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Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Camping Crafts

¶ Posted 21 July 2019 § Family § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping

Camping Sunset

¶ Posted 20 July 2019 § Family § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping

Gone Camping – “I Googled My Symptoms”

¶ Posted 19 July 2019 § Family § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday

When we got to Nickle Lake Regional Park last Friday, we could see that there’d been a big downpour and there was a lot of standing water in some of the lower lying areas of the campground. When we got to our site, there was a bit of water in our site but nothing major […]

¶ Posted 17 July 2019 § MemoryLane § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, saskatchewan, weather

Music Monday – “Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys/They don’t care about no trends/They don’t care about songs that sell”

When we’re camping in Weyburn I can’t help but think how I’m basically the hippie surrounded by a big herd of cowboys. But the point of this song stands – people who seem to be opposites can still get along if they see their commonality in defining their own tastes without giving in to trends […]

¶ Posted 15 July 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: camping, music, saskatchewan

(Belated) Music Monday – “He’s acting tough and taking names/And shuttin’ us down/But at least we got something to talk about/When Monday rolls around”

Or if you prefer a version without drunk riggers singing along… “Oil Patch Town” – Chris Knight

¶ Posted 08 July 2019 § Jobs § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, saskatchewan

(Belated) Saturday Snap – Giant Checkers

Having a fun day at Nickle Lake’s activity shack (which, almost unbelievably, they chose to call “The Beaver Shack” during a contest last summer!) However, it shall always be “Nickle Make” to me after the name I submitted! 😉

¶ Posted 06 July 2019 § Family § Pace § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, education

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 […]