I was off on Tuesday so did my annual fall drive around the beautiful Qu’Appelle Valley including some back road crop checking. Love this shot of an old tractor at a crossroad with dust hanging in the air…
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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our Canine Camping Neighbour, Teddy
Our camping neighbours got a new dog at the start of Covid named Teddy. Sasha was *very* excited to meet him!
Loretta Lynn and Banned Songs
RIP Loretta Lynn. Not sure if its true but I read that this trailblazing songwriter had more of her songs banned from radio airplay than every other male country artist *combined* in the 20th Century. Loretta Lynn had more songs banned from radio than every other male country artist combined in the 20th century. pic.twitter.com/IOchPjwmWL […]
Throwback Thursday – #tbt – EPL vs. CPL (Aug 2019, Feb 2022)
I’ve had the pleasure of visiting both the newly built Calgary Public Library Central Branch (in 2019) and newly-refurbished Edmonton Public Library (in 2022). And you know what? Newly built or refurbished, both are incredible libraries in their own ways with the main thing they have in common is both cities embracing the value of […]
Friday Fun Link – 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony
With so much focus on the UK and the meaning of the Queen’s death, I’m reminded of the amazing opening ceremony from the 2012 Olympics in London which captured so many unique aspects of British life and culture (while also being a real thumb to the nose to the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony!)
Throwback Thursday – #tbt – One Year Ago Today (September 2021)
It’s always amazing to think about how much the world can change in a single year…
Secular Sunday – The Longer Lasting Harm of 9/11?
9/11 was caused by religious extremism but an ever-longer lasting harm of this attack is the culture of conspiracy theories that sprang up around the attacks which continues to affect our society in ways ranging from vaccine hesitancy to lack of faith in government to the idea that mass shootings are actually false-flag operations are […]