Kenton

 

Saturday 5:51 AM

 The weather has been so unsettled recently.  I have thought that and so have a few who been here all the while.  The sky, which can be beautiful here, does have its moments when it ceases to be a pretty painting and becomes like a video lacking focus.  It’s a quality I can’t say I saw at all in China.

Yesterday, I was outside for the morning and it was cold.

I purchased a World Cup package from TSN.

I had a student cancel a class this morning. So, I have an extra hour. I am using it to journalize.  I will use it to read Trollope and Guardini and NGD and Escriva:

• El enemigo de una civilización es menos el adversario externo que el interno desgaste.
• The external adversary is less the enemy of civilization than is internal attrition.

           Bitterness has sharpened your tongue. Be quiet!

Friday 9:56 PM

 Bedtime.

Earl Oxford School

 A full day of subbing.

COLO-COLO Football Team

 This quilt on my bed bears the logo of a Chilean football club.  I had not known this was so until yesterday evening.  I was chatting with my student in Chile about the World Cup.  He mentioned a couple Chilean World Cup players and I decided to look at their career club stats.   One of them played for COLO-COLO for a few seasons.  My computer is not too far from the quilt.  Seeing the COLO-COLO, I wondered… I showed the quilt to my Chilean student and he was shocked to see the quilt’s logo: it was of a club team that was a rival of his favorite Chilean team.

My wife bought the quilt for us at an online shop in China.  

Friday 5:21 AM

 A big WC match today which I am keen to watch.

George Fitton School

 That’s where I was subbing this aft.

Thursday 8:00 AM

 More mediocre weather.

Crocus Plains High School

 

It’s messy around Brandon

 Last night’s strong wind left a lot of branches on the ground, and a coat of dirt on many houses and buildings.  The dirt may require power washing to remove.