This is a picture of my parents at my cousin’s wedding dance in Calgary in 2003. (His marriage lasted about three years while mom and dad will be celebrating 50 years of marriage later this month! But to be fair, my cousin had better luck the second time around – and has been married to […]
Rolling Stone has totally remade their “Best Songs of All-Time” list from scratch. Still probably a bit too heavy on Boomer Rock Classics but at least they’re trying… I posted the #1 pick just a few months ago so will post the #2 song which definitely shows how the list has changed… “Fight The Power” […]
The Scottish runs deep in me so I was too cheap to do a professional photoshoot when Shea was pregnant with baby #2. Instead, using our camera’s timer, a tripod, and the poor lighting in our basement, we did our own photos (which turned out to be only a couple days before Sasha was born!) […]
I found this inscription by Terry Fox’s mom in a book in the Carnduff Public Library when I worked for Southeast Regional Library. Thought it was appropriate to post since today is the 2021 Terry Fox Run. And as a strong NDP supporter, I’m glad Tommy Douglas won CBC’s “Greatest Canadian”. But if I had […]
There’s a small group of people I graduated high school with who live in Regina that we started going out for supper with a few times a year maybe 4-5 years ago? We had our last in-person supper before Covid hit at a local brewpub in February 2020 and though we transitioned to a private […]
“He likes repetition,” she said. “So it’s like ‘yea you were just at the library to visit Jason, and you got to see Cheri, and Shirley gave you the hand stamp. There’s a real connection there that’s vital to him.’” Brandon was a child of the system who was put into foster care at the […]
This popular Reddit thread has lots of great examples of how people realised they weren’t young anymore. Here’s a few of mine… – in common with some of the most popular answers, I went on a sunset boat cruise in Kelowna about ten years ago. They were promoting “Classic Rock” but they played stuff from […]
Is it possible to track the polarization of American politics to two very different country songs released in the wake of 9/11 – one contemplative and questioning while the other is aggressive and angry? Not saying this is the reason politics is so polarized but definitely a reflection of a moment where American politics got […]
I know lottery tickets are a waste of money but I buy them for a few reasons: 1) Lottery money helps fund a lot of great organizations including many of the non-profits I used to work for/with/volunteer for. 2. As a colleague once said, “sure, you’re not going to win but what you’re actually buying […]
