The Nunavut I Knew

 

I was fooling around with an idea that popped into my head, a short while ago, and had some fun creating this image for the cover of my soon to be published novel, The Nunavut I Knew. I doubt that the actual cover will look like this when my novel is published... but I thought that this would be a good way to begin this story.

This novel is about my adventures as an artist when I traveled to Rankin Inlet in 2006.  I had some peculiar adventures when I went trekking through the tundra, I was a radio DJ for an afternoon, I hosted a community Earth Day celebration and I had a couple of inspiring afternoons teaching my Art For Earth environmental art workshops for a handful of Rankin's youths.

I am now in my fifth year working on this effort.  It took me two years to write this novel and another two years editing it.  Last October, I decided that it was time to get a professional editor involved to smooth out the wrinkles in my writing and help me along the process of getting this novel published.  My editor is awesome!  I am very glad that she is working with me on this journey.

Just recently, my editor completed the first edit run through and we are soon to begin the next phase in this publishing adventure!

So... here are a couple of links that you may find of interest...

This first link is to another page on this website where I share how this novel got started.  At the end of that story, I share an excerpt from Chapter 1.

The Nunavut I Knew - In The Beginning

This link is to a short Youtube video that was published during my stay in Nunavut.  The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) came to my community Earth Day event and put together this story to share with its viewers.  Boy... I sure do look a lot younger! Haha!

My IBC News Interview

I am hoping that my novel will be published and available for purchase by this fall. I'll look forward to sharing more updates as this adventure in publishing continues.....

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! 

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 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!!!

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 a short while 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...

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! 

Really??? We're Fighting Fascism in 2025??? What The Heck?

 Be The Change

... is one of the tabs you can see at the top of this page. In this section you will find many stories about some of the events I have been involved in... or organized... over the last many years, where I try to bring peace, love and understanding to the world. It's a big job!!

You will also notice that the last few entries into this section of my webpage have all happened recently... in 2025! Since the leader of the US Republican party (I will not give his name and girth on my webpage) took office, the world has witnessed a shocking transformation... to say the least! Most recently, we have witnessed the bombing of a boat in international waters where the US military is testing its powers of authoritarianism to see if we will sit idly by allowing these actions to go unchecked! In just the last few days, we've seen this dictatorship take even further steps to stifle free speech!

People all over the world are feeling betrayed and desperate because we don't know what to do about this very important matter! You will see that my stories begin with events that I have been involved in since January. The first story shares how I was able to inspire friends, neighbours and people from around the globe to simply show support for one of his first victims... Reverend Mariann Budde.

1 Postcard A Day For 10 Days

Then... just a few weeks later... as March quickly approached... you will see a story filled with many links, videos and news reports about how I and a small handful of people organized London, Ontario, Canada's Tesla Takedown peaceful protests. Wow! That's a lot of people who don't like fascists!

Tesla Takedown Peaceful Protests Against Fascism - London, Ontario

Nearing the end May, I got involved in a wave of Canadian protests that took place on June 14th... the NO KINGS marches! I was asked to lead the march and just before this happened, Devon performed a protest song on his ukulele. 

Then I was involved for several months to speak out against our own far-right political party, The CPC (Conservative Party of Canada) as Pierre Poilievre sought re-election after high-jacking an easy win seat in the prairies. 

And now... my most recent actions have been involved in inspiring others to bring the money-men to their knees by boycotting Disney and other television/movie streaming services! The US is now taking many actions to take our freedom of speech from us and this is something that will surely lead to chaos across the US if allowed to happen.

Boycott Disney - Save Freedom of Speech

It has been a busy year for me... but not as busy as tens of millions of Americans who are DAILY taking to the streets to protest against the fascism that is rising throughout their country! I applaud their efforts!!

So... here is that link again... to the section of my webpage where you can see... and be inspired by actions to make this world a better place. If you have not gotten involved in any actions yet... I hope that these stories will motivate you to realize that complacency and ignorance are tools of the fascists and that by doing nothing you are helping them win!

Be The Change

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!