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Category Archives: 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 […]
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 […]
Music Monday – “This is how you play/This is how you play/This is how you play/The lick”
A co-worker’s son is the bassist in this band… “The Lick” – People of the Sun
Note To Self: Important Things To Bring For Your First Weekend Opening The Campsite
This blog post is basically a “note to self” for next year as between closing up last year on a beautiful day which had us very distracted (I think Shea even went out on the boat with her folks for part of the day!), not doing a good job of tracking what was put into […]
Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Echo Lake Summer (Summer 2017)
A video I cut of the many highlights of the first year we had a seasonal camp site at Echo Lake Provincial Park. A year of Covid really makes you appreciate all these little moments – having various family and friends to our campsite, shared meals, laughs around the campfire, sleepovers, meeting random strangers.
Summer’s Getting Closer!
We knew my in-laws were going to pull out our camper to our seasonal site as soon as the park was open to campers today to get a head start on the coming weekend rush. We did not know they were going to dewinterize it for us, get the power going, put the slides out, […]
Who Should Be Vaccinated First? #skpoli
Today we announced the expansion of our #COVID19SK vaccine delivery plan to target remaining healthcare workers, first responders and staff working in pharmacies and grocery facilities. You can learn more by visiting https://t.co/2EjdJrzTzt. pic.twitter.com/LdX5fhA1JY — Government of Saskatchewan (@SKGov) April 12, 2021 There has been a lot of debate about the most effective order […]