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Comparing The Cuts: Cornwall Alternative School and Saskatchewan’s Public Libraries #skpoli

I was having some bad flashbacks over the past few days after the Sask Party released their budget last week that included an unexpected, unnecessarily cruel cut. But instead of cutting funding to public libraries and threatening to destroy a 100-year old, world-leading system like they did two years ago, the Sask Party targeted Cornwall […]

Posted 27 March 2019 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Library on the Beach?

Many of the resorts we’ve visited have had a “leave one, take one” area for books but this is the first one I’ve seen that’s actually a “Little Library” on the beach (which is a great idea I wish more places would implement!)  

Posted 22 February 2019 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #4 – Travel

Not sure if I’ll end up blogging much when we’re in Mexico next week but I thought making “travel” #4 in this series would be a good way to head into our holiday either way. The funny part is that my love of travel actually starts from a weird piece of family trivia – I […]

Posted 21 February 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #3 – Books

If I’m doing a list of the 10 things that had the strongest influence in who I’ve become at the midpoint of my life, it’s telling that the thing I jump to as the third most influential thing in my entire life, after family and after friends, is books. In fact, I could probably do […]

Posted 14 February 2019 § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“I’m Ready For My Close-Up”

(More to come once the final product is edited and posted!)

Posted 12 February 2019 § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – What’s The Worst That Can Happen If Your Mom Is A Nurse and Your Dad Is A Librarian?

I can only hope our son escapes the indignity of becoming Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada! 😉

Posted 26 January 2019 § Family § Jobs § Pace § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Read (June 2010)

Pace modeling my new Friends of VPL “read” cap that we got on a three week vacation to BC a few years back…

Posted 17 January 2019 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Which Dewey Decimal Number Are You?

New York Public Library with a fun quiz though I feel it could’ve been a lot longer and more in-depth – there are 0-999 numbers after all! 😉 

Posted 11 January 2019 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Five Topics of The Holidays

I realised that our social calendars this holiday season were as full as they’ve been in years due to a little miracle called “Pace Gets His Home Alone & Babysitting Certification”. So compared to other years where we had the hassle and expense of lining up babysitters if we wanted to go out, this year, […]

Posted 06 January 2019 § Jobs § List § MemoryLane § Politics § Shea § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Shit Fireplace

If you’re looking for an alternative to the ubiquitous yule log channels/videos at this time of year, try “Shit Fireplace” (and I’m proud to say the co-creator of these videos is a colleague at RPL!)  

Posted 21 December 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness § Video § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,