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Secular Sunday – Back when the Bible was written…

Saturday Snap – Uno

Had a pretty wet weekend at the campsite (including a bunch of folding chairs and other stuff getting drenched when a storm blew up unexpectly when we ran to town Saturday afternoon for groceries)

But the rain also held off at different points allowing us to have a couple nice fires and even some fireside Uno battles!

¶ Posted 28 May 2022 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping

Friday Fun Link – How Serial Killers Trap Librarians

¶ Posted 27 May 2022 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Library § Meme § Photo § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Grandpa Peet in Uniform (circa 1945?)

After missing the last couple years for obvious reasons, an aunt who visits us from Kelowna for a few weeks every spring is here now.

One of her hobbies is genealogy and related, she likes to scan and catalogue old photos.

She brought a thumb drive with hundreds of old family photos which means I’ll have no shortage of photos for future “Throwback Thursday” posts (and many much older than those in my personal collection which basically starts in 2006 when we got our first digital camera!)

She also brought me a print of my grandfather in uniform and I gave her some info about some of his war medals to add to her genealogy files.

¶ Posted 26 May 2022 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, parents, travel

But Make Sure That Report Is Done and You Take Your Breaks As Assigned!

The Age of Extinction Is Here.

¶ Posted 25 May 2022 § News § Politics § Sad § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, history, science, weather

My Brain Today: School Shooting in Texas, Oilers v. Flames Stress, Monkeypox, Medical Appointment, Work Stuff, Life Stuff, Blog Stuff, Stuffed Stuff

¶ Posted 24 May 2022 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “Girl I saw on Facebook that Mike proposed/That’s bullshit baby, I know you know/I know my chances are getting right slim/You ain’t gotta marry me, just don’t marry him”

“I Saw On Facebook (That Mike Proposed)” – Donovan Woods

¶ Posted 23 May 2022 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: facebook, music

Secular Sunday – Losing My Religion: The Pandemic Is Causing Many To Lose Faith In God

https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/faith-religion-god-declined-pandemic-study/

¶ Posted 22 May 2022 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, science

Saturday Snap – Catching Up With An Old Friend

A lifelong buddy who now lives in Arizona and who we haven’t seen in years sent me a text that he was back in town for the weekend and wanted to meet for a pint.

I was so excited I booked a time with him, completely forgetting that we’d also planned a family supper for my son’s 15th birthday! (Oops!)

Once Shea gently (?) reminded me that my son’s birthday was more important than drinking with an old buddy, I pushed back our meeting time and we were able to get together at Bushwakkers.

And as is the case when I gather with friends so often these days, there were some common topics of conversation:

* our respective Covid experiences (the differences he experienced living in Arizona were *very* fascinating to hear about)
* our parents’ health
* our own health
* how are kids are doing
* updates on how various friends-in-common are doing: who’s married, who’s divorced. Who has kids, who doesn’t. Who’s employed, who got laid off or is unemployed. Even sadly, who’s alive and who died.
* Although it’s not imminent, our long term retirement plans.