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 […]
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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 […]
Retro Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I’m Going In! (August 2009)
Pace looks like he wants to go swimming in Regina’s City Hall fountain…
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 […]
Love Our Neighbours!
They’re great year-round but especially during the hottest week of the summer!
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 […]
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!)
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 […]
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…