Thursday, April 16, 2026

All Around the World

 Today, I did online classes with:

  • Kashgar, China
  • Anhui province, China
  • Barcelona
  • Madrid
  • Milan
  • Maple Ridge
  • Istanbul
  • Santiago
  • Fredericton
  • Toronto
That’s four continents and six countries.  I’m am  Cosmological  and Universal.  I’m also tired.

I got paid in Yuan, Euro, USD and CAD.

Thursday 9:15 AM: Kind of Cold


 Yesterday, people were wearing shorts or they were in short sleeves.  Any hint of warmth, I told someone yesterday, and they want to take their clothes off. 

Today, they’re wearing toques and gloves.

With Covid over-reaction, floor crossings, pols getting into wars they had promised not to get into, and governments getting awarded with electoral success despite tanking a country, it is hard not to despair.  But the world is always going to be that way.  I’m thankful to not be in a war zone. (Although hearing that 40 or so people get arrested on a typical weekend in Brandon, it may be that the other problems of the world are coming here.)

Thursday 7:30 AM: some snow


 What a difference 12 hours can make!

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Wednesday 5:30 PM


      







 Where’s the ladder that had been leaning on the roof?  It was blown to the ground by the wind in the afternoon.

The weather now is wonderful.  After my two classes, I’ll be going for a walk.

But overnight it is forecasted to be nasty with either snow or freezing rain.

Wednesday 9:30 AM Mass


 I had my fourth communion.

Wednesday 7:39 AM

 


Summer today.  High 18 degrees.

Winter tomorrow. Snow is forecast.

RCIA


 I went to my Tuesday RCIA meeting.  The group will soon wind down.  A few more sessions to go.

I took this pic of Staug. It looked lovely set against the background of the evening sky.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Car Wash


 I was in the lineup at Co-op to get the car washed when I got the call to drive to Crocus Plains.  After that gig, I went back to Co-op.

In Brandon, there is the car wash dilemma.  One has a dirty car but one wonders when the right time to clean it is.  If one cleans it now, it will almost certain become dirty in a few days because of the dirty roads.  But the car demands to be cleaned.  And I take solace in the fact that there was a line up at the car wash: many people dealing with the same dilemma.

Crocus Plains High School


 Gig #6.  First time to teach in Canada.

Tuesday of the Second Week after Easter: 7:25 AM


 As I’ve been saying, I don’t know what the days will entail for me.  This morning, I was expecting to do a class with China, but I instead talked to someone in Italy. (Chalk up another country I’ve talked with.)

The state of the World and Canada? Depressing I would say. They both need to be fixed, reformed. The current systems in place are now rotten to the core.

All Around the World

 Today, I did online classes with: Kashgar, China Anhui province, China Barcelona Madrid Milan Maple Ridge Istanbul Santiago Fredericton Tor...