Good morning GH.  Like most people in town, I am saying a prayer for the people who live in my former state, Illinois, and for those in Indiana, Missouri,and Tennessee as well.  The storms that they experienced and the loss of lives and property are devastating.  Here in GH, the wind is still blowing strong, but the locals say that the worst thing that has ever occurred here, is a micro-burst kind of thing that did some minor damage, but nothing as devastating as that experienced by the folks in those other states.  Today, the highs will be in the thirties, and by next Tuesday, the expectation is for the mid 50s.  For people traveling in the coming months, it is always good to have a handle on what the weather is going to be like.  Mary and I plan to walk to town later, without Sugar, to check out some of the spring fashions being sold here in GH.  As such, we will walk past the local real estate offices, where Noel works.  : - ).  I am always surprised and pleased by the sheer joy of walking in this city.  Today, the community is having an indoor garage sale between 9 and 3.  We'll stop in and check that out as we go by.  Don't need anything that we can think of, but it is always nice to experience what the city has to offer. Otherwise, our plans call for watching a little television news, some reading and writing, and some general inactivity.  Oh, I have to rehang my cuckoo clock.  I have missed it  all these months.  Don't know if life offers more in Sycamore, but her in GH, life does offer more.  Now, I think it is tea time,