I've always been somebody who enjoyed checking out the libraries in towns and cities I've visited across Canada and around the world. Whether it's a public, academic or other type of library, it's always interesting to see the different designs, layouts and atmospheres they each manage to create. The idea of library tourism was on […]
Buffalo was rare to non-existent from what we could tell in Ontario. One of the specialty meat vendors in the Covent Market Garden told us that this was because Ontario didn't have the land to raise them like we did out west. Made sense to us but if you don't eat a lot of buffalo […]
I was fortunate enough to work with Shirley Dunn when she created this award a few years ago. It began as an award for Calgary and area writers and I remember telling her “It's too bad you can't go province-wide with it – or even beyond – as you'd get a lot more submissions and […]
Following up on my promise from awhile ago to add an “About Me” page to this blog, I decided to do something a bit different than the traditional, paint-by-numbers, paragraph-long business-style bio or the fun but frivolous, paragraph-long informal version that many web sites have (er, no offense meant if that's what your web site […]
Now, far be it for me to take all the credit for Saskatchewan's first-ever Family Day. But I would like to point out that I made a very accurate prediction, way back in July 2006 about a holiday that was announced in late October of that same year (er, if you ignore the part where […]
Saskatchewan Round-UpSask Government Insurance, a crown corporation that provides insurance to all drivers in our province, is offering $180 rebates to safe drivers on their automobile insurance and lowering rates by an average of 5% as well (when we already have the lowest auto insurance rates in Canada – why do you think I love […]
We Made It!Well, we made it. Our last couple days in London were pretty hectic with packing and last minute stuff but, like anything, it got done. Dumpster Diving ReduxAt the start of the year, I couldn't believe how many people threw out perfectly good stuff but by the time we left, I understood why. […]
A final circle closes – my last chat for Advocacy class tonight was with former Saskatchewan Provincial Librarian (and current Director of the Coquitlam Public Library), Maureen Woods. Great teleconference which finished with a very revealing “round table” as everybody talked about what they'd taken from the class. And that's it. No more assignments. No […]
UWO had a snow day today and were recommending that no one come to the campus unless necessary. So of course Shea and I decided to take a walk this afternoon to check things out. This is the path behind our apartment leading to the University Jason helps Shea relax (by pushing her into the […]
“Shea” here again: They found Jason frozen in a snow bank tonight along with his ever-present digital camera. This was a photo he took just as he left the bar. The time stamp says 2:39am but I know this is a mistake as he told me he would be home around 8pm or so. The […]
