Devon's First Youtube Channel

 How exciting!!! Now that Devon is thirteen he's allowed to have his own Youtube channel... so we got busy the other day and made it happen!  On this channel, he'll mostly be sharing his music videos.  He's already posted three videos and there's many more to come... so be sure to support his effort and subscribe to his channel!!

Several months ago, I shared the story about Devon's first song writing experience!

Here's a link to that story...

Story behind the song Hungry Words on the Wind

In the story, I mention how Devon and I were working on a video for this song!

We finally finished the editing process a short while ago... 

and this video is now ready to share with the world!

This is also the first video to be uploaded to his Youtube channel.

Here's the link to this video...

Hungry Words on the Wind - official music video

To see his other videos... and subscribe to his channel...

follow this link...

Devon The Uke Guy - Youtube Channel

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

&

Enjoy you visit to his video collection!!!

Over the last week, Devon has been creating images

to promote his channel on his Snapchat feed...

This is his most recent one.

I'm sharing this just so you can see that Devon is very

dedicated to his channel and he's taking a lot of effort to

make this a success!

Thanks for your support! 

Happy New Year!

I've always enjoyed ceremonies and events designed to usher in peace and love into our world.  As Devon has been growing up, we've created some rather unique moments to do this.  I've shared how the meanings behind these ceremonies are given their strengths depending on how much thought you bring to them.  

With the ending of 2024 upon us, Devon and I decided to create a fun ceremony to usher in 2025...

First, we cut up and chopped up some wood pallets so we could have a nice bonfire.  Bonfires are always more fun with music, so we charged my small portable speaker and downloaded one of Devon's playlists onto my phone.

Next, I had Devon divide a standard 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper into eight pieces.  Using colourful markers, he wrote one word on each piece of paper.  The word that he wrote down described what he wanted to see more of in 2025.  Once the fire was burning well, he would take each piece of paper and say the word aloud before putting into the fire to be burned.

The idea for this is rather simple.  I shared with Devon how energy is transferred onto the piece of paper when he writes the word.  When the paper is then burned, the energy is released into the universe.  When this happens, we have created an opportunity for the energy to come back to our Earth and remanifest itself in creative ways.

It's a little hard to see... cuz it was dark when we enjoyed our bonfire... but in the first photo you can see Devon holding a piece of paper with the word 'peace' printed on it.  The second photo shows this piece of paper as it landed in the fire. One second later and the paper was ablaze... and then... it was time for another piece of paper to be burned!

With so much looming over us as we enter 2025 - wars in over 30 countries around the world, environmental disasters ever increasing, political and social unrest and so many other issues that will be challenging us all in this coming year - it's important to find ways... simple ways... to strengthen our resolve and inspire actions that will allow us to grow and prosper as we move into the future!

Let's have an inspirational 2025... EVERYONE!! 

215

 2024 had been a 'year of completion' for me!  If you scroll down, you'll see that I've recently finished writing and editing my first novel - The Nunavut I Knew!  This was a four year effort!!  You'll also see a post highlighting the completion of a 3' x 3' artwork that took me five years to complete using puzzle pieces as my medium.  Now... I'm proud to showcase my latest artwork, that I just picked up yesterday, that is entitled 215! When you click on the link below you will see how this artwork started several years ago, as well!  I kinda like seeing many of my efforts coming to an end... although their ends are more a beginning if you ask me.  Now that these works are done, I've got to find ways to share them with the world!  I'm about to start looking at finding a publisher for my novel.  My puzzle artwork needs to find a home and 215 is about to begin a journey of it's own, as this story will show...

215

Please enjoy this effort! 

More Than Meets The Eye...

  It recently came to my attention that many people are checking out my website on their phones!  This is great... but this site is created for laptop viewing and many phone users are missing A LOT of content!

I asked one visitor to my site if she had viewed my poetry or video tabs.  She didn't know what I was talking about and it became clear that she thought I only had 5 or 6 posts on this site.  These 5 or 6 posts are what you are now seeing just on my 'home' page.

So... here's how you can access SO MUCH MORE content on this page, if you are using a phone...

If you simply click on the small black arrow that's pointing down on the right side of the small bar that (on my phone) says '(Move to...)' that is located right above the first post... another page will appear with all of my tabs... including 'Art Gallery', 'Video Gallery', 'Poetry Gallery', and soooo much more!

There is literally enough content on this website to entertain and inspire you for days on end!!!

So... have fun investigating all that bitsandpeaces.com has to offer!!! 

Ohhhh... and don't forget to find me on Facebook & Instagram! 

FINALLY DONE!!! Ummmm... almost!

 Many of you know that I've been working on my first novel for quite some time!  It took me two years to write the first draft of The Nunavut I Knew and I've spent the last two years editing it!

I'm very happy to share that I completed this phase of this project just yesterday!!!!

Here is a link to the page I created that tells the story about how this novel came to life... and for fun, I've shared an excerpt from Chapter 1, for your interest!  Please enjoy...

The Making Of... The Nunavut I Knew

FINALLY!!!! DONE!!!!

 

This is a 3'-0" x 3'-0" wood canvas!  

The artwork was created using puzzle pieces!  

This project began in January 2019!!!  

This project was completed on March 8, 2024 at 6:16pm!!!

I am so happy that the finale for this project was such a success!

I've spent the last 4 hours finishing my story and getting

the photos posted so that I can share the entire story with you...

Please enjoy...

Puzzle Artwork by Mr. Jim

Whoot! Whoot!  A fun update...

Until just two hours ago, I have never been able to share a good quality image of this artwork.  All my photos create an image that is not square... mostly because the art is so big that I can't get a decent photo of the art.  A few days ago, I tracked down a photography studio in downtown London, Ontario where they have a scanner that was big enough to handle a 3' x 3' image!  I'm very excited to share this scanned image with you all...

Just click on the link above... to the longest blog story I've ever written... haha... and right at the end of the story you will be able to see the scanned image!

Oh... I've finally figured out a name for this artwork, as well!  I share the title with the scanned image!  Please enjoy...

Make bitsandpeaces.com a 'favourite'

This website is very new and since I have close to 20 years of art, music and stories to share with you, it is easy to realize that many more posts are still to come....

Mark this page as a 'favourite' and visit again and again to see the many inspiring efforts that will fill your heart with love and peace, as we work together to create a better world for future generations!