. I drive them a few miles up the shore and release them. I guess this is a childhood dream come true, but now I just don’t want them around.
I’ll be on the air from 7-10 pm tonight with Madeline joining me in the studio from 7-8:30. To webstream it, just go to http://www.wtip.org and click on the moose.
This is one of Jeffrey’s photos on display in the Timouth Gallery.
My paintings can currently be seen at:
Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery, Grand Marais, MN
Betsy Bowen Gallery, Grand Marais, MN
Chez Jude, Grand Marais, MN
Angry Trout Cafe, Grand Marais, MN
The Pie Place, Grand Marais, MN
Wild Onion, Grand Marais, MN
Coho Cafe, Tofte, MN
Last Chance Gallery, Lutsen, MN
Red Mug Coffee House/Art Gallery, Superior, WI
Timouth Gallery, Grand Marais, MN
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