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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:

Owning People Online Is The Left’s Path To Victory

  According to recent polling, a staggeringly small portion of the 22-to-45-year-old demographic watches cable news, and in fact almost 50 percent of young people do not watch traditional TV at all, instead opting to get their content from online streaming services, social media, and the like. I’ve been a big believer in the power of the […]

Posted 17 July 2018 § Internet § News § Politics § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Camping Before the rPod (July 2011)

Shea’s parents had a motorhome that we borrowed a few times including a trip to White Bear in southeast Saskatchewan…

Posted 12 July 2018 § Family § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “We’re just two lost souls/Swimming in a fish bowl/Year after year”

Not sure if they’ll upload it or not but if they do, I’ll replace this clip with the slideshow they showed at my cousin’s funeral on Saturday… “Wish You Were Here” – Pink Floyd

Posted 09 July 2018 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – RIP Cousin

While camping a couple summers ago, we got word that, after years battling a variety of health issues, one of my dad’s ten siblings had started to fail and passed away soon after. Considering that dad was from a family of ten kids and all of his siblings had managed to reach their late 60s, […]

Posted 05 July 2018 § Family § Sad § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Protesting at the Saskatchewan Legislature, Then & Now (February 11, 2000) #skpoli #yqr

From my personal journal, February 11, 2000: Settle in to bed (well, a sleeping bag under a cafeteria table) about midnight. Oh, when we get back from grabbing our sleeping bags, I offer to bring a coffee to the security guard and end up having a big talk with him – about how he got […]

Posted 28 June 2018 § Canada § Family § List § News § Photo § Politics § Sasha § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: