Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:30 a.m. EST, in "The City." A current temperature of 28° feels like 28° as the wind has died down since Mary and I walked downtown to the jewelry store and then to the Post. As we walked downtown, the wind was in our faces and it felt like it was about 10 to 12 degrees colder than it actually was. But, that's winter in MI. Right now, the view out the Weather Window is dark, with no trains insight. I heard one earlier, but I didn't feel like getting up to look. Today, the high temperature is expected to exceed 46°, under sunny skies. By Sunday, the high temperature falls into the upper 30s under those same sunny skies.

Yesterday, as we were approaching the Post, we met Sally in the parking lot. She just got back from FL on Sunday after a three week vacation at her daughter's house in Navarre, FL. Apparently it rained all but three days of the three weeks she was there. I guess we escaped just in time. While I don't like the ice and snow that we have, we can enjoy the sunny skies here.

We had gone downtown to check on getting my watch band repaired. The local retailer for my brand of watch couldn't fix the broken band, but they were kind enough to give me the address in CA for the national repair center. They were also honest enough to say that they could send it for us, but that they would have to charge an additional fee to cover their costs. They were kind enough to give us a free box in which to send the watch. I'll get that out in the next few days.

I just watched the northbound run of the local short line railroad. Engines 2019 and 2057 led the cars as they rolled down the tracks. Three covered hopper cars, three of those dreaded black tank cars, and then 11 additional covered hopper cars brought up the rear. A short train, but that's fine, as I like to watch.

All is well, both here and with our children Adam and Stephany in Chicago. I worked more on my music yesterday and that is always a fun activity. I found time to do some reading and that always feels good too.

Today, we have to do some grocery shopping and then go to the big-box home center for some supplies. We would have done that yesterday, but it got late and so we procrastinated. Why not? I'm retired and Mary is between indexes.

Other than that, more reading is in store and some building of that cold frame. I'll probably find time to play with the girls and that should be a complete day. The sun will set at 7:54 p.m. after rising at 7:52 a.m. Ciao