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Music Monday – “Well, there’s people and more people/What do they know-know-know/Go to work in some high rise/And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico, ooh yeah”

Hard to believe it’s been two years since we moved into our new house – time flies but a good reminder that time is pretty meaningless in the age of Covid! 😉 “Pink Houses” – John Mellencamp

¶ Posted 22 November 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Pace § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, parents

New Psychology Research Indicates a Robust Predictor of Atheism in Adults

A lot of atheists pride themselves on having amazing critical thinking skills as the reason they’re atheists. Turns out being an atheist might have more to do with what your parents did (or didn’t do) in terms of religious displays than anything you did yourself! Some research has shown that less displays of faith growing […]

¶ Posted 21 November 2021 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, parents, philosophy

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

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

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 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history, language, science

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 § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, holiday

First Snow of the Year (2021 Edition)

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

¶ Posted 10 November 2021 § MemoryLane § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, weather

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 […]

¶ Posted 09 November 2021 § Meme § News § Politics § Sad § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, science

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 […]

¶ Posted 06 November 2021 § Humour § Photo § Sasha § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

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

Pace’s ninth birthday…

¶ Posted 04 November 2021 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday

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, […]