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Oct. 30, 2023

33/65 – What Do The Wingham Town Hall, The United Way & The MUDMEN Have In Common?

’ve played countless shows there over the years and made some incredible memories with a lot of really special people and some incredible artists. Wingham was incorporated as a town in 1879, and the Town Hall opened in 1890. I wasn’t abl…

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Oct. 23, 2023

32/65 – Getting To Know All About You ~ With Ally Anderson

This week’s podcast was less about a recent adventure and more of a retrospective on us (Boomer & Milli)   We loved having our friend Alecia Anderson take over the pod and interview us but we weren’t sure what to do fo…

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Oct. 16, 2023

31/65 – Give A Little Bit – The 22nd Annual CKNX Healthcare Heroes Radiothon

We’ve said it a lot over the years … If we all give a little … we all get a lot. I think sometimes we can hear something so often that we don’t really hear it after a while. We NEED to keep hearing those words. None of us w…

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Oct. 9, 2023

30/65 – Gratitude

We’re a little behind on the photoblogs. Life got a little crazy with a wedding reception and all that goes with it but we’re hoping better late than never. Last weekend we celebrated Thanksgiving with a conversation on the podcast abou…

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Oct. 2, 2023

29/65 – All My Life’s A Circle – Benmiller Inn & Spa

It’s hard to believe that, though I performed in the lounge there for 12 years, it’ now been 27 years since I last sang at beautiful Benmiller Inn. I will be forever grateful for the people I met and the memories I made in that wonderfu…

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Sept. 25, 2023

28/65 – ‘Till The Cows Come Holme – Family & Farming At Heather Holme Holsteins

“Farming isn’t for everyone; but hay, it’s in my jeans”. I first knew Glen McNeil as my best pal’s Uncle when I was a kid growing up on Mary Street in Goderich. My buddy Neil often invited me to his grandparents fa…

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Sept. 18, 2023

27/65 – Walkerton Run4Health

This blog is actually for the podcast we posted last week (Sept 18th) We decided that rather than post pics from past runs, we would wait until after the event to post current pics … sooo here are a few shots from our adventure to Walkerton y…

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Sept. 11, 2023

26/65 – Jamie Warren – One Step Back

I met Jamie Warren first in …. 1980? I think? It was a looooong time ago. He’s often regarded as the most awarded independent country artist in Canada (Junos, CCMAs, OCMAs). In his more than 40-year career he has released 63 singles, m…

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Sept. 4, 2023

25/65 – The Art Of Teaching

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” ~ Albert Einstein We are beyond grateful for the teachers in our lives who poured their hearts and souls into planting the seeds in our hearts an…

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Aug. 28, 2023

24/65 – Bottled Poetry – Hessenland Inn & Schatz Winery

One of my favourite quotes about wine comes from Robert Louis Stevenson who once said,  “Wine is bottled poetry.” Many would have a hard time arguing with that and recent years have seen Midwestern Ontario making some great verse of…

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