Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 11:00 p.m. in "The City", where the current temperature under partly-cloudy skies is 15°, but it feels like 4° with a wind blowing out of the northeast @ 9 mph. Our overnight low temperature is forecast by the NWS to drop to a very chilly 6° before we rebound to tomorrow's high temperature of 20° under mostly-cloudy skies. 

All of the snow that hit western Michigan yesterday fell to the south of our little corner of the world, mostly towards Kalamazoo. That's fine with me and our snow removal service which came by today and cleared the almost two inches of snow that fell here versus the 12 inches that fell south of here. 

Tomorrow, the sun will rise @ 7:57 a.m. and set later @ 6:00 p.m. 

I took a nap last evening after we placed our new area rug in the foyer. It looks great.

While I slept, Mary made one of my favorites, spaghetti-role casserole. It was delicious and totally vegan. 

Today, I had a hankering for vegan hot dogs, which Mary prepared for lunch by wrapping them in tortillas, served with a side of Tater Tots™. 

Afterward, I worked on some crossword puzzles and read more of our collective read,  At War With Government edited by Amy Fried and Douglas B. Harris. It is very eye-opening, to say the least. I read from that book twice today, and in between, I made some vegan Italian burgers, two of which became part of our dinner, preceded by a salad. 

I hope to spend some time in my studio tomorrow, playing music, putting paint on canvas, adding more to my colored pencil drawing, and in general, doing what I want to do, not what I have to do. 

During the day today, Mary was happily listening to my reading as she cross-stitched. Tonight, like many nights, she is downstairs listening to her own book and cross-stitching on a project of her choice.

I just watched a romance movie on Prime Video™ and like all of the romances I watch, the guy meets the girl, they have a misunderstanding, reconcile, and live happily ever after, usually in a small town. This one turned out just as I'd hoped. Ciao.