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Saturday Snap – Camping Can’t Come Soon Enough

One of the first things allowed in Saskatchewan’s reopening plan is camping. We requested and got approved to move to a new site in the regional park where we have our seasonal site so have spent a couple weekends moving various sheds, storage bins, fridges and other supplies to our new site. Looking forward to […]

¶ Posted 23 May 2020 § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, Covid

Throwback Thursday – Barn Board Accounting (April 1932)

This is pretty special – my dad was getting some barn boards from our farm to use in framing projects and found one where my grandfather had done some accounting as he sold grain to others (according to dad, he remembers the grain being sold by the five gallon pail.) My brother-in-law stained the board, […]

¶ Posted 21 May 2020 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, history, parents

Friday Fun Link – What Life Is Like In Saskatchewan Small Towns

¶ Posted 15 May 2020 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Coteau Books Auction – May 20, 2020 #yqr #sasked #saskedchat #yxe #sask #sk

This had been a shitty year for me, even before the COVID pandemic hit. Coteau Books, which was a long-standing literary press in Canada for nearly half a century, and which I’d served on the board of directors of for nearly a decade, entered bankruptcy protection in late February. I’ll likely do a longer post […]

¶ Posted 12 May 2020 § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, economics, education, history

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “Reader Pride” Wrap-Up (June 2008)

This was the wrap-up for a major region-wide literacy program called “Time To Read” (with a slogan “Reader Pride”, a pun on Saskatchewan’s well-known “Rider Pride”) that I was involved with in my first job after I graduated from library school. It’s crazy to think how much in this photo is now being impacted by […]

¶ Posted 07 May 2020 § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § Sports § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, education, language

Guitar Teacher Reacts To…

Stumbled on this YouTube series where a guitar teacher listens to a recommended song by his fans and then provides commentary. He’s often never heard the song before but provides a lot of great insight, even on a first reading (er, hearing)… Sometimes the power of music is in the lyrics and delivery… Metalhead turned […]

¶ Posted 05 May 2020 § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Five Lists of Five Things I’m Thinking About As Scott Moe Prepares To Release His Five Phase Plan for Reopening Saskatchewan

Premier Scott Moe had a press conference tonight to announce that…he will be having a press conference tomorrow night to talk about how his government has a five point plan for reopening the province now that we’ve flattened the curve…maybe. There’s no doubt that Saskatchewan has done very well during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to […]

¶ Posted 22 April 2020 § Humour § Jobs § Library § List § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, Covid, economics, education, health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happy 7th Birthday Sasha (August 2019)

Here’s my sunshine at the Regina Folk Fest last summer…

¶ Posted 16 April 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Crowded Concourse Before COVID (October 2016)

So weird to scroll through old pictures and see crowds of people in any of them. This was at the new Mosaic Stadium soon after it opened when they hosted a Rams game as a “test” event…

¶ Posted 09 April 2020 § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § Sports § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, health