Did you have any intense reaction to jab #2? I just had that jab an hour ago. A guy up the street said it whacked him so bad he slept 14 hours later that day.

I'll be right there with you with the photography this year! I bought a Canon EOS Rebel T6 from a pawn shop, will be ordering a 135mm fixed lens here soon, and with the dog in tow I'll be pulling that little trailer places as soon as a few financial things clear up, so probably by mid-May I'll be able to head out. This camera is like flying the space shuttle so I bought the For Dummies book as well as getting a free book from a Craigslist donor about photographing nature and it's really good. This camera is my first digital SLR camera and I am eager to work with it.

Yeah I lost my taste for the stage. I told the band I was involved with that I would not be returning post Covid. The situation of the band keeps me anchored here not only for the week we have a show but the 3 weeks prior for rehearsals. That potentially commits me to staying home the whole summer. I want to go to the Upper Peninsula of That State Up North this year. And travel along the Mississippi observing and photographing the locks in action. I can park the trailer at Corps of Engineers sites. And in fall is the colors of the changing leaves in Tennessee, which gives me an excuse to visit Nashville. A Florida run when it starts getting cold up here... that kind of thing. I can't just pick up and go if I am tied to a rehearsal anchor.

But like we all agree, we are all who we are. Like in my case, fall travel revolves around me being in a city with a Browns Backers club every Sunday so I can watch the Browns game. I will never miss a Browns game. I may actually put a clause in my will that my ash urn has to be in front of a TV for Browns games. And yes, I am crazy enough to do that!