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Books n’ Roses: Capsule Reviews of the Three GnR Autobiographies

One of the best and worst things about working in a public library is you’re always seeing books come across the desk that you’d like to read. That happened last summer when a patron returned the three autobiographies that have been written by founding members of G n’ R (so far) – one by Slash, […]

¶ Posted 30 August 2017 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, music

Music Monday – “Radicals and Racists/Don’t point your finger at me/I’m a small town white boy/Just tryin’ to make ends meet”

After the concert I saw last night, is there any doubt which band I’ll feature for Music Monday? But which song? There are lots to choose from – big hits, underrated gems, personal favourites – but given my interest in Freedom of Expression as well as the band’s reputation in general, how about possibly G […]

¶ Posted 28 August 2017 § Censorship § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language, music

My Son’s First Major Concert Is @gunsnroses #gnrregina #yqr #notinthislifetime #WishesItWasEminem

(I didn’t get a good picture of my son at the GnR concert tonight but here’s one of us camping which is fitting since that’s where this story begins…) When Guns n’ Roses was announced for the first “big” concert at the new Mosaic Stadium, I wanted to go but decided not to buy tickets […]

¶ Posted 28 August 2017 § Family § Humour § Pace § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: camping, economics, music, parents, saskatchewan, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Heading To Our Seasonal Site (May 2017)

This one doesn’t reach too far back but given that summer’s (too) quickly coming to an end, I thought I’d post a selfie Shea took of us on our way out to our seasonal campsite in mid-May (and yes, I think our daughter might’ve been buried under some pillows since our van was so full!)

¶ Posted 24 August 2017 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, saskatchewan, travel

Music Monday – “Turnaround, every now and then I get a little bit terrified/And then I see the look in your eyes” #solareclipse2017

There was no shortage of songs to listen to during today’s solar eclipse. But in terms of a song to highlight for my Music Monday post, there is only one choice – a song I’ve loved since it came out in 1983 (and which I kept playing on repeat throughout the morning before the eclipse […]

¶ Posted 21 August 2017 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: camping, music, science

Saturday Snap – Honeycomb Campfire

Not sure if there’s another name for this style of campfire (maybe “log cabin”?) but I’ve become a big fan of it this summer, partly because you can build it so big, sort of like the world’s most dangerous game of Jenga! 😉 The day after a fun pot luck supper with many of the […]

¶ Posted 19 August 2017 § Humour § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, saskatchewan, science

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Wedding Date (May 1999)

This is a picture of Shea and I just as we showed up for my sister’s wedding. Nice to know we’re just as good looking today as we were back then! (Well, Shea anyhow.)

¶ Posted 17 August 2017 § Photo § Saskatchewan § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, saskatchewan, travel

Music Monday – “Let’s go make some history/Before we fall apart/True love might escape us, girl/But at least we got some heart”

“A Million Dollars” – Joel Plaskett

¶ Posted 14 August 2017 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

I Can’t Decide If I Should Feel Guilty About Missing So Many of My Daily Blog Posts Due to Camping

Nah… 😉

¶ Posted 13 August 2017 § Blog § Family § Photo § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “I just wanna Rolly Rolly Rolly with a dab of ranch/I already got some designer to hold up my pants/I just want some ice on my wrist so I look better when I dance/Have you lookin’ at it, put you in a trance”

Not the most traditional campfire song but here’s another Music Monday song that we’re hearing a lot at our seasonal campsite thanks to Pace who’s a bit more plugged into current music trends than I am. 😉 (One fun highlight of our most recent weekend was watching him create various playlists on our streaming music […]