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Saturday Snap – Date Night

Our first time to Blanco on Albert St. in Regina after its conversion from a tapas bar. Excellent!

¶ Posted 14 October 2023 § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – The Iron Claw Trailer

This looks *really* good!

¶ Posted 13 October 2023 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: movies

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First Farm (August 2013)

¶ Posted 12 October 2023 § Animals § Baby § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language

Wisdom Wednesday – “Most People Want To Solve The Problem But Surprisingly Few Want To Understand The Problem”

This advice is based on something that was inspired by the nicest compliment I have probably ever received as a librarian, only six short months into my career. The context was that I was doing a probation review with my first boss in libraries and he asked he what my strengths were. “I’m a real […]

¶ Posted 11 October 2023 § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Music Monday – “Now, the sun’s coming up/I’m riding with Lady Luck/Freeway, cars and trucks/Stars beginning to fade”

Ever rediscover a song and just listen to it on repeat endlessly? Yeah, this one right now… “Ol 55” – Tom Waits

¶ Posted 09 October 2023 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Mom’s Lifetime SUN Membership Acceptance Speech (sometime in 2013)

I was so proud of my mom getting her lifetime membership in the Sask Union of Nurses ten years ago. Great speech and you can see where I got a lot of my personal values about supporting workers and treating others with empathy and respect.

¶ Posted 05 October 2023 § Family § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, history, parents

Wisdom Wednesday – “What If You’re Both Right?”

This was a lesson I learned from my first manager at RPL (who also happened to be the Manager of HR so had tons of great insights into managing people, dealing with conflict and so on.) The context was that I was in a very unique role as Organizational Development Specialist, responsible for all staff […]

¶ Posted 04 October 2023 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, orgdevl

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Peet Family Reunion (Summer 1983?)

¶ Posted 28 September 2023 § Family § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, parents

Wisdom Wednesday – Actions, Not Words

I’ve been thinking about actions vs. words a lot lately. One of the things that really brought home this important distinction was when I had to leave the Regent Place branch of Regina Public Library after eight years as Branch Head following a re-org of supervisors and managers. It was a pretty emotional time and […]