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#yqr Toilet A Top Tourist Attraction

There was a time, shortly after I graduated from my MLIS program, where I seriously thought about putting together a presentation about the importance of the public washrooms in libraries – from making the entire library as a welcoming space for the widest variety of people to being a great way to promote programs to […]

Music Monday – “Seeing traces/Of the stars that came before/Hitting the pavement/Still asking for more”

I’ve got a bit of an informal Americana “camping music” theme going this month with Jason Isbell last week and now Son Volt this week… “Tear Stained Eye” – Son Volt

¶ Posted 11 June 2018 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, music

(Sunday) Snap – Sasha and Grandma

I missed posting yesterday since we were camping and my cell data was close to going over so I was trying to minimize anything I did online (er, some would point out that’s probably a good approach to camping in general!) 😉 Anyhow, by not posting a Saturday Snap, I ended up taking a great […]

¶ Posted 10 June 2018 § Family § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, cute, parents, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – What Are Some Albums That Are Great For Camping?

Reddit, which has just undergone its first redesign in a decade, recently passed Facebook as the third most trafficked site in the United States. Being able to find any kind of timely information you want – for example, ideas for some new music to listen to at your campsite – is a big part of why […]

¶ Posted 08 June 2018 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, music, reddit, saskatchewan

Thanks Aunt Sandi!

Our annual visit from my Aunt Sandi, who stays with us for a few weeks around Pace’s birthday each year, is over for another year. It was another great visit with lots of laughs, great conversations, delicious meals and we even survived having windows installed in our guest room while Sandi was here. See you next […]

¶ Posted 05 June 2018 § Baby § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, travel

Saturday Snap – The Kids Celebrating Their Heritage at #Mosaicyqr

Should’ve called it “The Escape Castle“? What I imagine a Scottish princess would say… And of course, haggis!

¶ Posted 02 June 2018 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Music Monday – “Pushed around and kicked around/Always a lonely boy/You were the one that they’d talk about around town as they put you down”

I had the day off so decided to pop out to Congress at the U of R. It was a great day going through the Exhibitors’ Hall catching up with some publishers I knew from my days in that world, meeting some new publishers, talking to authors and so on. Since I rarely get out […]

¶ Posted 28 May 2018 § Humour § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Smile? (July 2014)

For a brief period of time, I loved the devil face Sasha would make when you told her to smile! 🙂

¶ Posted 24 May 2018 § Baby § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, saskatchewan

Five Great Things About This Year’s Seasonal Campsite

It’s going to be hard to top how well everything – weather, neighbours who had kids around our kids’ ages, view – worked out at our seasonal site last year. But having spent the May long weekend at our seasonal site at Nickle Lake Regional Park, we’re off to a pretty good start! Shea’s Parents […]

¶ Posted 22 May 2018 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, saskatchewan, travel

Music Monday – “Don’t your feet get cold in the winter time?/The sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine/It’s hard to tell the night time from the day/You’re losin’ all your highs and lows/Ain’t it funny how the feeling goes away?”

I’ve managed to hit the first two major concerts at the new Mosaic Stadium – the “test case” one with Bryan Adams last May then the first “superstar” one with G ‘n’ R last August. The next big one happened last Thursday as The Eagles were in Regina for the Memorial Cup kick-off but I […]