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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Mom Was A Badass (July 2007)

I’m not sure I appreciated when I was growing up or even as an adult, how much of a badass and how much of a force my mom

Saturday Snap – End of Season Camping Party

Years ago, the people camping in our bay at Nickle Lake would always have a year end pot luck and party. It hasn’t happened since we moved into

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Garth Brooks in #YXE (June 2016)

Don’t get to Saskatoon often these days but used to go a lot more when we were younger (including more than one there-and-back road trips to go JUST

Wisdom Wednesday – Oversaving

Many people save for retirement through RRSPs, TFSAs, pensions (if they’re lucky) but Shea recently told me about the concept of “oversaving” where people become so focused on

Saturday Snap – Surprise Visitors From The Future???

Well, from New Zealand. But I think that’s a day ahead, no? We knew Shea’s cousin, her NZ husband and three girls were in Canada. But after a

Wisdom Wednesday – “Now, I’m just trying to figure out why the remote control is in the refrigerator!”

Possibly the most unusual advice I’ve ever received: “You shouldn’t care so much.” This TikTok sums up my thoughts after that – like, how much caring is too

The Beautiful Delay: Why Soccer Still Grips The Smartphone-Trained Brain

This essay showed up on my FB timeline from some guy called John Gregory I thought it was pretty insightful so am re-posting… After watching Portugal register just

Secular Sunday – Happy Parents’ Day?

I didn’t post this on Mother’s Day so I’ll post it on Father’s Day instead – a woman sneaks into a right-wing mother’s group on FB and starts

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