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Music Monday – “Well, Canada’s been good to us/We’ve a living and a home/We’ve all got central heating air/And most are on the phone/I’m a citizen of both countries/And very proud to be/For the thistle and the maple leaf/Are the emblems of the free”

Happy Canada Day! I recently re-discovered this photo of myself and four other four Canadians on exchange to the University College of Ripon & York St. John (say that three times fast!) in 1995. I can’t remember the impetus for our fashion choice – maybe at a dance or for the new student orientation? – […]

¶ Posted 01 July 2019 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, travel

Music Monday – “Mama said “she’s my brothers daughter” and I don’t even know who’s my father/I guess she’s my cousin but she needs some sweet lovin’ anyway!”

When did I get into banjo music?!? Isn’t it music for inbred rednecks? 😉 “Banjo Odyssey” – The Dead South from Regina, Saskatchewan (who took some criticism for playing with those banjo/inbreeder stereotypes and issued an explanation in response)

¶ Posted 24 June 2019 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Regina Northeast Community Association Family Fair & BBQ

I got to spend a few hours this afternoon at the annual summer fair of one of the community associations my library serves. There’d been a forecast of rain but the day turned out to be beautiful and I it was great fun to spend time with a bunch of my regular patrons, meet a […]

¶ Posted 23 June 2019 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Nickle Lake (October 2015)

¶ Posted 20 June 2019 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Putting The “Bin” In Cabin

A husband and wife who are retired farmers decide to convert the grain bins they can’t sell into very unique rental cabins. I wasn’t much of a farmer growing up but I did shovel out a few bins in the summer, often in extreme heat (if it’s hot outside, it’s *extremely* hot in the bin) […]

¶ Posted 19 June 2019 § Family § Jobs ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, cute, economics, parents, saskatchewan, weather

Saturday Snap – Jurassic Park, Regina

Sasha and I enjoying the Raptors’ championship win on Friday night with ~20,000 of our closest friends! 😉

¶ Posted 15 June 2019 § Family § Photo § Sasha § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

How The Raptors Became An Elite Team Using Only Non-Lottery Players

Heading into the big game tomorrow where the Toronto Raptors could clinch their first NBA championship, I found a video that might be helpful to all the new bandwagon fans (er, guilty – though I was a pretty massive NBA fan back in the Michael Jordan/Isiah Thomas/Magic Johnson era of the late 1980’s/early 1990’s) […]

¶ Posted 09 June 2019 § Canada § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, ontario

Saturday Snap – Community Presentation

A few months ago, one of the regulars at my branch asked me to speak to a retirees’ group she belongs to about the library and all it has to offer. Here’s a shot from after I finished speaking…

¶ Posted 08 June 2019 § Library § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Free Walk-In Counselling from @fam_service Being Offered @officialRPL Regent Place Branch, Mondays from 12-4pm, Starting Monday June 3 #yqr

This amazing program has been running at Regina Public Library’s Central and Albert branches for awhile but is now being expanded to the Regent Place branch where I work. The branch is at 331 Albert St (in the Market Mall that also has Pizza Pizza and Quiznos.) The program offers: * Drop-in counselling on a […]

¶ Posted 02 June 2019 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health

Saturday Snap – The Best Part of Camping Without Daddy?

Shea and Sasha went out to our seasonal site this weekend while I stayed in the city to work and Pace stuck around to play video games visit his Aunt Sandi who is visiting from Kelowna. Shea sent me this picture and said Sasha told her it was the best camping ever because “daddy isn’t […]