I didn't post yesterday and I'm not really posting today either. We were in bed already last night when Roo reminded me, and I decided that I was not anal enough to get up and write something. I say that's progress, wouldn't you?
And today I recorded a lovely video for you, but since we live in the country it's gonna take about half a day to upload it. That fact relegated it to tomorrows post.
I did have a gratifying 45 km ride to Aylmer and back, all on the back roads, and in the beautiful sunshine. If my butt and my legs didn't protest I would keep riding all day. More than any other time I feel at peace while riding, and I think that when I'm talking for the camera I feel even better.
And if you don't know anything about Aylmer, Ontario I can tell you that it is a thriving little town known primarily for it's large Mennonite community. Not perhaps the Mennonites or Amish that many of my readers are used to, as this group is primarily made up of Mexican mennonites. They are Canadian immigrants twice over in that they originally came mostly from Manitoba. Because I grew up near Elmira, Ontario, it is still very strange for me to hear the local group speaking Spanish. They are quite different than those I grew up with, as you don't see many horses, and they go to Walmart in their cars just as often as I do. (maybe more) The one thing that is familiar to me however is the picture of Mom and Dad with 6 kids trailing behind, often all of them under the age of six!!
Anyway, ------I realized while listening to my video today, that I say 'anyway' very frequently. I also say. 'I don't know' a lot, which don't seem to make any sense at all!! Probably that part I'll leave in, but I gotta start monitoring my other little speech habits.
And that's it. Please check for my video tomorrow, and maybe even another one the day after.
...and while I don't have much more use for their religion than any others, my sense of it is that the Mennonites live the teachings of Jesus Christ more than any other so called Christian groups. They are pacifists (many left Manitoba to avoid Canadian conscription), and I have never seen a rude or aggressive mennonite, either here, or back in the Waterloo area...
...and this one's for you Roo....
"I will charge thee nothing but the promise that thee will help the next man thee finds in trouble."---Mennnonite Proverb
Love
Peter
And today I recorded a lovely video for you, but since we live in the country it's gonna take about half a day to upload it. That fact relegated it to tomorrows post.
I did have a gratifying 45 km ride to Aylmer and back, all on the back roads, and in the beautiful sunshine. If my butt and my legs didn't protest I would keep riding all day. More than any other time I feel at peace while riding, and I think that when I'm talking for the camera I feel even better.
And if you don't know anything about Aylmer, Ontario I can tell you that it is a thriving little town known primarily for it's large Mennonite community. Not perhaps the Mennonites or Amish that many of my readers are used to, as this group is primarily made up of Mexican mennonites. They are Canadian immigrants twice over in that they originally came mostly from Manitoba. Because I grew up near Elmira, Ontario, it is still very strange for me to hear the local group speaking Spanish. They are quite different than those I grew up with, as you don't see many horses, and they go to Walmart in their cars just as often as I do. (maybe more) The one thing that is familiar to me however is the picture of Mom and Dad with 6 kids trailing behind, often all of them under the age of six!!
Anyway, ------I realized while listening to my video today, that I say 'anyway' very frequently. I also say. 'I don't know' a lot, which don't seem to make any sense at all!! Probably that part I'll leave in, but I gotta start monitoring my other little speech habits.
And that's it. Please check for my video tomorrow, and maybe even another one the day after.
...and while I don't have much more use for their religion than any others, my sense of it is that the Mennonites live the teachings of Jesus Christ more than any other so called Christian groups. They are pacifists (many left Manitoba to avoid Canadian conscription), and I have never seen a rude or aggressive mennonite, either here, or back in the Waterloo area...
...and this one's for you Roo....
"I will charge thee nothing but the promise that thee will help the next man thee finds in trouble."---Mennnonite Proverb
Love
Peter
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