Sunshiny morning with Mr. Toby! Still waiting for warmer weather, but sunshine is a good start.

Cold and gloomy walk this morning. Summer's just around the corner! At least that's what I keep telling myself...

Long weekend over, back to work. Nice sunny walk with the pup this morning though.

Good morning! Visited the bee box this morning with the dogs

Turned into a nice evening after a rather stormy afternoon.

I'm sorry to break it to you but if your banjo has 6 strings it's a guitar

Martin, Gibson, Fender, Taylor, Washburn, Gretsch

Good morning!

Good morning, magnolia!

Good morning! This morning's dog walk brought me to this factory, looking ominous in the cloudy sunrise.

I bought a 2TB SSD drive in May 2025 for $223. I looked at the price of the same one today and it's $647 Is 3x the price for the same product a sign of a good economy?

We can have this but we can't have speed cameras that actually have a positive impact?

Everything is just so unbelievably stupid. You should watch the video though, I certainly didn't guess who's behind this shit show.

I never really thought of myself as a gear guy, but I worry I'm starting to catch the fever. 🪕🎤

Up in Owen Sound tonight for a show. The Barrel Boys on stage now doing sound check. This is a very cool spot!

My guitar smells like camp fires. I'm okay with that, that can stay.

New video out today! I sing this one. It's Across the Great Divide by Kate Wolf. youtu.be/RtTXVrh3IJY?...

The Waterloo Region Women's Campaign School is back for 2026! Day 1 is May 2nd, free and open to any woman in Waterloo Region thinking about municipal office. If you know someone who should be there, share this with them. #ElectWomen #WRcouncil www.eventbrite.ca/e/day-1-nomi...

New video from Onion Honey today! We love trains, we do not love highway 401. youtu.be/vXzTIq0uH_k

Okay maybe the marketing for this band has gone too far

I think a band should do everything they're comfortable with to get their music in front of as many people as possible. If you don't like a band's methods then you shouldn't be their fan. I think this whole thing is actually really simple and we sure are talking a lot about the bird people

I don't know why I'm still thinking about this, but in the context of today, I don't know that anybody would have gone to these lengths to save these survivors. The ship that was closest to the Titanic didn't hear the SOS call, but Carpathia did. Their whole crew AND all the passengers ....

Well it's Ruination Day again, time to share our song about the Carpathia - the ship that came to the rescue the survivors of the Titanic youtu.be/dD83s9DfLFg

Locally sourced music... sort of. If you're in Toronto today and looking for a dry place to hang out, we're playing at The Local until 5pm. Folk / Bluegrass / Shenanigans

I got distinctly different glasses several months ago and not a soul has noticed in all this time 🥸

Back in the studio again, this time with the full band for a new single. Oooooooh

Good morning. "How hard could it be" syndrome is feeling ready to set in again. That itch for a new project just gets unbearable sometimes.

Back in the studio to pet the dog. I guess we might record some music too while we're here. If there's time.

A nice sunrise on the morning walk really does do a lot to set the mood for the day. I'm off to the studio tonight to re-record a couple of tracks for our instrumental album. I went into it with the idea that we do what we have to do be happy with it, and here we are! 🪕

Feeling curmudgeonly

It's a 'very complete' disaster and the chaos and harm is 'just the beginning'. You *could* say both

I'm sorry everyone, a couple weeks ago, I said to myself: "there's no way things can get any more fucked up than this" And well, the universe loves a joke

What are the chances... I bought new studio gear yesterday, and then today I got the first message on AirGigs in like a year. Lesson learned: buy more gear

The incoming barrage of fake AI war videos is going to be intense

Carney's "Great idea Mr T!" tweet getting ratioed hard, bsky gets it

The dog got out this morning, fun to chase him around the block in my slippers.. fell on my face in the snow. How did your day start?

I truly don't know what to think about this sort of video: the whole time they're talking about the real harms happening, and fears for the future about AI, and then at the end she says she's bought in hook, line, and sinker and uses it constantly. How do you reconcile that? youtu.be/iitq4Zrphdk?...

We have to stop giving people that always operate in bad faith the benefit of the doubt.

Moving my computer for a new case. It's going to be a dusty evening.

Back in the studio for some final touches (and pets)

I think there was a big shift in content when we decided that we should make what 'the algorithm' liked instead of what *people* liked

It still feels novel to buy weed with my credit card 🤷‍♂️

Back at the House of Miracles doing some recording (and petting the dog, obvs)

To celebrate groundhog day, here's a song we put out a few years ago featuring our (now passed) band dogs called The Long Winter Blues. My John Prine-iest song to date. youtu.be/xdeTgIXXdcM?...

Today's venue is the Dundas Folklore Centre (slash museum)! This should be a lovely time!

Nice sunrise this morning

Tonight's venue is Shortfinger Brewing in Kitchener! Playing with my other band, brand new folk punk sensation Delaware River Runoff Crabs

Tonight's venue is the Boathouse in Kitchener. We're playing from 7-10, come on out if you're in the area. It's nice and warm (inside)

Remember BlackBerry OS? Feeling nostalgic for the Canadian tech giant no particular reason www.blackberry.com/en

I love the initial part of booking tours - figuring out the path, finding the venues you're going to pitch, reaching out to all of them... Then there's the waiting. For replies, for confirmations, finding places to sleep, actually making profit...