Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 5:00 a.m. in "This City."

The sun will be rising in just over one hour at 6:44 a.m. and then a scant 11 1/2 hours later, it will set at 5:14 p.m. In between, we'll move the marker off of the current temperature of 43° to today's high of 65 partly sunny degrees. It should be a good day to do nothing while sitting on the deck with STWD after lunch.

Otherwise, not much is on the agenda for today. No travel plans, no chores, and best of all, no need to do anything other than take the morning walk with the intrepid one.

Speaking of Sugar, this time I believe that she really is on the upswing. Much less scratching and much less shedding. She is sleeping soundly at the moment.

I have numerous crosswords to finish today in addition to those that come with today's newspapers. I am still determined to get to those harmonica lessons too. Since I didn't bring any of the girls with me, I have to learn a new instrument. Harmonicas are more portable and take up a lot less space, as does my tin whistle, which I also brought along.

We got another chapter read in our shared book about Thomas Jefferson, but we are behind. Maybe that can be part of the deck activities. Mary's knitting project appears to be going well, but only she knows for sure.

We are edging closer to spring, as pitchers and catchers report in late February. With the addition of a new outfielder and power hitter to the Tigers lineup, the pundits are saying that the team has a chance to contend again this year. In addition, the Tigers have a new radio home on WOOD out of GR. That's a station I can get on local radio at home.

That looks like enough for one day, so I'll say it. Ciao.