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Great info! -- Thanks, Protimenow. Exactly what I needed.

Given the spread of the coronavirus, some South Carolina folks have mused about posting "No Hurricanes Allowed!" signs along our coastlines for the rest of the year. Dealing with a pandemic and another hurricane like Florence in September 2018 or Matthew in October 2016 (or Hazel from back in...

Whatcha got? Ain't got much here 'cept enough zany happenings within the younger part of my family to provide fodder for a century's worth of "Days of Our Lives" scripts. None of which I can write about here or anywhere, of course. Another strange happening: A huge thunderstorm brewed up with...

Land of 10,000 lakes -- do I have that right? Sounds idyllic -- an isolated lake with crystal clear water. But (just being a nervous nellie now) you do have good swimmers around to spot you, just in case, don't you? Bet Minnesota does have some beautiful landscape. Thanks for this reminder that...

Hard to stay a course with optimism during this year that is trying on so many fronts. On top of that, as I write this, we are socked in with what is shaping up to a week's worth of off-and-on tropical downpours. Nevertheless, let us power on and think good thoughts. I am deriving some joy from...

Hey, Jim and Martin, good to hear from two of our stalwart Stay-the-Coursers from the Atlantic to the Pacific! Happy Fourth tomorrow. We are going to have a really quiet gathering here (well quiet except for all the amateur fireworks shows sure to erupt). I ordered a new grill and we got it...

Wow, well happy Independence day for those who celebrate it. And a happy Second Half of 2020 to all of us. May we all be swishing long shots like Pistol Pete Maravich. And I'll be seeing y'all later ... whenever.

Happy New Week, fellow Stay the Coursers! Continuing to watch a lot of food shows for mental health breaks from the news -- while simultaneously trying not to over-eat and wipe out my 35-pound weight loss that began around the time of my OHS, last September. The other day, I stepped on scales...

Happy New Week, dear Stay the Coursers! Hope you do find ways to stay chipper in these trying times. Strangely enough, I find refuge in cooking shows on TV. No, I am not much of a cook, though I do help my wife out in the kitchen. I do love to eat, though. And it is refreshing to watch chefs...

Now that is a good dog, Martin! -- how do I know? Can just tell by how peacefully curled up and blissful look on sweet face. I've often marveled at how fast dogs can drop into a deep deep sleep. Wish I had that superpower. Sometimes takes me hours.

I had the same sort of misgivings when my long-time companion Sadie passed away. After all, I'm getting up there in years and have had multiple heart surgeries. I didn't think it would be right to get a puppy with a possible 15-year lifespan. However, finding that I did not have the willpower to...

Glad you got another companionable dog, Katie, after Bradley's passing, Jim. It took me about 5 months after losing Sadie, sweetest dog I've ever had. Ellie has been a hardy successor. She's a little more rough-edged than Sadie. Growls or barks at other dogs on our walks -- probably because of...

Hope the new week will go well for all you Coursers. Loved last week's reports from you all. (A Southern expression, you know -- often "yawl." : ) Been thinking I too often start a week's thread with something gloomy -- often the latest chapter in my slog through the golden years. However...

Honeybunny, I always enjoy your posts. Drop by when you can. Thanks for the kudos for me keeping the STC light on. Once in a while I get "down," but I will try not to let myself get that way again. I am pleased to be able to keep this friendly conversational corner going.

Glad your HR settled down to join BP in normal range, Rich. Yes, indeed, and our part of SC is a particular "hot spot" right now -- the beach area ("Grand Strand") where millions of people come from all over to vacation. One reason is that testing -- after being almost non-existent for months...

Oh yes, I have a dog, and have always had dogs. I call myself the dawgwalker because we walk every day, even when I'm not keen on leaving the couch. These days it's the about the only semi-strenuous exercise I get. The doggie door I was talking about -- the one we boarded up to keep out...

And a month after Dick celebrates (as will we all) the 53rd anniversary of his sturdy Starr-Edwards, my wife and I will be celebrating our 54th wedding anniversary, the good Lord willing. I don't know which is more amazing, my DW putting up with moody me all that time, or one mechanical valve...

Wow, sounds like the lockdown is considerably tighter than in our South Carolina, for better or worse, I don't know. It is wonderful though, Paleowoman, that you have your garden to enjoy. I find myself out in our yard more trying to improve the shubbery and such (with the help of a young guy to...

Great to hear from you, Jim, and glad to know you and your husband are doing well. Your locale reminds me somewhat of the Outer Banks of North Carolina where we used to vacation in summer with the kids. Ocean on one side, sound on the other , with just a small strip of two lane road separating...

Staying the course with our health issues -- physical and mental -- is a big part of our lives. So I hope all our Coursers are doing okay in these stressful times. Still trying to help daughter prep for her move here, along with granddaughter. With help of a handyman we got the interior much...