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Massive Ice Storm Hits Saskatchewan #skoutage

Pretty crazy day. The power was out from around 9am until early afternoon or even later across most of the southern half of the province.  Most businesses, schools and other organizations (including the library) closed down (except for a couple branches that had power) for the day. Makes you appreciate that this is not a […]

Posted 04 December 2018 § Library § News § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – I Feel A Bit Guilty About This Photo Knowing Shea Was 8 1/2 Months Pregnant… (March 2013)

…but I think it was her choice to do this, thinking it might help hasten Sasha’s arrival! 😉

Posted 22 November 2018 § Baby § Canada § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – A Different Kind of Church (April 2007)

In my first librarian job, my boss and I had the opportunity to oversee the move of a crowded small town library into a soon-to-be-vacated nearby church. This photo was during our first visit to the church to see if it would be a workable space once all the pews and other church holdings were […]

Posted 15 November 2018 § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § SecularSunday § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – Saskatchewan Promotional Video (1985)

Someone posted this on social media and I thought it’d be good for a bit of a different take on my usual Throwback Thursday personal photos…  

Posted 08 November 2018 § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Happy 47th Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Here’s a pic from this past summer of my folks in front of the United Church they got married at forty-seven years ago!

Posted 23 October 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – A Versatile Sign @officialRPL Regent Place Branch #yqr #ReadAboutWeed #GuideToGanja #MaryJaneMonographs #GetBuzzedonBooks

Usually, the “Homegrown” sign at my library helps identify a display of Saskatchewan books or perhaps a display of books about gardening or agriculture or something along those lines. But with the legalization of marijuana this week, we found another way to use this sign… 🙂

Posted 20 October 2018 § Canada § Humour § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Thanksgiving Closing Hours for Canadian Public Libraries

A few years back, I did a post where I researched the closing times for various Canadian libraries on Christmas Eve day. Of course Christmas Eve is not an “official” stat holiday but it’s still a day that many workplaces (not just libraries) recognize as a slow time and/or a good time to close early […]

Posted 08 October 2018 § Canada § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § List § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Reunion at a Funeral

There was a mini-IHHS Class of ’91 reunion at the funeral of Kyle Raaf today.   Our classmate, Erin, gave a moving eulogy for someone she described as “not just my big brother but my hero” and her stories of how Kyle had such a positive impact on so many people during his too-short 46 years […]

Posted 26 September 2018 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – My Christmas List (on the First Day of Fall)

Yesterday was the first day of fall but much of Saskatchewan had already received a heavy snowfall and Regina got a sleety-snowy rain that didn’t stick around but definitely felt more like winter than fall. There were other signs that it felt more like winter than fall as well.  When I turned on the “Flow” […]

Posted 22 September 2018 § Family § Humour § Sasha § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – Image Cable Installer (Summer 1991)

A bit of a different Throwback Thursday this week. I recently posted about how death was a dark cloud this summer with a handful of people we know and/or were connected to having died.  Unfortunately, that trend has continued into September with my parents letting me know that the father of one of my best […]

Posted 20 September 2018 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Randomness § Sad § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: