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Reunion at a Funeral

There was a mini-IHHS Class of ’91 reunion at the funeral of Kyle Raaf today. Our classmate, Erin, gave a moving eulogy for someone she described as “not just my big brother but my hero” and her stories of how Kyle had such a positive impact on so many people during his too-short 46 years […]

¶ Posted 26 September 2018 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – My Christmas List (on the First Day of Fall)

Yesterday was the first day of fall but much of Saskatchewan had already received a heavy snowfall and Regina got a sleety-snowy rain that didn’t stick around but definitely felt more like winter than fall. There were other signs that it felt more like winter than fall as well. When I turned on the “Flow” […]

¶ Posted 22 September 2018 § Family § Humour § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: weather, xmas

Music Monday – “Cause here on earth it feels like everything good is missing since you left/And here on earth everything thing’s different, there’s an emptiness”

Death was a dark cloud haunting our summer in a variety of ways. In August, I lost a great aunt who lived in Weyburn at age 86. Earlier in the summer, I drove up to Warman for the funeral of one of my favourite cousins who was only in his 50’s when cancer took his life. He […]

¶ Posted 17 September 2018 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: camping, health, music

Throwback Thursday – Congrats Yens Pedersen! (June 2009) #skpoli

Longtime NDP member, former Sask NDP party president and candidate for office and party leader, Yens Pedersen, won the byelection in Regina Northeast yesterday to boost the number of Saskatchewan NDP MLAs to 13. My first introduction to Pedersen was when he competed against Ryan Meili for Leader of the Saskatchewan NDP in 2009. At […]

¶ Posted 13 September 2018 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history

Two Roads To Humboldt: A TSN Special

Perhaps the single most unbelievable thing about the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy that killed sixteen people in early April is that two young men not only survived but are suiting up for the team tonight.

¶ Posted 12 September 2018 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health, history, hockey

Music Monday – “You give me love I didn’t earn/Love I’m learning that I’m worth/As it turns out, love just don’t care who we were”

Congrats to Saskatchewan’s own, Jess Moskaluke, who won the Canadian Country Music Association “Album of the Year” award last night… “Past The Past” – Jess Moskaluke

¶ Posted 10 September 2018 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Saturday Snap – One of the Saddest Days of the Year

Packing up our seasonal camp site for the final time this summer and pulling out our camper from the spot that’s been its home for the last five months…

¶ Posted 08 September 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, holiday

Sask Party Candidate Opposes Sask Party Cuts

With the Regina Northeast by-election happening in a week, this is pretty funny…

¶ Posted 05 September 2018 § Humour § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Peet Family Reunion (July 2013)

Earlier this summer in my post about a cousin that passed away, I mentioned how I was fortunate to know the many members of the Hammond side of the family quite well because I grew up in the same town as the matriarch of our family. For a variety of reasons, I never got to […]