Welcome to Words on a wing, a space to put my thoughts and ideas out there, a place I call a lost and found for people on the edge of the night, where you’ll find photographs, and the words inspired by them and by the journey of a creative… on the edge of the night.
“I hope words will come
to write in this space...
words, when read,
will bring a smile
to your face.”
Welcome to Words on a wing, a space to put my thoughts and ideas out there, a place I call a lost and found for people on the edge of the night, where you’ll find photographs, and the words inspired by them and by the journey of a creative… on the edge of the night.
“I hope words will come
to write in this space...
words, when read,
will bring a smile
to your face.”
OH MY! This is a real treat… though deemed a walk down a jazzier path, this 2nd solo outing from The Pretenders lead vocalist is far more than that. As Chrissie Hynde says in the liner notes, “… jazz is something I grew up around (thanks to my bro) and
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It’s David Bowie’s birthday January 8th and isn’t this a lovely birthday surprise! It’s been announced that ‘ChangesNowBowie’ will be released on Record Store Day on April 18th, 2020, my birthday!! And beginning today six previously unreleased rarities from David’s archive called “Is It Any Wonder?” will be released in
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You may first think of me as someone who loves the music of David Bowie, but… did you know I also love the work of J.R.R. Tolkien? I first read the Hobbit in the early ‘70s, around the same time I became a Bowie fan, what can I say, I
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Day Four of Ottawa CityFolk for me this year included Lucy Dacus, Dawes and Robert Plant, all on the City Stage. Highlight of the day and the whole festival was definitely Robert Plant! Enjoy this selection of photos from the show. Click here to view the entire gallery or enjoy
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Day One of Ottawa CityFolk for me this year included The Once and Larkin Poe on the Ravenlaw Stage. Enjoy this selection of photos from the show. Click here to view the entire gallery or enjoy a fullscreen slideshow experience. Click on the category or tag links below to view
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The Red Arrows flying their Hawk T1 jets were at AERO Gatineau-Ottawa air show along with Spitfires and other fighter aircraft and trainers from Vintage Wings of Canada and Collings Foundation and some solo aerobatics by Rick Volker in his Sukhoi 26. Enjoy this selection of photos from the show.
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I only went to 3 days of Ottawa Bluesfest this year, on Day Four I saw Christina Martin, James, Psychedelic Furs, Ashley MacIsaac and The Killers Enjoy this selection of photos from the show. Click here to view the entire gallery or enjoy a fullscreen slideshow experience. Click on the
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July 20th and a beautiful sunny but hot day at Britannia Park which is full of British Cars for All British Car Day in Ottawa. This year they were featuring the Mini… and they were lined up for all to see along with many other venerable British cars! Enjoy this
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I was nominated over on Facebook by a lovely friend of mine from back in my record store days in the ‘80s at A&B Sound in Vancouver, to post 11 days of the most influential albums in my life! Some of these will be simple, “great album – how could it
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I bought this used record today. I lost a lot of my records in a flood back in 1980, and this was one of them. I had replaced it on CD years later, but now I have it on vinyl again, and it was pure pleasure listening to it tonight.
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