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Friday Fun Link – What Life Is Like In Saskatchewan Small Towns

¶ Posted 15 May 2020 § FridayFunLink § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Making A Mess (September 2009)

Hard to believe this toddler will be a teenager next week. (Still as messy though!) 😉

¶ Posted 14 May 2020 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Coteau Books Auction – May 20, 2020 #yqr #sasked #saskedchat #yxe #sask #sk

This had been a shitty year for me, even before the COVID pandemic hit. Coteau Books, which was a long-standing literary press in Canada for nearly half a century, and which I’d served on the board of directors of for nearly a decade, entered bankruptcy protection in late February. I’ll likely do a longer post […]

¶ Posted 12 May 2020 § News § PopCulture § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, education, history, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “The joint is really jumpin’, the cats are going wild/The music really sends me, I dig that crazy style,”

One of the greatest, most influential rock stars of all-time… “Ready Teddy” – Little Richard

¶ Posted 11 May 2020 § MusicMonday § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language, music

Day One in Quarantine vs. Day Fifty

I’m at 54 days in quarantine as of today but close enough…

¶ Posted 10 May 2020 § Humour § Meme § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid

Saturday Snap – Covid Helping Us To Connect With Long Lost Friends

Shea and I have tried to do regular video chats with various friends and family throughout this pandemic but last night, we decided to do something a bit different – instead of a sustained conversation with one person or group, we decided to try “chat roulette” where we’d message random people on our Facebook friend […]

¶ Posted 09 May 2020 § Photo § SaturdaySnap § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “Reader Pride” Wrap-Up (June 2008)

This was the wrap-up for a major region-wide literacy program called “Time To Read” (with a slogan “Reader Pride”, a pun on Saskatchewan’s well-known “Rider Pride”) that I was involved with in my first job after I graduated from library school. It’s crazy to think how much in this photo is now being impacted by […]

¶ Posted 07 May 2020 § Library § LibrarySchool § Photo § Saskatchewan § Sports § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, language, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “Star Wars/If they should bar wars/Please let these Star Wars/Stay”

Happy May the Fourth to you! “Star Wars Theme” – Bill Murray

¶ Posted 04 May 2020 § Humour § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, movies, music, television

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Luther College 1991 “Midnight Breakfast” (and Happy 5000th Blog Post To Me!)

First off, it didn’t line up perfectly but earlier this week, I posted my 5000th post on this blog after nearly 14 years of daily posts from February 25, 2006 to April 30, 2020 (and fourteen years ago, I *never* would’ve guessed that my milestone 5000th post would be about my daughter, let alone my […]

¶ Posted 30 April 2020 § Blog § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Spoiler Alert: The Test Was Negative

A few people we’ve told about our experience going for a COVID test said they appreciated having some information about what the process was like. So we thought it might be worth posting for anyone else who is curious or ends up having to go for a test themselves. Now, because Shea works in healthcare […]