Good afternoon GH.  Yes, I know, I'm late, again.  But, this time I have a good reason.  You see, this was the day of the farmer's market, and so, Mary, Sugar and I walked there and back, and then before you know it, it was lunch time.  Currently, the temperature on the desktop is showing 83 degrees.  Sugar the Weather Dog is lying about, and the view out the Weather Window is blue, cloud-free skies, and no precipitation in sight.  However, let me tell you about yesterday.  As I noted, Mary and I went to the city beach.  I had been hearing reports about how warm the waters of Lake Michigan were, so I planned a little swimming while Mary flew her kite.  Let me tell you, the kite flying went well, but the waters of the big lake were actually 48 chilly degrees.  Mary didn't believe me until she read it in the paper, even though the sign at the beach had already proclaimed the frigid temperatures.  As you can imagine, I dipped myself in for a short burst, and that was the end.  I have swum in the Atlantic Ocean off of Bermuda in December, and I can assure you that the ocean waters in December were warmer than Lake Michigan following a prolonged heat wave.  Go figure.  Otherwise, I spent the afternoon reading the balance of Engines of Change which I really liked.  Today, I finished the Kareem Abdul Jabbar children's book, What Color Is My World about the contributions made by African-American inventors.  I think this book should be sent to all of the schools that have limited numbers of African-American children, especially those located in the so called "Red States."  In addition, this message needs to be given to all children, if they  think they can't do it.  As the author pointed out, all inventions were created by inventors piggy-backing on the backs of other inventors.  So, having said all that, it is time to move on and get to doing all the things that I still need to do today.