A quietly productive Monday. Took care of my weekly laundry, which is the one chore I reserve for Mondays. Hauled the brown trash bin out to the curb in time for its pickup, my other weekly Monday chore. Kept up with my daily prayers and my correspondence chess games. That's enough for a Monday.
posted Monday, Mar 31, 2025 at ~7:47 PM #QNMAR2025
A good Sunday, this. Productive in the morning, mowed and trimmed the front yard, then spent the rest of the day recovering. Thankful that heavy and frequent use of arthritis pain cream massaged into my hands and fingers over the last two weeks has blunted the pain enough to allow me to get that work done.
posted Sunday, Mar 30, 2025 at ~5:51 PM #QNMAR2025
I think it's time for another chess diagram, don't you? Okay, here's one.
This is the final board of a game I won yesterday morning with a Queen-Bishop checkmate. As you can see, my G7 Queen delivers the checkmate. And she is protected by my Bishop on the B2 square.
posted Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at ~6:52 PM #QNMAR2025
Happy Opening Day! Today the Major League Baseball games start counting for real. Spring Training Baseball is over, the games start counting for the 2025 Season. Yay!
posted Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 at ~5:01 PM #QNMAR2025
It's been awhile since I've posted a chess diagram. Here's one of a game I won this morning with a Queen-Bishop-Rook combination checkmate. My White Queen to f7 was the mating move. As seen here, she is protected by my b3 Bishop, and the Black King's only flight square is covered by my f1 Rook.
posted Wednesday, Mar 26, 2025 at ~12:05 PM #QNMAR2025
Today was productive but not in the way I'd originally planned. When I went to bed last night I was hoping to get some mowing done on the front yard. Instead, much of my morning was spent tracking down a mystery involving an account at one of my banks. Finally got that resolved though.
The arthritis/pain cream I've been rubbing into my hands for the past 10 days has been working wonders. I had enough strength and coordination in my hands that I was able to cut my hair and trim my beard this afternoon. Can't remember how long it's been. I was scary shaggy, but not any more.
posted Tuesday, Mar 25, 2025 at ~7:22 PM #QNMAR2025
A pretty good Monday wraps up with a Texas Rangers game on the radio. This afternoon I watched a relaxing college baseball game, IU vs UCLA.
Tomorrow morning I may mow the front yard. We'll have to see how I feel then.
posted Monday, Mar 24, 2025 at ~8:30 PM #QNMAR2025
Another quiet Sunday comes to a peaceful end. Today was the start of “bulky item collection week” here, and I hauled one broken gamer's chair and a stand fan out to the curb this morning. Sylvia told me that a scavenger drove by shortly after I'd dropped them off and picked both of them up. Cool!
posted Sunday, Mar 23, 2025 at ~7:45 PM #QNMAR2025
A good ending to a good day, Svengoolie is showing one of my all-time favorite monster movies tonight, The Creature From the Black Lagoon. I have no idea how many times I've seen this since I was a boy, but I still enjoy it.
posted Saturday, Mar 22, 2025 at ~8:29 PM #QNMAR2025
Another restful day comes to a close. One thing I like about MLB Spring Training Season is that tied games are allowed. My Rangers played the Angels this afternoon in a game that ended in a 3-3 tie after nine innings. And I'm fine with that.
posted Friday, Mar 21, 2025 at ~8:45 PM #QNMAR2025