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Saturday Snap – A Pretty Fun Book Recommendation!

One of the library’s board members is also a regular volunteer for RPL’s Good Food Box Program which is offered in partnership with a local food security agency. During one of our regular chats, we talked about aging parents and, being a librarian to the core, I ended up recommending a book that I had […]

¶ Posted 18 October 2025 § Library § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, health

It’s The First Snow of the Year

One of my favourite traditions on this blog for my least favourite events (hopefully today’s snow won’t stay since we have plus temps in the forecast for the next week or more!)

¶ Posted 12 October 2025 § Blog § Family § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather

Throwback Thursday – “A Man Without Land Is Nothing” – Duddy Kravitz (August 2022)

I’ve been heavily involved in a variety of major changes for those I love most in the past three years – my mom is now in a care home because of her dementia, my dad has finished the sale of the last quarter of land from the farm that’s been in our family since 1883 […]

¶ Posted 25 September 2025 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sad § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health, parents, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “Everyone’s watching, to see what you will do/Everyone’s looking at you,/oh Everyone’s wondering, will you come out tonight/Everyone’s trying to get it right, get it right

Had a busy weekend… Went to meet my local councillor at his “Coffee with a Councillor” event and ended up bumping into enough of city council including the Mayor to have quorum for a meeting! (not pictured – Councillor Mark Burton) Had a great chat about taxes, mega projects, development, and yes, even though I […]

¶ Posted 22 September 2025 § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Jan Lake Lodge (July 2014)

With the wildfires burning in northern Saskatchewan (and really, across much of Canada’s north), I can’t help but think of the handful of times I’ve been able to travel to the north of the province for vacations or even work. This was a fishing trip we did with Shea’s family in 2014.

¶ Posted 12 June 2025 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, saskatchewan, science, travel

Saturday Snap – Smokey Moon

The extreme northern wildfires have brought a blanket of smoke to the south part of the province creating some eerie and stunning visuals including this crescent-shaped blood moon…

¶ Posted 31 May 2025 § News § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, saskatchewan, science

Secular Sunday – What Happens When An Atheist Climbs The Stations of the Cross?

I’ve basically lived near it for 50+ years. But in all my trips through the Qu’Appelle Valley, had never walked the Stations of the Cross at Lebret. Of course, being an atheist, I also had no desire to climb it for religious reasons. But perhaps I was inspired by the new Pope being named. Or […]

¶ Posted 18 May 2025 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, history, parents

Saturday Snap – Camping Napping

Working hard getting our campsite ready for the summer…

¶ Posted 03 May 2025 § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “It’s a working man I am/And I’ve been down under ground/And I swear to God if l ever see the sun Or for any length of time I can hold it in my mind/I never again will go down under ground”

Decided to go to Regina’s “Day of Mourning” event at City Hall this year. Twenty-seven people died workplace-related deaths last year and this was the first year I knew one of them which makes the whole thing a lot more real. This was a song they played at the end of the ceremony. “Working Man” […]

¶ Posted 28 April 2025 § Jobs § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health

Music Monday – “I miss the world before it was polluted/With space cowboy billionaires, when irony was still ironic/I miss America right after 9/11/When everyone was bonded, even if it only lasted seconds”

Took Sasha and a friend to an inclusivity celebration triple-bill of Mother Mother, Cavetown and Winnetka Bowling League at the Brandt Centre on Monday night. I knew the first two bands a little bit (mostly through Sasha) but didn’t really know the opener. All were great in their own way but Winnetka Bowling League (terrible […]