The extreme northern wildfires have brought a blanket of smoke to the south part of the province creating some eerie and stunning visuals including this crescent-shaped blood moon…
My brother-in-law and his wife (and their young son who saved his money to help contribute!) got an above ground pool for their acreage which is halfway between where we camp at Nickle Lake and Weyburn. Still too cold for me but Sasha and her cousin were brave enough to try it out. Will be […]
@todmaffin ? @todmaffin.com on Bluesky • A Short Lesson in Small-Minded Nationalism #tariffs #cdnpoli #buycanadian ? original sound – Tod Maffin ??
Working hard getting our campsite ready for the summer…
One of the wildest elections in Canadian history – massive swings in fortunes, two party leaders losing their seats, the US being a major factor in the Canadian results, NDP reduced to non-party status after being arguably the most effective NDP caucus in history, electoral reform once again seems like a necessity. @aartipole1 It was […]
In light of yesterday’s election results and the repudiation of Pierre Poilievre’s “Maple MAGA” politics of anger, division and THREE WORD SLOGANS, I’m going to fully copy something I saw on Facebook that makes a lot of sense: Conservatives: your anger is valid. But it’s being hijacked. You’re not losing your country because of “woke […]
Standing alone in a corner stuffing his face with pizza! 😉
As they say on Reddit, this isn’t a parody of a small town news report but probably should be.
The night the writ dropped a planned constituency association meeting was turned into a door knocking/sign planting evening. In my experience, when a house has two competing signs, it’s usually meant that a husband and wife support different candidates but I learned from my sign planting colleague that in her culture, this can also be […]
It’s election season and though I’m posting this on Wednesday night instead of Monday like I’d hoped (kinda busy day!) so I know the results of the provincial election, the NDP’s changing fortunes have been on my mind (not to mention various other elections in other provinces, municipally and of course the massive US election […]
