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Back From Camping (and Five “Redneck” Moments)

Eternal optimist that I am, I keep saying that Covid has had some unintended benefits. One of those is because we couldn’t do a winter trip this year, it also meant we had more holidays to take in the summer – two weeks in July but also two weeks in August which we don’t usually […]

¶ Posted 22 August 2021 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, holiday

New Southeast Regional Library (@srlhq) “Little Library” at Nickle Lake Regional Park

Can’t wait to check out (er, pun intended?) this little library out this weekend (and on a related note, I was hanging out with the new Weyburn Library Branch Head last weekend too. Yep, I’m that cool!) 🙂 The “Beaver Den” is the park’s arts & craft shack but I’m still bitter that my entry […]

¶ Posted 28 July 2021 § Jobs § Library § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, camping, economics, education

Weyburn, Sask Driving Tour

Not sure if I’d call it “best city to live” as this video claims but it’s where I spend most of my summer (well, at a nearby lake with occasional trips into town for groceries, booze and camping supplies) but it’s where my parents got married, my wife graduated high school, and my in-laws currently […]

¶ Posted 27 July 2021 § Family § Saskatchewan § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping

Music Monday – “He’s brown as a berry from ridin’ the prairie/And he sings with an ol’ western drawl/Ooh-ooh-ooh-doo-di-di/Singing his cattle call”

“Cattle Call” – Eddy Arnold RIP Lloyd Thompson (1942-2021)

¶ Posted 26 July 2021 § Family § MusicMonday § Photo § Sad § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Gone Camping

We’re off camping for a couple weeks so blog posts will likely be rare to non-existent during that time.

¶ Posted 09 July 2021 § Family § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Canada Day In Happier Times (July 2008)

Three years ago, I was placing second in our campground’s annual “Canada Day Decorating” contest. This year? Don’t really feel like decorating too much (though I did have a few ideas to subvert the contest but couldn’t find 751 orange helium balloons in time!) 🙁 At the risk of sounding like somebody on /r/entlightenedcentrism, I’m […]

¶ Posted 01 July 2021 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, health, history

Secular Sunday – Shining A Light

Powerful image of 751 solar lights during a vigil to recognize the children found in unmarked graves at Cowessess First Nation…

¶ Posted 27 June 2021 § Canada § News § Photo § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, history

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Sask Book Awards/Alberta Book Awards (multiple years from 1997 to present)

Tonight was the 2021 Saskatchewan Book Awards and I also recently found the 2021 Alberta Book Awards on social media. I spent nearly a decade in the literary non-profit sector and both served on the board of the SBA for a few years (as well as a frequent volunteer doing everything from taking tickets to […]

¶ Posted 24 June 2021 § Library § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, book, education

Secular Sunday – Love Thy Neighbour

¶ Posted 20 June 2021 § Canada § News § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, history

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “I’m Ready for My Curbside, Mr. Dewey!” (March 27, 2021)

This was one of the last pictures I took two months ago to the day on Saturday March 27, 2021 as Regina Public Library prepared to once again close our branches the following day as Covid was spiking in Regina and area. And just like when we shut down in March 2020 “a week or […]