Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 7:30 a.m. in "The City", where the current temperature under clear skies is a very seasonal 31°, although it feels more like 25°, with a slight wind out of the southwest @ six mph. 

In what is a first in many days, the NWS has issued no alerts, watches, advisories, or warnings for today. In fact, after the sun rises @ 7:46 a.m., the high temperature is forecast to reach 40° under sunny skies. After the sun sets @ 6:12 p.m., the forecast calls for an overnight low temperature of 35°.

Much of yesterday was consumed by collectively ear-reading a book written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, entitled Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? regarding the lack of civil rights in America. We have made progress, but many of the points Dr. King made in 1968, still have a lot of poignancy today. In fact, it is possible that we are in need of a new champion for the rights of all women and men, from all walks of life, racial backgrounds, and beliefs. 

Lest it be said that that was all we accomplished, Mary spent about one and one-half hours in the morning yesterday watching a podcast presented by Curt Dykstra of the Ottawa County Parks and Recreation system, regarding migratory birds and their habits. I like to watch birds, but Mary is totally into this subject. Maybe it is like her love for cross-stitching, which she was also doing for a goodly part of the day. When she gets into something, she wants and needs to know more.

The vegan kitchen finally reopened for the first time in many weeks, as I spent about one-hour preparing a batch of my famous vegan Italian sausages. Along with some fresh broccoli prepared by Mary, two of those sausages became part of our dinner. 

As an aside, I am hoping for cheezy grits for breakfast this morning. 

I also did some painting, calligraphy practice, coloring, and finally resting too, as I unintentionally got up way too early and needed an afternoon nap. Mary says I should ignore her rising early for events when I don't have to get up early, but I seem unable to do that. Sigh.

Today, I have plans to get back into my studio and with Mary's help, get my new computer set up and ready to go. Plus, there is more coloring and calligraphy to work on too. As of this juncture, I have no plans to watch Super Bowl 57 at this time. However, I do have plans to join my Sunday night Ukulele session tonight @ 9:00 p.m.

Mary has plans to stitch more, listen to podcasts, collectively ear-read, and we may collectively take a walk in the sunshine. We can't go downtown due to the large number of shoppers who are always attracted by a sunny day in downtown GH.

That looks like a good day's blogging. Ciao.