Wandering the streets of Saskatoon

by Sylvia McNicoll | Mar 28, 2009 | Sylvia McNicoll

When you’re strolling though an unfamiliar city, you really don’t want to spend every moment in retail

situations soyou really appreciate the statues and other art. The Chief holds something in his hand resembling an onion but I didn’t see an explanation for it anywhere. I love the lone cowboy riding through and those newspaper boxes would make me want to read the news.

Saskatchewan Gang put on a signing

by Sylvia McNicoll | Mar 28, 2009 | Sylvia McNicoll

First I looked through all my suitcases and bags, then I searched the car. Finally I had to accept that I lost my handouts for my Ten Top Tips session at the Saskatchewan Putting the Pieces Together conference. I copied the document from the computer onto to a memory stick and Bob rushed off to copy more.

My sessions room was the Jolly Friar which seemed kind of cool but I when I saw an overhead instead of a data projector, my mouth went dry.

Still no need to panic, it had just landed in another room. A couple of minutes later an image was up and the teachers drifted in. Standing room only–I heaved a sigh of relief. Sitting all day on a Sunday preparing a handout and power point presentation is worth it when there’s a crowd and it’s appreciative.

Then, finished early enough, we headed to McNally Robinson bookstore which looks like a great place. My heart wasn’t broken when my books weren’t there–I’d googled in advance and didn’t even look or bug the clerks. I was still high from the Ten Top Tips session. So I just relaxed and enjoyed listening to my Saskatchewan friends read: Linda Aksomitus, Beverley Brenna,
Myra Guynur, Alison Lohans, Arthur Slade, Ed Willet, Mary Harelkin Bishop and Judith Silverthorne. I spelled all those names by memory which isn’t bad even if it’s not correct. I’ll edit later.

I sat by a huge Happy Writer cake and the smell overwhelmed me. So hard to resist swirly white icing on chocolate.
Treated myself to a copy of almost everyone’s books. Tomorrow I have a day off. No searching for papers, books, gathering miscellaneous and worrying about getting to a school on time because Princess Leaha, our GPS, is rather an optimist.