Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 6:15 a.m. in "The City." I'm going to keep this one short, just like the fuse that the woeful 4 - 10 Chicago Bears displayed last night versus the almost as bad 7 - 7 Minnesota Vikings in yet another loss for the Bears, 9 - 17. Were the Bears jobbed by the Zebras? Yes, but they probably could have been worse.

I should have watched more of the 2 - 11 - 1 Detroit Lions win over the 10 - 4 AZ Cardinals last Sunday, 30 - 12. Every Lions win diminishes the chance of a good position in the NFL draft, assuming there is a next season and a draft with the Covid-19 pandemic seemingly never-ending. 

We have a current temperature of 26° that feels like 22° under clear skies with a wind out of the west @ three mph. Today's high temperature after sunrise @ 8:11 a.m. and well before sunset @ 5:14 p.m. will be 41° with winds developing that may reach 20 - 30 mph!

That forecast goes hand in hand with the NWS forecast that includes a Small Craft Advisory from St. Joseph to Manistee from 1:00 p.m. this afternoon until 7:000 p.m. tomorrow night. Wind speeds of 15 - 25 knots with possible gusts up to 30 knots will propel waves up to eight feet.

I made more of my vegan Italian sausages yesterday afternoon after a short sojourn with STWD and Mary, who had just returned from dropping Ginger for her appointment @ the groomer. Ginger came back later looking beautiful and clean and mary went to the eye doctor to retrieve her new glasses, one pair of which had to be reordered due to fit and focus issues. Otherwise, I tried to be as inert as possible. 

I did more reading from our shared book with Mary who is awaiting her latest shipment of cross stitching floss which should arrive before the end of the week. 

In short, I didn't accomplish much and that's just fine with me.

I have my first of five knee treatments this afternoon and that is just a blip in what promises to be an uneventful day and week.  That's all folks. Ciao.