Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 9:00 p.m. in "The City."

Well, we had a snowy weekend and that kept us indoors. However, we made good use of our time by reading, watching Book TV, and working in the kitchen. In fact, our Sunday brunch was a great salad that featured a Michigan Spring Mix blend of greens with white button mushrooms and chickpeas, all topped with Mary's homemade ranch dressing. 

Tasted as good as it looks!

I broke my own rule about pro football, and watched the 8 - 7 Chicago Bears demolish the 1 - 14 Jacksonville Jaguars, 41 - 17. All it takes now to make the playoffs is for the Bears to beat Green Bay next week The Packers are currently 11 - 3 and they are playing the 10 - 4 Tennessee Titans. Or, the Bears need to have the AZ Cardinals lose. Time will tell,

Since I was downstairs, I decided it was time to make another batch of my soon to be famous squash and kale soup. Normally, I use a butternut squash, which are relatively easy to peel. However,  since we had an acorn squash on hand, I had to get creative and learn how to peel that. With some thinking on mine and Mary's parts, we devised a way to peel that squash easily. Then it was just chopping, which I can live without, but which Mary loves and sautéing some onions and carrots. The rest was easy. 

Yesterday, Mary had started some vegetable broth that was exactly what the recipe called for. I had to sauté the carrots and onions, add the spices and other ingredients, bring it to a boil, and then simmer, add the kale and garlic, and wait. We had some of the soup for dinner along with Mary's version of breaded tofu on rye with homemade tartar sauce. All good.

Squash, kale, onions, garlic, vegetable broth, and diced tomatoes combined to make an excellent soup.

Somewhere in there, we watched another episode of Mr. Robot and a couple of episodes of Wings. 

I should mention that we got around to grooming Ginger yesterday. I worked on her paws while Mary worked on Ginger's face. I then gave her a bath and after a couple of hours of dry time, Ginger looks presentable.

We have a current temperature of 36° that feels like 32° with a wind out of the east @ six mph. We also have a Small Craft Advisory in effect until 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, with an expectation for winds of 15 - 30 knots out of the south, switching to northwest winds overnight that will propel waves from five to eight feet. 

Tomorrow's high temperature will reach only 34° under mostly-cloudy skies and a forecast low of 23°. The NWS is showing a barometric pressure of 29.67" and falling, while my own DTWS is showing 29.06" and rising.

The sun will rise tomorrow @ 8:15 a.m. and set later tomorrow evening @ 5:16 p.m. We have crossed that magical line and the days are once again getting longer. 

Our plans for tomorrow call for music, reading, crossword solving, and relaxing. Ciao.