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Reunion at a Funeral

There was a mini-IHHS Class of ’91 reunion at the funeral of Kyle Raaf today. Our classmate, Erin, gave a moving eulogy for someone she described as “not just my big brother but my hero” and her stories of how Kyle had such a positive impact on so many people during his too-short 46 years […]

¶ Posted 26 September 2018 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Devastating Political Ad

Not all families agree on politics and we live in increasingly polarized times. But man, if you watch this, you can’t help but wonder what kind of a dick Paul Gosar is! 😉 (via Boing Boing)

¶ Posted 25 September 2018 § Meme § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: unitedstates

Secular Sunday – How Secular Family Values Stack Up

Especially with what we’re seeing in the States with an alleged pedophile endorsing an accused rapist [edit: Kavanagh’s story is blowing up tonight with two new accusers coming forward and *way* worse allegations] who was picked by a serial adulterer (among Trump’s many other mortal sins) – all as part of the party of “family values” – […]

¶ Posted 23 September 2018 § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, language, parents, philosophy

Saturday Snap – My Christmas List (on the First Day of Fall)

Yesterday was the first day of fall but much of Saskatchewan had already received a heavy snowfall and Regina got a sleety-snowy rain that didn’t stick around but definitely felt more like winter than fall. There were other signs that it felt more like winter than fall as well. When I turned on the “Flow” […]

¶ Posted 22 September 2018 § Humour § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather, xmas

Saturday Snap – I’m Not Sure What’s More Disturbing…

…the fact that Sasha’s recently taken to drawing crosses on her body or the fact that she’s using permanent marker to do it?

¶ Posted 15 September 2018 § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: atheism

Saturday Snap – One of the Saddest Days of the Year

Packing up our seasonal camp site for the final time this summer and pulling out our camper from the spot that’s been its home for the last five months…

¶ Posted 08 September 2018 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, saskatchewan

Sasha Starts Kindergarten Today

Hard to believe I posted something similar for Pace six short years ago…

¶ Posted 04 September 2018 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, parents

Music Monday – “Everything is better with some cows around/Living in town sometimes brings me down/Let me bestow this western blessing and share what I have found/May you always have cows around”

According to last.fm, this was my most played song of the summer. Having camped with a farming/ranching family on one side and a guy who was not only a farmer/rancher but a cattle buyer at a livestock exchange on our other side, I can understand why! 😉 “Cows Around” – Corb Lund

¶ Posted 03 September 2018 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Peet Family Reunion (July 2013)

Earlier this summer in my post about a cousin that passed away, I mentioned how I was fortunate to know the many members of the Hammond side of the family quite well because I grew up in the same town as the matriarch of our family. For a variety of reasons, I never got to […]