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Music Monday – Spike Lee’s “Do It Acapella”

Normally I feature a single song in my Music Monday posts but a recent Twitter thread about how popular acapella was in the 1990’s reminded me of this documentary I happened to catch on PBS when it was first broadcast. Later, I found the CD in a record store, possibly in the States, and it’s […]

¶ Posted 16 November 2020 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language, music

Multiple Thoughts on Multiple Elections #skpoli #yqr #yxe

In order… SASK PROVINCIAL ELECTION (OCT 26) 1. In my initial post-mortem, I chalked up at least one big factor in the NDP’s failure to do well up to people wanting the status quo during a pandemic. (This was bolstered by the BC NDP actually growing their majority a few days earlier.) But as detailed […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2020 § Canada § List § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, saskatchewan, science, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Grandma at the Golden Prairie Nursing Home, Indian Head, SK (April 2004) #skpoli

As rumours spread that at least two dozen people in the community have Covid, my hometown of Indian Head, Saskatchewan is facing a jump in Covid cases that has affected the nursing home, local businesses and now both the elementary and high schools which are going to be closed for two weeks. WATCH: Over the […]

¶ Posted 12 November 2020 § Family § News § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, saskatchewan, science

In Flanders Fields

¶ Posted 11 November 2020 § Canada § Family § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, holiday, language

First Snow of the Year (2020 Edition)

And in perfect 2020 fashion, the first “snow that stays” of the year is a massive blizzard (well, its hit Saskatoon more than Regina so far but we’ll see what we wake up to tomorrow!) Anyhow, at least it came relatively late compared to other years.

¶ Posted 08 November 2020 § Family § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather

Saturday Snap – “Day Five of Election Night” Dance Party

It was a bit delayed while the counts come in slowly over the past few days. But Tuesday night’s light show has reappeared in our living room as backdrop for a very enthusiastic dance party now that Joe Biden has been annouced as President-Elect of the United States.

¶ Posted 07 November 2020 § Family § News § Politics § Sasha § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, economics, history, television, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – 10 Horrifying Things I Saw Watching Family Home Movies From the 1970’s

As previously mentioned, we went to Indian Head to celebrate my parents’ 49th wedding anniversary last weekend. As part of the trip down memory lane, we ended up watching some old home movies one night. My dad regularly filmed holidays and parties and family gatherings with an 8mm camera when we were kids so, when […]

¶ Posted 29 October 2020 § Family § Humour § List § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, history, saskatchewan

What If Saskatchewan Had Proportional Representation? #skpoli #skvotes

With at least eight ridings still to be decided, I’ll likely do a longer post with some thoughts on the Sask Election once the mail-in ballots are counted and we know what the final count is. But after a conversation on Twitter with a former high school classmate who felt the BC election didn’t represent […]

¶ Posted 27 October 2020 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Lessons From The Grandparents

Went out to Indian Head to help my parents celebrate their 49th anniversary and spend some time with them. Grandma Showing Sasha How To Make Waffles… Grandpa Teaching Pace How To Drive…