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Stories in the Bar

Just a quick note. I will be among many story-tellers and poets participating in this young-ish annual event. Mostly, I'll be enjoying the other performers, but I will be telling at least one story. I've attended previously and it was fun (but loud). Here is a link to the Facebook Event . And here is what the event says, if you want to avoid going to facebook ;) 7pm-9pm at Lydia's Story time debauchery! This is not your toddler’s story time. Help us ring in Saskatchewan Library Week with an evening of performances for  grownups. There will be stories, music… and a full drinks menu.  Performers include The Seahags, No-Nos Improv Comedy, author Wes Funk, and radio personality Berkley Staite. Master of ceremonies will be our Writer in Residence, David Poulsen. Free! (Note: this is a licensed event) View Larger Map

Florida Diving Trip(2012) -- Day 6-7

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Wow. So tired. I found the same thing in Honduras. When you have a full day of vacation, it's pretty hard to go back to your hotel and process pictures/video and then write about it all before you fall asleep. But, I missed you yesterday, so here goes... Saturday--am Beach House looks like an old fort We caught a boat out with Steve, from Quiescence. The trip was a little longer out than usual at 45 minutes. I was a little irritated that our trip was being hijacked by two young couples who wanted to go hunting Lion Fish. My irritation gave way when we found ourselves at an out of the way location that gave us the best diving of our trip. As it turns out, the two young women on our trip were from REEF .  The Reef Environmental Education Foundation is a non-profit organization of recreational divers who conduct fish biodiversity and abundance surveys during their dives, among other things. One of these thing is reducing the lionfish population. Lionfish are native to the