FIRST SNOW OF THE YEAR, NOVEMBER 5, 2013

I have good news to pass on to you, all my friends, and readers of my blog.  Today we had our first snow since I came to Nebraska.  It really came down this morning then started snowing again this afternoon.  A big part of the snow melted right away but that's probably good the way it was falling.  I told a couple of the nurses over in the nursing home that "snow was not mentioned in my contract."  Actually, snow is beautiful as long as you don't have to go out in it. 

These two photos taken about noon on Tuesday, November 5, 2013

This photo taken about 3:00 PM on Tuesday, November 5

Last Sunday I went over to Stanton, Nebraska for a while.  The priest over there is the one I have been using as my confessor.  He is an alumnus.  When I came back I noticed that I needed to change the clock in the car back to standard time.  After I got back I eventually decided to go out and do that, after I checked the directions.  When I finished I guess I left the dome light on and so yesterday the battery was completely dead.  I called Terry Beckman, and his wife stopped by when they got off of work to jump start the car.  Terry and his wife live just across the street from the monastery and they own a garage.  Terry is a nephew of Father Martin Beckman who I remember well from my younger years.  He is a very good mechanic and very kind.   It was 8:00 PM or so when she came by and she said they usually are at the shop every night until that late or later. So obviously he has a lot of business.

This Thursday night, November 7,  is the Priests Appreciation Dinner put on by the local Serra Club.  They have asked me, soon after I got here, to give the keynote address at the dinner.  Archbishop Lucas will be here for the dinner so I hope all goes well.  I have been thinking about the talk and writing for quite a long time.  I want to keep it fairly brief since I doubt any of the priests want to hear a long winded talk. The dinner will be held at the Knights of Columbus hall on the east side of town.

Halloween:  Just a day or two before Halloween I went to HyVee and bought a big sack of candy.  Fortunately I did that as a lot of kids stopped here that evening.  Finally I ran out of candy so I simply turned off the porch light and closed the door.  No more then came to the door.  It was a nice evening and so I guess all the kids got out to celebrate.

That's about it for this week.  Hope you all have a good week.