Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:00 a.m. in "The City."

This time for sure! I am going to follow the KISS formula. No trainspotting to report, no significant weather events, and I have not read enough of my latest book to have a comment on it, yet.

We have a current temperature of 21° according to my DTWS and the NWS is predicting an overnight low of 16°. Later today, the NWS is predicting a high of 21° with partly cloudy skies and only a 20% chance of more snowfall. The next chance of above freezing temperatures is Tuesday when that same NWS is predicting 35°! We shall see.

The sun will rise later this morning @ 7:51 a.m. and set later today @ 6:06 p.m.

We had a good meeting of our history book club, but the attendance was more sparse than hoped. Alas, @ 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon, the only people able to attend are retired people, like me, or almost retired people, like Mary.

Speaking of Mary, at this point, I am subjecting her to the worse part of the marriage vows with my yak problems. I can't do many of the things I used to do and I am not being very good company. Truth be told, I can't even sleep in our bed because the pain when I awake is too intense. I am surviving on acetaminophen and cold packs in my La-Z-Boy in the media room, often accompanied by Ginger, who is doing a great job of being a therapy dog. Hopefully, next Monday, when we meet with the yak surgeon, he'll have some answers for me.

Today will be one of those days when I sit around and read and do little else. I am watching car shows on the Velocity channel and other sundry television programs. Mary is surfing the internet and doing some crafty things.

Even the fur-children aren't getting out much due to the effects of the cold on their paws. Plus, I can't walk very far, so any walking that they would do would of necessity fall on Mary's shoulders.

So that looks like enough for one day. Don't forget, that the pitchers and catchers report to spring training on the 13th, just five days away. Put it on the board, Yes!

Ciao.