Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just after 6:00 a.m. in "The City."

The sun will rise today @ 7:42 a.m. and set later @ 8:01 p.m.

The current temperature is 31° under cloudy/snowy skies with winds of 5 mph which make it feel more like 27°. Today's forecast from the NWS calls for the high to be 40°, also under cloudy/snowy skies this morning, that will give way to partly/cloudy conditions by early afternoon. That high temperature will be about the same as yesterday.

Our weekend was rather blah due to our self-enforced isolation caused by the Covis-19 virus pandemic. Just a side note, our illustrious POTUS in late February said that there were only 15 cases of the Covid-19 virus in the US and that once we got to warmer weather, that number would drop to 0. Here in Grand Haven, MI, we don't expect to see continuous days of 50° plus temperatures until about April 5, so...

The latest statistics show that we have 1,035 confirmed cases of the virus in MI and 8 deaths. In the US, there are over 35,000 cases and 458 deaths. In the world as a whole, there are nearly 342,000 cases and nearly 15,000 deaths being reported! One good bit of news, reports also indicate that slightly over 99,000 people have recovered worldwide.

It was a bit of a shock to get up earlier and see that we'd had enough snowfall to cover the grassy areas in GH with about one-inch of snow. The roads are mostly-clear, while a bit of snow is sticking to the sidewalks. It looks as though the fur-children won't be getting a walk today. I'll take some pix after the sunrise to include in my next blog.

I was just watching the morning news and they showed pix of Times Square in NYC. The place was like that proverbial ghost-town, deserted. No cars and just a few pedestrians. Here in GH, we've been out with our fur-children and there are few people on the streets and vehicular traffic has been considerably lighter. I guess that explains the low prices for gasoline. It is $1.56 now at the station that I pictured in a previous blog.

The MLB Channel™, is showing baseball games from previous years to fill their air-time. For someone like myself, that is just not enough. Sigh.

We collectively made three-ingredient, no cook chocolate fudge yesterday. I had a small piece earlier and it tastes great.

Speaking of yesterday, a local Irish band that we like, Peat in the Creel, was supposed to play at the Spring Lake District Library yesterday with us in attendance. But, with all of the libraries in MI closed until further notice due to the Covid-19 pandemic, that didn't happen.

That comes on the heels of a cancelled concert last Friday by the band Rainbow Girls originally scheduled for Friday night but which has since been rescheduled for October 22. We also have tickets to see a band called Young Fables on April 10, they too have been canceled with no make-up date as of yet. 
 
Another local duo that we like, Ruth and Max Bloomquist, had been scheduled for a concert on March 28. Instead, they will be playing @ Seven Steps Up on April 18 @ 8:00/7:00 p.m. via a live-stream broadcast. I urge you to tune in and donate to this "Free" concert with proceeds going to Ruth and max, Seven Steps Up and the terrific staff at that venue. 

Speaking of the fur-children, Ginger tried to get my attention in the media-room last night, but I was mostly asleep. So, she went downstairs and was probably more successful with Mary. Then she cuddled there for a while before her final out and coming to join me in bed. 
cuddled there for a while before her final out and coming to join me in bed. 

Who could you resist those eyes?

Tomorrow, I originally had an appointment to have my few remaining hairs cut and my beard trimmed. I cancelled that appointment Saturday morning. But yesterday, we learned that the State of Michigan had ordered all nail salons, beauty parlors and massage parlors closed, effective immediately. I'm guessing that included barber shops too. My barber relies on a part of the fees that she gets and tips for her income. So, I may have to find a way to help with that. Ciao. 

P.S. Don't ask me why the last part is highlighted in white. I chalk it up to my keyboard technique that pushed some button wrong.