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Music Monday – “She makes the sign of a teaspoon/He makes the sign of a wave/The poor boy changes clothes/And puts on aftershave/To compensate for his ordinary shoes”

Reading a new book about the recording of Paul Simon’s “Graceland” and rediscovering an amazingly influential and controversial album: “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” – Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

¶ Posted 24 August 2026 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, history, music

Saturday Snap – A Cabaret of Legends

Got a free ticket to see a Saskatoon Fringe Play while passing through to drop Sasha off at the SFL Summer Camp and it was an amazing show!

¶ Posted 15 August 2026 § Photo § PopCulture § Randomness § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Garth Brooks in #YXE (June 2016)

Don’t get to Saskatoon often these days but used to go a lot more when we were younger (including more than one there-and-back road trips to go JUST TO GET WENDY’S when Regina which is pretty insane in hindsight!) and when I worked for a province-wide organization (even had a program where I’d go and […]

¶ Posted 06 August 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Imagine (May 2009)

Still have the poster I got after attending this exhibit while at a library conference in Montreal in 2009.

¶ Posted 30 July 2026 § Canada § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Surprise Visitors From The Future???

Well, from New Zealand. But I think that’s a day ahead, no? We knew Shea’s cousin, her NZ husband and three girls were in Canada. But after a long visit during their last trip to Canada two years ago, we weren’t sure if we’d see them this trip or not. So imagine our surprise when […]