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Friday Fun Link – New $245 Million Calgary Central Library Opens

As a former Calgarian who often worked closely with the city’s librarians via my role at the Writers Guild of Alberta (a highlight of my time in Calgary was being invited by one librarian to be her “community guest” at the opening of a new suburban branch that features a speech by well-known author and […]

¶ Posted 02 November 2018 § Library § MemoryLane § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history

The World’s Most Remote Inhabited Island

¶ Posted 30 October 2018 § Randomness § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, travel

Friday Fun Link – Dollar Street and GapMinder’s Four Income Levels

Dollar Street, from the GapMinder Foundation, uses a well-designed interface to help counter misconceptions about different income levels in the world. Their main point is that people don’t uniformly live in “poor” or “rich” countries like most of us tend to think but that people actually share similar lifestyles, items that they own, and things they […]

¶ Posted 19 October 2018 § Canada § Family § Infographic § Jobs § News § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, food, history, travel

Throwback Thursday- #tbt – Grasshopper Cafe, Amsterdam (Fall 1995)

Figured this would be a good week to dig deep in the photo albums for a shot from a weekend trip to Amsterdam our host college arranged while I was on a semester exchange to England in 1995. (That England trip will probably fill 7/10 spots if I ever do a “Fondest Pot Memories” list […]

¶ Posted 18 October 2018 § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, holiday, travel

Saturday Snap – Welcome Home Mom!

With Shea being away for a week away at a conference, I had visions of having the kids show up at the airport dishevelled, dirty, and with funny signs to welcome their mom home. Unfortunately, Pace’s sense of humour is a bit different than mine so he went with a more traditional sign and only […]

¶ Posted 13 October 2018 § Canada § Family § Humour § Jobs § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, travel

Throwback Thursday – Near Heart’s Content, Newfoundland (July 2011)

With Shea in Halifax for a conference this week, it’s got me thinking of our last trip to the east coast when we visited Newfoundland for 10 days to attend a friend’s wedding and be tourists checking out the amazing sights. We’d briefly talked about me going to join her for a few days before […]

¶ Posted 11 October 2018 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Did We Spot Our Next Destination, @HyattZivaCancun From The Air A Year Ago? (March 2018)

Who knew when we went parasailing at the Beach Palace (a sister resort to the Moon Palace where we were staying) last winter that we’d end up taking a picture of the resort we’d be staying at the following winter? But almost as soon as we got home from our amazing two-week getaway last year, […]

¶ Posted 04 October 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, travel

Music Monday – “Well, the hives are gone/I’ve lost my bees/The chickens are sleeping/In the willow trees/Cow’s in water up past her knees/Three feet high and rising”

Frightening: “We’re Moving to Higher Ground” – America’s Era of Climate-Inspired Mass Migration is Here “Five Feet High and Rising” – Johnny Cash

¶ Posted 24 September 2018 § News § Politics § Sad § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, science, weather

@MiaReefIsla Mia Reef Hotel, Isla Mujeres, Mexico

This was one of the most unique hotels we saw during our visit to Mexico last March. For example, while all beaches in Mexico are considered public property, this hotel is on a small island of its own, connected to Isla Mujeres by a short bridge, which means that this is one of the few […]