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Saturday Snap – Dusty Ol’ Tractor

I was off on Tuesday so did my annual fall drive around the beautiful Qu’Appelle Valley including some back road crop checking.

Love this shot of an old tractor at a crossroad with dust hanging in the air…

¶ Posted 08 October 2022 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, travel

Friday Fun Link – 10 Wrestling Matches That Turned Into Real Fights

¶ Posted 07 October 2022 § FridayFunLink § List § Sports § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our Canine Camping Neighbour, Teddy

Our camping neighbours got a new dog at the start of Covid named Teddy. Sasha was *very* excited to meet him!

¶ Posted 06 October 2022 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, saskatchewan

Loretta Lynn and Banned Songs

RIP Loretta Lynn.

Not sure if its true but I read that this trailblazing songwriter had more of her songs banned from radio airplay than every other male country artist *combined* in the 20th Century.

Loretta Lynn had more songs banned from radio than every other male country artist combined in the 20th century. pic.twitter.com/IOchPjwmWL

— Eric Alper ? (@ThatEricAlper) October 4, 2022

Not hard to believe since she wrote about topics ranging from infidelity to divorce to contraception and <gasp> was a woman tackling those topics which likely made it even more controversial to conservative country radio.

¶ Posted 04 October 2022 § Censorship § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language, music

Music Monday – “God damn my liver when it’s thirsty/God damn my wallet when it’s dry/I’m too sober to sleep/But I’m too drunk to cry”

“Too Sober To Sleep (To Drunk To Cry)” – Justin Rutledge

¶ Posted 03 October 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health

Secular Sunday – Proof That Spiderman Exists

¶ Posted 02 October 2022 § Humour § Meme § PopCulture § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism

Saturday Snap – Regina Public Library Central Library

¶ Posted 01 October 2022 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – EPL vs. CPL (Aug 2019, Feb 2022)

I’ve had the pleasure of visiting both the newly built Calgary Public Library Central Branch (in 2019) and newly-refurbished Edmonton Public Library (in 2022).

And you know what?

Newly built or refurbished, both are incredible libraries in their own ways with the main thing they have in common is both cities embracing the value of having a landmark Central library as a community hub; a catalyst for innovation, culture, and learning; and even as a tourist attraction.

(This graphic was apparently shown at a Flames game as a shot at Edmonton since Edmonton’s library *does* look a bit “tank-like” from the outside. But Oilers fans online were quick to point out that if you compare arenas, Stanley Cup banners or NHL record holders between the two cities, Edmonton is far ahead. Sadly can’t argue with that…no matter how many library books I read on the subject!)