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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Coteau Books Board of Directors (January 2016)

I joined the board of Coteau Books in early 2012 but this photo of the board is from January 2016. Coteau entered bankruptcy earlier this year so this is from happier times and what happy times they were. During my many years on the Coteau board, I met such a wide range of great people […]

Posted 28 May 2020 § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Camping Can’t Come Soon Enough

One of the first things allowed in Saskatchewan’s reopening plan is camping. We requested and got approved to move to a new site in the regional park where we have our seasonal site so have spent a couple weekends moving various sheds, storage bins, fridges and other supplies to our new site. Looking forward to […]

Posted 23 May 2020 § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Five Thoughts as I Enter My Third Month of Quarantine

RPL closed all branches and sent staff home on March 18 which means we’re now into our third month of quarantine. (“Quarantine” is a bit misleading since I’ve obviously not been 100% locked at home during the past three months – trips to grocery stores, restaurants for pick-up, the “occasional” liquor store.  Plus Shea’s going […]

Posted 20 May 2020 § Humour § List § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Happy 13th Birthday to Our Teenager!

Hard to believe our first born turns 13 today! His timing is good too – his younger sister was very angry that she had to have a virtual birthday last month but now that covid restrictions are loosening up a bit and we can have “family bubbles”, Pace got not only an in-person instead of […]

Posted 19 May 2020 § Baby § Family § MemoryLane § Pace ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Drive-Thru (Our Grille) [Content May Disturb Some Viewers]

I don’t do warnings on this blog very often but I know the photo shows a dead animal and so may bother some people. You’ve been warned. So anyhow, we went out to Weyburn all day yesterday.  Last fall, we applied for and received a transfer to a new seasonal campsite – bigger, closer to […]

Posted 16 May 2020 § Family § Randomness § Sad § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Making A Mess (September 2009)

Hard to believe this toddler will be a teenager next week. (Still as messy though!) 😉

Posted 14 May 2020 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to the best wife I’ve ever had… I don’t know how you put up with me (er, yes I do!)

Posted 10 May 2020 § Family § Humour § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Covid Helping Us To Connect With Long Lost Friends

Shea and I have tried to do regular video chats with various friends and family throughout this pandemic but last night, we decided to do something a bit different – instead of a sustained conversation with one person or group, we decided to try “chat roulette” where we’d message random people on our Facebook friend […]

Posted 09 May 2020 § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “Reader Pride” Wrap-Up (June 2008)

This was the wrap-up for a major region-wide literacy program called “Time To Read” (with a slogan “Reader Pride”, a pun on Saskatchewan’s well-known “Rider Pride”) that I was involved with in my first job after I graduated from library school. It’s crazy to think how much in this photo is now being impacted by […]

Posted 07 May 2020 § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Sports § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Dogs Playing Poker (Quarantine Edition)

One of Pace’s virtual school assignments was to recreate a famous painting. Shea suggested one of the most famous paintings of all-time “Dogs Playing Poker” and I think the results were quite good…

Posted 02 May 2020 § Family § Pace § PopCulture § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,