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Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Fair Fun (June 2013)

Pace at the mall parking lot fair we take him to each year to mark the end-of-school-year…

¶ Posted 04 June 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, education, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “Cottonwood fallin’/Like snow in July/Fireflies poppin’/Like the fourth of July.”

Country music always makes me think of summer and camping and all that good stuff wrapped up all in one. Literally…

¶ Posted 01 June 2015 § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Good-Bye Aunt Sandi

For the past few years, my aunt has come to stay with us for a month or so in May. She’s around for Pace’s birthday, helps watch the kids while we tackle some of our spring projects, uses our home as a base for visiting various friends from when she lived in Regina and otherwise […]

¶ Posted 30 May 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, travel

Saturday Snap – (Un)Hip Waders

My uncle and I while putting in the dock at our family cottage…

¶ Posted 23 May 2015 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Heading To #yqr @reginafanexpo Earlier Today

¶ Posted 25 April 2015 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § PopCulture § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Rebellion Brewing #yqr

¶ Posted 11 April 2015 § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Duking It Out With Wendel Clark at #hometownhockey #yqr

In the photo below, Sasha seems to be saying “Dad, if you raise your fist to this guy, you’re going to lose!” That’s not too far-fetched actually since, when I stepped up for my photo, I accidentally bumped into Wendel as I moved to stand beside him. “Hey, keep the elbows down!” he quipped and I was […]

¶ Posted 15 March 2015 § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cute, hockey, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “Everyday’s not Valentine’s/But you make it feel like most of the time/When I’m all alone with you.”

Michael Franti used this video to propose to his girlfriend who happens to be a nurse from Saskatchewan which Shea informs me are two of the best qualities a woman can have! 😉

¶ Posted 09 February 2015 § MusicMonday § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, saskatchewan

Regina’s Status As Fly-Over Country Confirmed #yqrcc #yqr

When I was in England on exchange in 1995, I would sometimes go to the college library and read the UK’s national papers. I still remember looking at the Travel section of The Weekend Times and seeing an ad for a “Cross-Canada Adventure”. After landing in the maritimes, you would take a coach through Quebec and […]

¶ Posted 27 January 2015 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, health, saskatchewan

Music Monday – Honoring Our Parents: The Legacy of Residential Schools

There’s a popular story making the rounds on social media to help people in positions of privilege understand exactly what the concept means and what it affords them. The essence of the story is that a high school teacher sets a recycling bin at the front of the room then gives his students wads of paper […]