Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 5:45 p.m. in "The City."

I've been off the blogosphere for several days, as I have had a very severe cold that also seemed to exacerbate my baking yak. Fortunately, I am now on the mend which allowed me to go to the local cinema earlier today to see one of my all time favorite John Wayne movies, The Quiet Man. For those of you who don't know, and there shouldn't be many, this movie was director John Ford's fourth Oscar win for best director. Having seen the cinematography in the big-screen format, I understand why. I've watched this movie on TV many times, but the big screen experience provided by the Flashback Cinema service of the Goodrich Quality Theater chain was not to be missed.

What can I say, I needed to include a clip, courtesy of YouTube, to illustrate my point. I hope you like it. I am now longing to visit Ireland once again, but in order to do that, I'll have to spring for first or business class seats. My old yak and my height make that a necessity. We shall see, as that means about $4,000 per person in airfare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-dF_L2aT2Q

Otherwise, I have been doing very little of late. Mary has been sallying forth solo to do the shopping and the fetching of the various OTC drugs to aid in my recovery. I have managed to finish the highlighting for the index, which Mary is working on as I type. Like I often say, I don't do sick very well. Hopefully the worst is past.

We have a current temperature of 40°, according to my DTWS with its FPMS, while the NWS with its station in GR is reporting 36°. They are also forecasting a high for tomorrow of only 37°, with snow showers in the a.m. After all this is Michigan, and it is only the first part of March.

Tomorrow, I'd like to go to the library to pick up some books I have on hold. I feel as though a short walk in the afternoon should be both possible and beneficial. Mary will continue the index, I'll continue to recuperate, and by the end of the week, I should be ready for some baking and cooking in preparation for the Irish Jam session at the library on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. I plan to make another loaf, or two, of my Irish Soda Bread which I understand was well received at the History Book Club session I was unable to attend.

The sun will set tonight @ 7:46 p.m. and then rise again tomorrow @ 8:02 a.m. before setting @ 7:47 p.m. Ciao.