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Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Do You Live in the Saskatoon-Meewasin Constituency? #skpoli

Ryan Meili, a guy you might have heard of on this blog once or twice before, is running to become the Saskatchewan NDP’s candidate for the Saskatoon-Meewasin riding in an upcoming by-election. The nomination meeting is next Monday night. If you live in the constituency and think that Saskatchewan’s heading in the wrong direction under Brad Wall […]

¶ Posted 17 January 2017 § MemoryLane § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Music Monday – “Old woman, back bent like a willow/Fingers grace the dirt to catch the weeds/You could call her a throwback, Say we know better/It’s all those little lies we tell ourselves so we can sleep.”

This musician lives in my hometown but I somehow only managed to hear about her just before Christmas… “Ghost Highway” – Kara Golemba

¶ Posted 02 January 2017 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Five Star @SparkleTour #yqr @ctvregina

Thanks to the good folks at SparkleTour.ca, it’s super-easy for anyone in Regina to plot out a tour of some of the best light displays our city has to offer – you can find the ones nearest you or, as we did tonight, plot a route to all of the ones that have achieved a […]

¶ Posted 22 December 2016 § Family § MemoryLane § Randomness § Shea § Travel § Xmas ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: cool, holiday, music, saskatchewan, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Ryan Meili Is Running (April 2009)

Got a pretty exciting early Christmas present today with Ryan Meili’s announcement that he’ll be seeking the nomination in a by-election in Saskatoon-Meewasin. Here’s a photo from Ryan’s announcement of his Sask NDP leadership campaign in Regina in April 2009…

¶ Posted 15 December 2016 § MemoryLane § News § Politics ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: economics, history, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – My Favourite Christmas Tradition?

One of Shea’s and my Christmas traditions is that we go out for lunch together without kids (usually) sometime in December to a place where we can have a good meal and possibly a pint or other refreshing beverage as well. We were both off yesterday so decided to visit the Rochdale Leopold’s (I’d been before […]

¶ Posted 11 December 2016 § Family § Photo § Randomness § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “I felt like a king on the 25th day/Most precious of gifts returned my gaze/Not seventeen years, in fact less a day/Who dreamed of red flowers surrounding a grave?/Another trip ’round the sun rewinds misery/The whiskey, the tree and me”

I love that the local independent radio station wakes me up every morning and I doubly love when a song penetrates my brain as I switch from sleeping to being awake. Today, this was the song I heard as I dozed between sleep and wake… “The Whiskey, The Tree and Me” – JJ Voss

¶ Posted 05 December 2016 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) °

First Snow of the Year – Hawksley Workman

We had one brief hit a few weeks ago that went away but otherwise, November 29 is a pretty good day for posting this traditional blog post to commemorate the first snow of the year (the first that looks like it’s going to stick around anyhow)…

¶ Posted 29 November 2016 § Blog § Family § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: weather

Saturday Snap – Great Christmas Light Display on Sangster Blvd #yqr

We’re pretty lucky that this house is about a block from our house. And doubly lucky because the unseasonably warm weather allowed us to walk over in light jackets to check it out the other night. That let us hear the outside speakers and although this angle doesn’t show it, the kids also loved seeing […]

¶ Posted 26 November 2016 § Family § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – How To Take Maximum Advantage of An Unseasonably Warm Saturday in mid-November? #yqr

There’s lots of possibilities but these folks win by having a yard sale!

¶ Posted 12 November 2016 § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, science, weather

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “I’m Voting Obama” (November 2012)

Happier times… And when Cam Broten beat Ryan Meili by 44 votes out of thousands cast after Ryan was widely expected to win, I learned the hard way that you can never count someone out. I never thought Trump could beat Clinton but I never assumed it was a sure thing either. In fact, I […]