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Category Archives: MemoryLane

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:

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: , ,

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: , ,

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 […]

Posted 22 August 2018 § Censorship § Library § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Retro Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I’m Going In! (August 2009)

Pace looks like he wants to go swimming in Regina’s City Hall fountain…

Posted 16 August 2018 § Humour § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

A Few *Good* Things About Breaking My Wrist?

I’ve had some pretty down moments since breaking my wrist three weeks ago: When the ER doc said it was broken, not sprained. When she said I’d need surgery, not just a cast When Shea and I had to waste three days waiting in hospital in Regina in the midst of a 10-day camping holiday […]

Posted 15 August 2018 § List § Shea ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

Love Our Neighbours!

They’re great year-round but especially during the hottest week of the summer!

Posted 08 August 2018 § Family § Photo ‡ Comments (0) °

My Five “Go To” Camping Albums

Here are my default listening choices when camping… “Coyote” – Blake Berglund – our default summer album continues to be a fave this summer “Six Volts” – Fred Eaglesmith– my (current) favourite Fred Eaglesmith album  “Traveller” – Chris Stapleton – last.fm says I listened to “From A Room Vol. 2” more but “Traveller” would’ve been my […]

Posted 07 August 2018 § List § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Broken Leg (October 2009)

Breaking my wrist last week means I made it nearly a decade since my last broken bone (and Pace remains equally horrified/fascinated by my latest injury!)

Posted 02 August 2018 § Family § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (1) °

Gone Camping – Day One – Campfire

Posted 20 July 2018 § Family § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: