It's RAINING!!!!

 Yes, we get this so rarely... it's worth celebrating.

      And it looks like an all-day event. Hopefully!

Maybe I need to watch this today, while the Brick is at the Convention of the States conference:

Did you know Gene Kelly was sick, and running a fever

when he filmed this? The moisture probably felt good.

I gave a lecture once while sporting a 103-degree fever. 

(I have no idea what I said, but my uncle was there: "You did real good.")

Must Be A Head Case...

 

Not That This Ever Happens...

 

Goooooo, Blue!

 Michigan beat UConn to win the men's basketball championship.

     And it wasn't easy -- both teams made a lot of mistakes. UConn also seemed to think it was a rumble, in the style of West Side Story.

“If you would have told me we would shoot it this poorly and get dominated on the glass, but this team’s just found a way all season,” Michigan coach Dusty May told CBS after the game.

     But the Wolverines persevered, and won their first national title since 1989.  

          Well done, Michigan! 

                       69-63

Monday Stuff On the Way to Other Stuff: Happy Easter!

 Christ is risen.

He is risen, indeed.

     It's a big difference to believe in -- and follow -- a Leader who is alive in every sense of the word. 

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    Last week was Zanyland -- lots of appointments and meetings. This week is better, but I'll spend a very long day in Denver appraising, and the Brick will be in Pueblo for a COS meeting a few days later. Tonight:  Michigan plays UConn for the men's basketball championship!

"Go Blue!"

Meanwhile:

A cannonball, quite possibly from the 1836 battle, found buried near the Alamo! And intact, too -- the first ever found in this condition.

Thinking about doing a side hustle?  Here are some ideas...

The East Coast fort - whose remains are now in a parking lot.  

My buddy, the Japanese salaryman, takes us on a tour of cherry blossoms. If you're wishing for spring to really come, this is encouraging.

Freebies for seniors -- 15 of them.

Whatever happened to John Walker Lindh?  He was released from prison in 2025, by the way...

Tiffany Henyard -- remember the lavish expenses (and lippy responses) this Democratic Illinois mayor ran up before she got defeated? Now, she's trying a political comeback: as a Republican in Georgia. (I am not making this up.)

Handling divorce -- one woman's experience.  (From The Frugal Girl)

Have a good week. Hopefully you've got some trees blossoming, too.

Good Friday

 "...Jesus said, "It is finished." And He bowed his head and gave up His spirit."

                                                 -- John 19:30

For us. He did this for us.

Wish They'd Do That Here...

 

Update:  It actually RAINED yesterday! For a good long while, too. So grateful. 

La Veta Pass, and some of our friends higher up, got a little snow mixed in.