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Category Archives: MemoryLane

My 10 Favourite Christmas Songs

I’ve posted a lot of Christmas songs over the years, mostly as Music Monday posts, but I don’t think I’ve ever tried to make a list of my favourite Xmas songs, at least until now. So what makes a great Christmas song in my mind? Weirdly with how joyful the season is, my favourites mostly […]

Posted 02 December 2018 § Family § List § PopCulture § UK § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – What Could Go Wrong? (August 2013)

Posted 29 November 2018 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – I Feel A Bit Guilty About This Photo Knowing Shea Was 8 1/2 Months Pregnant… (March 2013)

…but I think it was her choice to do this, thinking it might help hasten Sasha’s arrival! 😉

Posted 22 November 2018 § Baby § Canada § Family § Humour § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Old Time Hockey!

One of the best games I’ve seen this year – felt like watching a game in the 80’s *and* the “Cardiac Kid” Calgary Flames once again staged a third period come back to win 4-2 after being down 2-0 for much of the game.  

Posted 18 November 2018 § Canada § Jobs § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – A Different Kind of Church (April 2007)

In my first librarian job, my boss and I had the opportunity to oversee the move of a crowded small town library into a soon-to-be-vacated nearby church. This photo was during our first visit to the church to see if it would be a workable space once all the pews and other church holdings were […]

Posted 15 November 2018 § Library § LibrarySchool § Photo § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Comparing Some Swedish Guy’s 7 Year (7000 Hour) Guitar Progress To My Own 22 (!) Year, Didn’t Count The Hours Guitar Journey

I bought my first guitar after coming back from a University exchange to England in 1995.  It cost me $60 and I still have it.  It’s an El Degas model which is Spanish for “cheap crap”. 🙂 (Wow, Google tells me these guitars were actually made in Japan and mostly exported to Canada in the […]

Posted 14 November 2018 § PopCulture § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Every Stan Lee Cameo Ever

It’s not surprising when you learn that a 95-year old real-life superhero has passed away but it’s still sad. Millions of kids (including me) were influenced by Stan Lee over the years – in making us into readers, in making us think about good and evil, in making us into dreamers – but in his […]

Posted 13 November 2018 § Jobs § News § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – Saskatchewan Promotional Video (1985)

Someone posted this on social media and I thought it’d be good for a bit of a different take on my usual Throwback Thursday personal photos…  

Posted 08 November 2018 § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – New $245 Million Calgary Central Library Opens

As a former Calgarian who often worked closely with the city’s librarians via my role at the Writers Guild of Alberta (a highlight of my time in Calgary was being invited by one librarian to be her “community guest” at the opening of a new suburban branch that features a speech by well-known author and […]

Posted 02 November 2018 § Library § News § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Still A Favourite Halloween Memory

This is still one of my favourite Halloween memories of all time. When Pace was around five years old, he was really into Bat-man.  He had his costume all picked out so the night before Halloween, I figured out a great way to surprise him. I did a quick late night trip to the nearest pop-up […]

Posted 01 November 2018 § Family § Humour § Pace § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,