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Massive Ice Storm Hits Saskatchewan #skoutage

Pretty crazy day. The power was out from around 9am until early afternoon or even later across most of the southern half of the province. Most businesses, schools and other organizations (including the library) closed down (except for a couple branches that had power) for the day. Makes you appreciate that this is not a […]

¶ Posted 04 December 2018 § News § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather

Music Monday – “Lord it’s like a hard candy Christmas/I’m barely getting through tomorrow/But still I won’t let/Sorrow bring me way down”

The phrase “hard candy Christmas” refers to a time in American history when many families who did not have much money could only afford to give penny candy to their children at Christmas…The hard candy metaphor suggests that life can be hard and sweet at the same time. “Hard Rock Candy” – Dolly Parton

¶ Posted 03 December 2018 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Throwback Thursday – A Different Kind of Church (April 2007)

In my first librarian job, my boss and I had the opportunity to oversee the move of a crowded small town library into a soon-to-be-vacated nearby church. This photo was during our first visit to the church to see if it would be a workable space once all the pews and other church holdings were […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2018 § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, education, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – New $245 Million Calgary Central Library Opens

As a former Calgarian who often worked closely with the city’s librarians via my role at the Writers Guild of Alberta (a highlight of my time in Calgary was being invited by one librarian to be her “community guest” at the opening of a new suburban branch that features a speech by well-known author and […]

¶ Posted 02 November 2018 § MemoryLane § News § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history

Saturday Snap – A Versatile Sign @officialRPL Regent Place Branch #yqr #ReadAboutWeed #GuideToGanja #MaryJaneMonographs #GetBuzzedonBooks

Usually, the “Homegrown” sign at my library helps identify a display of Saskatchewan books or perhaps a display of books about gardening or agriculture or something along those lines. But with the legalization of marijuana this week, we found another way to use this sign… 🙂

¶ Posted 20 October 2018 § Canada § Humour § News § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, health, history, science

Brazilian Inmates Can Read Books To Shorten Their Sentences (Not So Much in The US)

This is a pretty cool, innovative program with a lot of potential to pay ongoing dividends. And of course, the US is doing the opposite with prisons in Pennsylvania where inmates are no longer being allowed any form of print book sent by family members or charities but they can buy overpriced, overly restricted ebooks, […]

¶ Posted 16 October 2018 § Censorship § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, freedomtoreadweek, unitedstates

Thanksgiving Closing Hours for Canadian Public Libraries

A few years back, I did a post where I researched the closing times for various Canadian libraries on Christmas Eve day. Of course Christmas Eve is not an “official” stat holiday but it’s still a day that many workplaces (not just libraries) recognize as a slow time and/or a good time to close early […]

¶ Posted 08 October 2018 § Canada § Jobs § LibrarySchool § List § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, holiday, ontario, orgdevl, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – Happy Anniversary to Me! (September 2008)

I started at Regina Public Library on September 8, 2008 so this year is my ten year anniversary at RPL. Traditionally, people have thought of thirty years as a “typical” career in a workplace and though I worked for a decade in another sector before librarianship and though I also spent a couple years in […]

¶ Posted 06 September 2018 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

When Memes Collide: Kiki Challenge & Baby Shark Challenge

Kiki Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94hgv_uOFpg Baby Shark Challenge: Combined: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHGk-hQl4Fc More on Metafilter.