Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. We've just passed 5:45 a.m. in The City." I used the ephemeral "we" because I feel as though the writing of my blog makes me one with all of my readers.

Our current outdoor temperature according to the digital weather station here in the WW is 28°, whereas the indoor temperature is 65.7°.

The sun will be rising at 8:12 a.m. on a windy day, and the temperature is forecast to rise to 45°. Monday, the day that we are scheduled to travel to Holland, the temperature is expected to rise to 44° with a possibility of rain. It seems that whenever we travel to Holland, it rains. A very random phenomenon given the generally random nature of our trips to Holland, but there you have it.

The index from H E double hockey sticks, as Radar O'Reilly the fictional character from the old sit-com, M.A.S.H. used to say, is still with us and it is still causing major consternation. We'll try to finish it later this morning, I am trying, I guess that Mary would be like my long ago teachers and say that I am indeed very trying, but as I've often said to Mary, "If I had wanted to be an indexer, I'd have been one." I didn't, I still don't, and I have no plans to change my mind. I highlight, I edit, and I assist, but that's about the end of my involvement and interest. I like reading most of the books and I learn a great deal, and that's the way I like it.

Elsewhere in my life, the Irish Jam session was a total success yesterday. A great turn out of players, a good sized audience, and a good time on a cold Saturday afternoon. In short, a perfect afternoon without an index.

Mary decided that the old bread that we had in the cabinet should become French toast for breakfast yesterday. She prepared it the night before in her kitchen futzing and then reheated it yesterday morning. It was great. Lunch was a bit more pedestrian, as Mary had wanted veggie hot dogs. STWD was down with that, as she always gets the water from the container. Dinner was Tot-choes, and I always like those.

Speaking of the intrepid weather dog she and I started westward for the morning safari but quickly changed directions when we headed into the teeth of a strong wind in our faces early yesterday. We headed south then east and finally back west behind some buildings to make it home again. I think we were spoiled by the relatively balmy days we've been enjoying of late. I'm trying to change my comma usage as I endeavor to adapt to the more modern grammatical standards of the 21st century. It will be a tough fight.

Today, the Bears face off to use a hockey metaphor against the MN Vikings at 1:00 p.m. EST. The Lions don't play until a Monday night game against an equally unspectacular Saints team for a seat on the sidelines during the playoffs. The Blackhawks are having a solid if unspectacular season thus far in 2015. However they beat the Buffalo Sabers 3 - 2 in a shootout last night. The Redwings fell to the Vancouver Canucks 3 - 4, also in a shootout. The Bulls, following their extended game loss to the Pistons the night before fell to the NY Knicks, 91 - 107.

So it's back to highlighting then more editing and then perhaps a bit of retirement. The sun will set at 5:12 p.m. Don't forget to set your internal clocks in anticipation of the increasing length of daylight time after the winter solstice on Monday. Ciao.