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Another Reopening Milestone

Last week, Shea and I had our first sit-down restaurant meal in three months and tonight, we took the whole family for our first meal together in a restaurant (well, on a patio anyhow.)

¶ Posted 24 June 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, food

Five Thoughts As I Enter My Fourth Month of Quarantine

I did a list like this about a month ago and so I thought I’d do another one as I’m now a few days into my *fourth* month of quarantine to see what’s front of mind these days… 1. Public libraries *finally* have a date for permitted opening which will be Phase Four Stage Two […]

¶ Posted 23 June 2020 § Jobs § Library § List § Pace § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, health, holiday, parents, science

Music Monday – “Time stand still/I’m not looking back/But I want to look around me now”

I’ve been into my branch a handful of times since it shut down three months ago. But as RPL has begun slowly reopening over the past couple weeks, today was my first day back in branch doing more traditional library work. This is because we’ve started having mid-sized and smaller branches in the RPL system […]

¶ Posted 22 June 2020 § Library § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Photo § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, music, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our First Dine-In Restaurant Meal in Three Months! (March 2020-June 2020)

Usually my “Throwback Thursday” posts go at least a few years back. But this one has me thinking of the past three months – from our last dine-in meal at the Houston Pizza near our house on Friday March 13 after we picked up the kids from what would be their last day of school […]

¶ Posted 18 June 2020 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, food, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “Granddad’s ranch dried up fast/Ol’ Johnny Chisholm, he’s seen to that/He’s seen to that, matter of fact/Just as sure as Billy-boy got slain by Pat”

“The Trains Are Gone” – Colter Wall

¶ Posted 15 June 2020 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Saturday Snap – Our Oasis

Doing a lot of work in our new seasonal campsite (we were granted a move from a smaller site we were in other years to a bigger, better one) to make it relaxing and peaceful…

¶ Posted 13 June 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Sunset at Jan Lake

¶ Posted 11 June 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather

Five Reasons We’re Happy to Be Camping During COVID

As mentioned previously, Shea and I are looking forward to camping this summer as much as possible. Thinking about the Covid world we live in, there are a few reasons why we’re happy this is our hobby! If our summer plans included a trip to BC or Alberta or other out-of-province destinations, we’d have all […]

¶ Posted 07 June 2020 § Family § List § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – Locked in The Camper (August 2015)

I told this story soon after it happened but now, five years later, it also qualifies to be a “Throwback Thursday” post as well. At the time, we were at Shea’s parents’ campsite getting ready for supper and no one was paying much attention to Sasha in the camper as people bustled in and out. […]

¶ Posted 04 June 2020 § Baby § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, cute, parents

Thinking About That One Time A Cop Threatened To Beat Up Me and My Friends in High School

It’s obviously *very* different for myself as a middle-class white kid who grew up in a small town on the Canadian prairies compared to what’s happening to black people of all ages over and over again in cities across the US. But I had one particular experience in high school that showed me how easy […]