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Who’s In My Covid Bubble?

Now that we’ve been going out more for shopping, staying in our seasonal campsite since the start of June, I’ve been back to work for over a month, and we’ve even been brave enough to eat at a couple restaurants (only patios though, not inside!), I thought it might be interesting to think about who’s […]

Posted 12 August 2020 § Family § List § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Five Reasons Masks Are Great (Beyond Helping to Prevent Covid)

Hide if you have lettuce in your teeth Allow you to make faces at people you’re talking to Covers up if you have bad breath (six feet distancing helps too!) Allows you to make a unique fashion statement. Helps keep the economy going (and why do people who refuse to wear masks hate capitalism so […]

Posted 11 August 2020 § Humour § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

How Countries Around The World Have Responded to Covid-19

 

Posted 12 July 2020 § Canada § News § Travel § UK § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Ready To Reopen

Plexiglass?  Check. Signage Promoting Safety and New Rules?  Check. Visible people counter?  Check. Stanchions?  Check. Revamped shelving and computer areas?  Check. Ready to reopen?  Ready as we’ll ever be! 🙂

Posted 08 July 2020 § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

50 Memories of Covid Quarantine

I’ve been fortunate to be able to work from home since March 18 but as I take another big step and prepare to head to my first full week back in the library this week (with our branch to open to the public soon as well), I thought it might be interesting to make a […]

Posted 05 July 2020 § List § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Five Thoughts As I Enter My Fourth Month of Quarantine

I did a list like this about a month ago and so I thought I’d do another one as I’m now a few days into my *fourth* month of quarantine to see what’s front of mind these days… 1. Public libraries *finally* have a date for permitted opening which will be Phase Four Stage Two […]

Posted 23 June 2020 § Jobs § Library § List § Pace § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

The Tragic Saga of Officer Stacey McMuffin

There’s been a huge amount of attention to police budgets and police brutality recently. It’s been so overwhelming that a 15-year veteran of a Georgia county police force had a melt down in a McDonald’s parking lot after her food didn’t come out right away and she thought the staff were likely planning to poison […]

Posted 17 June 2020 § Jobs § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Five Things That Make Covid-19 The Perfect Disaster

No matter how bad they are, most of the time, disasters tend to be localized events -hurricanes, tsunamis, even droughts – that areas recover from soon after the event. Covid is the perfect disaster in a few ways… 1. Its devastation is truly worldwide.  I was reading a book about pandemics and the author observed […]

Posted 03 June 2020 § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – If You’re Going To Buy A Face Mask…

…might as well buy a book-themed one!

Posted 29 May 2020 § FridayFunLink § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Five Reasons Libraries Should Begin Re-opening (and Five Reasons They Shouldn’t)

In a time of unprecedented challenges, the big debate in libraryland is how/when libraries should reopen. There are good reasons on both sides of the ledger but as Saskatchewan libraries inch closer to reopening, here’s a few of the main ones… LIBRARIES *SHOULD* BEGIN RE-OPENING 1. The single biggest reason libraries should be reopening is […]

Posted 27 May 2020 § Library § List § News § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,