Like so many Saskatchewan kids, I grew up watching the Riders. And much like the people of Saskatchewan, with the land embedded in our souls, the fortunes of the Riders over the past three decades I’ve followed the team have come to symbolize a population long accustomed to accepting whatever fates beyond our control may […]
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Friday Fun(ny) Link – Baby’s First Word
When I was born, my parents were running a bulk fuel business in my hometown. I was basically raised in the office of that ESSO fuel station for the first few years of my life (which explains a lot of my current brain damage and any future cancers I may acquire!) With the number of […]
Notes from Rachel Van Riel Workshop at Regina Public Library
RPL hosted a workshop with well-known library consultant, Rachel Van Riel of OpeningTheBook.com today, the only Saskatchewan stop on a cross-Canada tour that will also take her to Alberta and Ontario. The information presented was excellent and I’d highly recommend her to anyone looking for ideas on how to improve their libraries. As always, a […]
Music Monday – “Down our long dusty driveway/I set my mind to go/I was eighteen and wild and free and wondering
Any time I spend time at our farm with my dad and Pace as I did this past weekend… …I think of this song. One reason the lyrics resonate is because I literally was that nervous boy getting onto the school bus for the first time. (Of course I managed to come home with a […]