Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 5:30 a.m. in "The City."

I was fast asleep until I wasn't, around 12:30 a.m. and again around 4:00 a.m. I am such a light sleeper, that in spite of Mary's best efforts to not wake me when she let the fur-children out for their final time, I woke up shortly thereafter to the sound of barking and doors closing. However, I did fall right back to sleep until 4:00 a.m.

While she was in/out with the fur-children, Mary took a photo of the moon from our deck as it nears its "Super Moon" phase. You may remember, that's when the moon is as close to the earth as it gets each year. Since she didn't want to unpack our camera, she used her Smart-Phone to snap this pic. Just a reminder, click on the photo to maximize its size.

While the sky was cloudy, I think it added an aura of mystery to her efforts. What say you?

I'm hoping that the sky clears tonight/early tomorrow morning, so that I can set up the tripod and take multiple shots with the chance to get one that I like. Mary is concerned that I'll be taking shots of the surrounding buildings and things too, but since I like industrial type items in my pix, that should work out fine.

We were once again fortunate, as our neighbor, Ron, came by and cleared the shared driveway and our front-porch. My surgical recovery precludes me from doing anything except some one-handed snow removal in the back. Mary is still in charge of most salting and shoveling so that the fur-children can make thier way outside.

We have a current temperature of 9° here in GH, while in Ft. Myers, FL, where my beloved Red Sox train, it is 69°. In Lakeland, FL, where the Tigers train, it is 60°, and in Mesa, AZ, where the Cubs train, it is a brisk 38°!

As the day rolls on, our high will reach 29° under cloudy-skies, while in Ft. Myers, the expected high is 88°, in Lakeland, 86°, and in Mesa, the high is forecast to only reach 56° and that Freeze Watch is still in effect from late today into early Wednesday. Thursday's forecast from the NWS is calling for a 100% chance of rain in Mesa on Thursday.

I made it to my P/T appointment yesterday and I am doing better each day/time. New exercises/routines were given for more range of motion, and Ben, my therapist, also pushed my arm to make it more flexible. Another six to eight weeks of therapy, and I should be well on my way to a lasting recovery. I should mention that I took the balance of the day off after therapy yesterday, but I'll resume my at-home efforts again today.

Since I am/was up. I went downstairs to the kitchen. Since the dishwasher didn't need to be emptied, I made Coleslaw instead. I used the latest head of cabbage that we picked up yesterday. The previous one showed signs of decay and I tossed it.

Today, more reading in my latest non-fiction book, How Democracies Die, by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, both professors at Harvard. So far, it looks to be a fascinating and hair-raising read. I am working my way through the weekend crossword puzzle and today's mail should bring another to my doorstep/mailbox. In addition, since there was no train run yesterday, I am anticipating one today.

Along with that, I have a midday haircut appointment and it is likely that I'll be making more of my vegan sausages too. Mary spent huge amounts of time sorting and tossing the various recipes I over-downloaded from the internet Sunday night, and I have rightfully and not subtly, been admonished to print no more, ever, under penalty of ...!

The sun will rise this morning @ 7:36 a.m. and set later @ 6:21 p.m. Ciao.