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Five Lists of Five Things I’m Thinking About As Scott Moe Prepares To Release His Five Phase Plan for Reopening Saskatchewan

Premier Scott Moe had a press conference tonight to announce that…he will be having a press conference tomorrow night to talk about how his government has a five point plan for reopening the province now that we’ve flattened the curve…maybe. There’s no doubt that Saskatchewan has done very well during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to […]

The Importance of Being Able to Say “I Don’t Know”

Perhaps like no other profession on earth, librarians are dedicated to providing others with factual, accurate information across an incredibly broad range of subjects (if you’re a Dewey fan, you might think of it as us covering from 000 to 999 – basically the full range of human knowledge!) So one of the toughest things […]

¶ Posted 19 April 2020 § Internet § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, economics, history, science

Saturday Snap – Tough Birthday Cake Choices

When Sasha was decorating her birthday cake, I’m sure it was just an unfortunate oversight that she had enough letters to write “Unicorn” but not enough to write “Daddy”! 😉

¶ Posted 18 April 2020 § Family § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, holiday

Music Monday – “COVID-19/I swear you are mean/At this moment/I’m in quarantine”

Lots of “C’mon Eileen” parodies out there right now for some reason… “COVID-19” (“C’mon Eileen” Parody)

¶ Posted 06 April 2020 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, music

What If Kids Aren’t Falling Behind By Staying At Home But Getting Ahead?

There are so many examples in this pandemic of how we’re still operating (or trying to operate) based on our old systems, as if they are the only and the ultimate way to do things, rather than realising that we’ve also been given a huge opportunity to review these systems and even try to do […]

¶ Posted 05 April 2020 § Jobs § News § Pace § Sasha § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, economics, health

Saturday Snap – Last Pre-Quarantine Photo (and My Personal Covid Timeline/Photo Essay)

There’s a challenge on social media to post the last picture on your camera roll before you entered quarantine. I thought I’d take that challenge but go a step further to post a few photos and significant dates from my own personal COVID timeline… My Personal COVID Timeline Late November – early December 2019 COVID […]

¶ Posted 04 April 2020 § Library § List § MemoryLane § News § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, economics, health, history, parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Registered Nurses Are Now Required Nurses (April 2013)

During the current pandemic, RN doesn’t just stand for “Registered Nurse” – it stand for *Required* Nurse and our frontline healthcare workers are going above and beyond in the battle against COVID-19 in hospitals, testing sites and other locations around the world. I’m so proud to be married to a nurse who fills this vital […]

¶ Posted 02 April 2020 § Family § Jobs § News § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, health, science

A Letter From Italy, A Letter From Our Future…

(Stolen from a FB friend…) This was published in The Guardian – UK -, but also in France, Germany ….. The acclaimed Italian novelist Francesca Melandri, who has been under lockdown in Rome for almost three weeks due to the Covid-19 outbreak, has written a letter to fellow Europeans and all of us “from your […]