Saturday, August 8, 2026

Another Cool Valley


 This valley is south of Moosomin.  We drove through to get to this local park.





Moosomin

 


The Co-op parking lot.


That’s the town’s water tower which is in the south of the town.

We had lunch at the Red Barn.


The main drag through this town, of slightly over 3,000 souls, was 30 kmh.

Saskatchewan



 Jenny didn’t want to pose by the sign.


Driving there from MB, we ran into some construction: 20 KM of it.  A few instances I swerved to avoid the plastic posts separating the lane being worked on from the lane on which we could still drive.



Saturday 6:45 AM


 Today. Moosomin. Maybe.



Friday, August 7, 2026

Friday 3:58 PM


 Spent the afternoon napping.

A king commands that, on pain of life imprisonment, everyone shall regard a stone as a diamond.

Friday 6:55 AM


 It’s winter in Brazil. But it has the same temperatures as here.

Walmart


 Proudly Canadian!

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Thursday 9:25 PM


 Pink in the sky.  Oh boy!

I learned that Brazil doesn’t have much of a freight rail system.  Lobbies don’t want it, apparently.



Tuscany and Madrid

 I had a great conversation with a man living in Tuscany.  When I found out he had a 18 year son, we had no lags in the conversation.  I was able to teach him many phrases and new vocabulary like "leave me alone!", "out of touch!", "hope something clicks in his brain", "not good with his hands", and "chauffer."  We agreed that as fathers of teenage boys we were put upon, subject to gross libels, and made to feel like we were bad people.

I asked my interlocutor in Madrid, what he knew about Canada.  He mentioned hockey, lots of green space and that our PM was some young guy.

Workspace


 I’m in my Dad’s old basement study and furnace room. I’m waiting for students to book me.  Come on!!!

Said one of my students:  - Andis es muy agradable y simpático. Ha sido una clase muy entretenida English

Someone I follow on WeChat channels;


Her signature lyrics: Money Money come to me! Dollar Euro RMB!

Another Cool Valley

 This valley is south of Moosomin.  We drove through to get to this local park.