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Monthly Archives November 2021

Saturday Snap – …While Visions of Sugar Plums Danced In Their Heads

Posted 20 November 2021 § Family § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Some “Other Duties As Assigned” Library Stories

A recent FB post by someone doing a presentation at a library conference asked for good “Other Duties As Assigned” stories.   A real mix of cool, gross and sad and pretty much everything in between as you’d expect. (I did my own list of these types of experiences a few years ago but its’ probably […]

Posted 19 November 2021 § Humour § Jobs § Library § List § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – There Are Many Reasons I Became a Librarian…

…my grandma having this set of very unique books, The Richards Topical Encyclopedia in her sun room is one of them! One of my pet theories is that most professions require extremely specialized knowledge – heart surgeon, carpenter, PhD researcher, appliance repair person. Librarian is one of a very few (teacher? politician?) professions where being […]

Posted 18 November 2021 § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Svalbard: The Northernmost Town on Earth

After our blizzard this week, I thought this video was fitting.  Reminds me that things could also be a bit more bleak! 😉

Posted 17 November 2021 § News § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Denise Batters Kicked Out of CPC Caucus

You love to see it… O’Toole has booted Senator Denise Batters from caucus.Of course, this is unlikely to shut her up. This may only embolden her. It’s also sending a statement as to what kind of dissent he will and will not tolerate, and it’s funny how he’ll tolerate anti-vaxxers but not her. pic.twitter.com/5ptC8NJ3tI — […]

Posted 16 November 2021 § Humour § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I put two and one together/And you know that’s not an even sum/And I know just where to catch you with/That well-known smoking gun”

“Smoking Gun” – Robert Cray

Posted 15 November 2021 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Which Holiday Was Started By Devil Worshipping Pagans Again?

Posted 14 November 2021 § Humour § SecularSunday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Coyotes

Shea was up before me the other morning and got to see these visitors in the green space just outside our fence…

Posted 13 November 2021 § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – 110 Random Facts I Had To Double Check To Believe

I asked my daughter what I should post for this week’s Friday Fun Link and she said “Search up ‘fun facts’ on YouTube”. This was the first result…

Posted 12 November 2021 § Family § FridayFunLink § Internet § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Lest We Forget (Grandpa Peet, circa 1944?)

My Grandpa Peet drove a tank in Holland during the war (Grandpa Hammond couldn’t enlist due to health reasons so he supported the war effort by continuing to farm back in Canada.) That’s why Remembrance Day is perhaps when I think of my Grandpa Peet more than any day of the year…the life he led, […]

Posted 11 November 2021 § Family § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,