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Monthly Archives April 2018

Music Monday – “Just make your friends/While you’re still young/Before you can’t see through/Anyone.”

“Trick Rider” – Gord Downie

¶ Posted 30 April 2018 § Canada § Family § MusicMonday § Pace § PopCulture § Sasha § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, parents

25 Random Thoughts For @SaskBookAwards 25th Anniversary #sba25 #saskbookawards

Tonight was the 25th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Book Awards so, as someone who first attended in 1997, has been at probably 15-20 of those ceremonies and has also served SBA in a variety of capacities from board member to gala volunteer to web site designer to A/V switcher, I thought it’d be fun to […]

¶ Posted 29 April 2018 § List § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, history, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Another @SaskBookAwards Gala Is In The Books

More thoughts tomorrow (maybe even 25 of them?)

¶ Posted 28 April 2018 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

First Sign of Spring (Literally)

For some it’s robins. Most depart south by the end of August and begin to return north in February and March (exact dates vary with latitude and climate). For others, it’s crocuses. Crocuses typically appear shortly after the snow melts, sometime around April 1st-21st. Blooms only last for two weeks, so the window to see […]

¶ Posted 27 April 2018 § Family § Humour § Randomness § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Moving Home (Dec 20, 2006)

A selection of the boxes we shipped home from Ontario after I completed my MLIS…

¶ Posted 26 April 2018 § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, ontario

Opinion Piece: “On Getting Punched In The Face While Working At The Library”

This opinion piece was written by a librarian in Ohio (who happens to be a FB friend though I’ve never met him in person) but it resonated with me – about some of the “social worker”-type situations library staff deal with regularly (including aggressive patrons – knock on wood, the worst I’ve got was threats and […]

¶ Posted 25 April 2018 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education

Tragedy Fatigue

Other than both happening in Canada, both being unexpected, and both resulting in large losses of life, there aren’t many similarities between the tragedy in Humboldt earlier this month and the one in Toronto last night. But the fact that both happened only a couple weeks apart when it feels like events of this type […]

¶ Posted 24 April 2018 § Canada § Meme § News § PopCulture § Sad § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, hockey

Music Monday – “Some nights will haunt me/Until the daylight comes around/I’ll be fine, it’s all I really own/It’s always been around”

“Somewhere In The Mountains, Somewhere In New York” – Tallest Man on Earth

¶ Posted 23 April 2018 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Saturday Snap – [automated voice] “Thank-you for choosing Bell. You can expect a 10 minute wait until we answer your call.”

To be fair, it was about half an hour on hold then half an hour working through diagnosing the issue but still… (Why, oh why haven’t we cut the cord yet???)