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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Grandma, My Mom and My Daughter (June 2022, July 2000)

Lots can change in two short years or in twenty… I didn’t really have to change the inscription in the coffee table book of prairie photos I gave my Grandma Hammond when she moved into the Golden Prairie Nursing Home in Indian Head when my mom moved into the same facility – just had to […]

Posted 09 January 2025 § Family § MemoryLane § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Why Workplace Well-Being Programs Don’t Work

In essence, organizations focus wrongly on trying to “fix” individuals (I-Frame) rather than the systemic (S-Frame) issues that create or exasperate mental health issues for staff.

Posted 08 January 2025 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Craft Beer Calendar (December 2015)

Posted 26 December 2024 § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – You’re Not Special But You Are Fucking Lucky

It’s been a tough year in a lot of ways – maybe the toughest of my life – but it’s ending on multiple up notes and either way, still better than none at all as my dad always says!

Posted 22 December 2024 § SecularSunday § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “So I’ll go but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna go/Could be stuck here and happy/So there’s a puzzle I work on endlessly/And I’ve got the sides and all the corners/But there’s a space/Yeah there’s a space/Lost some pieces I can’t replace/So I’ll be but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna be/Just a wasted puzzle piece”

I posted this song in August 2012 after hearing it on Community Radio one morning.  Who knew that twelve years later, it would be so relevant to my life with elderly parents including one with dementia… “Basket” – Dan Mangan (I don’t think I’ve ever done this before but here are the song lyrics in […]

Posted 16 December 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Batman Smells?

Even with her dementia, my mom’s personality is still there – humourous, profane, caring and kind. I like nothing more than making her laugh and as much as the dementia has taken from her (and us), the disease has also made me love her more than I ever have. (Here’s her reaction to my “Robots […]

Posted 14 December 2024 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Sad § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

There Ain’t No “You” In “United Health” – Jesse Welles

Not going to wait for Music Monday to post this – so good and timely.  

Posted 10 December 2024 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Two Year Check-Up (April 2015)

When Sasha was born, my coworkers at RPL threw a baby shower for Shea and I. I still remember a couple co-workers who both had older children – one in high school the other with two in their early 20s – giving me a line that I still think of to this day: “Little kids, […]

Posted 05 December 2024 § Baby § MemoryLane § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – The Killing of United Healthcare’s MBA CEO

I’ve been reading a lot about the early Wednesday morning murder of the CEO of United Healthcare who was killed while walking into a shareholder’s meeting at a New York City hotel. Although things are still fresh, details aren’t fully known and, as I type this, the killer is still at large, it would appear […]

Posted 04 December 2024 § Jobs § News § Politics § Randomness § United States § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Neural Wiring Diagram of An Entire Fly’s Brain

This may seem basic but honestly, it’s pretty amazing what science can do.

Posted 22 November 2024 § Animals § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,