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Friday Fun Link – Bookordle

Here’s another Wordle clone that might just become part of my daily routine!

¶ Posted 29 July 2022 § FridayFunLink § LibrarySchool ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

Music Monday – “I was thinking ’bout you crossing Southern Alberta/Canola fields at harvest time/Looked like tumbleweeds all raked up into rows/Brown rusty contour lines”

“Canola Fields” – James McMurtry

¶ Posted 25 July 2022 § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, camping, holiday, music, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “We don’t know just what’s gone wrong/We’re trying to carry on/Going through a rough patch right now/Our whole world’s upside down.”

“Rough Patch” – Fred Eaglesmith

¶ Posted 04 July 2022 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

How To Win at Wordle Every Time

Two main strategies – use four words that are going to knock off 20 of the 26 most common letters in the alphabet then give you two guesses to pick the word or try to narrow it down to guess in the fewest tries as possible.

¶ Posted 14 June 2022 § Internet § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

Music Monday – “Wake up, it’s a beautiful morning/The sun shining for your eyes/Wake up, it’s so beautiful/For what could be the very last time”

Obviously an impossible question but whenever there’s a “What’s your favourite song of all-time” question, I always pick “Find The River” by R.E.M. I love how melancholy and poetic and longing that song is. There’s another song that’s in my Top 10 and which is probably a contender for number one – “Wake Up Boo!” […]

¶ Posted 13 June 2022 § MemoryLane § Sad § Travel § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, travel

CTV Announces Library Themed Sitcom

I’m pretty sure every librarian (including me!) has thought “Why has no one made a TV show set in a library? Boy, people would sure be surprised that we don’t just circulate books but there are wacky staff! Buffoonish managers! Silly patrons! And lots and lots of overdoses. High-larious!” Well, now we’re getting our wish. […]