Rapid City: Look at me #4 & #5

 Returning from Minnedosa, we took the turn off to Rspid City.  It was also located in a scenic valley.

I took three videos:

It is fun to drive around Southwest Manitoba and visit the little towns.

Minnedosa: Look at me #3

 I drove my son Tony to Minnedosa for a Sunday drive.

I took the following photos:

The town has tracks.

Tony thought the icicles were quite a sight,

The Little Saskatchewan River ran through the town,

The town is located in a scenic valley.

I took Tony to a community hockey arena. He wished that he could have grown up in Canada and played hockey,

1100 AM Mass: Rite of Acceptance

 

I normally don’t sit do near the front.  But for the rite of acceptance, I had to sit in the front pew.  Before the mass began, I was treated to the spectacle of Africans praying the rosary aloud.

Our rite was done at the start of the mass.  The priest made a cross on my head.

The mass was very musical.  The Knights of Columbus Choir performed.

Look at me in snow

 Picture taken in the back yard.  It’s about minus ten.

Sunday 9:02 AM

 A late view photo this morning.  Why? Two things on my mind.

First, I had a 7:00 AM class with my Brazilian student.  We had a far ranging conversation.  I hope she learned something.  She was surprised to learn that our health system doesn’t have a private option.

Second, I have a rite of acceptance to attend this morning.  I prepared my clothes.  I am not sure what footwear to wear with the snow on the ground.  I have to say these words:

Present.

Faith.

Eternal Life.

The contemporary uniform of mediocrity

 

You can see my AKNGD link here.

Tony’s first real day of Winter?

 Tony told me he went outside today to experience the snowfall.  The snow was like nothing he had ever experienced before.

Look at me #2

 I drive to Minnedosa to say: Look at me!

Someone wished me Merry Christmas

 The first time.this year!

Minnedosa

 That’s where I am today.

Snow in the backyard

 Some snow; not enough to shovel.

Saturday 6:06 AM Snow

 Snow on the ground. My drive to Minnedosa should be interesting.

Here’s the current temp:

Seriousness is not a virtue

 So, no point in scowling.

Canada’s Screwed. All Our Leaders Suck!

 

Friday Mass

 I wish I could have spent the whole afternoon here.

Brandon’s Rosser Avenue

The Towne Centre Mall is on Rosser Avenue.

On Rosser Avenue, I pointed my camera east;

Then, I pointed my camera west:

They say the place is not safe to walk at night.

Town Centre (formerly the Brandon Gallery)

 I went to the Town Centre.  It’s a mall, or was a mall, that is now full of government offices filling up some of the vacant space.  Back in the day, over forty years ago, it was a place to go.  Now, it is a sad place: quiet and cavernous and full of questionable or suspicious looking people.

Here is a view from its parkade:

This sign and grafiti depict what the mall has turned into;

Taking the stairs down to a lower level I took this photo;

This park in front of the mall is used by drug addicts and vagrants.  I saw a man passed out on the grass.

Here is the mall area:

This is on a Black Friday.  The Shopper’s Mall was crowded; not this place.

Sad like a city run by the U.S. Democrats.

Look at me #1

 I think I’ll start a new series. It is sort of snowing in Brandoon.

Friday 8:05 AM: Notice the roof

 Can you see the snow in the roof of the neighbor’s house.  It shows how the snow landed last evening.  It didn’t completely cover the ground.  

What the picture doesn’t convey is the jewel line shiny ness the snow has.

Tony has Black Friday off

 Black Friday wasn’t a thing in 2003 as far as I can recall.  But in Elbows Up Canada, it is a thing.

And my son has another day off on accounts of a second PD day at school this term. Never had those in China.

Minus 13

 That’s colder than I have experienced in a long while.

Friday 6:28 AM: No Snow on the Ground

 

My morning consists of doing Duolingo, posting to YouTube, taking a view photo and rushing downstairs to the bathroom.

There was a little bit of snow on the ground.  It had a crystal quality to it.

Man gets intoxicated with technology

 Read my comments on this NGD aphorism here.

Gluttony Night, Greed Night, Sloth Night, Wrath Night, Envy Night, Lust Night?

 I saw on Facebook that the Habs, aka Montreal Canadiens were having a Pride night.

I was a Habs fan growing up because they were good.  In the past thirty years, however, they’ve been nothing special.  I have no interest in them any more.  Their hosting pride nights doesn’t help.

I took a brief look at comments about this pride night.  One supportive of the event talked of “fearful” opponents, whatever that means.

Any who.  Reasons and arguments to oppose pride nights:

— Pride is a sin.

— Celebrate sportsmanship instead.

—The evening is religious bashing.  What is wrong with: Hate the sin, love the sinner?

—Why not have nights celebrating the other sins such as gluttony, greed, lust, envy, wrath and sloth?

Wouldn’t want to live here

 Nothing good comes from Ottawa.  It’s a government town after all.  Ottawa needs to be stopped.

Flurries

 There are flurries, just specks of, in the air.  Hopefully, it will eventually accumulate on the ground so I can take a look-at-me-in-the-show photo.

Waiting for Wheat Kings Toques

I do want to buy a toque for winter.  And I would like to get a Wheat Kings Toque. A toque like the cap I have below but in a toquish form with the bright logo and all black.

I had intended to buy a toque earlier, but I ended up buying the cap because the only toques for sale had Pom-poms on them:  fluffy balls sort of thing.  A deal breaker. I guess the toques were left overs from last year’s stock.  

This year’s stock of Wheat Kings toques isn’t available yet.  The lady at the Wheat King clothes stores tells me that she has been inquiring with the supplier everyday about when they will come.  And many people in Brandon are waiting for them.

 The cap I was able to buy it at a Wheaties game.  I was able to get a discount later when a Wheat King player got a hat trick.  Thirty percent!

BTW, the video that the above pic was screen shot from now has had over 4.4 K views in China.

Any who.  Expect a look-at-me-in-a-Wheat-Kings-toque photo when I have purchased the toque!

Thursday’s Establish Where I Am Video

 I recorded it while driving.

Thursday Morning Clouds

 

So fluffy!

The real great man: great number of views in China

 A Chesterton quote.

I hope I make all my readers great and grateful.

This video is getting good numbers in China:

Thursday 6:13 AM: Minus 11

 Oh my God! Cold.

Wednesday Morning Walking

 The old exhibition building on the Keystone grounds.

Looking south on 18th street.

Looking westward at the tracks.

The Old Manitoba Government Building

 

This building is on Brandon’s Keystone Grounds.  The words reminded me of these fourteen points posted by the regime all over China.

However, the words on the old provincial building seem eminently sensible.  They harkened back to a more sensible time before multi-culturalism, environmentalism, and pride.

Snow or Ground Frost?

 

Looking out the window this morning, it didn’t appear to have snowed.  But then I looked closer at the ground and noticed something.

It looked like there was snow or ice crystals below the grass.  Where did it come from?  The ground or the sky?

Polar Vortexes

 Or vortices.

I don’t remember there being polar vortexes when I was previously living in Manitoba.

I just remember days when it was very, very cold.

7:24 AM: Busy Day Yesterday

 Still no snow.

I am up late today because yesterday was busy.  I was teaching at 6:00 AM and learning past 8:00 PM.

Some conversations at the RCIA. It was agreed that the education system was broken in Canada.

The temperature now:

I broke Lou Gehrig’s record

 By learning a little Chinese, French and Spanish todos los días!

A cultured man

 A quote from NGD.

A student in Kharkov, Ukraine

 I had an online class with a student from Kharkov, Ukraine.  I remember hearing the city name in the news on accounts of the war; so I wondered how the student was doing.  Wasn’t she in a war zone?  Would the class even happen?

It seemed as if the class was akin to having an online class with a student in Stalingrad during the great WW2 siege.  The student would say:  Sieges, you know, are mostly boring.  Nothing much to do.  So why not fill the extra time with a class.,,

Any who, the student in Kharkov left me with the impression that life was still going on in Ukraine despite the war: she was working three days a week as a dentist, and going to Yoga classes on her off days.  She had left Kharkov for a year, but then she returned.  There weren’t as many students in her Yoga class.  Kharkov had shrunk in population from 1.5 million to 1 million.

Was the student being brave and plucky?  After the class, she was going to make dinner.

Where’s the snow?

 I wonder aloud on video.

Tuesday 5:28 AM: No snow last night & Busy Day

 It didn’t snow last night.  They had told me it was supposes to have.

Busy day: six hours of online classes and a RCIA class. The teaching starts at 6:00 AM.

Do I mention that I tied Lou Gehrig?

If there is any value in scaling mountains

 A quote from Chesterton.

I’ve tied Lou Gehrig

 I am a lucky man.  I’ve just extended my streak to 2,130 days: the same number as the Iron Horse Lou Gehrig’s streak.

I won’t bench myself tomorrow.

The streak started during the Covid hysteria.