Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:30 a.m. in "This City."

I thought I'd get the following out of the way before I continue.

The fictional character Andy Dufresne, in  the movie Shawshank Redemption, put forth this idea to his close friend Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, also a fictional character in that movie, "Get busy living, or get busy dying." My son shared those words with me when I was very ill a few years ago, and I still think they are on point. So, I urge everyone to follow Andy's advice. There, that's my foray into some fictional advice, that rings truer than some truths.

Yesterday was a nice day. The temperatures were comfortable, the skies mostly sunny in the afternoon, and STWD is feeling better. A man doesn't need much more than that. I should note that the weather front that will visit a huge amount of snowfall on the East Coast, was noticeable to the intrepid one, so she was reluctant to go for her morning safari. It took both Mary and me to get Sugar to go out, so I know she is feeling better, and thus had no overwhelming desire to go out.

I tried to start my harmonica lessons yesterday, but the website is not as user friendly as I'd like. In other words, it requires concentration to use, and that's not something I need when I am trying to learn something entirely new to me. Mary thinks she can help, so maybe I'm going to enlist her aid today, maybe.

We traveled to Pensacola yesterday to buy some things for STWD. We did meet our objective. In the process, we learned from the people at the hardware store, of a French style bakery in Pensacola, that makes artisan breads. We arrived just as they were closing and we got what we had been seeking, a loaf of bread with four ingredients, none of which requires a degree in chemistry to understand. Part of that loaf became dinner and it tasted as good as we'd hoped. We had despaired of ever finding a simple loaf of artisan bread in this area. Phew!

Right now, it is raining outside the southern WW. The current temperature is 59° as we drop to the overnight low of 52°, before we reach today's rainy high of  59°. Once again, getting our weather forecaster, Sugar, out for a walk will be a challenge. She likes to walk in the snow, but she isn't much on the wet kind of precipitation. Maybe a break will occur.

Otherwise, more reading, more music, and more retirement. Mary wanted to go to the farmer's market here on "The Beach", but with the rain it may not even take place. I'm reluctant to walk that far on a possibility myself, especially since we don't really need anything. Plus, our experience at the farmer's market in nearby Gulf Breeze, makes us wary.

The sun will rise in a few hours at 6:44 a.m. and set at 5:14 p.m. Ciao.