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.