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The Covid Continuum

As Saskatchewan adds more restrictions, mostly on retailers in the post-Christmas period, I’m thinking a lot about how everyone is somewhere different on what I think of as the “Covid Continuum”. I’d say the range for this starts with anyone who’s absolutely minimized their outings since March – maybe only leaving the house to buy […]

¶ Posted 26 December 2020 § Family § List § Photo § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, language, parents, saskatchewan

“I told him I strongly recommend wearing it but…”

¶ Posted 25 November 2020 § Humour § Meme § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education

Anti-Maskers Throw Tantrums Nationwide

It’s so weird that the kids who used to cheat off the smart kids to pass science classes now yell “Do your own research!” as they claim to be experts in infectious diseases based on some Facebook memes, YouTube videos and reading a bunch of unreliable web sites.

¶ Posted 24 November 2020 § Meme § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid

Beyond The Statistics: Prairie Woman Creates Facebook Page to Humanize Covid Stories

The creator of a FB page promoting the honest, non-partisan sharing of Covid experiences was a couple years behind me in school and I know her dad and family as well. It’s tragic that the reason she created this page was because her dad is one of many people in Indian Head affected by Covid […]

¶ Posted 17 November 2020 § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Grandma at the Golden Prairie Nursing Home, Indian Head, SK (April 2004) #skpoli

As rumours spread that at least two dozen people in the community have Covid, my hometown of Indian Head, Saskatchewan is facing a jump in Covid cases that has affected the nursing home, local businesses and now both the elementary and high schools which are going to be closed for two weeks. WATCH: Over the […]

¶ Posted 12 November 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, saskatchewan, science

Friday Fun Link – Ruth Bader-Ginsburg On Not Retiring

From happier times…

¶ Posted 25 September 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § Meme § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, history, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Inside The World Trade Center (1999)

¶ Posted 11 September 2020 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Camping Wrap-Up

Technically I took this photo yesterday but we spent most of the weekend at our seasonal campsite cleaning up after another great year so I’m counting it as my “Saturday Snap” photo this week…

¶ Posted 05 September 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

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 § Photo § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, education, saskatchewan

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 […]