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Music Monday – “But that world is gone/It’s all disappeared/It’s just me and the ponies/For Christmas this year”

With the announcement of stronger Covid restrictions for Saskatchewan, just in time for Christmas, this song has been going through my head non-stop… “Just Me and These Ponies (For Christmas This Year)” – Corb Lund

¶ Posted 14 December 2020 § Family § MusicMonday § News § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, holiday, parents, saskatchewan, xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Where The Buffalo Roam (April 2007)

Earlier this summer, we heard that Shea’s cousin’s herd of bison had gotten out and were in a nearby farmer’s field. We knew that previously when only one animal had gotten out, her uncle had been able to guide him back into the pasture using a front-end loader tractor he used to feed them which […]

¶ Posted 10 December 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Music Monday – “Mistletoe’s off/Don’t even ask/You won’t be kissing me/Because I’m wearing my mask/But we might as well smile/Because we’ll be here for awhile/On this Covid Christmas”

“Covid Christmas” – Dara Schindelka

¶ Posted 07 December 2020 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, holiday, music

Friday Fun Link – A Strong Contender For The #covidiot Hall of Fame?

I mean, to be fair, this guy might be thinking of how some people have the letters “Dr” in front of their name. But that’s an abbreviation instead of an actual academic designation (where the letters go *after* the name.) So yeah, if you’re implying that your Facebook-based research methods give you more knowledge than […]

¶ Posted 27 November 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § LibrarySchool § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, science

Sask Library Association Recommendation Letter (June 2001)

Going through some old papers, I came across this recommendation letter from the Sask Library Association Executive Director. If this letter didn’t make it clear, I’ve always felt a strong connection to libraries, loved getting to work for the province’s library association and, only five short years later, I’d be off to library school to […]

¶ Posted 26 November 2020 § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

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 § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, saskatchewan

Multiple Thoughts on Multiple Elections #skpoli #yqr #yxe

In order… SASK PROVINCIAL ELECTION (OCT 26) 1. In my initial post-mortem, I chalked up at least one big factor in the NDP’s failure to do well up to people wanting the status quo during a pandemic. (This was bolstered by the BC NDP actually growing their majority a few days earlier.) But as detailed […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2020 § Canada § List § MemoryLane § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, saskatchewan, science, unitedstates

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 § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, saskatchewan, science

First Snow of the Year (2020 Edition)

And in perfect 2020 fashion, the first “snow that stays” of the year is a massive blizzard (well, its hit Saskatoon more than Regina so far but we’ll see what we wake up to tomorrow!) Anyhow, at least it came relatively late compared to other years.