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One Month Away!!!

Posted 13 January 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Year’s Eve in Cuba (Dec 2015)

I’ll start by saying that my wife is an absolute smokeshow (so I know this will be the first line of my annual “First Line of My First Post of Each Month”) next December! 😉 The only time we did an all-inclusive over the Xmas holiday season was when we went to Cuba with my […]

Posted 01 January 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Krystal Grand Puerto Vallarta

We have a family trip booked to the Cancun area for February but ended up having an opportunity to go again in April so Shea and I have booked to go to Puerto Vallarta for the first time ever!  

Posted 26 December 2025 § FridayFunLink § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I will come back here, bring me back when I’m old/I want to lay here forever in the cold I might be cold but I’m just skin and bones/And I’ll never love England more than when covered in snow”

One of the single saddest moments of my life was leaving England a couple days before Christmas after a four-month college exchange. I still consider the single most joyful stretch of my entire life – the people, the sights, the experiences – just pure living in the moment and openness to the world that greatly […]

Posted 08 December 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “And now, maybe now I should change/Because I’m starting to lose all my faith/While those around are beaten down each day”

One of the coolest things about being in England during the height of the mid-90s Britpop era was being exposed to so much great music.  Obviously Oasis was one of the biggest bands of that era and paid homage to the Beatles in various ways – mostly looks, lyrics and musical references. “Lazarus” – Boo […]

Posted 23 November 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Hotel Riu Cancun (March 2004)

Shea and I have rarely (never?) stayed at the same brand of hotel during our various all-inclusive trips over the years, always interested in trying new places (though we lean heavily on the Cancun/Mayan Riviera area lately compared to moving around more when we first starting going to resorts.) We stayed at a Riu during […]

Posted 06 November 2025 § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Only “Real” Blue Jays Game? (April 2006)

I can’t remember for sure but think this Blue Jays game was the first and only Blue Jays game I’ve attended in my life?  Or did I see an exhibition game in Regina once?  Hmm, 1989 so that feels very possible. At any rate, this game was during a break in my Masters program.  My […]

Posted 23 October 2025 § Canada § Jobs § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Take me to the place where you go/Where nobody knows/If it’s night or day/Please don’t put your life in the hands/Of a rock ‘n’ roll band/Who’ll throw it all away.”

“(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” was released thirty years ago this week and after years of acrimony, Oasis is in the middle of a massive reunion tour with rumours that it’s going to be extended into 2026. One of the major highlights of my entire life was being in England in fall 1995 during the […]

Posted 29 September 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Politically Active Week Continues…

Completely unintentional but I even styled my hair like Charlie’s!  Very powerful presenation about the current situation with the United States and many other related topics – AI, soy beans, China, higher education, Indigenous rights and more.

Posted 23 September 2025 § Canada § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Jan Lake Lodge (July 2014)

With the wildfires burning in northern Saskatchewan (and really, across much of Canada’s north), I can’t help but think of the handful of times I’ve been able to travel to the north of the province for vacations or even work. This was a fishing trip we did with Shea’s family in 2014.

Posted 12 June 2025 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § Saskatchewan § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,