Year: 2021

The Beginnings of Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso is an unexpected hit AppleTV+ show which began as a series of promos to promote NBC Sports showing Premier League soccer. Those vignettes led to the

10 Ways I’ll Know The Pandemic’s Over

With vaccines rolling out, certain states (probably prematurely) removing *all* Covid restrictions, and other leaders speculating about the light at the end of the tunnel (or maybe not?),

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Happy birthday Grandma! In a different year, we might have been celebrating together in some tropical destination but unfortunately, that’s not the case this year. Have a cerveza

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – #FTRW – Day Seven – Saturday Snap – My 2021 Library #FTRW Display

  I always enjoy trying to come up with something creative for a FTRW display at my library and this year was no different. Going back to what

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Six – Friday Fun Link – How Different Would E.T. Be In The 21st Century? #ftrw

  Shea and I have been showing the kids a lot of our favourite movies from when we were growing up – “Dirty Dancing” to “Adventures in Babysitting”

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Five – Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Calgary #FTRW Committee Council Presentation (February 2004)

Through my work with the Writers Guild of Alberta, I became involved with the Calgary Freedom to Read Week Committee. I can’t find it online now but my

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Four – Ontario Labour Board Awards $25,000 To Worker After Being Fired For Raising Covid Safety Concerns #FTRW

Another aspect of Freedom of Expression in the age of Covid is whether workers feel empowered to speak out about safety concerns they see in their workplaces without

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Three – Covid, Libraries & #FTRW

This has been an unprecedented twelve months that has impacted all sectors including public libraries. Libraries have had to pivot in a variety of ways – from implementing

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