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Wisdom Wednesday – Five Takeaways From 2025 Canadian Election

One of the wildest elections in Canadian history – massive swings in fortunes, two party leaders losing their seats, the US being a major factor in the Canadian results, NDP reduced to non-party status after being arguably the most effective NDP caucus in history, electoral reform once again seems like a necessity. @aartipole1 It was […]

Posted 30 April 2025 § Canada § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

“Conservatives, Your Anger Is Valid. But it’s being hijacked.”

In light of yesterday’s election results and the repudiation of Pierre Poilievre’s “Maple MAGA” politics of anger, division and THREE WORD SLOGANS, I’m going to fully copy something I saw on Facebook that makes a lot of sense: Conservatives: your anger is valid. But it’s being hijacked. You’re not losing your country because of “woke […]

Posted 29 April 2025 § Canada § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Five *Good* Things About Dementia

Dementia is obviously a horrible, terrible progressive disease as someone you love goes from very basic memory errors – forgetting names, where they parked the car, etc. – to being incapable of speech, movement, feeding themselves. As mom has progressed through these various stages, it’s been helpful to try to think of the good things […]

Posted 08 April 2025 § Family § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Five Reasons Santa Is A Bad Manager

Stuck in his ways!

Posted 25 December 2024 § Humour § Pace § Photo § Wisdom Wednesday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – What Is Compassionate Leadership?

@upeace_centre Leading with empathy builds trust and connection! ?? Let’s inspire and uplift each other! Link in Bio #motivation #leadershiptips #trendingvideo ? original sound – UPEACE Centre – UPEACE Centre I know farewell messages are like eulogies and tend to be overly kind to the dearly departed. But if we’re being honest, “compassionate leadership” can […]

Posted 13 November 2024 § Jobs § Saskatchewan § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – 10 Commandments Classroom Tips

This. Is. Fantastic! pic.twitter.com/wa65OxaSJe — Joe G (@EastEndJoe) June 23, 2024  

Posted 06 October 2024 § Humour § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Counter Intuitive Leadership Principles

A long time ago, a senior leader at RPL told me “I know you like tech companies but libraries aren’t like those companies.  We do things differently.” I wasn’t advocating for trampolines in the hallways and personal chefs in the lunch room but I did wonder “Why” that person ruled out trying some different innovative […]

Posted 25 September 2024 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – What Could Possibly Be The Cause of So Much ***GUN*** Violence In The United States?

Lack of morality?  Toxic masculinity?  Violent video games?  Mental health issues?  Dark state mind control programs?  Taking “Christ” out of Christmas?  Incels?  Income inequality?  Pro wrestling?  Chemtrails?  Porn addiction? Racism?  Sexism?  Socialism?  Satanism?  Bagism? What, oh what, could it be that causes so much gun violence in the United States  compared to anywhere else in […]

Posted 08 September 2024 § News § Politics § Sad § SecularSunday § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Back From Camping…

…and lots of amazing moments and memories: * Great visit with Shea’s cousin and family who are back from New Zealand for a month * About ten books on my “To Read During Camping” list.  (One book, not even on my list, is all I get read – thought I do work through a 377 […]

Posted 23 July 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Bible Emergency Numbers

Posted 12 May 2024 § Humour § Infographic § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,