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Music Monday – “He’s brown as a berry from ridin’ the prairie/And he sings with an ol’ western drawl/Ooh-ooh-ooh-doo-di-di/Singing his cattle call”

“Cattle Call” – Eddy Arnold RIP Lloyd Thompson (1942-2021)

¶ Posted 26 July 2021 § Family § MusicMonday § Photo § Sad § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, saskatchewan

Gone Camping

We’re off camping for a couple weeks so blog posts will likely be rare to non-existent during that time.

¶ Posted 09 July 2021 § Family § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, saskatchewan

Happy Fourth of July! (And Where Would Sask Rate in Fully Vaccinated Rate If We Were A US State?)

On July 4th when President Biden had set (and missed) a goal of 70% of Americans receiving at least their first vaccine, this list of where states are at in terms of full vaccinations is interesting (and probably not surprising) . In case, the link dies, the top 3 are: Vermont (66%) Massachusetts (62%) Maine […]

¶ Posted 04 July 2021 § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, science, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Canada Day In Happier Times (July 2008)

Three years ago, I was placing second in our campground’s annual “Canada Day Decorating” contest. This year? Don’t really feel like decorating too much (though I did have a few ideas to subvert the contest but couldn’t find 751 orange helium balloons in time!) 🙁 At the risk of sounding like somebody on /r/entlightenedcentrism, I’m […]

¶ Posted 01 July 2021 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, history, saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – Shining A Light

Powerful image of 751 solar lights during a vigil to recognize the children found in unmarked graves at Cowessess First Nation…

¶ Posted 27 June 2021 § Canada § News § Photo § Politics § Sad § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Sask Book Awards/Alberta Book Awards (multiple years from 1997 to present)

Tonight was the 2021 Saskatchewan Book Awards and I also recently found the 2021 Alberta Book Awards on social media. I spent nearly a decade in the literary non-profit sector and both served on the board of the SBA for a few years (as well as a frequent volunteer doing everything from taking tickets to […]

¶ Posted 24 June 2021 § Library § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, book, education, saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – Love Thy Neighbour

¶ Posted 20 June 2021 § Canada § News § Politics § Sad § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, saskatchewan

Legends of Hockey: The New York Islanders

When I started following hockey as a young kid around the age seven or eight, the Islanders were the best team in the league. (Interestingly, I clearly remember friends who cheered for Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Philadephia but no one else seemed to have latched on to the Islanders which is another reason […]

¶ Posted 09 June 2021 § MemoryLane § News § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The Camping Issue (June 2018)

¶ Posted 20 May 2021 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, saskatchewan

RIP Shane-o (1973-2021)

Overall, death tends to be pretty linear. The oldest people you know usually die first – I suspect grandparents are often the first human deaths most people experience. Or possibly people of the same generation – great aunts and uncles. Elderly neighbours. Then, as you get older, the age of those dying, tends to get […]