Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 3:05 a.m. in "The City", where the current temperature is a balmy 32° with a strong wind out of the southwest @ 18 mph, making it feel more like 20°.

That 18-mph wind is part and parcel to the continuing Small Craft Advisory that the NWS has continued until 7:00 p.m. tonight, from St. Joseph to Manistee, with 15 to 25 knot sustained winds, and gusts possible up to 30 knots producing waves as high as eight feet.

Sunrise today will be @ 7:59 a.m. this morning, with sunset @ 5:58 p.m. tonight.

I was able to return to my sporadic kitchen activities yesterday. I am admittedly "Rusty", so the chocolate chip cookies I baked, while tasty, are not of the same size, but hey, just being back in the kitchen felt good. Once again, no pix, as we still cannot get this computer to recognize my camera nor any external storage device. Hopefully, Mary can figure something out.

Mostly, we ear-read, played guitar, worked crossword puzzles, cross-stitched, and watched a limited amount of TV news. I tried watching a movie with Ginger last night, but I quickly fell asleep due to my lack of a nap earlier in the day.

I did sit with Mary in her office upstairs and she showed me a cross-stitch magazine that depicted a stylized Stonehenge, a picture that I plan to try painting at some point.

Today, we have no plans other than to read, work crossword puzzles, attempt crypto quote solving, cross-stitch, and enjoy retirement. Not bad for an average day in GH. Ciao.