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Saturday Snap – Beautiful Calm Waters in Varadero, Cuba

Shea took this video to try to capture just how beautiful, calm and clear the water was near our hotel on our second last day in Cuba…

¶ Posted 09 January 2016 § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – View From An #iberostarvaradero Beach Chair (Jan 2016)

You can even see the two scrapes on my shins detailed in yesterday’s post! 😉

¶ Posted 07 January 2016 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, travel

Music Monday – “From Alto Cedro, I go towards Marcané/I get to Cueto, head for Mayarí”

Back from a week in Cuba and I have this song stuck in my head. (Funny tangent about how things come around – a good friend of mine was a big fan of the Buena Vista Social Club when they exploded in the mid-to-late 1990’s. But at the time, I was too much into pretty standard […]

¶ Posted 04 January 2016 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, music, travel

Merry Christmas!

One of the best Christmases I can remember – great gifts, great food, great moments, great family plus in two days, we’re off to Cuba! Enjoying Christmas supper… Sasha got cool sunglasses for the beach and a new hoodie from Grandpa and Grandma… She also loved her princess dress-up outfit… Pace had a parkour […]

¶ Posted 25 December 2015 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, economics, xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our Xmas Baby Reveal (Dec 24, 2012)

¶ Posted 24 December 2015 § Baby § Family § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, parents, xmas

Music Monday – “He told his niece/’It’s Christmas Eve, I know our life is not your style,’/She said, ‘Christmas is like solstice/And we miss you and it’s been awhile'”

Happy Solstice! What a perfect song for today’s Music Monday post as this song compares and contrasts traditional Christian holiday celebrations with those who are not… “Christians and the Pagans” – Dar Williams

¶ Posted 21 December 2015 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, music, xmas

One Week From Today…

…we will be here:

¶ Posted 20 December 2015 § Family § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, parents, travel, xmas

Saturday Snap – Pace’s School Winter Concert

They’re not allowed to say “Christmas” but this year, his grade sang a recognizable Christmas song (“Let It Snow”) [Edit: oh, that’s funny. I looked back at my post from three years ago about Pace’s first school concert and what song did I suggest would be a good, non-offensive choice but still “Christmasy”? Someone from […]

¶ Posted 19 December 2015 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § SecularSunday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, education, language, music, xmas

Secular Sunday – The Joy of Celebrating A Godless Christmas

At my library branch, we’ve had lots of interesting conversations around the “Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas” dichotomy that always happens at this time of year in western society. We talked about how to balance the library’s responsibility to be inclusive and respectful of all faiths, cultures and beliefs but also how Christmas is the holiday most […]