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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Absolute Most Favourite Picture of My Mother (October 2007)

Pace was only a few months old when we took him to a long-term service award presentation – I think this was 35 years for my mom?

¶ Posted 16 January 2025 § Baby § Family § Jobs § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, parents

Charlie Angus Doesn’t Hold Back His Feelings About Trump

I think my vote for Jagmeet Singh as NDP Leader in 2017 was the right one for that moment. But this is a new moment, nearly a decade later, and I often wonder what a world where Charlie Angus was currently the NDP leader would look like… Canadian MP Charlie Angus deliverers a direct message […]

¶ Posted 14 January 2025 § Canada § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Grandma, My Mom and My Daughter (June 2022, July 2000)

Lots can change in two short years or in twenty… I didn’t really have to change the inscription in the coffee table book of prairie photos I gave my Grandma Hammond when she moved into the Golden Prairie Nursing Home in Indian Head when my mom moved into the same facility – just had to […]

¶ Posted 09 January 2025 § Family § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, parents

Music Monday – R.E.M. Concert (1984)

Really getting back into R.E.M. lately. So many good songs and albums that soundtracked some of the most important and memorable moments of my life.

¶ Posted 06 January 2025 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Let The Battle Commence! (March 2014)

I often joke the only reason we have kids is to get them to do our chores when we’re old enough. But they’re also fun to play with…sometimes literally! 😉

¶ Posted 02 January 2025 § Baby § Family § Humour § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Cuba Libre! (Jan 2016)

¶ Posted 19 December 2024 § Family § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, cute, holiday, travel

Music Monday – “So I’ll go but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna go/Could be stuck here and happy/So there’s a puzzle I work on endlessly/And I’ve got the sides and all the corners/But there’s a space/Yeah there’s a space/Lost some pieces I can’t replace/So I’ll be but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna be/Just a wasted puzzle piece”

I posted this song in August 2012 after hearing it on Community Radio one morning. Who knew that twelve years later, it would be so relevant to my life with elderly parents including one with dementia… “Basket” – Dan Mangan (I don’t think I’ve ever done this before but here are the song lyrics in […]

¶ Posted 16 December 2024 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, language, parents

Saturday Snap – Batman Smells?

Even with her dementia, my mom’s personality is still there – humourous, profane, caring and kind. I like nothing more than making her laugh and as much as the dementia has taken from her (and us), the disease has also made me love her more than I ever have. (Here’s her reaction to my “Robots […]