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Banff Gondola and Sulphur Mountain Summit

It’s hard to pick a favourite part of our quick trip to Calgary – seeing the pandas at the Calgary Zoo (though gorillas and hippos will always be my favourites), driving past so many of our old haunts (even tried to buzz a neighbour whose name is still on the board at our former condo […]

The Rivalry Between Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson

¶ Posted 13 August 2019 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Public Library Cuts Again? #abpoli (June 2010)

It seems like one of the highest priorities for any conservative government is targeting the funding of public libraries – in Newfoundland (May 2016), in Saskatchewan (March 2017), in Ontario (April 2019), and now in Alberta (August 2019 (although to be fair, Jason Kenney’s Conservatives haven’t cut yet but are withholding 50% in advance of […]

¶ Posted 08 August 2019 § Canada § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, education, saskatchewan

Five Things I Love The Most About Our rPod 182G

Hard to believe we’ve had our 2012 rPod for five years now having bought it used during summer 2014. Through the first couple years of pulling it around the province, one year in a provincial seasonal site and the last couple in a regional park, I continue to feel like we made an awesome decision […]

¶ Posted 06 August 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, cute, holiday, saskatchewan, travel

(Belated) Throwback Thursday – #tbt – That’s A Switch! (April 2008)

Pace used his saved up birthday/Christmas/babysitting money to buy himself a $500 Nintendo Switch the other day – a long ways from when he was a year old and having fun on the $50 desktop computer I bought from Southeast Regional Library after they decommissioned it.

¶ Posted 11 July 2019 § Baby § Family § Humour § Library § Pace § Photo § Technology § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, education

(Belated) Secular Sunday – America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches

America has an epidemic of abandoned churches but they could always look to convert them into libraries!

¶ Posted 07 July 2019 § Library § MemoryLane § United States § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, education, history

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I Miss America (March 2009)

Happy (?) Fourth of July. I think I’ve mentioned that Shea’s and my “mini protest’ after Trump was elected was deciding not to go to the USA – mostly because of him but also because I just found the USA to be increasingly at odds with my personal values in general – from the gun […]

¶ Posted 04 July 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, unitedstates

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

Tragedies like this simply don’t need to happen. Please give if you can…

¶ Posted 25 June 2019 § Family § News § Politics § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history, unitedstates

Putting The “Bin” In Cabin

A husband and wife who are retired farmers decide to convert the grain bins they can’t sell into very unique rental cabins. I wasn’t much of a farmer growing up but I did shovel out a few bins in the summer, often in extreme heat (if it’s hot outside, it’s *extremely* hot in the bin) […]

¶ Posted 19 June 2019 § Family § Jobs § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, cute, parents, saskatchewan, weather

Friday Fun Link – Raptors Win NBA Chamionship!

I used to be a pretty big basketball fan in high school but admit I’ve gotten away from the game. But really enjoyed jumping on the bandwagon for the Raptors amazing playoff run that ended last night with them capturing the championship. (Saw an interesting piece of trivia – Leafs won their last Stanley Cup […]