Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just after 6:30 a.m. in "The City."

The current temperature is 39°, although it feels like 34° with the 8 mph winds. That's under partly-cloudy skies. Today's forecast calls for the high to be 55°, also under partly-cloudy skies, but with a 0% chance for precipitation. That 55° forecast is a full 10° warmer than yesterday, but it won't last, as we drop back into the 40s by Sunday. Yesterday, we never really got that rain that was in the forecast.

The sun will rise today @ 7:35 a.m. and set later @ 8:06 p.m.

It was a sad day yesterday, as it was supposed to be Opening Day in Major-League™ baseball. Of course, with the Covid-19 pandemic, that didn't happen and there is no firm date for Opening Day. Sigh.

However, we did get a chance to walk with the fur-children and I and our Senior Staff Photographer got the chance to take some additional pix using the same Olympus DSLR camera.

Mary's "Secret Recipe" BBQ sauce before lunch.

The BBQ sauce went atop of the vegan Italian meatballs in this Leftover Palooza that was lunch.

My revised blackboard in our mud-room, drawn freehand in pastel chalks.

I wish I could say that we got a lot done yesterday, but I can't. I managed to retrieve the trash and recycling containers from the curbside, using latex gloves that went into the trash can.

Mary started a new novel and I finished one. I was able to complete the crossword from the Grand Haven Tribune that I received in my email from the paper's editor. Hopefully, when I get a chance to peruse yesterday's newspaper, the puzzle will be fine.

Mary noted that the front-page picture in yesterday's newspaper showed Washington Avenue in downtown GH looking like a ghost-town. The only activity was the arrival of the first cargo of the shipping season.

Dinner took a bit longer, as it was composed of baked potatoes slathered with vegan sour-cream as a side that accompanied some of Mary's spicy-tomato beest with ketchup and mustard for Mary and horseradish and Worcester sauce for me.

Our Governor, Gretchen Whitmer, answered questions regarding the current state of the state in a televised Town Hall that was broadcast live on WOOD TV from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. last night.

She forthrightly answered questions posed by residents of MI by email and telephone regarding the shutdown, the economy, and other issues related to the pandemic. In all, the station received over 3,000 questions for our governor.

We do have a lock-down/closing in place for restaurants, bars, beauty salons, barber shops and many other small businesses. In addition, Governor Whitmer noted that travel restrictions remained in place for anyone who did not need to be on the roads. That explains why gasoline prices continue their free-fall.

At the gas station associated with our favorite grocery store, D and W, the current price for unleaded regular gasoline is $1.47/gallon. At the nearby Meijer gas station, the price is $1.43/gallon! With nowhere to go, I'm relatively certain that those prices will continue to drop. The current price for a barrel of crude oil on the world market, is less than $22.00/barrel.

Today we should get those seeds planted and we are going to attempt to grind the nails of our fur-children. According to the directions that came with our new grinder, it is a two-person job. I have no doubt of that, as STWD is scared of anything that makes noise.

That is all that is different today versus yesterday. Ciao.