Katie & Sadie - video

 20190213_103547.mp4

Here is video of Katie & Sadie playing in the snow.

On the road ... to Vancouver!

Took a trip to Vancouver to escape the cold weather in Toronto and ended up being snowed in. ☹  But Katie had a good vacation and enjoyed playing with Sadie.    I'll try to upload a video of Katie and Sadie playing in the snow in the backyard in a separate video.

TTC Song - Paul Stewart

A kind thank-you from Covenant House!

Robin Drysdale, special events co-ordinator at Covenant House Toronto sends this very kind thank-you for Paul's busking contributions last December

Santa Paul wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

 

A Tree Dedication at the Guide Dog Foundation

Paul reading the dedication on
the memorial tree

Smithtown, NY (Nov 19,2013) - On a sunny autumn day, twenty five people gathered to dedicate a tree sponsored by 

paul and partner at the
Guide Dog Foundation

Guide Dog graduate Paul Stewart, to memorialize his three guide dogs ‘C.W. Post’, ‘Harvey’ and ‘Roadie’. 

Paul with his fourth guide dog ‘Partner’ at his side, stood beside the tree he funded and performed a song he wrote and recorded “Home Where Doggies Go”. He wrote this song when his first guide dog, “C.W. Post”, passed away. 

At the end of the ceremony Paul thanked everyone and stated that this was a dream come true for him. He then bent down to the plaque beneath the tree and traced the three names of his guide dogs.

Paul and Partner GSC Benefit Concert

Paul Stewart, along with singer/songwriters Nonie Crete and Eugene Rea performed a free concert at Georgetown Seniors Centre in aid of Georgetown Bread Basket food bank. 

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TAG ALONG PAUL - YouTube

Paul's very own music video has hit the YouTubes!

Paul Stewart and Partner hit the streets of Toronto with a music video for "Tag Along Paul", his tongue-in-cheek song about how his guide dog gets more attention from women than he does.

And a great big thanks to South Bay Productions Ltd for their production work!

Paul Stewart talks about guide dogs

Paul Stewart talks about his guide dogs begins with Paul's eulogy to his first dog, CW Post, and talks about Guide Dog Foundation and sings Home For Doggies. Shot on location in the Laurentian University park in Thunder Bay Ontario, interview by Gareth Evans.

Paul Stewart in Thunderbay 2009

YouTube - Paul Stewart in Thunderbay Ontario

CBC Radio 3 Artist Video - That's What I see

CBC Radio 3 Artist Video: That's What I See

Paul recites his poem "That's what I see" from the album "On The Road of Life", one of several new videos posted to his Radio-3 profile from last summer's interview in Thunder Bay with Gareth Evans

Photo Shoot on Bloor Street

Lisa MacIntosh sends us some great photos of Paul Stewart and Partner on the scene from their busking spot at the Bloor Village:

I have been a friend of Paul's for many years. I frequently watch for him on Bloor Street, share a coffee, and try to capture the man behind the guitar.

Thanks Lisa!

Rhodie (Oct 15, 1995 - Oct 26, 2009)

Just after 12:30 this afternoon, at his home in Sauble Beach, guidedog.org graduate Rhodie passed on peaceably from this world to the place where all good doggies go. Rhodie was 14 years old

A thoughtful tribute

Our many thanks to Ms.B.Alderson of Campbellville Ontario!  Received a note today from the Guide Dog Foundation of "A Thoughful Tribute to Honor Paul 'Tagalong' Stewart & Peanut", an expression of best wishes in a contribution sent on to the foundation after the Georgetown show. Thanks so much!

Anyone else wanting to support Paul and partner in his Road of Life fundraiser is welcome to contact The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc in Smithtown New York and make a pledge!

Rocky road for Tagalong

Mike Strobel | Toronto Sun:

"Ahh, guitar in hand, prairie wind in his hair, salt spray in his face, northern forests murmuring in his ear. A glorious adventure. A bounty of material for his next CD.

No such luck. The Road of Life ends in Cornerbrook. 'I was real discouraged, Mike,' he tells me yesterday at his regular haunt, Joe's Pastizzi Plus on Dundas St. W.

'It was a strange feeling, standing in a strange city, not knowing anyone, not knowing where I was going.'

So he and Peanut hop a flight home to their usual busking doorway on Bloor St. near Windermere. 'I thought you were going across Canada,' the first local says.

'I tried,' says Paul.

But hold the phone, cowboy. The dream is not moribund. Just morphed ..."

Fwd: Letter to the editor

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ken Baker
Date: Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:12 AM
To: "McGhie, John" http://independentfreepress.com, Jamie Smith http://haltonhills.ca

Thank You

A small, but appreciative audience attended the "Gone To The Dogs" fundraiser in support of visually-impaired musician Paul Stewart and his guide dog Peanut, held on September 30^th. At the Halton Hills Cultural Centre. To those that attended, a heart-felt thank you on behalf of myself, Paul and Peanut. You made him feel welcome in Georgetown and you have made his cross-Canada Road of Life Tour a little less bumpy. Special thanks also go out to Jamie Smith, manager of the Halton Hills Cultural Centre www.haltonhills.ca/theatre,  musician Nonie Crete www.nonie.ca and her daughter Kathleen, as well as Toronto Sun columnist Mike Strobel, for your willingness participate.

To follow Paul and Peanut on their odyssey to raise awareness and funds for The Guide Dog Foundation For The Blind visit: www.paulstewart.blogspot.com

Once again……Thank You, one and all. Ken Baker

Thunder Bay Interview

Songwriter and busker Paul Stewart and his Guide Dog in Thunder Bay - interviewed by Gareth Evens:

Off to Thunder Bay

Hear 'Thunder Bay' and 'The TTC Song' at CBC Radio3!

Paul Stewart and Partner are setting out tomorrow on a return to Thunder Bay, taking their cross-Canada busking fundraiser tour for the guide dogs to one of the best places to busk in all of Northern Ontario -- by the way, if Sudbury or Timmins thinks otherwise about that claim, they can invite the tour up over there to test it out!

In other news, the Guidedog.org fundraising has now topped $500!

Back at the tour schedule, touchdown should be sometime after noon Wednesday so you can watch for Paul and Partner on the streets of the twin cities for the next 10 days or so, and be sure to ask about the souvenier edition Thunder Bay Song EP/CD with Paul's Toronto Transit (TTC) 'Better Way' Song.

Dream On Dreamer

Dream on dreamer.
Dream on and on.
If you do not dream,
All hope will be gone.

Dream on dreamer,
Dream of success that will be yours to-morrow.
Forget the years of heartache and sorrow.

Dream on dreamer.
Dream of happy years that lie ahead.
Forget the memories that you dread.

Dream on dreamer.
Dream of lending a helping hand,
To a needy child, woman,
Or a needy man.

Dream on dreamer.
Dream on and on what ever you do.
Dreams at least give you hope.
Hope that someday your dreams will come true.

Blind busker helping dog guides

Owen Sound Sun Times Denis Langlois writes:

"Blind busker Paul Stewart often gets lost.

The thing is, he enjoys it. The 55-year-old Torontonian,

who spent yesterday afternoon playing his guitar for spare change on a bench in downtown Owen Sound, is touring cities across Canada to raise money for the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides. (sic) [ Note: Paul is actually raising funds for Guidedog.org, not the Lions - gm ]

With nary a map nor directions, Stewart said he and his guide dog Partner frequently get lost as they travel alone on unfamiliar city streets.

'I like getting lost. It's a good way to meet people,' he said in an interview.He said he often relies on friendly townsfolk to point him to the right location, which could be a busy downtown street corner, a bus station or hotel.

Stewart has raised $300 so far on his busking tour, after stops in Newfoundland and Ontario. Half the money is donated to the Guide Dog Foundation.

"I've always maintained what goes around comes around," he said.

The remainder is used to pay his travel expenses.

Stewart said while he likes to hit cities where he has a free place to stay, he sometimes has to sleep in hotels.

While in the Owen Sound area, Stewart is staying with friends Gary and May Murphy of Sauble Beach, who have his former guide dog, Rhodie."