Andis Kaulins in Canada
A Canadian Comes Back from Being in China (2004-25)
Friday, April 17, 2026
Sobey’s BSM
Forgot to do a View Photo this morning.
I’m at the Sobey’s in the Brandon Shopper’s Mall doing a fund raising shift.
I also have five online classes to do.
I’m over blessed with work.
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
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.)
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.
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.
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Friday afternoon, I drove to the driver testing place to do the knowledge and eye tests so I could get my class 5 Manitoba Driver’s License...
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I took this photo with my IPhone 13. I took this photo with my Iphone 6. I took this photo with my old Nikon Coolpix S3 digital pocket came...
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Yesterday (Monday), I got my son registered at Neelin High School. Tony will be going there for Grade 12 like I did in 1981-82. I was able...








