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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “We are closing for at least two weeks, maybe more” (March 16, 2020)

This was the sign one of my staff hastily wrote during the frantic last day my library was open to the public (which ironically, I suspect was one of the busiest circulation days in my branch’s history as people took *armloads* of books – perhaps realising our project of “at least a couple weeks” was […]

¶ Posted 09 July 2020 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, history

Throwback Thursday – Family Portrait at the Library (June 2011)

¶ Posted 02 July 2020 § Family § Library § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cute, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Naive We Were (School Year 2016-2017)

As June comes to an end, I have to post this meme I recently rediscovered. It’s funny how dabbing, fidget spinners and bottle flipping were the biggest issues a teacher had to deal with a few years back! I’m not up to doing a full photoshop job but can only imagine the updated version of […]

¶ Posted 25 June 2020 § Humour § Jobs § Meme § MemoryLane § News § Photo § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our First Dine-In Restaurant Meal in Three Months! (March 2020-June 2020)

Usually my “Throwback Thursday” posts go at least a few years back. But this one has me thinking of the past three months – from our last dine-in meal at the Houston Pizza near our house on Friday March 13 after we picked up the kids from what would be their last day of school […]

¶ Posted 18 June 2020 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, food, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Sunset at Jan Lake

¶ Posted 11 June 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather

Throwback Thursday – Locked in The Camper (August 2015)

I told this story soon after it happened but now, five years later, it also qualifies to be a “Throwback Thursday” post as well. At the time, we were at Shea’s parents’ campsite getting ready for supper and no one was paying much attention to Sasha in the camper as people bustled in and out. […]

¶ Posted 04 June 2020 § Baby § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, cute, parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Coteau Books Board of Directors (January 2016)

I joined the board of Coteau Books in early 2012 but this photo of the board is from January 2016. Coteau entered bankruptcy earlier this year so this is from happier times and what happy times they were. During my many years on the Coteau board, I met such a wide range of great people […]

¶ Posted 28 May 2020 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, education, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – Barn Board Accounting (April 1932)

This is pretty special – my dad was getting some barn boards from our farm to use in framing projects and found one where my grandfather had done some accounting as he sold grain to others (according to dad, he remembers the grain being sold by the five gallon pail.) My brother-in-law stained the board, […]

¶ Posted 21 May 2020 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, parents, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Making A Mess (September 2009)

Hard to believe this toddler will be a teenager next week. (Still as messy though!) 😉

¶ Posted 14 May 2020 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “Reader Pride” Wrap-Up (June 2008)

This was the wrap-up for a major region-wide literacy program called “Time To Read” (with a slogan “Reader Pride”, a pun on Saskatchewan’s well-known “Rider Pride”) that I was involved with in my first job after I graduated from library school. It’s crazy to think how much in this photo is now being impacted by […]