-==-==-==--==-==-==--==-==-==--==-==-==--==-==-==--==-==-==--==-==- 05/06/23 Weather: a pleasant spring day! ideal for hiking and yard work After a bit of curmudgeonly posts about weather, today really was a pleasant change, a beautiful day that met the season. Yes, the week was kinda shot thanks to contracting COVID for a second time; but I am feeling much better and was able to take Kepler for a proper hike (across the street for McCullough Barn, I suppose I'll divulge this location to gopherland) and catch up on yard work. Raking is eternal, it seems. I have been starting to participate more in the local music community, specifically the Vermont synth community. Learning there are quite a few shows coming up, whether that is because of the growing community or I just didn't know, it is really great to see. The magnetism of introvertedness is strong in the Mad River Valley, but I will do my best to overcome that magnetic charge.