Monthly Archives November 2021

First Snow of the Year (2021 Edition)

Always nice when the snow holds off until mid-November.  Makes winter feel just a bit shorter…

This Anti-Vax Single Mother’s Series of Posts Could Be A PSA For *Getting* Vaccinated

This tragic series of posts by an anti-vax single mother as she catches Covid, is hospitalized, sees her condition worsen, begs for people to donate money and take care of her family if she passes then eventually dies could be an effective public service announcement *in favour of* vaccination. This is one of the top […]

Music Monday – “You shut your mouth/How can you say/I go about things the wrong way?/I am human and I need to be loved/Just like everybody else does”

  “How Soon is Now?” – Johnny Marr

Secular Sunday – We Are All Born Atheists…

Saturday Snap – Swimming Lessons in the Age of Covid

Sasha missed her first week while we were waiting for a Covid test result (luckily negative!) Then when we arrive for this week, it’s a very different experience than ever before – proof of vaccination to enter a city facility, get a stamp to confirm to any other staff that we were screened by their […]

Friday Fun Link – The Literature Clock

This site is pretty cool – it tells you the time by showing a quote from a book that happens to reference whatever time it is at the moment…      

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Birthday Cake (May 2016)

Pace’s ninth birthday…

“Indian Head is super nice…it’s not like any other small prairie town I’ve been too”

My hometown gets a couple nice compliments in a Reddit thread about best Saskatchewan towns/cities…  

Funeral for a Family Friend

It was being used a bit before Covid but the pandemic definitely made livestreaming a more common option for all sorts of major life events including birthdays, holidays, weddings and especially funerals. This has come in handy a few times recently – over the summer when a former coworker died of stage four breast cancer, […]

Music Monday – “When I’m in the shower/I’m afraid to wash my hair/’Cause I might open my eyes and find someone standing there”

Halloween’s over but this was our song of the year as Sasha kept singing it over and over after hearing it on my Halloween playlist… “Somebody’s Watching Me” – Rockwell (featuring Michael Jackson)