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Two Roads To Humboldt: A TSN Special

Perhaps the single most unbelievable thing about the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy that killed sixteen people in early April is that two young men not only survived but are suiting up for the team tonight.

¶ Posted 12 September 2018 § Canada § News § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, history, hockey, saskatchewan

The History of the World Trade Center (Documentary)

¶ Posted 11 September 2018 § News § PopCulture § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, science, television, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – One of the Saddest Days of the Year

Packing up our seasonal camp site for the final time this summer and pulling out our camper from the spot that’s been its home for the last five months…

¶ Posted 08 September 2018 § Family § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – Happy Anniversary to Me! (September 2008)

I started at Regina Public Library on September 8, 2008 so this year is my ten year anniversary at RPL. Traditionally, people have thought of thirty years as a “typical” career in a workplace and though I worked for a decade in another sector before librarianship and though I also spent a couple years in […]

¶ Posted 06 September 2018 § Library § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Sasha Starts Kindergarten Today

Hard to believe I posted something similar for Pace six short years ago…

¶ Posted 04 September 2018 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Future Tag Team Champions? (August 2012)

Pace and a buddy at the free Stampede Wrestling show during the Regina Exhibition a few years back…

¶ Posted 30 August 2018 § Pace § Photo § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Sports § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: wrestling

Music Monday – “Summer’s end around the bend just flyin’/The swimmin’ suits are on the line just dryin’/I’ll meet you there for our conversation/I hope I didn’t ruin your whole vacation”

“Summer’s End” – John Prine

¶ Posted 27 August 2018 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Peet Family Reunion (July 2013)

Earlier this summer in my post about a cousin that passed away, I mentioned how I was fortunate to know the many members of the Hammond side of the family quite well because I grew up in the same town as the matriarch of our family. For a variety of reasons, I never got to […]

¶ Posted 23 August 2018 § Family § Photo § Sad § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, saskatchewan

SF Books That Didn’t Belong in the Kid’s Section of the Library

I’ve always believed that science fiction is the single best type of writing to teach us about our own lives and society. So I’m absolutely fine when I think about sci-fi books with “inappropriate” content being put into the hands of kids even though the author of this article seems to think librarians put some books […]