Pretty different “back to school” photo this year – masks being the most obvious change but also missing the tree in our old front yard that was the backdrop for “first day of school” photos since Pace started kindergarten (since we still live in the neighbourhood, I suggested taking the kids there for a stealth […]
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Music Monday – “All those who remember the war/They won’t forget what they’ve seen/Destruction of men in their prime/Whose average age was nineteen”
He’s broken *so* many taboos and boundaries in politics. But Trump’s taking a lot of pushback after reports of multiple negative comments against the military so maybe, just maybe, this will finally break through to some supporters that he’s not a good person and maybe even help guarantee a loss in November (or at least […]
Saturday Snap – Camping Wrap-Up
Technically I took this photo yesterday but we spent most of the weekend at our seasonal campsite cleaning up after another great year so I’m counting it as my “Saturday Snap” photo this week…
Friday Fun Link – Top Five Experiments In Space
I recently read Scott Kelly’s “Endurance” which is a combination of a traditional autobiography along with with a travelogue about his record-breaking year-long experience in space. This book was recommended in an article I read early in quarantine as a great way to maintain perspective during the pandemic by learning about someone who basically went […]
Music Monday – “You can travel all alone/You can travel all alone/Or you can come along with me”
Worked the weekend so had today off and decided to take the kids to spend the day in the Qu’Appelle Valley visiting the family cottage, practicing driving at the family farm, stopping for ice cream at Katepwa Beach, checking out main street in Fort Qu’Appelle. “Qu’Appelle” – Buffy Sainte Marie
Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Early 80’s Birthday
A friend who used to live on my street (and may have been one of my first “girlfriends”?) posted this to her Facebook page recently. I honestly thought “maybe we dressed like that because…80’s?”. But turns out it’s from her birthday (how old are we in this pic – 7? 8?) and the “unique” fashion […]
A Few Camping Highlights
I briefly thought of backdating a bunch of photo posts, one for every day of our recent camping holiday but realised that’d be a lot of work (not to mention more evidence of my self-diagnosed OCD regarding my “must post daily” goal.) Anyhow, I thought I’d post just a few highlights in a single post […]
Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Stop Thief! Board Game (1979)
Came across an ad for this board game on a local buy/sell board. They wanted $75 (!) for this “classic” game so obviously not going to be picking it up. But it did bring back fond memories of playing it as a kid. Is it any wonder I came to love technology and gadgets so […]
Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “We are closing for at least two weeks, maybe more” (March 16, 2020)
This was the sign one of my staff hastily wrote during the frantic last day my library was open to the public (which ironically, I suspect was one of the busiest circulation days in my branch’s history as people took *armloads* of books – perhaps realising our project of “at least a couple weeks” was […]
50 Memories of Covid Quarantine
I’ve been fortunate to be able to work from home since March 18 but as I take another big step and prepare to head to my first full week back in the library this week (with our branch to open to the public soon as well), I thought it might be interesting to make a […]