Category Archives: MemoryLane

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Indoctrination Starts Early (July 2015)

The Five Most Distinctive Places To Live in Saskatchewan?

Saw this posted by a realtor on Facebook… How exciting to see both Indian Head and Wolseley named among Saskatchewan’s five most distinctive places to live! Indian Head was recognized for its agricultural heritage, historic buildings and tree-lined streets, while Wolseley was celebrated for its lake, heritage homes and beautifully preserved small-town character. We already […]

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Garth Brooks in #YXE (June 2016)

Don’t get to Saskatoon often these days but used to go a lot more when we were younger (including more than one there-and-back road trips to go JUST TO GET WENDY’S when Regina which is pretty insane in hindsight!) and when I worked for a province-wide organization (even had a program where I’d go and […]

Music Monday – “My therapist said not to see you no more/She said you’re like a disease without any cure/She said I’m so obsessed that I’m becoming a bore, oh no/Ah, you think you’re so pretty”

“Laid” – James (with Johnny Marr)

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Imagine (May 2009)

Still have the poster I got after attending this exhibit while at a library conference in Montreal in 2009.

Wisdom Wednesday – 10 Principles of Change Management

I was *very* fortunate that my first job at Regina Public Library was in an HR role dedicated to change management, organizational culture and staff training. RPL was going into two major changes – a move to a provincewide integrated library system and a large staff reorganization to go with it. The lists may differ […]

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Home Again (June 2010)

Saturday Snap – This Is 53…

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The Beautiful Delay: Why Soccer Still Grips The Smartphone-Trained Brain

This essay showed up on my FB timeline from some guy called John Gregory  I thought it was pretty insightful so am re-posting… After watching Portugal register just one shot on goal during the Portugal-DR Congo World Cup match the other day, I scratched my head over how soccer can be the world’s most popular […]

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The First Signs of Dementia (February 2018)

It was during a family trip to Mexico in February 2018 that Shea and I had our first conversations about what appeared to maybe possibly be the smallest signs of dementia. Dementia is a “disease of omission” which means doctors have to basically rule out everything else that can present like dementia before they diagnose […]