2024 - Really?

I was busy. I had knee surgery. I was lazy. I forgot my blogger password. All those are not good excuses, but after a lot of huffing and puffing, secret verification codes that didn't work, and a few unpleasant words said under my breath, I'm back in. I see that I did in actuality begin a lot of blogs last year...the definitive word being "begin". Will look into those later. Hope I still remember how to write.

I sometimes watch Jimmy Kimmel and he frequently shows clips of newscasters . He makes fun of  them because they say, "I can't believe it's (insert any month here) already."

So here am I and I actually can believe it's April already. In fact, today was the day of the big solar eclipse. Some saw it, many didn't. We had cloud cover but it did get dark outside. I confess I wasn't as excited about it as the hoards who populated Niagara Falls and some other regions of North America. I actually got tired of hearing news and updates for weeks on end, but nonetheless,  I did get one pair of protective eyewear. Unused as it were. 

All day long, reporters have managed to sneak the word  "eclipse" into their reporting as though they were the only ones to think of it. Let's wait until tonight's Jimmy Kimmel and see what materializes. I'm certain it will be entertaining.

What surprises me is that there wasn't more use made of music...songs about the moon, the sun, and the like. For example...

 My son managed to get some cool shots from a store parking lot slightly north of the city. When I look at his pictures, I almost think that there should be some  heavenly choirs of angels singing. Lovely.

So...who knew that the eclipse would get me back into my blogs? Actually, I've been thinking about it for awhile and I have lots to share. Besides having a new and constantly revised bucket list, I have also achieved a number of goals. Those will be forthcoming in future blogs.

Now, enough about the eclipse and on to something more pressing...Blue Jays Home Opener is starting in five minutes. Gotta run.